A few weeks ago Phil Barber, Barnaby Aldrick and I decided to try something a little out of our comfort zones.
The plan was basically to get a few models, make-up artists, a location, and a boot full of lighting gear and give ourselves a day of shooting fashion photography. After finding our models Viv, Steph, Clare and Mat and our make-up artist Katy, the location we found to shoot at was a rough and ready garage in Leeds; rusty cars, oily rags, muddy puddles and old tires pretty much sets the scene.
After setting up base and finding a place for the cooler full of lunch, Katy and her assistant Pooja got to work on giving the models some incredible make-up and hair styles. It was great fun and a pretty creative and collaborative process between all of us in terms of the finished photos, with everyone giving their input and ideas. Rain stopped play for a lot of the exterior shots but with so much scope for shooting inside, neither of us ran out of inspiration. The garage is also home to an electro producer and DJ who had the speakers turned to 11 for the second half of the day helping set the mood for the images.
Along also for the day was the awesome Cris Matthews, who was there to document the day video style, and we hope to have this edited and online by the end of next week, so I’ll put another post up with a few more images.
A pretty cool day all round, and we can’t wait to set the next one up. Let me know what you think of the results below.
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