The Fibre Company: Hikari Collection
Client: The Fibre Co.
Stylist: Maggi Toner-Edgar
Designer: michiyo あみもの作家
Model: Asahi
Makeup: Jaye Adams
Photography: Tommy Martin
Location: Fell Garth, Cumbria
A promising enough start to the day…
Our background artists for the day
Maggi, our stylist, removing yet another warm coat from another poor model…
Iain, loading up the essential All Terrain Equipment and Prop Transport System (aka Wheelbarrow)
What’s not to like about another day shooting on location in the beautiful Lake District with Fibre Co team..? This time we were shooting a very elegant collection from designer Michiyo, modelled by the very elegant Asahi, who I shot with at almost exactly this location, almost exactly a year ago. The slight catch was that we were shooting, as ever, out of season.. so today, on a cold, damp grey, Cumbrian December day, we were shooting a Spring collection in the new yarn called ‘Meadow’. The last time we shot here in December we were facing storm force winds, at least this time it was relatively calm. And it wasn’t raining (yet).
As with our previous shoot, the big problem shooting out of season is that’s really is very bloody cold. Particularly if you’re the model. Getting the shot as fast possible really becomes priority.
The tried and tested Fibre Co Model Warming Method… (Don’t be fooled, that’s not nice warm sunlight that’s hitting them)
Sometimes you just have to make your own sunshine
The other big problem is light. If I was shooting on a real summer day, I’d spend a lot of my time worrying about how to make artificial soft fill light look natural against harsh sunlight. As it is, in Cumbria in December, I have the opposite problem; on a dull overcast day there is actually beautifully soft ambient fill light everywhere… What we’re lacking is that hard, defined beam of sunlight that gives us look of summer. Which is where the artificial light come in. And a really big, hugely over-specified, all-terrain light stand that has proven itself time and again to be one of the most useful pieces of kit that I’ve ever owned.
All of the shots below make use of real soft ambient light, all of the bright sunlight is entirely fictional. I must say, I’m pretty pleased with my lighting on this shoot.
The Collection:
Kinomi, Designed by michiyo for The Fibre Company. Photo: Tommy Martin
Kinomi, Designed by michiyo for The Fibre Company. Photo: Tommy Martin
Kinomi, Designed by michiyo for The Fibre Company. Photo: Tommy Martin
Kagerou, Designed by michiyo for The Fibre Company. Photo: Tommy Martin
Kagerou, Designed by michiyo for The Fibre Company. Photo: Tommy Martin
Kagerou, Designed by michiyo for The Fibre Company. Photo: Tommy Martin
Kagerou, Designed by michiyo for The Fibre Company. Photo: Tommy Martin
Kagerou, Designed by michiyo for The Fibre Company. Photo: Tommy Martin
Rourou, Designed by michiyo for The Fibre Company. Photo: Tommy Martin
Rourou, Designed by michiyo for The Fibre Company. Photo: Tommy Martin
Tsumuzikaze, Designed by michiyo for The Fibre Company. Photo: Tommy Martin
Tsumuzikaze, Designed by michiyo for The Fibre Company. Photo: Tommy Martin
Mori, Designed by michiyo for The Fibre Company. Photo: Tommy Martin
Funny, with a strong enough backlight, even rain drops can look summery… Mori, Designed by michiyo for The Fibre Company. Photo: Tommy Martin
Mori, Designed by michiyo for The Fibre Company. Photo: Tommy Martin
Mori, Designed by michiyo for The Fibre Company. Photo: Tommy Martin
Mori, Designed by michiyo for The Fibre Company. Photo: Tommy Martin
Mori, Designed by michiyo for The Fibre Company. Photo: Tommy Martin
See the full collection and links to patterns on The Fibre Company site: www.thefibreco.com/hikari-collection
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