It’s a good thing that people don’t ask me who my favourite person is to shoot. I’d have far too many answers. However, near the top of that list would be this young lady, Amy.

Let’s quickly run through why Amy is awesome:

1. She loves junk food more than I do
2. She’s highly cooperative
3. She’s a former cheerleader!

“How,” you ask, “do those qualities help you make good photos, Ryan?”

I’m glad you asked:

1. Sharing a pre-photoshoot slice of pizza and cookies gives us both enough energy to keep at it for hours
2. As seen above, Amy let me cover her in flour and willingly sat on a cold concrete floor in a utility closet
3. Being a nimble and agile cheerleader helps when you’re perched on a rock at the end of the earth

Although Amy is a gorgeous woman, she upped the creep factor by several magnitudes to get the bizarre green photos you see above. Versatility is key, models! Anyone can stand around and smile and look pretty — even I’d look reasonable with enough makeup slathered on my face. Maybe not. But Amy brings it, every shoot, every time.

So now you know why Amy is awesome. Interestingly, Amy resisted posting the photo above to her Facebook profile, out of fear that it would creep out her friends and family too much. That’s why I’m awesome.

See more of Amy on my Flickr page, her deviantArt profile, and her ModelMayhem profile.