Working at my Farm
I was home in Bedford last Thursday, but, as usual, I was busy at work, shooting in the garden for multiple magazine stories. Fortunately the weather was glorious and being outdoors was a pleasant experience. Noted photographer, Paul Costello, came to the farm with his crew. Here is a little behind-the-scenes for your enjoyment.
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- Here’s a nice photo of me taken just having completed planting in my ‘white garden.’
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- Stephen Johnson, Deputy Art Director for MSL, kneeling in for me while Paul and his crew adjust for lighting.
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- From the white garden, we moved to the shade garden for the next shot. Marie adjusts my makeup.
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- My tools of choice for the next chore – a Dutch planting spade and a traditional English trowel.
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- Looking at the camera viewfinder – Stephen and Paul are very happy with the lighting. Digital photography has the perk of instant review.
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- Working while waiting
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- Planting a Crested Lady Fern – filling in your shade garden with even more shade!
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- Anthony, my hair stylist and Annie, my wardrobe stylist looking on
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- Next stop – the pond – As a gift to me, Joey Kola, the warm up artist from television, has been removing branches and other debris from the water.
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- The cleaning process is being filmed for a television segment for my show.
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- Joey even plans on skimming off the green algae.
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- Joey is always warm and endearing and knows how to make people laugh.
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- Paul uses this Mac Book Pro as a portable photo editing studio.
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- Whatever he shoots immediately appears on the screen, enabling his team to choose just the right image.
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- Again, Stephen stands in for me. The woods look beautiful.
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- Another change of clothing and another makeup touch up.
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- Anthony and the girls
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- The white fabric and photo scrims help to diffuse the light.
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- Removing an Eternal Dogwood from its pot
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- Anthony is thinking of getting a French bulldog to keep his Boston terrier company.
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- A well-planted tree
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- After the woods and before the next scene, I stopped to feed the donkeys some fresh-picked apples.
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- Guess where we moved to for the next shot?
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- I’m all zipped into my protective beekeeper garb and carefully lifting the cover off of a hive.
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- The bees are agitated by this ‘invasion.’
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- Good thing I had my smoker handy. Smoke distracts the bees and makes them docile.
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- Next, I use my hive tool to loosen a honey frame.
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- There it is! A full frame of delicious honey!
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