Behind the scenes at the Autumn 2012 photo-shoot

Well what a difference a week makes! This morning I heard reports on the radio of snow in some parts of the UK (in April?!) and it is quite chilly here in Cornwall, so much so that I had a layer of frost to contend with on my car yesterday morning.

It’s hard to believe that this time last week, I was enjoying the warm Spring sunshine and bright, blue sky as part of the Celtic Sheepskin photo-shoot team. It made a welcome change to be outside for the week (as I am usually office-based) especially when the weather-gods are being kind. This time we didn’t see so much as a spot of rain and it was glorious for most of the week, and just a little bit overcast towards the end which was ideal for some moody Autumnal shots. We couldn’t have planned it better!

As promised, I took some photos of the behind the scenes action so that you – our blog readers - can see the initial stages of creating your Celtic Sheepskin catalogue. As you might imagine, there is more to it than picking beautiful models and hoping for good weather (although of course it helps!) and there is a large team of us that all have a role in ensuring that the shoot runs smoothly.

As always with our photo-shoots, we made the most of our beautiful natural surroundings here in Cornwall and shot in some beautiful locations, which included Mousehole, St Ives, Bedruthan Steps, and Padstow…

Our Design team came with us on this shoot so that they could start planning and editing the catalogue on the go which made the whole process all the more exciting as we could see how fabulous it looks from an early stage. The team had to improvise somewhat though as they were without their usual office facilities…

Our stylist and make-up artist worked with the models to make sure that their outfits looked perfect and that not a hair was out of place (which can be difficult with a sea breeze!).

Talking of our models, for this season we had 4 in total, three gorgeous girls and a lone man (he didn’t seem to mind!).

You might recognise Amelie from our previous catalogues as she has featured in quite a few for us now. It was great to meet her in person at last having featured her in many blog posts. She was happy to pose for me for the purpose of this blog post too – thanks Amelie!

Our other models were Stephen, Simone and Cher who were all new to Celtic Sheepskin and did a sterling job of bringing the Autumn 2012 collection to life…

Now, I’m sure you might be wondering when the pieces so beautifully modelled will be available. We are of course slightly ahead of ourselves as we have to shoot so far in advance so the Autumn collection won’t be launched for a few months yet. Sorry to keep you in suspense but I’m sure by that time you will agree that the wait has been worthwhile!

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