Parliament Photoshoot - Part One

2010-09-01T13:29:00.000-07:00

Dress: Monsoon
MUA/Hair: Charlotte Jones
Model: Deborah Aharoni

Assistants: Kimberly and Fiona

Post production: Global Fashion Images
Location: Central London, UK

An easy concept but coordinating the shoot across the Atlantic was no easy ride.
Visiting London on an annual basis made location scouting easy so one problem was taken care of. However, with Section 44 gaining momentum a curveball was added to the arrangements. For those of you not familiar with the bill basically it allows for unrestricted searching and detaining of photographers.
After reviewing a dozen or more models I settled on Deborah. She has an elegant, sexy look that the concept required, as we got comfortable working together I realized she is extremely talented with a multitude of looks that can be coached with or without direction.
Unfortunately our hairstylist had an accident on the way to the shoot but Charlotte did a magnificent job.

As you can see the unpredictable British weather cooperated and we were able to prep for the shoot without any risk of rain, in fact the only thing we had to dodge was the occasional tourist and inquisitive bobby.
Even with setting up early cities like London are never really empty. My team helped with arranging at least 4 lights that were required as well as watching over the gear as a crowd started to gather, inclusive of several suspicious looking skater boys (next time i'll hire security!)

All in all it was a successful shoot a bonus was the images being featured by The Daily Telegraph
Part two will cover the 60's inspired portion of the shoot with Diiva

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Parliament Photoshoot - Part One