Behind the Scenes at Our Holiday Photo Shoot

kelsey framing up her shot

Shoot days at Elsie Green are our favorite.  We have food props, foraged flowers and branches, lots of snacking and there's usually someone with a film camera to capture the people behind the camera.  This time it was Andie with her vintage Minolta SRT-100 shooting Kelsey (photographer) and Terra (stylist).  

candles burning for a dramatic, drippy tapers shot.  but our darn dripless tapers would not cooperate

kelsey standing by on set, waiting for terra to finish working her styling magic

terra checking the composition for one of our cover shots

foraged flora at the ready for terra's fresh olive wreath

family lunch!

one of our shoot days fell on Katie's 17th birthday, so we indulged in Milk Bar Pie and kelsey's chocolate, olive oil and citrus cake from the Canelle et Vanille cookbook baked for the shoot

the girls brought me this perfectly composed treat after I wandered out of my office onto set and mentioned I hadn't had breakfast

michele hiding out in my office eating food props pillaged from the set

kelsey and terra looking super cool blocking in the team portrait

terra and kelsey don't like to shoot anything they wouldn't eat, so at the end of the day, we feast!