Today I travelled up to London for a day's work experience with fashion photographer Frank Herholdt. I was pretty scared for a few reasons, the first was having to get to london, negotiate the tubes and find Frank's place by myself!!. The second was not knowing what to expect when I got there and whether Frank would actually like me!!!
I had absolutely nothing to worry about, I got there really early that i even had time to find a cafe for a cuppa to help calm my nerves. Frank was lovely too, he lives in a converted pub and the shoot was in his kitchen, so i got to meet his family who were having breakfast, which i helped to clean away before all the models turned up.
It was such a long, but fantastic day. Frank had two other assistants that day so I helped them clear the room and bring equipment up from the basement, I didn't actually set anything up, and im kinda glad cause I didn't really wanna be responsible for any breakages!!
There were 6 models for this shoot, and to get them to all look good there was a hair stylist, two make-up artists, fashion stylists and jewellery suppliers. Frank's kitchen was pretty busy to say the least!!
I stayed in the kitchen area for most of the day and made sure it was kept tidy and that all the models and guests had drinks and food offered to them. I didnt sit down for about 7 hours!! and boy did i feel it the next day! but i learned so much, having never assisted before or even seen a fashion shoot, I felt totally inspired by the way everyone all worked together and how Frank directed. Frank's wife, who is also a photographer, also played a big part with the smooth running of the day, proves the saying that 'behind every great man there's a great woman' :)
Frank has offered me to go back and assist again, he is also going to show me some of his retouching techniques, which of course i have agreed to, I think that experience is going to be invaluable.
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