I went to with those dreaded words, "I have an idea..."

He was kind enough to humor me. :)

Dressed him in a gi, put a ginormous mock sword in his hand, drove up to a beautiful bit of grasslands up off Highway 9, and, well, the rest you see.

I had so much fun with this shoot.

Thanks so much to Mushu for working with me on this. Thanks also to Steve for holding lights, reflectors, bags, etc., and generally being a great guy.