Doing what you know best - NOT

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"I don't know anything about fashion. Only aeroplanes!", I kept saying. But Chitra insisted I shoot her 2006 Spring/Summer collection.

Fashion designer Chitra Mangma, actress Mikaela Martin, and I had worked together previously on a shoot for Chitra, so I guess it was an easy choice. While it's fun working with new people, there is great advantage working with people you know.

Mikaela's look suits Chitra's clothes so well (especially when she is in character as the wholesome, yet slightly cheeky young lady you see here).

Speaking of character, working with an actress is a photographer's dream. Very little direction needed, which leaves a bigger part of your attention free to concentrate on camera, lighting, and all of that stuff.

I had to have a laugh at one point during the shoot. We were shooting on reasonably busy Victoria Street in Brunswick, and I was on the opposite side of the road to Mikaela. So every now and then when a bigger burst of traffic would pass by, I lowered my camera and did a bit of 'chimping' (viewing/editing the images on the back of the camera). Invariably when I looked back up, Mikaela was still in character, posing away!

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