Mademoiselle Boo is one of my favourite models to work with and these are some of my favourite photos from our most recent photo-shoot.
A week before the shoot took place, Boo was reminiscing about a shoot she did in an American style diner in her vintage roller skates. She asked if anyone was interested in shooting her in the roller skates again but with a different theme than her original shoot.
I suggested doing a vintage fashion shoot with a sunny Florida beach look. Boo came up with an outfit made of some black vintage sports shorts, white knee heigh socks, red baseball shirt and some Aviator sunglasses.
We choose to shoot in South Shields Fun Fair. It was a perfect location with some flat concrete paths running alongside the sandy beaches, an outdoor skatepark with plenty of graffiti and a bright and colourful fair that we could easily access. However, on the day the skatepark was closed off and the fair was busy. We still managed to get some great photos but it quickly got windy so we decided to move to an indoor skatepark in Bede.
Because it was such a lovely sunny day, I just used a Nikon D600 with a 50mm lens to shoot the first half of the shoot with natural light. When we moved on the skatepark, I used a studio flash-head with a beauty dish to light Boo and later used a tripod and trigger for some of my trickier shots.
Overall, I really enjoyed this shoot and it might be my biggest and favourite shot with her to date. Because we live quite far apart our shoots usually take up most of the day and result in hundreds of awesome photos.
And it's always brilliant working with Mademoiselle Boo; she's sexy, funny and really friendly, which makes her a pleasure to work with, although I only really get the chance to work with her every few years. I'm already brainstorming ideas for our next shoot which will hopefully featuring some burlesque dancing or fire performing. And I can't wait.
Keep your eyes peeled for Part 2, which is made of our photos taken in the indoor skatepark.
