Behind the photoshoot (Valentine Avoh: Blog)

Although I shot a thousand pictures in many different situations (street style, events, etc..), this was by far the most intense but also exciting photoshoot I had to do… Because I was shooting my baby, my first collection! Not only was I taking the actual pictures, I also had to coordinate the whole day, the crew, while making sure that my dresses looked good. But thanks god I had an amazing team to help me: My boyfriend, who acted as the DOP (and moral support), Daphné and her fairy finger who created beautiful hairstyles & make up, my model of course, the beautiful Talisa which was a total pleasure to work with, my two friends Yeba and Géraldine who came to assist me and my parents who also popped by for a minute to encourage me. But of course, this wouldn’t have been possible without Anne, the owner of this magical café called La Mercerie.

I discover this place through the press and after visiting it, I knew it was THE perfect place to shoot my collection as it had exactly the mood I was looking for: Sweet, elegant and yet playful. But I will tell you more about this place in a another post…

The picture just below was taken at the end of the day. Even though I was smiling I was really on my knees hehe. But as you can see, Talisa was still in the mood to joke.

The above picture was taken by my dad the minute he came by and I think I might have to name him backstage photographer on my next shoot as this shot is just perfect.

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