Helenjocollab
24 creative works found
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Hot car, hot legs, hot shoes. I’m in heaven. Model: Helen McLean / Photography: Jo O’Brien / Car: Thanks to Paul Vanzella
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/ Looks great as a poster! / Also available in my 2009 calendar Photographer: Jo O’Brien / Model: Helen McLean / Lighting: James Price / Post Production: Paul Vanzella / Location: Williamstown, Victoria
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Model: Jo O’Brien, Photographer: Helen McLean at Hosier Lane, Melbourne. Check what the products look like here. / Check the quality of the cards here.
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/ Also available in my 2009 Calendar
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Part of the Helen + Jo Retro “Bad Girls Collection”. / ... / Model: me, Helen McLean / Photography: Jo O’Brien / ‘57 Cadillac Coupe DeVille & mechanics legs: Paul Vanzella / ... /
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Part of an ongoing collaboration with Helen McLean See the whole collaboration here
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This sexy retro pin up (the one blocking the hot car) is another installment from the Helen & Jo Collaboration Duo but with a twist! I invited Jeff Burns, host of the Selective Coloring Group to work some of his magic to make this image pop. A true team effort Photographer: Jo O’Brien / Model: Helen McLean / Post Production: Jeff Burns / Car Thanks To: Paul Vanzella / Location: Williamstown, Victoria Due to the nature of this collaboration, it is for sale at cost price
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A collaboration with the lovely Helen McLean as part of a Retro Pin-Up Photoshoot at Hosier Lane, Melbourne Read all about it here I love that hat!
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Model: Jo O’Brien / Photography: Helen McLean / ‘57 Cadillac Coupe DeVille: Paul Vanzella
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Have you been naughty or nice? (thinking naughty thoughts while looking at this card is excused) Model: Helen / Photography and post production: me
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Model: Jo O’Brien / Photography: Helen McLean / ‘57 Cadillac Coupe DeVille: Paul Vanzella
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Part of the Helen + Jo Retro “Bad Girls Collection”. / ... / Model: me, Helen McLean / Photography: Jo O’Brien / ‘57 Cadillac Coupe DeVille: Paul Vanzella / ... / / . / . / ::Fake cigarette was used as a prop::Real smoking is yuck::
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Model: Jo O’Brien, photographed by Helen McLean. Check what the products look like here. / Check the quality of the cards here.
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Part of a Retro Pin-Up collaboration series. Modeled by the beautiful Jo O’Brien, photographed by Helen McLean at Hosier Lane, Melbourne. The hat is from when I worked at Johnny Rockett’s Diner ;o) ... Check what the products look like here. / Check the quality of the cards here. ...
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This shot is part of a 1950s themed collaboration with Helen McLean
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I think deep down I have a bit of a thing for pirates. When it came time to do this shoot I seemed to have an awful lot of pirate accessories just lying around waiting to be used. It was good to get it out of my system. Only problem is now I can’t stop thinking of excuses to take more pirate photos. So if anyone in Melbourne feels like playing dress ups with me, drop me a line Art Direction & Photography: Jo O’Brien / Styling: Jo O’Brien and Helen McLean / Model: Helen Mclean / Lighting: James Price / Post Production: Jo O’Brien
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Model: Jo O’Brien, photographed by Helen McLean. Check what the products look like here. / Check the quality of the cards here. This photo looks great with: / / Kitchenette Gingham
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Part of an ongoing collaboration with Helen McLean See our whole series here
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Photographer: Jo O’Brien / Models: Helen McLean & Paul Vanzella
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I’m a big fan of collaborations. They inspire, motivate and challenge me and push me to do things differently and break old habits. They’re also great fun and I get to meet people who I’d otherwise have never known. Most recently, Helen McLean and I have completed two photo shoots together with several other ideas in the works. And while it is a lot of fun, it’s also a lot of hard work. I thought I’d share with you all, the process we undertook for our most recent shoot. Thinking Up An Idea / Sounds easy but not necessarily! We both have a love of 1950s Pin Up art and knew that we wanted to somehow emulate it. After our previous shoot using Hosier Lane in Melbourne, known for its graffiti, we wanted to maintain the use of unusual locations. The specifics were somewhat in the air when we decided to go home and think up something awesome to do. Research / With a vague idea of what we were hoping to achieve I started scouring Op Shops and Costume Hire stores. I did so many google image searches and flicked through so many old magazines that my fingers hurt. The aim of the game was to find something to inspire the shoot. It happened that I stumbled across an authentic powder blue maid’s dress and the wheels started turning in my head. The emails back and forth