Andrew Martyn Photoshoot

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This weekend was hillarious!
Actually me and Aida had nothing planned, wich is nice, cause then there are plenty of space for spontaneous things to happen.
So, Saturdaymorning, during the weekly appartment-cleaning, i get a text from our friend Andrew Martyn.
Andrew is a entertainment TV presenter at the news channel Russia Today.
http://www.russiatoday.com/About_Us/On_Air_Talent/Martyn_Andrews_.html

"Are you in Moscow?" the text said.
Yes where else should i be?
;)

We have been talking about to have a photoshoot together for a while now, but the time has never really been right.
Andrew is traveling alot, and during this year me and Aida has also been away some, but now all of us had a spare Saturday to do what the hell we wanted.
So in 30 secs the decision was taken and we invited ourselves into Martinas place (Barrikadanya, Stalin scraper) for a photoshoot, Andrews famous and super duper tasty Chicken Curry and alot of champagne and red wine.

We packed all the camera and studiostuff, grabbed a cab on the street and off to Barrikadnaya we go.

To approach this huge Stalin building always gives me goosebumps.
Im so impressed by its characteristics, so stable and its so unreal in one way.
Well, more about that one later.
(Im planning a really nice photoshoot on one of its terraces this summer.
Stay tuned for that one! It will be a blast!)
;)

Martinas livingroom became a homemade studio with a basic Twolight setup.
It was perfect as she had a big white wall and more than enough space around it.
The lighting equipment used was as usual my Elinchrom BX400.
For mainlight i used a softbox 70x70cm and for fill-light (from left) i shot the light thru a white umbrella 60x60cm.
Worked really well i must say.
In some cases i had Martina or Aida to hold a silverbouncer just underneath Andrew to lighten up shadows even more in his face.

To shoot Mr Martyn is really a pleasure. Very easy to work with.
And it is not that hard to capture his personality, wich is energetic, spontaneous, hillarious, fabulous yeat warm and goodhearted.
And i think he liked to be infront of the lens. =)
(Well, as a TV presenter i guess he is quite used to it..hehe.)

Hopefully we will have more shoots together with Andrew.
I really hope for the shoot at Skylounge 22 here in Moscow.
The place itself and the view from there is.....simply stunning!

More pics of Andrew you can find at www.enik1.se

Enjoy and pakka!

//enikone