I had a really fun time with a very different photoshoot yesterday at the Trafford Centre, this was for the Vairochana Mediation Centre who are based in Chorlton, Manchester. The brief was to produce an image for future publicity that would show that mediation is something that everyone can do in any situation, so where better than a very busy Manchester landmark the Trafford Centre ?
So with appropriate permission given by the Trafford Centre and much behind the scenes planning including the recruitment of the three models (Doug, Sunita & Suzy) who volunteered from the attendees the meditation centre, we set off to capture the hustle and bustle of a busy Saturday’s shopping experience. The very calm looking models positioned themselves in several different busy places for me to capture them looking very relaxed in either mediation or simply reading a book or resting from shopping. I was assisted by Mark Houlton who again carried and positioned my lighting to great affect, there was also make up and styling back up as well as several extras from the centre also helping and featuring in some of shots as passers by.
I would really like to thank everyone for their hard work it was good to be part of such a purposefully team, especially Sandra for her brilliant organisational skills, and very importantly the Trafford Centre for their community spirit in allowing us access to do this.
The only problem now will be selecting that all important image from all those that we captured.
If you wish to learn more about mediation please follow this link : meditation-in-manchester.org