Michael Grecco’s Smooth Ride With Patrick Dempsey

We’ve all heard the horror stories of difficult-to-work-with, petulant celebrities.  Patrick Dempsey (of Grey’s Anatomy fame), is not this type of celebrity.  Photographer Michael Grecco recently had the opportunity to work with Patrick while shooting a recent cover for Forbes Life Magazine.  “He was super down to Earth, a really great guy.  He made my job so much easier.  In fact, no hair and makeup people were even necessary since Dempsey’s wife does that for a living and she did a great job prepping him for the shoot.”

Michael landed the coveted gig on the merits of previous work he had done for Forbes.  In fact, at the time of this writing, Michael is putting the finishing touches on yet another shoot for them.  About his work frequency Michael commented: “I’ve gotten to the point in my career where they only call me for the cover gigs and big shoots.”  Looking at the body of work on his portfolio, it is immediately obvious that this position is well-deserved.

The actual shoot ended up being fairly straightforward.  The always-prepared Grecco came to Dempsey’s Malibu mansion with full lighting set up and some other secret photographic gear which helps him achieve his signature style.  “Originally we were going to drive until we found a good shooting location, but pulling up to Patrick’s house we realized that it was the ideal place to shoot.  No need to find any place different,” recalled Michael of the location scouting.

After about two hours, they had enough images for the cover and the inside story about Patrick Dempsey’s favorite places to go in Malibu.  Michael Grecco is no stranger to big shoots, having shot many magazine covers and even bigger gigs.  Having a subject who is easy to photograph certainly makes things even sweeter.

For more of Michael work, visit his FoundFolios portfolio.