Cathleen Jia Love Struck
[et_pb_section bb_built="1" admin_label="section"][et_pb_row admin_label="row"][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_divider admin_label="Divider" color="#000000" show_divider="on" divider_style="solid" divider_position="top" hide_on_mobile="on" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label="Row"][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_image admin_label="Image" src="http://jasonwilliamsphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/JW_icons-1.png" show_in_lightbox="off" url_new_window="off" use_overlay="off" animation="left" sticky="off" align="center" force_fullwidth="off" always_center_on_mobile="on" use_border_color="off" border_color="#ffffff" border_style="solid" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label="Row"][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text" background_layout="light" text_orientation="left" use_border_color="off" border_color="#ffffff" border_style="solid"]As a photographer, it's important I mix it up a little from time to time. I love shooting weddings, real couples and real life hugely, but I always have felt it's important to challenge myself. To step out your comfort zone. As we get older our comfort zones become a whole lot more comfier so it takes a little bit extra to push out from that. One of the best pieces of advice I have ever heard was "If someone offers you a great opportunity, say yes and then work out how you will do it". This was one such instance.Australian wedding dress designer Cathleen Jia contacted me with an idea, a vision for a shoot to launch her new wedding dress collection - Love Struck, in London. As I said, I haven't done a huge number of model shoots but this sounded like an amazing opportunity and I love Cathleen's dresses and her enthusiasm for her work. Initially the idea was a fairly simple model shoot in around London's Bethnal Green. Naturally I said yes straight away. I don't work with models that often or do too much staged work so this was a little out of the comfort zone. When Cathleen then mentioned she wanted to add a second "bride" to the shoot, to challenge the fact that in Australia same-sex marriage is still not recognised, well I was hooked. I loved the concept, the idea behind it, I only had one stipulation - to do it my way. To simply do what I do, and that was treat the shoot as if I were shooting a real couple and that's how we all approached the day - I shot the day, getting ready shots, a walk around the streets, and all the bits in between as if I were shooting a real wedding. Sara and Viktorija were a gem to work with. They made an awesome couple and they just ran with idea.I had no clue what I was going to do going in, where I was going to shoot, what I wanted the images to look like. In truth, I simply threw off my comforts and simply embraced shooting in the moment. Finding great light, interesting angles, and letting Sara and Viktorija do their thing. I love the result. I hope you do too.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label="Row"][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text" background_layout="light" text_orientation="left" use_border_color="off" border_color="#ffffff" border_style="solid"][gallery columns="1" link="none" size="full" ids="6485,6484,6473,6478,6482,6480,6483,6481,6470,6476,6474,6489,6504,6506,6508,6507,6494,6496,6498,6503,6510,6511,6512,6514,6516,6517,6520,6521,6522,6525,6523,6526,6531,6533,6538,6466,6539,6540,6545,6546,6547,6550,6551,6552,6564,6565,6566,6560,6568,6569,6501,6571,6573,6572,6576,6578"][/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label="Text" background_layout="light" text_orientation="left" use_border_color="off" border_color="#ffffff" border_style="solid"]Huge thanks to all you lovely people involved -
- Designer - Cathleen Jia - www.cathleenjia.com.au/
- Model - Viktorija Zilinskaite
- Model - Sara Johansen
- Hair - Zoe Kramer
- Make-Up - Birute Thomas
- Venue - Town Hall Hotel, Bethnal Green
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