Fruity fruity! How I shoot....

I love my job - it was lovely to hang out with Miriam in her south London home...She's a dietician and wanted friendly, interesting portraits for her website. It was a bit of a fruity, light hearted, fun shoot. Awesome hair and make up by Elbie van Eeden. 

It always intrigues me when I look at other photographer's work as to how a shoot comes to life and how it's set up.  So I thought I might write a little about how this shoot came about. I spoke to Miriam about what she was looking for and we put together a pinterest board of ideas that we were inspired by. We then thought about how these ideas could translate into a shoot in her home.  Miriam loved really creative portraits but didn't want to put potentia clients off by seeming too 'wacky'. She sent me her mood board for her new website design so I knew which colours and style she was going for.. I chose a neautral grey paper background (I bought it from Calumet but I know you can get them online too) and Miriam chose her clothes to and Elbie co-ordinated the make up colours to be fresh and 'pop' against the background...

Miriam has a conservatory so this was perfect! Lit from above from the glass roof and from in front from the patio doors gave a very natural feel to the images without the need for lighting. I love how these portraits show a little of Miriam's personality without being over the top 'quirky' - friendly and approachable.