I do a lot of personal work for the sake of always shooting to improve and to make better and better pictures (and to feed my stock library).  I don’t know where I come up with my thoughts and ideas but they sort of formulate during the day and then I seek out ways to make them happen.  A lot of times my models and I can talk through ideas and come up with better ones because they contribute their time and talent and help refine the process.  Of course eating ice cream with 2 softboxes flanking you with a silver reflector near your lap and a camera waiting for you to make the right expression worthy of a click can be intimidating.  What I did with Samantha is just wait for the right moment.  I was really pleased with the images I got because they were much better than I envisioned in my head.  We had a lot of fun just shooting and coming up with the right moment.  She’s a real professional.