"You run through a field and the paraglider wing catches the wind, it fills with air, blows you off the ground, you switch on the motor and off you go, you're flying, " he said.

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Today he leads dialogues rather than immediately putting his stake in the ground a positive switch, says Bryan Kitchen, business operations director at the unit run by Mr. Henning.

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She says the switch from a more traditional school portrait company to Stomping Ground was made at the request of the school's parents organization, which wanted contemporary, relaxed photos.

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