On Saturday, our friend Jiho came to town with his cameras in tow. If I had been thinking ahead, I would have taken a picture of his impressive collection of lenses, flashes, memory cards, and external hard drives. The man was prepared for a take-no-prisoners photo shoot, and we, the willing subjects, did our best to keep up.

Like a well-seasoned athlete, he sprang into action, shooting the family as we walked to the farmers market to buy stun buns and some flowers for the garden. When we returned to the barn, he took some shots of the kids gardening, then of all of us looking out the barn window, and then of the barn itself.

Next we did the interior shots, which consisted of the kids painting, the kids writing, us writing and painting with the kids, us writing and painting by ourselves, us writing and painting while August lounged happily in his bungee bouncer.

Every 1,200 shots or so, Jiho was forced to download his photos and delete his memory card to make room for more. You heard me correctly. We were only halfway through the shoot list when Jiho told us that he had just topped the 2,500 shot count. The man was on fire. Every once in a while, he would stop to show us some of the shots he’d captured.

From what little we saw in the tiny window on the back of his camera, we know that we’re going to be happy with the final results.

Jiho’s burden was considerably eased by his lovely assistant Chungwon, who filled such important tasks as carrying lenses, moving furniture, and keeping August out of trouble.

The shoot started at 10:30am. We took the final shots at 7:00pm.

Or so we thought. Jiho kept clicking away throughout the dinner that followed. Apparently, he drove out of Chestertown with 4,200 images from the day. Of these, we’ll see approximately 20 percent. Shooting the photos is only the first part of Jiho’s work. Next, he’ll go through the entire shoot and select only the best images, which we’ll see in about three weeks time.

We can’t wait.