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Perfect Shoot. Fashion Photographer in London

Fashion Photography London. Model on balcony.

My job as fashion photographer in London is not as easy and glamourous as most of you may think.

Most of the fashion shoots are sky high piles of challenges that I am expected to overcome. That’s why my clients are paying me money, right? They don’t want to hear that weather was bad, the light wasn’t perfect or that model came to the shoot straight from dentist.

However once in a while that perfect shoot when everything effortlessly falls into place just happens, and one of those shoots I want to write about today.

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Cold and windy. Model’s portfolio shoot.

A few days ago I photographed rather cool lifestyle model Janu. For those of you from UK I don’t need to explain how nasty English weather at this time of the year could be… and so it was. 70-90 km/h wind has forced me to change my game plan drastically.

My only assistant on set was Maggie, our make up artist (she’s about size 0 😉 so making her hold onto even small size softbox would only make things worse cause not only would I have to worry about my equipment but also about health and safety of my lovely assistant. So instead we have settled for three Canon 580 EX II Speedlights triggered by Pocket Wizards Flex TT5 and Mini TT1, mounted on TriFlash bracket and my old trusty Manfrotto monopod.

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