There’s a lot of downtime on set when working on location, it’s just a fact of production no matter how hard you plan. You’re waiting for models to be ready, you’re waiting for an assistant to run back to the production trailer to find a fan that should have been on set in the first place, the makeup artist forgot their powder in the trailer a mile away (or even worse 30 blocks away). When on the set, I tend to shoot a lot of images of people “just having fun”. They’re not necessarily in focus, or technically correct, or beautiful, but they’re fun. They’re the test shots that we’re doing to make the shoot flow smoother, they’re the crew being themselves. You may even catch a few of me in there.

Here are a few of those behind the scenes outtakes from my recent shoot for “The Cool Book 2009″.

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Kevin Michael Reed
Kevin Michael Reed (Google+, Facebook) is a fashion & beauty photographer and producer/director based in New York City and Los Angeles, CA. He is the President/CEO of RedFOG Visual Media, a production company in New York City, and a partner in Passion of Photography, Inc, a company dedicated to teaching photographers and sharing our passion through charitable causes. Kevin has lectured and hosted workshops throughout the United States and the world teaching photographers the business and creative sides of photography. (Kevin's Fashion & Beauty Photography Portfolio can be seen here).