There we were, at the edge of Lake George (just a couple minutes from our home) in great light working with a beautiful model, Pariva, when this Black Bear mom (who is eating way too much human food) and her spring cubs came tripping down the shore and onto our set. The cubs checked out the tripod, mom rummaged through the case of strobe gear and sneezed on my Lastolite panel before moving on. That wasn’t the rude thing, they were just being bears and we’re quite use to bears. The rude thing was the hordes of people following them. They had the family going along at quite a clip trying to stay ahead of the pack mentality. Jake got some real nice shots of one of the cubs heading up the tree before they went into the shade and around the corner of the lake. After about 20mins, the crowd lost interest in the bears and our model and we could get back to work.
Photo captured by D2Hs, 200f2VR on Lexar digital film