Nothing floats my boat more than being given free reign to do something
different and unusual! I’m sure you can therefore appreciate just what a
‘Red letter’ day it was when Elinchrom, the Flash Centre and DMLS (www.damianmcgillicuddy.com)
asked me to shoot some images that showed the prowess and potential of the
new Elinchrom Ranger Quadra especially when teamed with the Damian
McGillicuddy collapsable beauty dish. The brief was stunning in its
simplicity…‘Studio-quality lighting anywhere other than in the normal studio
situation’! So that’s me let off the leash then…
To me it was paramount to show just how brilliant and capable the Quadra
is in any situation. I often think when people see the compact sleekness of
these units they forget they have a full 400ws of umph, almost the iron fist
in the velvet glove so to speak!
Thinking ‘outside the box’ has never been a problem for me; let’s face it
most people think I’m ‘out of my tree’ at the best of times and that
obviously helps in the ‘creative’ department. One of my favourite quotes is
from the legendary comic Spike Milligan. He once said: ‘There’s a fine line
between creative genius and madness…Trouble is I’m never sure which side of
that line I’m on’…Beautiful.
It was obvious that the shoot had to be outdoors. The first thing that
struck me, for some mad reason, was the first time I met the amazing Ulorin
Vex. Meeting Ms Vex was unusual for me, she is one of the very few models
I’ve ever booked on just reputation as opposed to doing some sort of casting
meet. Ms Vex has such a strong and manicured image that I was expecting a
slightly stroppy diva who walked on a cushion of air about a foot off the
floor!!!
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