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www.MOSTmag.com || FITNESS MAG A ZINE || 65exercise unless it%u2019s a feature for a certain exercise. If it%u2019s a workout for a magazine you pretty much have to be on point as far as technique in the workout, but if it%u2019s a shoot just for a brand or post competition shoot or something like that you can move the models around to accent the best features they have. The control is really with the photographer and you have to make sure you are getting the best image out there. FMM: Can you describe your typical Photoshoot days?CB: Again it changes depending on what the shoot is for. If it is for a post competition shoot, the models are usually in good shape because the competition was the day before. They%u2019ve usually still got a good tan and are looking sharp as possible. So the first shoot is just about showing up, and I have an half an hour chat with them before and have a good laugh with them, getting that mutual respect going, and find out what they are trying to get out of the photoshoot and just get stuck in. Magazine work is very similar, as I meet whoever is in charge with the magazine, speak to the boss, and find out what they want to get out of the shoot. It is a very, very laid back situation, and I don%u2019t have many demanding clients. If I did, I probably wouldn%u2019t shoot with them again. A photo shoot is very easy and all parties are really very relaxed and you just take your time doing it. There%u2019s really no pressure on anybody. Just make sure you come out of there with good shots. Photo shoot days are pretty easy to be honest. FMM: Have you ever experienced creativity block or a professional lull?CB: Yes. Not in a bad way; not that I%u2019ve ever been stuck for ideas, but when you are shooting the same things over and over it%u2019s just a matter of coming up with something new. The hardest thing is shooting in the same gym over and over. I%u2019m sure people on the outside don%u2019t see it as much as I do, but I%u2019ll see images and think that%u2019s a little too similar to what I%u2019ve done in the past. But there%u2019s only so much you can do in a certain environment, which is why I always get excited about shooting in a new gym. It%u2019s always good inspiration shooting in a different environment. You get to play around with different things, different equipment and machines, different exercises, etc. That%u2019s the hardest thing really, shooting in the same gym over and over. The images kind of just get a bit too alike.FMM: What%u2019s the photograph you are most proud of?CB: I suppose the most important photograph in my career so far would probably be my first fitness cover this year with Muscle Fitness magazine with David Mcintosh whose quite well known in the >>>Tom Coleman Dan Walls