08 Oct Gold Bird Shoot
My friend Dawn (check out her website here) and I have been talking about doing a shoot together for a long time and finally managed to find a date the worked a couple of weeks ago. Dawn is an amazing prop stylist and set designer so it was great to get a chance to work with her. She brought the brillaint photographer Paula Beetlestone (her website is here) into the project.
It was a real privilege to get to glimpse into their world for the day. So much goes into these shoots, I had no idea. Both Paula and Dawn have so much knowledge and experience between them that they made it all seem so easy, when it really isn’t. I was exhausted by the end of the day.
I don’t have the final images yet but here are a few photos from the day.

Dawn adding some finishing touches to the set. It’s amazing how small changes can really affect the final photos.

Paula testing lighting options, as I said the smallest thing can really change the whole photo, the skill that Paula and Dawn have in seeing this is amazing, so much attention to detail is required.
I didn’t take so many photos of the second shot, it was a bit more difficult to see anything as the camera was in very close.
I can’t wait to share the final images with you.