When Rebecca from Fairmont Hotel Vancouver first called me about an upcoming photo shoot for their 80th Anniversary that would be inspired by unique and interesting stories in the hotels’ history I was immediately excited to come onboard. Dennis Gocer from The Collective You led the way coming up with 7 portrait shots and I jumped into Casting & Production.
Potentially my favourite casting gig to date as on top of our two awesome leads (Callum Gunn + Daniella Filer) I got to cast our hero horse - Regallo - and some falcons for our Bellman shot.
We shot over one long production day and I remember laughing through my 1st AD morning meeting announcement when I said “Ok first up we have a shot in the ballroom with Regallo the horse, then we move up to the rooftop for our Bellman shoot with the Falcons and then De Beers arrives with our jewellery for some portraits”. Definitely a fashion shoot!
Photography: The Collective You
Stylist: Leila Bani
HMU: Sonia Leal-Serafim
Prop Stylist: Angelyne Martin
