COSMO stunned many of their readers with the February #SayYesToLove issue, featuring transgender star, Laverne Cox on the cover. It is the first time Cosmo has advocated for the LGBTQI+ community and gender fluid love, just in time for Valentines…
We so often have a bevy of beauties frequenting the various studio spaces so its always nice to pop in on shoots with male models taking the floor and doing there thing in front of the camera. Markham's winter catalogue…
We had the lovely ladies of Donna Claire join us in the Jett Studio for their catalogue shoot with photographer Antonia Steyn of Agent Emma a while back. They utilised the 160sm of Daylight Studio space wonderfully setting up the…
The Drive-in studio was host to the Foschini Autumn Catalogue shoot with Photographer Richard Keppel Smith . The team joined us for a few days of shooting and really made the space come to life. Tania the fabulous fashionista from…
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The 200sm Church Studio is the original shooting space at Roodebloem and the only one of our studios with a 13m high wooden ceiling, making it possible to use high stands, large rigs for film shoots and to get those…
This year over 550 hopefuls entered the World Swimsuit South Africa & GNC South Africa Model Search in the hope of becoming ‘The One’ and earning a coveted place amongst the legendary World Swimsuit models in the pages of this year’s…
In their December issue, ELLE Fashion Belle Nicole Newman brings a new take on summer style and talks about the shoot that was photographed in our Drive-In Studio. Why Uptown Girl? We called the shoot Uptown Girl, because the title…
ELLE’s beauty and fashion assistant Maybe Corpaci played with fashion and beauty in a mix of colour and prints perfectly on-trend for the summer season in a recent shoot at our studios in Woodstock. “Fearless shades and flamboyant fashion, the season’s new mood comes to life in colour” says Maybe.
Thanks to ELLE style reporter Niquita Bento we get to see what went on behind the scenes during this photographic shoot in our Drive-In Studio.
ELLE’s Maybe Corpaci explains a little more about the shoot.
What was the inspiration for the shoot?
The idea behind the shoot
In October’s ELLE, The New Pretty shoot explores the graceful power of womanhood with tactile textures, dainty delicates and skin-skimming linen. We all love to see what happens behind the scenes so let’s go backstage with these photos courtesy of ELLE style reporter Niquita Bento plus a video of the action in our Drive-In Studio.
ELLE’s Tarryn Oppel explains a little more about the shoot.
Who is your model?
We shot with Mariska Engelbrecht from Fanjam. She is one of their freshest faces. This was also her very first editorial, so it was really exciting to take a risk and give her that breakthrough.
What was the inspiration for the shoot?
The shoot was inspired by the new femininity movement in fashion. It’s not to say that we shouldn’t be open to dressing in a completely feminine way, but