Last Thursday and Friday, I spent two days on location at the stunning Elvetham Hotel in Hampshire (www.elvethamhotel.co.uk) creating makeup looks for the fabulous Natalie Gladman, who is the designer of the Madeline Isaac-James Bridal Collection.
With 30 dresses to shoot over two days I knew it was going to be two very busy days – but with the beautiful weather (which enabled us to use the breathtaking gardens to get some amazing shots, as well as inside the main house) and with the amazing team that I worked with, I had the most amazing two days, which resulted in the most divine shots for the Madeline Isaac-James 2011 Campaign.
The photographs from the shoot are under close guard until the collections launch, when I will then share them with you and talk about the makeup looks I created for the shoot - but until then, here are a couple of behind the scenes photos.
The fabulous team that I had the pleasure of working with were: Astrid Joss (the most amazing stylist), photographer Jonathan & assistant Maike weddingsbyryan.com , hairstylist Inanch, assisted by Vessy (& Joe) from www.inanch.com, model Cristyn, PR Nicola & Craig from www.catwalkcreations.com/, and from the team at MIJ – Seon, Gwyn and Natalie’s daughter Maddy, (who has appeared in every Madeline Isaac-James Campaign).
As the 2011 campaign has 2 different looks, we worked on each on 2 seperate days. One collection is very 1950’s inspired with gorgeous, full skirts and the other is more 1920’s and 1930’s – think Hollywood glamour, slinky and elegant. The makeup and hair was very different for each collection, so keeping the different looks on 2 different days was great for me and the hair team!
The Madeline Isaac-James 2011 Collection is totally gorgeous - after shooting 30 amazing dresses, I don’t know how Natalie is going to choose which photographs to use for her Campaign!!!
Thanks to the whole team for an amazing few days – you were all fabulous and an absolute joy to work with.
A photo of me with the fabulous Inanch (who has more energy than anyone I know)!!!!
Read more about Madeline Isaac-James at www.madelineisaacjames.com