Morikami Gardens Fashion Shoot

     This goes back a few months.  I had the pleasure again to shoot with friend and photographer Robert Adamo for Palm Beach Media and their Palm Beach and Naples Illustrated Magazines.  We shot at the Morikami museum and Japanese garden in Delray Beach Fl.  It was very overcast in the mourning giving way to partly cloudy skies in the afternoon.  We were outside the whole day and basically worked our way around the garden.  The gardens are beautiful and provided many beautiful settings in which to feature the model and clothes.  The garden was open at the time and we gained a crowed from time to time.   

      We kept the set up light to allow for freedom of movement.  We used one profoto B pack (which runs on a rechargeable battery)with a beautydish.  We had done a tech scout the night before and realized there would be no power available and unlike most situations we could not exactly run a gas powered generator in a zen garden while it was open.  So in order to shoot tethered to the laptop we had to find the closest apple store an hour away to secure more power.  Rob has since invested in one of those extended battery packs.  The day went smooth and there is even some video of some of these shoots at the Palm Beach Illustrated’s we site.

on to the pictures….

a view of the pond

last minute styling

mr. Adamo Shootin

The crew in the bamboo forest

 

 

on the Rocks

  Styling

shots on the rocks

 

high heels and high places

shootin

Standing

 

makeup

more make up bit humid and of coarse hot                 

shootin shootin

art director, Rob, behind the scenes video and the black berry brigade

the long shot

the dry river bed

 

the classic shoji screen shot 

the pond

reflection

the bridge

Camera view

I just can’t resist a little post production magic 

the crew and some onlookers

the last looks

the final shot

great day and a beautiful place to shoot thanks to Rob and PBM for the opportunity to work in such a magical place.