The prep behind the Bird Motel Summer 2009 shopalog almost killed me.
A lot of long days, a lot of phone calls and even more emails, a lot of location scouting, a lot of please send me the samples, I really need them, a lot of agonizing over which model to use for which story, a lot of decision making, a lot of wows, a lot praying to the weather gods, a lot of ironing, a lot of quick take that off and put this on, a lot of tears, a lot of laughs, a lot of grey cards.
And after all the blood, sweat and tears, you sit back and think, yeah it came together pretty well, yeah we did ok, and yeah, we're pretty proud.
All three girls from Chic Management were divine: on time, polite, funny, professional.
For 'Nevermind', a story inspired by 90s rock chicks, we unfortunately had to battle incredibly loud road works wafting up from the pavement below the studio. But after a couple of minutes we knew Olivia was going to nail our brief and we knew we didn't need to yell instructions at her over the sound of ear-shattering earth-moving equipment. Olivia, well she just did her thing, and did it so well, and we all fell in love with her.
We totally shocked a family of ten when they arrived back to collect their luggage to find the house in Bondi they had been holidaying in, suddenly buzzing with hair, make-up, assistants, clothes and one beautiful model called Hermione prepping for our Parlez-Vous Francais story. Hermione did not miss a beat all day and is truely one of those girls you can't stop staring at because her beauty is so exotic.
And I don't think the residents and staff of Tall Pines Caravan Park really knew what to think of Amy, 5'11" and atheletic strutting around swimsuits and sundresses. The wind that day was gale force, and wasn't pleasant, but Amy just got on with the job, meeting our brief of 'you're bored, stuck here on holiday for the summer with no friends' perfectly.
Yes, it almost killed me. And almost killed Dan because I wore him down with my nervous energy and hysteria. But will I do all again? Hell, yeah! I am already planning winter.
Hope you like it.
Drop me a line anytime and let me know what your favorite story is?
