All you have to do is just pay attention to details, think outside the box. In a way, all of the elements were putting themselves together as we were shooting!Īs a photographer, you won’t always have all of the things you’d like to, but using your environment to your advantage can pay off. It had a very artistic yet delicate look to it, as well as the colour of it went very well with one of the pieces made by Jos. the sliver lamp that you can see in the photo above. Right after I walked into the house, I noticed several items that we could possibly use to our advantage e.g. Not only the house, but also the garden was just beautiful, every single detail had a story to it! At first, I wasn’t totally convinced, mainly because of the way it sounded when he said it to me… but after we have arrived, I knew why he chose that place. The only question left was, “where would we be shooting it?” Choosing the right location is crucial for shoot like this, but it turned out that Jos already had a place in mind, his grandmother’s house. The LocationĪfter a meeting with Jos, where I was able to see some of the pieces in person, I was confident that it would be a great turnout. Below you can see few examples of the shoot. Everyone did their best and in the end we ended up with a great editorial shoot. Jos Swinnerton, the designer Myself ( Dariusz Szwedo): the Photographer Jack Merriman, the model as well as Steven Galloway who was our videographer and Lizzy Mazza, our MUA. On the day of the shoot, we had a small team consisting of:
#A VINTAGE SCENE PRO#
(Macbook Pro tethered to Nikon D800 with 24-70mm 2.8 + LaCie Backup)
As a collection, I explored the colour palette of strong earthy colours that are identified as ‘vintage’, but to further develop this to fit the eccentric theme, I pursued a tonal palette for most of the outfits and then explored the flamboyance of the theme.”
A result of this combination created a ‘Doctor Who’ styled collection, specifically the fourth Doctor, Tom Baker. The inspirations I took from this subject was the 1920s silhouettes with accents of Bohemian detailing. This was a story based on the 1920s and 30s that explored Bohemian and eccentric influences. ”The theme we were told to explore was Bright Young Things, which was a film based on the novel ‘Vile Bodies’. The idea was simple, to shoot his brand new fashion collection with a theme ‘ Bright Young Things,’ based on a novel called Vile Bodies: Many of these pioneers were American-southerners from towns ravaged by the war, homesteading veterans from north and south looking for western land bounties, deserters on the run, carpet-baggers, showmen, teachers, store-owners, farmers, silver and gold prospectors – each had a reason and the reasons were endless.During the summer, I had a chance to work with Jos Swinnerton who is a UK based fashion designer. Photographer and author Grylls explains: ‘Between the end of the Civil War in 1865 and the beginning of the 20th century, the number of people seeking a new life in the American West increased massively. Among the highlights in the compendium are images of the abandoned main street of Goldfield, Nevada, the historic point in Utah where the transcontinental railroad was joined, and the city of Prescott, Arizona, which once had a ‘Wild West reputation’. The Old West Then and Now by Vaughan Grylls, published by Pavilion, pairs vintage photographs of the American frontier – spanning from 1865 to 1907 – with contemporary pictures of the same scene. Saddle up for a trip through time to the Gold Rush cities, wagon train trails and cow towns of America’s Old West in this fascinating photo book.
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