Allison Hagendorf is the gorgeous host on Fuse TVs top 20 video countdown, interviewing the most buzz worthy celebrities and delivering mega hits from today’s biggest music stars. Seriously, this woman is Photogenic with a “Capital P” and I could have shot her all day, but as is the case with most celebrity shoots, time is in short supply. Allison had a radio interview right before out shoot, then immediately had hosting duties following, making it impossible for us to run over. Situations like this are VERY common, you always have to be prepared for worst case scenario and my ADD forces me to have a plan B, C, D, E, F…you get the picture (pun intended).

Unfortunately her radio interview ran over and that meant our abbreviated shoot just got downsized from a Grande to a Tall. The skyscraper we used for our base of operations gave us permission for two shooting setups. One cozy (aka small) office was used as a staging area/studio. Then we had access to the rooftop. My only issue was by the time we had Allison in our grasps that beautiful early light was harsh afternoon light and sunset was never option due to her schedule. Solution, find some shade, use your own lighting and create magic! The biggest thing that made this entire shoot turn out so dam beautiful, in addition to Allison being a stunner, was the ability to be flexible in my approach. The focus of the day was not the location we were shooting at, but Allison. Keeping it simple, elegant, flattering equals magic.

As promised, some tasty behind the scenes action from 6 different photo shoots.  Our starting line-up includes Shut Up And Dance, Alex Amor, Addis (aka Raptile), Monstablokaz, Go Radio and Avery.  Watching this video I observed many  exciting moments but also it brought to light a few things: