MariaK, 12 July 2026 shoot
written : 13/7/26
its 8.12am again, i might be late to school
why does creativity for me always strike at this hour
i made a post on IG, i hope she doesnt mind
the coloring on this is out of this world, i’ve never seen such a striking colour depth and contrast - the sunlight, the blacks of the leaves softly vignetting the frame, the light from the top of her hair to ends, the dress. it looks something like out of Monet or an anime.
The behind-the-scenes details of this shot: the branch that Maris gently pulled down to wrap around the column, the fact we were in Buttes-Chaumont and the island for the initial concept was closed.. leading us to meander around, after some 1000 photos and me as usual running through basics of modelling and location shoots 101…. it only takes 1 photo.
I soundtracked originally to Forester Me and You, but nothing struck like Hamnet, my second using this again, but damn if it isn’t the soundtrack to my soul.
Lucieh, 7 july 2026 shoot
It All Begins Here
8:12AM 9 July 2026
This edit to the video was done in about thirty minutes. Quizas was first, in my head for some reason. Then obviously it was Lucie’s video.
The main point was that the video was done in one shot, on first take. You can tell by the shoddy camera work and tracking.
But similar to Celine, perhaps one take is all that’s needed.
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*Celine Dion only did one demo take for "My Heart Will Go On", which ended up being the final vocal used.
8 JULY 2026: PARIS, FRANCE
It All Begins Here
It’s midnight in Paris and I’m edifing for Veronika Jeanvie Couture shoot. The uploads are done, the batteries charged for tomorrow’s shoot and SD cards prepped. My mind is clear for just the edits now.
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The shoot: To me it’s a dream-like vibe.
I consider sound-tracking it to Avril 14 (a la Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette) but it doesn’t have the fullness and richness I’m after. I scroll through tracks and FKJ pops into my head for some subconcious reason - I want something sensual and full.
The VHS-style colour-leak filter edit I’ve had in my head since the first exposure this evening (shooting the diffusion filter just blew the lid right off what I wanted). The original plan was BW-ish grain, but it took too much detail away from the vivid dream-like vision. This is Marie Antoinette’s dreaming world.
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I export the video and it’s 2am. What’s with me and dreams in my shoots, why do dreams and dreamy-ness resonate with me so much?
I suppose the answer is that this all feels like a dream.
Why am I even in Paris, in Europe, shooting this dream event that collided together, guerrila-style, the costuming, the carousel, the violin, the crowds, the Paris 'été heat, the Lucie shoot after and the bus 92 route ride back home via Arc de Triomphe. The fact that I was at the Tour Eiffel twelve hours earlier, rushing to school. The fact that I still Doctor work in four hours time at 6am. The fact that for the last one month I’ve been shooting castles and bridges and immeubles , of streets, of swimwear models in Ibiza, and how I’ll be still here tomorrow morning, and the next day, demain, and apre demain, and so on for another month.
What a dream. It’s all surreal.
This life.