I’ve been alluding to this shoot in posts for the last month or so, and finally…here it is! Early this summer I was inspired to really push my work in directions that I wanted to go in, so I started brainstorming shoots that I would love to do. The idea was twofold: to come up with assignments that I would LOVE to get paid to do and shoot them, and to do these assignments 100% my way, to build my portfolio work that not only represented my ability to photograph, but the style and look that I love to work with personally.

I set the shoot up as a lifestyle fashion shoot out on a river…the concept was pulling from several brands that I like (photography wise) such as Anthropologie and Free People, but with my personal approach to shooting. I, once again, had an AMAZING team come together to make this possible…Hair, makeup, wardrobe, models and assistant…all of them made this shoot fantastic and I couldn’t say enough about how great they were to work with. We’re already scheming a few more test ideas for the fall!  Until these two shoots I didn’t quite understand the importance of a styling team for commercial work (my experience with it was limited), but it’s been amazing to see how much of a difference it makes having specific people specialize and come together to work with you on making the shoot look perfect.  It’s such a fun thing and really can take a good shoot and turn it great with just the attention to detail that you get from 3 more sets of eyes each focused on their part.

Styling:  Megan LaRussa
Make Up:  Jackie Robinson
Hair:  Tori Doss
Models: Katie Johnston and Zach Williams
Assistant:  Jonathan Wade
Location: Jemison Park

Technical info for you photogs:

Shot at 5ish PM all natural light (used a scrim on a few of the shots). Kodak 400NC pushed to 800 (over exposed by about a stop) on my mamiya 645 afd with 80mm f2.8 lens (almost all shot around f4.

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