So for the second in the series of my Throw Back Thursday, which is another way to keep me weekly blogging, is one of my favorite shoots for the Chicago Tribune.

I have to get the back story first,which makes this story even better.

So I was driving along with Jasmine, my fiancé, when she asks the question that will usually come up every now and then when watching TV or listening to music. “If there was any famous person you would leave me for who would it be?” In the past it was like Joan from Mad Men or Rosario Dawson, but this one threw her off extremely. “Rashida Jones!”

She pondered for a slight minute, then another minute and I said, “The wife from I Love You Man or Parks and Rec.” All she said was “REALLY?!”

Skip two days ahead and I get a phone call from the assignment editor at the Trib about some a hotel session with some actors making a indie movie. It’s money and I have nothing to do so why not. I get the assignment, look through it and who the hell am I photographing? None other than Rashida Jones and Will McCormack for their new movie “Celeste and Jesse Forever.”

I hopped in the shower, cut my hair and floored it downtown. I walk into the hotel room for the shoot, start setting up and then they arrived. At this point, I have only done two or three of these shoots so far, but this was probably the most comfortable I have ever been when doing portraits of almost anyone. By the end, we were all just laughing and they were even giving me relationship advice, plus I think I milked like an extra 5 minutes before Lenny Gilmore decided to show up.

All an all this was one of my favorite shoots ever. Rashida Jones is no longer that hot girl from the movies to me, but instead that girl you met at a club, thought was really hot, got her number and then two days later you see her again at your family reunion. Great person on every level, but you just don't look at her the same way. It's kind of like that cousin or big sister vibe. And not to leave Will out because he is amazing too!

-B. Lewis