KeiraLavelle • 6/07/2021 • Rating: Positive • View photoshoot
Working with George is just a delight each and every time... ?? If you asked me how many times we’ve actually shot, then I’d have to sit and think hard mind you! ? But I think that’s just a reflection of how much I look forward to the next session: with new ideas/adventures and killah pictures to come from what is always guaranteed to be a lovely day! ?
I finally managed to get my backside up to the North of Scotland again on a “proper” tour since things relaxed with the pandemic! It felt so good to be properly back on the road... But it was also a bit like learning all over again what I need to do for fortnight-long mega trips away where I’m living out of hotels and honouring a different shoot each day! ? It was a massive comfort to me having people I knew well (and enjoyed working with) support and book me on the trip - the rapport is already there and you almost have a sense of telepathy in pre-shoot comms because you know both how the other works. ? George was brill with his communications (as usual) totally clear and concise about locations etc. we actually revisited a fabulous beach we’d been to before - but it was my first time driving this far North so George was fantastic with explaining the meeting point GPS etc. where we would kick things off. We also had some studio time booked for the best of both worlds - and in all the time leading up to the shoot, the ideas and creative discussions were thriving! Gets you revved up for the day, and also just so appreciated from a models side in knowing what to bring and so forth. George is always really organised like that! ?
Now then: BLOODY TECHNOLOGY! Who needs it!!! Because literally the moment we met up - George had a look of dread which turned out to be a random/unexplained camera failure! ? YIKES! Luckily; I had chucked my camera into the car on a whim when I was packing (because I could/I wasn’t worried about dragging heavy cases up train platforms!) So the shoot was salvaged and George was able to pop his own memory card in and create away! ? Apparently Canon cameras are very different to working Nikon’s (which George has!) so he then had the extra brain workout of finding where all the stuff/settings were. ? Given everything though, and how we very nearly didn’t have a shoot - he bossed it!
Out on the beach we were in our element: running between locations like excited kids at Christmas... It was a bit cooler than our visit before so we almost had the place to ourselves as well! George totally chucked himself at the shoot with all the enthusiasm and good vibage - he had to put up with this crazy sea siren jumping from rock to rock doing something different every time... But he saw the moments and caught the beauty of this really lovely location. What a tremendous first half it was. ? Then it was off to Red Dawn studio for us! Here we had some quite specific ideas to work on, so it far more controlled/specific and styled. Fair play to George - he knew where his vision was taking him, and he patiently faffed with the lights until he got it! He has a deep interest in the creative possibilities with lighting, and it really shows when you’re there in the flow. ?
As I’ve said before: George is a lovely gentleman that I recommend without a shadow of a doubt! He’s a really kind and sweet person, professional in his approach from the start of the shoot process to the end, has a wonderfully upbeat character meaning we do A LOT of chatting and just enjoy the social side of the shoot as well (amazing bonus!) He’s someone who any model should feel totally safe working with - 100%!!
Thank you so much George - and the pictures were utterly lovely too! Thank you for so kindly sending them over after the shoot. ?
Keira
I finally managed to get my backside up to the North of Scotland again on a “proper” tour since things relaxed with the pandemic! It felt so good to be properly back on the road... But it was also a bit like learning all over again what I need to do for fortnight-long mega trips away where I’m living out of hotels and honouring a different shoot each day! ? It was a massive comfort to me having people I knew well (and enjoyed working with) support and book me on the trip - the rapport is already there and you almost have a sense of telepathy in pre-shoot comms because you know both how the other works. ? George was brill with his communications (as usual) totally clear and concise about locations etc. we actually revisited a fabulous beach we’d been to before - but it was my first time driving this far North so George was fantastic with explaining the meeting point GPS etc. where we would kick things off. We also had some studio time booked for the best of both worlds - and in all the time leading up to the shoot, the ideas and creative discussions were thriving! Gets you revved up for the day, and also just so appreciated from a models side in knowing what to bring and so forth. George is always really organised like that! ?
Now then: BLOODY TECHNOLOGY! Who needs it!!! Because literally the moment we met up - George had a look of dread which turned out to be a random/unexplained camera failure! ? YIKES! Luckily; I had chucked my camera into the car on a whim when I was packing (because I could/I wasn’t worried about dragging heavy cases up train platforms!) So the shoot was salvaged and George was able to pop his own memory card in and create away! ? Apparently Canon cameras are very different to working Nikon’s (which George has!) so he then had the extra brain workout of finding where all the stuff/settings were. ? Given everything though, and how we very nearly didn’t have a shoot - he bossed it!
Out on the beach we were in our element: running between locations like excited kids at Christmas... It was a bit cooler than our visit before so we almost had the place to ourselves as well! George totally chucked himself at the shoot with all the enthusiasm and good vibage - he had to put up with this crazy sea siren jumping from rock to rock doing something different every time... But he saw the moments and caught the beauty of this really lovely location. What a tremendous first half it was. ? Then it was off to Red Dawn studio for us! Here we had some quite specific ideas to work on, so it far more controlled/specific and styled. Fair play to George - he knew where his vision was taking him, and he patiently faffed with the lights until he got it! He has a deep interest in the creative possibilities with lighting, and it really shows when you’re there in the flow. ?
As I’ve said before: George is a lovely gentleman that I recommend without a shadow of a doubt! He’s a really kind and sweet person, professional in his approach from the start of the shoot process to the end, has a wonderfully upbeat character meaning we do A LOT of chatting and just enjoy the social side of the shoot as well (amazing bonus!) He’s someone who any model should feel totally safe working with - 100%!!
Thank you so much George - and the pictures were utterly lovely too! Thank you for so kindly sending them over after the shoot. ?
Keira
