Girl Power - Sarca

The other day I did my first promotion shoot for a girl band. I was really excited about the opportunity to discover my ability to capture the girl power and bring it into my work. The band Sarca is from a small town Hyvinkää in Southern Finland. The girls have played together for many years and they've had some radio time already. We had agreed on a location for the shoot, Hyvinkään Wanha Villatehdas, a beautiful old factory surrounding with gorgeous red brick walls and other details. The time of day was going to be just right, the light is already much softer at 4PM in August here in Finland. Then it was just to hope for good weather, as we were going to shoot outdoors.

Before the session, I did some back ground work. I listened to their music and watched a few of their YouTube videos, to get a sense of the energy I needed to connect with. And when the girls showed up, I just had the feeling we'll work well together, some really nice girl power, an interesting mix of opposites coming together in harmony, soft and firm, tough and gentle, wild and contained and with a feeling of mysterious depths, like if they shared a secret place together.

 First we looked around the old factory to decide were to start. And then it was just to shoot away as long as the light was good. It didn't take too many pictures for the girls to get warm and more relaxed. And while we got going with the posing and camera clicking, the girls manager Minna went to get a beautiful old chair to use in the setting. The chair really made the set up perfect, and the girls played well together, matching each others expression and poses.   

 With many thanks to the lovely ladies of Sarca and Minna, for the fun time we had!