A few weeks ago, I had the great opportunity to touch the grass after autumn settled in quite forcefully in this part of Romania. There were a couple of weeks that were very cloudy, with small rains pretty much all the time, but also lots of cold temperatures that made me want to hide under the blanket and read a book for most of the time.
Even if I like calling myself a creative person, my twin sister got some of the art hobbies as well, taking lots of photography products for some of her worldwide clients who are always ready to make the compromise of sending overseas their products just to get some outstanding results out of her homemade studio, or outdoors photography that she finds more suitable for some of the products.
Hence why, from time to time, there is not always a product photography, because some of the clients send products that are meant to be worn by a person while taking the photoshoot, and nevertheless I've been that person for many years in a row before she made a boyfriend who is now helping her in most of the cases unless the client asks for a feminine presence.
This is actually the main request this client from Germany sent out when he created proper briefs for the products he needed a photoshoot for, which were not a backpack, not a cap, nor a denim jacket, but actually all the patches you will see spread all over the clothes and accessories in the attached images.
The patches were part of more categories, such as: meme, video games, retro, gothic, animals, nature, etc, each of them having a specific brief with the number of images needed to be taken, a single shot having all of them together, which required adding the patches on the back of the denim jacket.
Both the outfit and posings were also included in the brief, the client being more than happy to pay for all the clothing items that were even meant to remain as a gift for me after the photoshoot, but also the patches and some other props that are not visible in the attached images because these are some of the spontanoeous ones taken by my sister, while keeping the actual product photos away from the internet until being shared by the client himself.
What I really appreciated on this photoshoot was the opportunity to get to the park and fill my lungs with fresh air after a while, but also the generosity of the client who was the first one in many photoshoots I helped my sister with, that offered an amount of money as a way to express his gratitude for the time I spent posing, although he had quite a few more expenses with the prompts, shipping, and photoshoot itself where he paid my sister for all the work behind the camera.
Nevertheless, while this might seem like a normal thing to do when asking for a photoshoot, it actually brought a smile to my face, gaining a bit more trust back in humanity, which, honestly speaking, they all seem more racist, mean, and mad, no matter the continent or country. We are all struggling with weird times to be alive, where nothing is guaranteed anymore, and the expectations when it comes to working with/for people are also pretty limited these days.
No need to say that I would have helped my sister without receiving anything in return anyway, as I did in all the other situations as well. But it surely changes the whole mood when something like this happens, as well as the little squirrel from the picture above, who was constantly following us, distracting us from time to time to ask for some food in return. What a lovely day!
Gabriela Travels is the FOUNDER of "Festival Mania" who started this community from the passion of attending various festivals and with the purpose of encouraging more people to explore festivals all around the world and share their experiences.
At the same time, Gabriela is an independent Graphic Design Freelancer since 2019 completing over 600+ orders in this time and collaborating with various businesses and people from all over the globe.
Additionally, Gabriela has her own corner on the internet since 2017 where she writes various articles for her blog, the most popular being the travel ones (300+ articles written on this field), but also approaching other topics as well, like game reviews, lets plays, movie and series reviews, photography posts, cooking recipes and more, boosting the total number of articles written to 750+ blog posts.
Gabriela is also a gamer since she was 11 years old and gaming remains one of her biggest passions along with traveling, owning a YouTube channel for each of the two.
~ @GabrielaTravels ~
