Dear readers,
Back in February, when the wind was blowing through the streets of Vienna, when the sky was grey, and the hope for snow long gone, I decided to ditch all that misery and just fly to South Africa for a couple of weeks [it was actually quite sunny and warm, but this just sounds better ; )]. I joined Jürgen Knoth, a fashion and commercial photographer, who also happens to be my boyfriend, to produce a couple of editorials.
Since Cape Town was buzzing with productions at that time of year, finding a stylist was nearly impossible! Luckily though, a design exhibition was taking place just before I arrived, and we ended up choosing our favourite pieces for the photoshoots ourself, directly from the local designers. It was quite a different way to get to know a city and its people, but I enjoyed it a lot!
Jürgen had already decided on a location for our first shoot, a place called Atlantis Dunes. Imagine pristine white sand, dunes beautifully carved by the wind and Cape Town's Table Mountain visible from afar. Just AMAZING. I organised all the required items to get a permit to shoot there, which even included a portable toilet and an environmental conservation officer!
All that was left to do now was to get makeup and hair lined up [all this was happening before I decided to do make up professionally], put the outfits together with our stylist Luiz, whom we did find in the end, book the models, get a 4x4 wheel drive, a tent, clothes racks and buy some food to feed all those hungry mouths. And then we got cracking :)
Back in February, when the wind was blowing through the streets of Vienna, when the sky was grey, and the hope for snow long gone, I decided to ditch all that misery and just fly to South Africa for a couple of weeks [it was actually quite sunny and warm, but this just sounds better ; )]. I joined Jürgen Knoth, a fashion and commercial photographer, who also happens to be my boyfriend, to produce a couple of editorials.
Since Cape Town was buzzing with productions at that time of year, finding a stylist was nearly impossible! Luckily though, a design exhibition was taking place just before I arrived, and we ended up choosing our favourite pieces for the photoshoots ourself, directly from the local designers. It was quite a different way to get to know a city and its people, but I enjoyed it a lot!
Jürgen had already decided on a location for our first shoot, a place called Atlantis Dunes. Imagine pristine white sand, dunes beautifully carved by the wind and Cape Town's Table Mountain visible from afar. Just AMAZING. I organised all the required items to get a permit to shoot there, which even included a portable toilet and an environmental conservation officer!
All that was left to do now was to get makeup and hair lined up [all this was happening before I decided to do make up professionally], put the outfits together with our stylist Luiz, whom we did find in the end, book the models, get a 4x4 wheel drive, a tent, clothes racks and buy some food to feed all those hungry mouths. And then we got cracking :)
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| Home base. Everyone report back here. Also where the food was kept :) |
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| Luiz the stylist makes pretty people even prettier. Here: Tess. |
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| Our friendly environmental conservation officers conserving the environment. |
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| Jürgen doing what he does best. Here: taking amazing photos of Janaina. |
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| Modelling doesn't seem to be a bad job... |
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| Those dunes were simply breath taking. And quite steep too... |
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| Nicole from hair and make up introduced me to dried beef. Loved it. |
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| Not everyone made it out of the desert alive... |
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| Oh she's a diva. You need to be when you're a stylist I suppose ;) |
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| Wind people, we need wind! Luiz made some. |
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| The moon had already risen over the Atlantis Dunes. |
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| Elsofie the photo assistant, Jürgen and Tess flashing, snapping and posing. |
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| And it's a wrap! Jurgen, Tess and me are all smiles :) |
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| Back to home base. We didn't leave anyone behind, not even the skull. |
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| And before we all left, a group picture including our portaloo. |
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