Firstly I should mention the Hotel - 'cos it was gorgeous! Ettington Park Hotel felt like you were stepping back into time to a more glamorous age - the rooms were all beautifully decorated, with high ceilings, wooden panelling, and fine paintings adorned the walls. Sumptuous drapes on the windows, beautiful antiques and fresh flowers everywhere. You felt as if one should be partaking of afternoon tea. Unlike many establishments of this type the staff could not be more helpful and friendly. They were very courteous, smiled and said hello, and you felt like it was a place you could really relax.
We were using one of the private dining rooms for the shoot, a beautiful panelled room with stained glass windows and painted inscriptions. It was perfect for a Christmas shoot.
As Julia had said when preparing the flowers it is very hard trying to get into the Christmas spirit when it's hot and muggy outside. Another problem is finding flowers that would be in season in December. But the flowers looked fantastic - and smelt divine. Not just because of the flowers, but she had used mint and Rosemary in the arrangements, which mingled with the smell of the warm beeswax candles, the smells were certainly evocative of Christmas. Look out for lots of tips from Julia in our Autumn newsletters.
We had a tight window in which to take the pictures, sandwiched between the breakfast and dinner shift, but with a lot of hard work, no lunch, (sorry guys!), and concentration we pulled off two completely different looks in a few hours.
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| The photographers Rachel and Linda |
Attached our a few pics of the shoot in progress, the "proper" pictures you will have to wait until the Autumn when they will be on the Ochre And Ocre website.
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| Julia Mitchel at work |
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| Lights, camera action.. |
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