Shoot Pronto!

final image

going up to my perch

the set

I stayed on my ceiling beam for 4 hours

minus the 3rd wheel

with Jim, hairstylist

Archie, makeup and Deb, stylist

Bel, production designer

Have you heard of an instant professional shoot? To come up with a shoot, it usually takes a while to deal with closing the contract, presenting and finalizing the concepts, pre-production meets, logistics and actual shoot. In this shoot’s case, these were all done in a little over 31 hours!

The requirement was urgent, so when my friend Lester of Branders.com called, I was game. After agreeing on a final concept, the task was then to book a team. With short notice, chances are the team you’d want would be already booked But I got extremely lucky and got an excellent team, the top of my shortlist, whom I’ve worked with very well in the past and fortunately were all available. I got Archie of Maybelline to do the makeup, Jim to do the hair, Deb as stylist, Bel as production designer and 3 good models.

The client wanted a sleazy motel room look and feel. They also required a diffused spot on the upper bodies of the couple. I used:

with Jay and Lester of Branders.com

spiderman, anyone?

Hensel Tria 2400 with 2 heads

1 Broncolor Primo with 1 head

1 strip with louvre

1 softbox

Canon 1Ds Mark III with 85mm 1.2 LII

To take top shots, I perched myself on my studio’s ceiling beam. Stayed there for about 4 hours total. Bel, who doesn’t smoke anymore, had to light up 2 packs of cigarettes to fill up the ashtrays in the set.

Will I do another instant shoot? Why not?