The first part of my day yesterday was spent working on a shoot with Ryan James Hunt. We were working on a spread for Styleology magazine's "Red Book" issue which celebrates everything red and comes out in October. I had the pleasure of getting to work with Kira. I feel like we haven't done a shoot together in a long time. She did amazing hair on the three ladies, including her newly coined "flow hawk". My favorite "do" was her mohawk of 4 large netted balls of hair on Hannah. I think we all enjoyed the many references we were able to make to Hannah's Balls.
The models were Trevor Cross, Hannah Gale, and Amy Holt of Option Model Management as well as the lovely Andrina. They were such a fun group to work with and were definitely good sports hanging out in swimsuits all day despite intermittent rain and the ever-present onlookers. They all ended up looking like they were prepped for the deep fryer having so much canola oil on them. After sitting on the pavement, all of the models left grease stains on the ground!
We all had an early start getting to the prep area at Oaks Park at 8:30. Andrina and Ryan had much earlier starts having to drive from Eugene and Olympia respectively. Once we started shooting at Oaks Park, we were shuffled away and moved down to the parking lot at Sellwood Park. People driving by definitely looked a little confused, and a lot jealous, when they saw the three ladies draped all over Trevor wearing the lovely suits of Heidi Fish.
The rain eventually got to the point where we needed to take a break, so we moved camp again over to Vaughn in NW. After stopping at Jack in the Box for a quick snack and hair and makeup changes, the models posed on a small overpass going over 405. Lots of stares and honking ensued as Hannah waved to all of the passing cars in her nautical striped bikini and neon stilettos. After one more background change, we finally called it a wrap around 5.
This was the first shot taken of Trevor all greased up and ready to go. I can't wait to see the color shots of the girls. I'll post them as they come in.
