This shoot was not just knees on the gound but toes, tummy, elbows and almost chin – it’s a perspective thing. We added a large prop, for the opening shot, a Bentley Continental GT Mulliner in Diamond Black! I wanted the car to hold the image but to get that I had to lie flat on the pavement, outside Edgars Melrose Arch
with my feet precariously in the road. Our model’s Anja and JC were the simply accessories to the uber polished Bentley. The rest of the shoot took place inside the Edgars store. Of course, there isn’t a shoot without its challenges and today there were just too many rails, a hugely open space with stuff in it and shoppers – it is a store after all. We got some clean shots without too much background clutter. One shot at the sunglass bar and the other at the make-up section. The most challenging was shooting the denim in the denim section. We ruffled up some of the neatly folded denim’s around JC – I used one light from the left side. I wanted the background to recede but not into pure blackness but I also wanted to create a mood, a bit of drama. A shopper also wanted to be in the shot – we do oblige. The next shot was with Anja, at the women’s denim section. We replaced the mannequin with our model because from that vantage point we could include the chandelier, it did add sparkle to the shot. The final image was in the changing room with the slated room divider as our background. I found myself flattened against the wall, for just the right angle.
On set: Magazine – Angie Lázaro (Photographer); Alexis Chaffe (Fashion); Gunther Grater (Photographic assistant/ behind-the-scenes photographer); Kate Russell (Fashion Assistant); Richard Egenreider (On-Set Manager) Model: JC from Heads: Anja van Zyl from Ice Model Management Location: Melrose Arch, Johannesburg
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