Behind the scenes at Tin City

I think this is when we just arrived on location
Our location for the day
Travis starts on the hair and Victoria on the nailso fmodel du jour Simone Kerr
Michael Azzollini gets his rack of clothes organized always room for some more tulle
Me, patiently waiting while all involved to their bit to create the first image ( read : can't wait to start shooting )
I go over the gear with Ben from PIX

Getting Michael to stand in , so I can start thinking about the composition/lighting of the first shot
While inside Robbie's house Victoria is making sure Simone won't get burnt before she comes out for the 1st shot Here we go, first shot, let the fun begin
Love this shot, we arein the middle of 40 km stretch of sand dunes, nothing but sand for miles, but yet, here we are in this little oasis inside tin city. Simona waits inside while I'm out in the burning sun to set up the next shot
Next shot
Then we huddle inside to look at the shots on back of camera ( too bright in the sun to really be able to see it )
looks good ( melted ) chocolate sugar hit
And then master operator Ben from PIX , who has set himself up in the location van, starts processing the RAW files
And Azzo gets the Kerr in the next
outfit
Oh yeah, I'm smiling alright, the sun is shining and I have a great team, so I know I will get great shots
I must be setting up the lights again outside , so Simone patiently waits out of the harsh sun light
If there is one thing I don't like in my shot when shooting in sand/dunes or even snow, is footsteps, so Ben steps in and starts sweeping away the footsteps, awesome
As I take a shot in the background of Simone walking to the location of the next shot
checking the composition of the next shot
Looking back at these shots now as I post these, I just want to go there again and do another shoot

Just as all was going smooth and well, the rangers come round to give me a bit of grilling. Shot here so many times before and there was never an issue with rangers before, but it turns out that the original owners of the land, the Worimi people, have handed control of the land over to the National Parks and Wildlife, and are now "policing" the dunes, and this only happend just recently, so I was not aware of any permits that were needed, and they are giving me a hard time. That smile I had a few shots back is starting to fade.
But the show must go on
Next shot
Time for a well deserved lunch
Come back in a few hours for some more shots After lunch different rangers come now, doing their job While I deal with that, Simone has a little lie down, heat is a bit much for her ( check out the RSL carpet , noice one Robbie 🙂 Hehehe, sorry Michael, just had to include this shot of you running from the dog Setting up for another shot, light will start to getter as the sun drops in the west Heels and sand dunes, difficult mix But Simone will give it a go for the photo Yes, shameless plug for PIX, as they are providing me with an awesome service You see, I was concerned about getting all the gear and people in here in one car, as it has to be a 4WD car, and I did not have a budget to rent more 4WD, but turns out their location van is 4WD also, perfect The sun's getting to Michael , he'sacting funny ( just kidding, he's always funny 🙂 Nice shot Jacs Robbie is back from work, straight into a coldie, and checking out what we've done with his place, not everyday you come home from work, and find a fashion shoot in your backyard that light is getting nice ! Travis, fixing the haor and taking another booking, I think Travis was the only one who was getting phone reception I love this location Oh yummy, nice shot Jacs, love a good sun flare Can you imagine living here ? Pretty special, and just 50meters from the ocean ( fresh fish ) The locals watch the "circus" should frame this one I reckon I got some colour today one more shot to go I'm telling Michael how much I'm going to love this shot with the light you should send me some of your shots Travis I reckon Robbie could get used to this You go girl Just love this light, so ready to shoot in this light again My companion for the day I think that's a wrap All pics by the lovely Jacqui Turner ( call me for bookings 🙂