June 24, 2011

"Steeling" Fashion with Audrey Proulx

For a while I have been wanting to work on a photo shoot with my wife Melanie (Melanie's a hair stylist with some mad skills at L Salon and Color Group), and not too long ago I had the opportunity to do so. What you'll see in this blog came together with the help of many people. Karla, our Office Manager who joined our team towards the end of January, found clothing stylist Kelly Shouey, helped in our model hunt (one of which you will meet today), and arranged countless other details.

Originally our fashion shoot was to be outside, but the weather was horrible and with only a week before the shoot it was evident we needed a backup location. I didn't want to photograph everyone in our studio, I wanted a unique location, so after driving around I ended up at "San Mateo Artistic Iron Works" and loved the look of the place. Lui Manzon Jr., Owner of San Mateo Artistic Iron Works, agreed to let us use his shop as our studio and it couldn't have been a more perfect place, as you will see.


In this blog I want to introduce you to one of our four models, Audrey Proulx. I met Audrey about a week and a half before the photo shoot, pitched the concept to her, and she eager to get right on board with us. Audrey, the youngest model on set, was our first dare devil to jump on top of the metal work benches, balance on anvils, hammers, and anything else in the shop. She wasn't even afraid to lean against the thin glass windows to get "the shot."


Take a look at some of the images we captured of Audrey...








Don't forget to check out our next blog which will feature Lauren Rodenberg (she is on the far right)...