I admit it. I love IKEA. I love that it's a huge maze. I love that their designs are innovative. I love that they have revolutionized the furniture industry in an interesting way. I love that they set up full apartments in the store, and hello...Swedish meatballs RIGHT IN THE STORE!?! How can you not love that!?
Of course, Ali and Eric didn't know this when we were discussing their engagements and they sheepishly asked if I would be willing to shoot at Ikea. WILLING? I I knew we were meant to be.
Don't worry, there's a backstory. Eric lives a good hour away from Ali and they needed somewhere in the middle that they could meet and hang out for a while when they got the chance...Ikea was perfect. You can sit on the couch and chat, when you get bored, you just switch rooms! You can eat all sorts of Scandanavian confections like, um, chicken nuggets. There's even a dark corner here and there, (wink, wink, nudge, nudge, know what I mean, know what I mean...)
So we did it. I was excited about the creative opportunity to shoot somewhere different.
It was actually quite the lighting challenge with so many different types of light going on at once. We couldn't go too crazy on the setup because it's still a working store and we didn't want to disrupt. We worked with a couple speedlights and had a really great time. I am really looking forward to shooting their wedding in December!
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Genius.
ReplyDeleteI'm still in awe of you. You were born to do this!
ReplyDeleteok, so being the Aunt of Ali and the one who "lined" Erik and Ali up, I LOVE LOVE LOVE these! They are brilliantly creative! It suits the two of them to a tee! Excellent work!I wish we lived closer, I would have you do our family pictures at IKEA! Awesome!
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