i had a great opportunity to work with a just-signed act with universal music. fresh talent, starting from scratch, i love it! it's always great whenever i get a chance on a job to handpick my perfect team of talents and producers. it really makes me sleep easier on the days before our shoots. lol. and i think the results are always pitch perfect.
they knew they wanted something very bohemian, but modern, and gave me some of their favorite 70's album covers for inspirations and jump-off points-- linda ronstadt, johnny cash, mama's and papas, all great classic covers (for me, mine are patti smith's horses, velvet underground's banana, and those cheeky roxy music covers. lol).
so based on all our meetings and brain storming sessions and what i (personally) want to shoot, i put together my own inspiration wall for myself. i always do these for big shoots cuz it really helps me form a specific feel, light, and mood that i want to achieve while on set. it's not to be taken literally, really just something visual to feed my head.
we had some really fun, unconventional prop ideas and dane did another amazing and beautiful job pulling it together and making them work as one cohesive "look" (will show more when they come out). one of was having four 3-week old pink piglets! they were very cute but not very cooperative. they like to walk bumped up against each other in a big piglet cluster. they squeal when you try to pick them up, and periodically they'd just fall asleep, while still standing up in mid-step. i had to keep asking the girls to gently tap them to wake them up in the middle of shooting! lol
