This past weekend an opportunity arose for me to shoot some bts (behind the scenes) images for recording artist
Carol Cox. It was during her "Goddess" photo shoot with Vancouver based photographer
Bryan Ward at his downtown
studio. Primarily being a sports shooter I was excited to branch out and try something different. I must say I had a great time.
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Carol Cox |
This would be the first time I ever met Carol Cox or Bryan Ward. I arrived a little early and after buzzing a few times Bryan met me at the front doors to his studio. Wow is all I can say , his studio is just plain kickass. Don`t take my word for it check it out for yourself
Studio 31. From his Manfrotto Rail system to his profoto gear it was all very slick and worked flawlessly and he is a fellow Canon shooter. After seeing that rail system in action it will be hard to set up a light stand in the future and not think about it.
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Bryan Ward Studio 31 Carol Cox |
Shortly there after the makeup artist
Jennifer Ruth , hairstylist
Ashley Young and Carol arrived. From what I gathered the theme of the shoot was a goddess with three alter egos. So it was going to be a busy day for hair and makeup. The "goddess`s" are going to be concept piece composites. Check out Bryan`s
portfolio and you will see he is very good in photoshop and has no problem swapping a bg. I can`t wait to see the finished images.
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Jennifer Ruth Carol Cox Ashley Young |
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Carol Cox Jennifer Ruth |
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Ashley Young Carol Cox Jennifer Ruth |
Carol was awesome to meet and be around for the day. She has so much energy and a positive attitude that you can not be in a good mood around her. Jennifer and Ashley were upbeat and great to talk too as well. Bryan was a great host. He was not expecting a still photographer on set and he could have very easily sent me on my way but he did not and I thank him very much for that. For someone who would like to try his hand at glamor/boudoir photography one day it was a great learning experience watching him work and interact with everyone and especially Carol.
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Bryan Ward Carol Cox |
What else can I say, I had a great time. I got to sneak a peek on the ins and outs of a pro fashion/glamor photo shoot and I got to meet some great people. Who knows maybe this will be a door opener for me to do more of this stuff. Would I do more of this kind of photography? Absolutely!
Here are a few more images from the day.
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Carol Cox Bryan Ward |
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Carol Cox Bryan Ward |
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Carol Cox Bryan Ward |
Oh ya can you believe it, not once during the day did I bother to grab a photo of myself with Carol or Bryan. So my wall of fame is still empty! But here is a photo of yours truly just to prove I was indeed there.
Links
Carol Cox Music
Bryan Ward Photography
Jennifer Ruth (M.U.A)
Ashley Young ( Hair stylist)
Conner Galway (Junction Marketing)