“Hey Andrea, any plans for Halloween? What are you going to be?” Rob asks casually over his shoulder while retouching an actor’s headshot.
Andrea answers quite simply, “A Bear. And Jake is going to be a Pump-a-kin.” delivered with a proud nod. Amazing. Work rules.
Kevin found a soulmate of a costume with what appeared to be a child’s pirate costume. He even re-punctured his old earring hole for a very authentic silver hoop earring. He got to say “Arrrr” without even sipping coffee, his usual quirky and fun ritual. Trish put together a great Zorro costume, complete with fake forehead eyebrows, a twirly moustache and a makeup mask under her real mask. We insisted on calling her Gorro as she was the female version of the sworded hero. She accepted this eventually. I missed Zombie Walk this year and am one of the world’s largest zombie fans, so I used up my leftover makeup to Zombie-Up for work today and frighten some of our clients. I came in normal, complaining of stomach pains and extreme hunger….heading into the washroom, I put on layer one of zombie transformation, simple discolouration of skin and some slight limping. Then throughout the day revisited my little cave to complete the transformation, full with fake nasty skin and blood. The people at Costco were quite surprised to see me as I returned my crappy little camera I bought last week. I think I actually took the breath out of one guy as I walked around the corner glaring directly at him. Fun!
So luckily we had a not-s0-old client, actor Steven Powell, come to hang out during the shoot of his friend Nolan Fontaine, a movtivational speaker. Steven was able to snap our group shot all dressed up. Wonderously, for all of Kevin’s expensive equipment, we don’t have a simple 10second timer on the camera! I guess pro’s never want to take a photo of themselves in a group, right Canon? We only took a few shots, but they turned out great….we’ve all had fun all day getting into character. I had to stop Andrea several times from scratching her back on the large wooden post in the lounge area of the studio. I wouldn’t normally mind, but the growling was un—uhhh—BEAR-ABLE! oh that’s right, I said it. So here is the now instantly famous picture of your friendly neighbourhood studio team at Kevin Clark Photography:
Clockwise: Kevin ClARRRRk, the pirate. Rob Muuuuaaaaarrrrks, the zombie. Tricia “No Capes!” Clark, Zorro. Andrea Roarrrbertson, the bear. Jake the Pug, aka the Pumpkin.
Thanks to Steve for taking the shot for us. I don’t think he knew what he was in for when he came in today. Steve told while he was here about some commercials he was in for Canadian Direct Insurance. They are hilarious, check them out here. Good work Steve!
– ROBERT MARKS
Studio Manager
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