Yesterday was a long day, but it was so much!!
We, Juan & Sharon and Kevin & I, got up at 7 and were out the door a little before 8am with all of our luggage and 2 bags of snacks from Trader Joe’s. We took a cab down to the studio and met up with Nathan & Evita. The studio we rented had an infinity background and it was so pretty to look at! Nothing but white everywhere. There were clothing wracks which we immediately proceeded to hang our belongings on and then Shaz and I proceeded to take over the make-up counters. I was thrilled!! We were feeling like professionals already!!
While I took the sponge rollers out of my hair, Shaz and Evita had plugged in their curling irons and started on their make-up as well. Simone, Kevin’s sister, began steaming clothing for us. The boys had thrown on their tuxes and began shooting once AO and her team were done setting up. As the boys smiled and threw their canes about, the girls preened in the background and squealed with delight…..we were finally going to get the promos we always wanted!
We found our rhythm as a group and did a good job staying to the time slots we had previously allotted ourselves. So let me give some background on this. Weeks before this photo shoot, we were all supposed to start collecting pictures of images we like, one for us to have something to reference, but also so we could show the photographer what look we were going for. Two days before we left for NY we categorized our photos (group, couple, solo) and looked at what everyone else had. We had similar ideas in mind, thank goodness. Then we needed to get costumes together. I would totally recommend doing this earlier than 2 days before you leave for a big weekend where you’ll be too busy to do any other prep work. We had some costumes, but not for 3 people since we’ve mostly been working at a foursome and twosome. That being said, we did manage to cob somethings together and as you’ll see, it worked out just fine. Finally, we outlined how much time everyone was to have so that everything we wanted could be shot.
Ok, so let’s fast forward. We did a really great job at sticking to the time schedule we made up a week earlier. I think we were all really surprised by that, but oh-so-pleased.
Some highlights from the day:
– having Simone steam clothes, help with make-up and styling, and fixing our clothes when the got pushed/mushed/yanked out of place
– having a mirror in the studio so we could see what shapes we were going to make
– seeing the boys in their tuxes
– having us girls look so fucking cute!!! (just wait and see)
– being able to stick to schedule
– having no disagreements about ANYTHING the entire day. The smoothest photo shoot ever done. Ever. Seriously.
– getting to work with AO and her team
– getting to take some “love shots” with Juan. I don’t know what we’ll use them for, but it was fun to be lovey-dovey with him and get some photographic proof of it
– getting to be really, really ridiculously good-look for a day
– knowing that the Killer Dillers made some major progress
Some other notes:
– doing aerials over and over again on cement isn’t pleasant
– in an all white room, it’s really tough to see where you are flying to and from becuase there is nothing to spot off of
– having music playing is an awesome thing
– snack food rocks
– working with professionals is sooooooooooooo worth the money
– Sharon is such a freaking pro in front of the camera, it’s ridiculous. I’ve never seen anyone go into a shoot and have 90% of everything shot for the day be usable. Wow.
– trying to swing out in sync for a picture is silly….just hit the line you want and move into that position
– photo assistants who haven’t seen aerials before will most likely make disconcerting noises while you fly through the air. Don’t doubt your safety followers!!
– doing stock shots is sooooooooooo much fun. Perhaps you’ll be lucky enough to see them!
So there’s a quick really-really about the long-ass photo shoot. It was fun and nobody died. Yeah!!
