I was hired to photograph the Manning family for Kraft Foods. I first rented a studio in their home town of New Orleans and booked myself a flight. Then at the last minute the Mannings decided to be in NYC (my home town) that week so I quickly booked Milk studio and got ready to shoot. For some reason I wasn't allowed to have an assistant on set so Kyle helped me drop off the equipment the night before and set up the lights. Then we all (art director, client, assistant) went out to eat and Kyle went home. I did the shot by myself the next day. This shot happened in the middle of the summer and something was wrong with Milk's air conditioning so everyone was hot. Thank God strobes don't add much heat. In the end, everybody went home happy. I even got an autographed football in the deal!
