shoot! the pink peonies were left out of the shoot!

Hello Everyone ~  I finally met sweet Fifi and had such a great day with her and Mark as they shared interesting stories about their ramblings across the USA together shooting for various magazines and Fifi's new book. 

 As Mark invited me to examine the 'captures' on the computer screen after each shot, I learned a few tricks while shadowing him!  Fifi is a living doll with her charming French accent as she humbly goes about her styling and I so enjoyed sitting and chatting with her while Mark honed in on the vignettes.

We were off to a late start as they encountered horrible weather the day before but when they arrived, it was beautiful!  Too bad we didn't start outside on the deck because as time wore on, the sun hid behind the clouds and when it began to rain, we hurriedly brought the curtains, linens and vintage wine basket with my garden peonies in to the bedroom.  And there it sat as we continued on with the day.... 

At one point Fifi was looking for something tall for the desktop as the perfect vintage wine basket with the beautiful pink peonies sat forgotten on the bedroom floor.

Of course I shot dozens of pics soon after they drove away and more again today.  Preparing for a photo shoot is hard work and as much as one prepares there is always something you would have done differently.  Oh well. What I'm looking forward to is seeing Fifi and Mark's work in print.  I know it will be fabulous and I'll have no regrets!

  Thanks so much Fifi! I enjoyed every minute of it!

                                xoRoberta