Sweet! Another SOTW on FPBlog!
I couldn’t resist submitting another shot to Melissa Rodwell’s lovely and informative Fashion Photography Blog. (And I saw that another prior selectee had snagged a second week in the spotlight so I figured it couldn’t hurt.) You only gain when you take risks and this one paid off with another selection as shot of the week!
The shoot came about as we connected with Andreas Hinteregger, a hair stylist on a world tour to develop his wild hair portfolio and meet photographers. (He’s still on his trek – now in NYC – so find him and shoot with him if you can!) A few email back and forth and we were locked and loaded.
Our studio was in a horrible, no shooting in there, state of remodel and we were forced into our satellite stage (aka our garage). The smaller space limited some of our choices on set design and lighting. We had decided on a very H.R. Giger inspired look (with a sprinkling of Burton) for the concept. Stacey did an awesome job of pulling together a dynamic set out of found fabric and tubing from Scrap and Builder’s Resource that went up easy and could take an interesting shape. It also allow me to place lights behind it and give it a subtle glow that we could control to our desires.
This time we had the striking Sarah Jane from Ford … all 5’10 of her (and at 15 years old nonetheless). The tone on the set was very playful and we were able to take the concepts further into the fun zone. We had been kicking around this huge lengths of spirally hair, tying them to the set, and were getting into the “what else” stage. Stacey led the charge to start working the angle to get the hair to come toward camera (something we were all envisioning, but not how). Good teams produce great images.
On makeup, we talked ex-local Asheley Joy Beck into paying the Bay Area another visit and plying her mad skillz. She had a deft approach in matching the models and set to bring the concept together. She also saved the day for another of the concepts – seen in an earlier post – by coming up with an alternative to a look-essential bald cap (damn allergies). She’s welcome back anytime.
And Eirik Aswang provided the deliciously studded recycled rubber and grommet creations to cover the flesh and accent the concept. You can see in the image that the garment had these awesome wing bone stubs sticking out the back. It’s all in the details.
Enough talk … let’s image.
