Photoshoot with Luc floreani

We were recently approached by Luc Floreani to do a fashion shoot for Versatile Apparel; we met Luc on another shoot for Versatile Apparel which we covered for Sky’s Angles Magazine. We were there to get some behind the scenes shots for a feature in the mag.

When Luc originaly approached us the new shoot was going to be specifically for Versatile Apparel. However this changed to being a shoot for several other things which included possibly using one of the images for the cover of Luc's new single and a cover shot for SA Mag’s November issue.

The day of the shoot soon arrived; an early start as always, plus a long drive into London. When we arrived at Luc's we got a warm welcome from him and his lovely girlfriend Kay. After having a much needed drink we then went on to discuss some ideas for the shoot and looked at some locations. We would have usually already of done this but on this occasion we had to do it on the day of the shoot. It kept us all on our toes :)

Once we had all finished our drinks we all piled into our car and drove to the 1st location, the 606 jazz club, which is one of lucs favourite places.


This was a very interesting location and bit of a nightmare lighting wise. But as always we had brought along our mobile lighting system. Photography can be a strange thing, taking the pictures doesn’t take long, it the setting up of the lighting that can take what seems like forever. While Ross sorted the lighting out, Luc got changed into the 1st outfit of the day.

When the lighting was done it was time for Luc to do some posing, Ross had to give him some direction and correct his poses when needed - but at the end of the day Luc is not a model, he's a singer/songwriter(!) so the guy was a bit out of his comfort zone. But he seemed to handle it well and Ross is great at dealing with people that don’t know how to pose properly. Just from watching Ross and Luc work together you could see there was a good relationship between the two of them and they made a good team.

While all this was going on I was getting some behind the scenes video footage, it’s been a while since I’d filmed anything but it still felt natural to me.

Before we all knew it, it was time to leave the club and get some food in us. Luc and Kay treated us to a burger and chips - very yummy :)


I teased Luc about the fact that his belly was going to look fat in the shots we were going to do later on. He took this in the nature it was intended and smiled and said we’ve done all the skinny shots!

For the next set of shots he would be wearing mainly jumpers and cardigans. For the jumper shots we went to the River Thames which was a great location for what Luc was wearing.


Once we got what we wanted from this location we moved on to the next, which was a footbridge over the Thames along the side of the train bridge. For this location Luc got changed into a cardigan and trousers. Ross got Luc climbing up the railings and leaning ove the side of the bridge looking out over the water. The sun was sitting low and shining through the bridge metalwork - great natural backlighting!

While Luc and Ross looked through some of the shots from the bridge location Luc saw some images that he may use for the cover of his new single, Don’t Give Up, which is released on November 13th and will be available to download from iTunes.

There was time for one more outfit change and location. These last few shots were going to be the fun shots and they sure were!

Ross got Luc jumping and stretching in strange ways and hanging over garden railings! All will make sense when you see the final pics.

These shots also turned out to be some of Luc's and Ross’ favourites of the whole day.


Well that was a wrap. Luc and Kay took me and Ross out for a drink before we made our way home. I’ve got to say it was nice to just chill out with such lovely people, especially after such a long day. We also got a personal invite from Luc to the premier of his new film Darkness, which you can read about in issue 8 of Sky's Angels Magazine and watch out for issue 9 which will have a big feature on Luc and of course the front cover!

Hope you enjoy the behind the scenes video, which features a remix of Don’t Give Up by Jnay.