Monday 10 September 2012

I love the smell of sea air...

...and I also love a good location shoot!  A few weekends ago, our team hopped on a train to Goring-by-Sea to shoot along the beach.  It was a day involving gumboots (wellies), mini-cab drivers Terry and Raj (as named by us), a cafe storage room, fortress-of-solitude-like props, two horses and the beautiful Paige from Premier.

We were a bit concerned by the clouds constantly threatening to chuck it down, but we managed to get away with only a light shower.  The Bluebird Cafe in Ferring went above and beyond accommodating by letting us set up camp in their storage room.  Adlena and I even had our own hair and makeup room in the laundry and it smelled very clean indeed.  

I did mention horses and we were incredibly lucky to have found Vicki, who allowed us to shoot with hers.  We thought she was only bringing one, but she brought two on the day in case one wasn't feeling up to it.  Basically, we had a spare horse and I can honestly say that I've never had one of those!  Incredible.

This shoot was born in a once-up-a-Flora-Deborah-daydream and it was a big deal to see it happen in real life.  Thank you to Flora who put such a whopper of a team together, spent hours trawling animal forums (specifically photogenic horses who live by the sea), co-ordinating everyone's awkward timetables and for just pulling it off.  

Here are a few snaps I took.  I am veeeery excited about this editorial and I hope I can share it with you soon!


It looks cold and it was


The menu at the Bluebird Cafe.  Fish finger sandwich!


I am thinking hipster seaside princess queen.  All those things.


Please don't kill me, Adlena.  You are an adorable green poo.  


Brave Paige :)

Photography:  Flora Deborah
Styling:  Coline Bach
Set design:  Aurelie Taillefer
Hair:  Adlena Dignam
Photography assistant:  Emma Jacks
Styling assistant: Emmely Dovaston

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