Wow, I can’t say enough good things about our last
shoot. It was one of those times when
everything just came together and things almost felt too easy. I try to prepare myself for one or two things
going wrong so when they inevitably do, I don’t freak out. When all goes smoothly I’m a little
surprised.
Being our sixth Vintage Bus Shoot, it’s nice to feel like
you know what to expect and what you’re doing.
I realize that by writing this I now open myself up to all sorts of
challenges in the remaining shoots. But
when you have a really good one, you should celebrate it, right? And the icing on the cake is that two of the
images from this shoot were published on "VOGUE Italia" Online. I wrote a little bit about that in my last
post here.
Instead of shooting in Winkleigh, near the hangar where the
buses live, we ventured out to Bideford and shot at the home of Dan Shears,
Proprietor of the West of England Transportation Collection. He lives in a beautiful house right on the
river with breathtaking views from all windows.
Not a bad place to spend the day.
Thinking it would be nice to change it up from strictly shooting buses, Dan
suggested we photograph his beautiful 1927 Austin 12 seater Charabanc. The automobile has no interior, and currently lacks
brakes, so it was important to set it up in the right place. In other shoots, I’ve sometimes been finicky
about the placement of the buses as the light changed. Luckily Dan had it set up in the perfect
place before I arrived.
My fabulous stylist, Kate Sly from Fashion Farmer, picked
out beautiful dresses from the 1930’s.
Apparently it is a bit difficult to find fashion from the 30’s and we
were lucky with the three she was able to find and style. They fit our model, Nicole de’Gabrielle very well,
and with her classic features, she slid into the era perfectly. Nicole
tells me she is new to modeling, but you’d never know it. She brought a natural grace and elegance to
her poses that was easy to work and I’d highly recommend her to any other
photographers. Trude Bosence returned
for her second Vintage Bus Shoot with us and did an amazing job perfecting the
look with fabulous makeup and hair styling.
Trude, Kate and I had all worked together before, and Trude and Nicole
had previously collaborated, so we knew what to expect from each other.
Kate even brought her dog, Lennon, to participate. You always hear
about the challenges of shooting with animals, but Lennon was so good
and did exactly was he was told. Oh yeah, and the weather was perfect. Six shoots in and we’ve not seen rain
yet. Too good to be true? Hopefully not. Anyway, here is what we came up with. And if you want to see the two photos
published on "VOGUE Italia", please visit their site here.
To see more images from this project, please visit the
Fashion Gallery on my website:
http://alexandragunnoe.com I've recently changed up the design and photos in my portfolio.
CREDITS:
Model: Nicole de’Gabrielle
MUA & Hair Stylist:
Trude Bosence
Proprietor of the West of England TransportationCollection: Dan Shears
Photographer:
Alexandra Gunnoe
