1st Option location agency blog
We’ve noticed some amazing bathroom ideas recently and thought we’d share some of them. There really are some great ideas here…
It probably makes sense that if you’re going to luxuriate for a while it may as well be in a bath that inspires the senses!
Here are some examples from some of our more unusual shoot locations too…
Having a bath will never be the same again…
The Gold one, picked Clapham Common… Because… you know….
It’s worth it!
Location: Clapham Common | Client: L’Oreal | Director: Cristiana Miranda
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We come up with our own captions, and apparently break a rule or two, here’s the official issue Young Blood
You can count on us – give us a call!
Don’t Look Back in Anger… relax, take a selfie!
Kick off your shoes and chill for a bit…
Location: Vertigo | Client: Hunger | Photography: Zoe McConnell | Styling: Charlie Moore
“If you thought it was tough to keep up in the past, it will be that much more challenging in the future.”
A thought-provoking and honest take on the exponential growth in technology that we’re going to have to keep up with otherwise get left behind… yikes! Luckily, we’re way ahead of of the curve, we’ve created prototype robots to take location bookings while we’re in the teashop next door sipping earl grey and reading the paper..
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregsatell/2014/03/16/6-things-you-should-know-about-the-future/
The Wanted star Siva Kaneswaran announces engagement to girlfriend Nareesha McCaffrey.
Check out the final pictures of the Hello! shoot at our location The Grange.
It’s their first ever shoot together and don’t they look like a lovely couple!
After enlisting the help of her close family, Siva got down on bended knee with a three carat diamond solitaire ring he’d had specially designed, and asked her to be his wife.
“I found out Nareesha was planning a surprise party on my birthday with her family so I thought perfect! I’d bought the ring months before I’d been trying to figure out the right time”
“I’m still in shock,” says a beaming Nareesha, who almost made Siva faint when she initially said no to his proposal, “I don’t like surprises and he really surprised me, but I was so happy. I can’t wait to start planning the wedding”
Client: Hello! | Location: The Grange
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Alison Jackson’s latest shoot for Shloer at our wonderful location Rococo imagines Prince George’s first Christmas at Buckingham Palace. As with all her shoots, the likeness captured is eerily uncanny!
It’s really just like everyone else’s Christmas… isn’t it?
We particularly like Prince George in this pic!
Photographer: Alison Jackson | Client: Shloer | Location: Rococo
So we often like to get into the heads of our favourite photographers and explore the deeper meaning of life and other important matters.
Read the conversation with amazing photographer Ian Boddy who just shot for Vogue Bambini at our location Belt Craft.
How did you get into photography?
My dad bought me a camera when I was a boy and I thought I’d better use it.
How long have you been in the business?
When I started assisting people smoked in studios and airplanes and waited around for polaroids.
What’s your favourite area of photography and why?
I love the area that I’m in – kids fashion. Kids are cool. Well, most of them.
What’s your favourite place you’ve travelled to and why?
I always love shooting in Cape Town. And New York is exciting. But I spent 2 weeks in Fiji, years ago, on the way home from a year in Australia and that is probably the best place I’ve travelled to.
What cameras do you shoot with?
Canon 1DX and sometimes an old Hasselblad film camera. Still love a poly.
Which famous person, dead or alive, would you like to have photographed?
My Grandparents were not famous but I wish they’d all lived longer so I could have photographed them.
What do you like about the business?
I’m doing exactly what I love for a living. It’s fun, rewarding, sometimes quite irreverent. I get to work with lovely people, making award-winning images. (I’ve never won an award)
What don’t you like about the business?
All photographers have experienced the stress caused by lean periods, it’s never nice.
Who’s your favourite person that you’ve shot?
It’s wrong to have favourites. (I’ll tell you later)
Which blogs do you read?
Lots about motorbikes and Arseblog which despite the name is actually about Arsenal FC.
What’s your favourite studio or location to shoot in and why?
I shoot all over the place but quite a lot at Big Sky, Iris, Street, Perseverance Works, Jet, Spring, lots & lots of location houses…
Have you had any tropical diseases?
Nope.
What do you look for in an assistant?
I’ve got a great little gang of freelancers who have all worked with me for quite a while, they all have the same thing in common which is being utterly brilliant at everything and never making mistakes.
Do you have any funny studio or trip stories?
I hate funny stories.
Do you have one of those beige waistcoats with all the pockets in?
Oh sure, loads! I love them.
Do you have a favourite picture that you’ve shot?
Well I just photographed a very dear friend with her family, just before she passed away. At the moment they are my most cherished pictures.
Been to any good parties recently?
Hardly any really. But the Carol Hayes Xmas one at The Groucho last year was fun and I’m looking forward to it again soon.
Where do you live and what do you like about it?
I live in East Dulwich. It’s terribly lovely.
If you weren’t a photographer what would you be doing now?
I genuinely don’t know although I always fancied being a Moto GP racer or a Tour de France rider. Shame!
How do you see the business changing over the next 10 years?
Errr… that’s hard to know, it’s changing all the time. I hope I’m still happily shooting away to find out.
Photographer: Ian Boddy | Client: Vogue Bambini | Location: Belt Craft
Va Va Voom Vorderman!
Take a sneak peak behind the scenes with Carol Vorderman for Isme Christmas 2013 at our lovely location.
Location: Hampton Lodge | Client: Isme
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Henry Holland talks Fashion
Location: Deerhurst Road | Client: Debenhams | Adjustyourset
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