Discover the making-of of our Bridal photoshoot in July

Last July, Atelier Emmanuel, Arrowood photography and Ossai Design partnered to organize a photoshoot dedicated to brides. Tara has an extensive portfolio of wedding shoots, but wanted to work on something a little "leftfield" and innovative. Partnering with Kevin Meynell, a frequent collaborator, the photoshoot took shape: elegant brides wandering in an alley full of graffiti. Azadeh Couture kindly lent us 5 gowns and Zhalika from Ossai Design arrayed them with beautiful sashes.

Darby created an avant-garde look weaving an Ossai Design headpiece into a hyper-sculpted updo for a model she used Savannah, kindly provided to us by Look Model Agency. Charles played the glamour angle with Nora, also from Look Model Agency. Our own Tracie handled makeup.
We shot in the Mission on July 14th. It was probably one of the hottest days of the summer! The heat kept Tracie busy touching up the makeup so that the models looked cool, even if the rest of us were wet with sweat. We even had someone on point with an umbrella to shield the models in between shots. Keep your eye out for the shoot to show up in print soon. Meanwhile, here's our little behind-the-scenes slideshow.

A big thanks to:
Tara Arrowood and Kevin Meynell, Zhalika from Ossai Design, Azadeh and Ariana from Azadeh Couture; cheers to Colin, Nicolas and Mehdi for lending us their apartment as a staging area; and of course Darby, Tracie and Charles from Atelier Emmanuel for their great work.