I was really excited about working with professionals who'd shot with a lot of famous Finnish models and beauty pageants. Of course you always worry about how you're gonna look especially in front of a big camera but these guys are professionals and know what they're doing and telling you exactly what to do so we had no problems whatsoever.
I met three extraordinary women, Suvi, Michelle and Johanna who were also gonna be in the same shoot. Johanna had her precious little doggy Lily with her, she was also following the shoot. She camped in Katja's makeup suitcase and looked just adorable when falling asleep. Katja did our hair and makeup and then we started fitting on the bikinis while Elina was still completing our interviews. Once we'd chosen our bikinis we put some scarves on top of them and headed outside where the taxi was waiting. We got some wondering stares when we got out of the cab with all our stuff and equipment and on top of it all we were at the wrong beach. Luckily the right one wasn't far away but we ordered a cab so the wind wouldn't ruin our hair and makeup which had taken hours to finish.
Lily the queen of makeup <3
Finally arriving at the beach we met our photographer and started shooting. First some group photos with that girly and playful Sex in the City feel and then some pair photos after. I know modelling is hard but you really start appreciating the job even more when you do it yourself. I'm not complaining at all, we had a really fun day and were blessed with the sunny weather. Only later in the evening the wind was getting a bit tricky when we had our individual pictures taken and there was not much sun anymore at that point. I really enjoyed the shoot, especially my individual session, it didn't feel hard at all, Pasi kept telling me how to pose and when to smile and Katja was helping out and fixing my hair and makeup.
Don't forget to eat :)
Lily hiding
Who knows, maybe one day I'll try modelling for real. This was my second shoot, previously I've done one last year for the gym I go to in Helsinki, called Esport. Below are some personally taken pics of my individual shoot. I'll post some of the best professional ones later if I get the chance.
Mermaid pose
Here are some of the published photos
The banner that was on the Iltalehti website all weekend
Four gorgeous ladies
The main headlines of the weekend ;)
(Translation: See the gorgeous photos
Ordinary women in bikinis)
Published shots
Thanks to everyone for making this a great day for me! I had a lot of fun!
Ihana Blogi Sinulla :)
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