Got the call from Hot Press to go into Today FM and shoot Ray D'Arcy for what was supposed to be The Hot Press Interview, not the cover. (Which is less pressure and a shorter shoot).
I had a quick recon of the area, while waiting for Ray, to see where I could shoot. The studio itself was promising, good red walls, but there was someone just about to go on air, so I was told I could only have it for 5 minutes. I set up my light and waited for Ray, who arrived with about 30 seconds left of my 5 minutes. So I grabbed a quick few shots of Ray talking into the mike and we were out of there.
We shot the rest of the shoot in a small office with one light and I shot some without the flash, just using the modelling light, to get a very shallow depth of field.
Ray was lovely, exactly as you'd expect him to be, (unlike some others I could mention!) and we had a good chat about posing nude for Spenser Tunick, him in Cork and me in Dublin. I asked him if he'd like to repeat it for me, but maybe next time!
I was a bit horrified when they told me they were considering using it on the cover, as I hadn't shot it with the cover in mind. I immediately suggested I shoot it again and try some other poses ideas etc, but there was no time and they were happy with this.
It's Out Tomorrow.
