02/01/2020
The biggest compliment I can receive is when someone I know asks me to take their photograph because they’re “comfortable with you” and “I trust ya” 🙏🏼🎞
When Kyle asked me to take his updated headshots after we left our last job together, I was quietly chuffed that he’d even consider letting someone point a camera at him. And IN PUBLIC!! 😧 and even more chuffed that he asked me, of course.
See, my old mate Kyle has high-functioning autism, which means he’s incredibly fu***ng smart but it also makes the poor dude miss some social cues, get anxious when things get too loud and he can’t maintain eye contact for very long at all. It’s a wonder he’s ever been able to tolerate me. Ha! 😂
So it came as a real surprise when after three minutes of having the Canon in his face, the legend that is Kyle came out. Comfortably. Himself. We laughed and bi***ed, just like the old days working together. We got him some sweet headshots that he’s really happy with and as a perfectionist himself, that’s a huge compliment for me 👐🏼😄
Keen to shoot more interesting faces this year. Send me a DM if you’d be keen to shoot together! 💪🏼✨
