BTS on Friday's Shoot

Another shoot... another BTS (Behind the Scenes) blog :)

On Friday I went back in time to shoot with Lee (Furlong) the photographer from Absolute Studios Dublin & Absolute the agency, Ok not literally back in time... but Lee was the first photographer I ever shot with(-just over 2years ago now)... Most of you will know that I got into modelling by doing the Absolute School of Modelling course in April 2010... and the rest is history-I've been modelling ever since-& at this stage it's a career path for me and such a passion of mine! Lee got in touch recently because he was coming to Galway on his brothers stag and thought it would be a good opportunity to shoot together again. We got chatting and arranged a shoot in a boutique hotel in Barna-'The Twelve'.

Samantha Craughwell did the make-up for the shoot and it was based on a Megan Fox cat-eye look with massive double lashes that felt like two butterflies landed on my eyes :) I have worked with Sammie on SO many occasions now and she has become a close friend-I love her work and she's such an easy going and lovely person!

I got my hair done in my new favourite hair salon Absolute Hair Studio in Galway (new name change from GQ Hairdressing and a nice coincidence in names since Lee works with Absolute in Dublin) on Thursday Lyndsay from Absolute hair studio washed, cut, coloured and styled my hair (I'm going to do a full blog on Absolute hair studio-and my hair cut because their offers are just unreal and I've never been happier with a haircut-Honestly). I came back in on Friday morning and again Lyndsay did an amazing job styling my hair and got so much height out of it :)

I got a TanOrganic spray Tan in ChezElaine in Terryland on Thursday (the day before my shoot). TanOrganic gives a very natural colour.

Julian-a common mention in my blogs as he's my longest friend and I love him to bits came along (as he often does) and helped out in any way he could. He has a great interest in the industry so he likes to see how the day unfolds and be involved with the bts on a photoshoot.

The Lingerie was sponsored by Elegant Undies in Galway and I also got sent the most fab Swarovski Crystal bikini from a new company called Cristallo Bras in the UK and a Black Mac Jacket from Primark.

Getting ready for the shoot:
Wednesday:

• I visited Elegant Undies to collect the lingerie that was given to me for the shoot.
• I also popped into Absolute hair studio to get a dye test behind my ear.

Thursday:

• Thursday morning I went into the Results Ireland Studio in the Lisban Industrial estate to train with my trainer Dave for an hour...He Killed me!! and we've started a new 4week programme: I'll be training with him twice a week and following a regime for another 3days by myself-5 days a week training :/ click here to read Dave's blog on the training we do.
• After my training session I popped over to ChezElaine for my spray tan.
• It was then on to Absolute Hair Studio for my wash, cut, colour-Celebrity Package based on Kim Kardashian's hair cut (As mentioned I'll do a full blog on this).
• After my haircut I met up with my friends: Julian, Sarah and Donna and had the chats in Kellys before looking around the shops.
• I'm not a big fan of getting my nails done... I don't like having gels on: basically I'm a cluts and I can't pick anything up with them-they drive me crazy so I'm a big fan of Impress nails (to read my blog on them click here) I'm dying to try so many of their colours and styles but for the shoot I just wanted something that would go with everything and was feminine and pretty so I picked up a packet of lace detail impress nails.

• I never give myself enough time the night before a shoot and as usual started getting into a fuss trying to pack my bag for the next morning and remember everything :P

The day of the shoot:

• I popped back into Absolute hair studio in the morning to get my hair styled. 
• Then I met Julian and we collected Sammie and headed out to Barna together-we met Lee in the hotel, had a few chats and then got straight down to business-Sammie started on my make-up and we had a look at the clothes deciding what order we'd shoot things in and what I'd wear etc...

We had a lovely suite in the Tweleve so we stayed there for the entire shoot and did a couple of different looks.


Editorial Video:
What made this shoot different is that we also did a editorial video: which I wasn't used to doing at all-I definitely had a few giggly moments but I hope it turns out well and can't wait to see it :) It was based on and inspired by a mixture of these two videos...

http://vimeo.com/23774822 (I can't include this video you can only watch by following the link).



Ok obviously I didn't do the rosie Hudington whitely type strip tease but the idea with the Mac jacket etc.. and then the other video (without the boobie shot of course).


BTS Pictures:

 

 

It was a long day and we were all starving by the end of it but we had a lot of fun and hopefully we'll get a few nice pics from it and the video will turn out well :) Lee is a lovely guy to work with and a great photographer: all involved were easy going, funny and we had a laugh :) Another photographer who I've worked with a number of times before, Saibh Egan, called in for a chat and laugh also :)

All pictures in this blog were taken on a phone-so apologies for the quality and the video clips from my cheap little video camera :p All for this BTS Blog-Can't wait for the professional ones #WatchThisSpace ;) lol 

MWAH!!!

Lots of Love

Shahira Xo