CASE STUDY 006: Elle Mexico with Salma Hayek

Pulling a cover shoot with a global star together in 36 hours.

The final cover.

Last month I had a very vague email on a Saturday night asking my availability for a shoot on Monday, in 36 hours. That email lead to a cover of Elle Mexico featuring none other than the Hollywood siren and film producer, Salma Hayek.

Working with celebrity is quite a specific experience - I personally really enjoy it but it has its differences from regular shoots and there are a lot of personalities to take into account and keep happy. Have a listen below to how it came about and how the shoot day went and send over any questions in the comments or DMs. Equipment list and full shoot credits are also below.

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LISTEN HERE

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The shoot’s Fashion Director explaining how it all came about so last minute

SHOOT CREDITS

Photography: @aliciawaite_
Interview: @mafsela
Fashion Director: @davidmartingss
Styling: @hayleydownes_
Make up: @sofiatilbury using @charlottetilbury
Make up assistant: @melbi_makeup @opI
Nails: @katewilliamsOn @carenagency using @opi
Hair: @miguelmartinperezldn
Production: @lauramartinip
Production assistant: @iamalvaromerino
1st Assistant: @henryjhewitt
Fashion Assistant: Afra Ugurlu
Digi Tech: @jamesanthonyparker
Social media: @rheasophia
Editor general: @candanoclau

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EQ LIST

1 x Canon 5DiV

70-200mm EF Lens

24-70mm EF Lens

Profoto air remote TTL canon

1 x Profoto D1/D2 1000 air 

2 x Profoto B10X plus (500) heads w/ 6 batteries Profoto L deep white + diff 

Profoto M deep white + diff 

Profoto 3ft octa 

Profoto S Pearl umbrella 

2 x master stand 

2 x c-stand 

1 x 5-1 reflector

 3 x sandbag 

 2 x 13a-16a

 2 x 16a-13a 

2 x 16a extension