Imagine sitting in a coffee shop, drinking wonderful coffee on a crisp autumn day. Looking around you see the lovely coloured leaves climbing the walls, as the wind brings down a shower of them right in front of you.

This was the very setting I found myself in last week at Casinha Boutique in Porto – perfect for a photo shoot! 

I had happened on Casinha Boutique in the morning during the week whilst waiting for a meeting. As I was drinking my coffee I noticed that their garden had the most wonderful space, with lovely autumn leaves adorning the walls. So the photographer in me took over, and asked if they wouldn’t mind if I did a photo shoot there. And being the amazing people that they are, they said YES!!

In my excitement I filmed my first visit there so you can see what caught my eye at the time:

The next thing that I needed to do was to ask my wonderful model if she was available. She was – so now the challenge was on to find some clothes that would match her and the wonderful setting.

Styling for a photo shoot

Styling for a shoot is a specialist thing in and of itself. I never take for granted the wonderful professionals who do this for a living. On every occasion that I have to do it either for myself or for our clients, I am reminded what a skill this is.

I looked for clothes that were neutral brown in tones, to complement our models skin, and also not to be lost in the colour of the leaves. As you may have seen my Facebook LIVE I explained how I was setting up for this shoot. I was then all ready and packed hoping for good weather.

On Location

The day came and I headed off to the location with glorious weather! We had a great shoot and the images we got certainly captured that lovely setting that I fell in love with when I first went to their coffee shot.

Here is a glimpse of the day to show you how it went:

Final Image

Of course the proof is in the pudding as the saying goes, and this was one of our final images of the day.

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Till the next time!

Anna.