Los Angeles Fashion Photography Road Trip With Jean-Marcus Strole Photography

I recently did a road trip from Seattle down to Los Angeles to do some fashion photography. I wanted to just wing it and see what I came up with once I got down there.

I knew of the fashion designer Bri Seeley http://www.briseeley.com who's stuff I have been seeing all over the place lately and I've always been a big fan of her stuff. So I knew that it would center around her designs.

On the way down I decided to make a bit of a detour out to Tokeland Washington where the wood artist Jeffro Uitto lives. http://www.jeffrouitto.com I called him up and said I was going to swing by and see if he had any thing for me to incorporate into the shoot. He had two amazing hand carved masks that he had made. I knew I had to use them somehow because they were so impressive.

Once I got to Los Angeles I skimmed through Bri's website again to see what her new Chrysalis collection had in it. The next morning I swung by Mannfolk Public Relations http://www.mannfolkpr.com to make some selections. It was hard to do because there are so many that I loved.

Later that evening I scouted a few locations that one of my producer friends had recommended. One of them ended up being perfect and had several options for backgrounds. Plus the colors just went so well with the wood and the fabrics.

Early the next morning I was off before the sunrise to pick up the model Viktoria Belany. I loved her look and she had no problem being up before sunrise to do the shoot.

Sam Cheng is an aspiring photographer who I met at a destination wedding in Mexico who came to help out for the shoot. We got there at about 630 AM and managed to wrap it up by 830 AM. Everything went so well.

Thank you to everyone involved.

Lastly the music is by Two Steps From Hell. Please go check out their page and go buy some of their music. So inspiring. I had this song in mind when I was driving down and knew it would be perfect for this little video.    / twostepsfromthemusic  

Fashion Photographer - http://www.jean-marcus.com Jean-Marcus Strole
Fashion Designer - Bri Seeley
Wood Masks - Jeffro Uitto
Model - Viktoria Belany
Assistant - Sam Cheng