between Helen and I escalated as we nutted out the exact look we wanted and how we were going to make it work. Sourcing Everything / This is my favourite bit (how do I make this a full time job I wonder?). We started to hunt down particular costumes, props, equipment and locations. Where can I get blue hair rollers? Can I get 1950s ones? Who do I know that would have an upright Hoover? How are we going to light the shoot? When do I have time to drive all over the place looking for locations? Do we need special permission to shoot where we want? How do I attach blue fluff to my shoes? Helen even got out the sewing machine and made a matching apron and headscarf especially for the shoot! All this time consuming and fiddly work ensures everything runs smoothly on the day. Logistics / For this shoot I had to drive out to Bacchus Marsh to pick up two Hoovers. Helen drove out to Ivanhoe to collect some studio lights. And I had to pick up the blue dress I was hiring prior to the shoot. We decided that having a hairdresser put all the rollers in my hair would save time so that had to happen first thing in the morning. The car had to be packed right to keep everything secure. Lists were required to ensure nothing was forgotten at home. With only x amount of time and energy to pull off the shoot we had to ensure things were well organised. Shooting on Location / Always my favourite way to shoot but it has it’s own set of challenges. Our method of collaborating is to take turns photographing each other. That results in two oddly dressed women out and about in public. (Boy we got some odd looks when we took half an hour for lunch!) People interrupt, the light changes, people park 1990s cars in the background of your 1950s shoot… bringing along some spontaneity is a must to adapt to the circumstances at hand. And not being shy helps too! Scouting out locations prior to the shoot becomes very valuable when wanting to capture the best light and avoid the crowds. It’s a Wrap / So let’s jump past all the “returning stuff to people” and associated logistics and look at when we got back and looked through the days shots together. We went through each image flagging our favourites and quietly pushed aside the “not so favourites.” Then we both took home a copy of the raw images for any postproduction we wanted to do. The agreement was to post whichever images from the favourites we each wanted, but with a standardised % mark up so that in the instance of ‘doubles’ we were not undercutting each other on price. Then we both got stuck into it and the final results can be found here BUT! We couldn’t have done it alone- there are some thank yous in order. Anne van Alkemade so very kindly gave Helen and I the use of two upright hoovers for the shoot. They were featured in several shots. THANK YOU! Peter Kelly, the darling, trusted us with his studio lights and even sent us off with a spare light globe. THANK YOU! Centre Stage in Brunswick supplied the powder blue dress used for the shoot – THANK YOU! The Lovely Anna did my hair. (I’ll post her contact details ASAP) AND of course the always wonderful and fun, Helen McLean partner in crime and co-collaborator. Couldn’t have happened without you… ....And the music starts playing to get me off the podium as I wipe my teary eyes! Well, collaborations are all about people working together after all!
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Collaborations are possibly the most wonderful things ever. Rather than running around like a chicken with it’s head chopped off, you have a second person to back you up, share the load, carry the props and share in the sense of accomplishment when things go well. Today one of our shots got a mention and short write up in The Age Newspaper. Here we see our hard work paying off. For that shoot, Helen made an apron, scouted a location and photographed. I scouted costume, decorated shoes, orgainsed hair and make up and modeled. I’ve been lucky enough to collaborate with Helen on an ongoing basis. We take turns modeling for each other and every shoot is a nice blend of both our hard work and you can see both of our tastes and influences. It’s like a happy marriage. Go Us!
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This wanted pirate is another installment from the Helen & Jo Collaboration Duo but with a twist! (ok, I swear I’ll cut it out with the pirate uploads now) I invited Michael Alesich to work some of his post production magic for me and transform this image into a wanted poster. Yay! Watch out Helen, they’ll be looking for you now! Photographer: Jo O’Brien / Model: Helen McLean / Lighting: James Price / Post Production: Michael Alesich / Location: Williamstown, Victoria Due to the nature of this collaboration, it is for sale at cost price
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Blow me down - It's pirates!!!
by Jo O'BrienIt was all hands hoay on Saturday for a pirate photo shoot with the always lovely Helen McLean...
It was all hands hoay on Saturday for a pirate photo shoot with the always lovely Helen McLean. James Price also came along to hold a reflector for me. I’m a bit nutty when it comes to pirates. I still remember very affectionately going to a school dress up day in grade four in pirate costume. There is something about a bunch of people who sail around and steal gold from other people sailing around that I find interesting. Of course real pirates do a lot worse. Anyways, I’ve been wanting to do a pirate shoot for ages. The thing is, now that I’ve done one, I’m thinking of all the other pirate things I haven’t done yet. So if anyone in Melbourne wants to play dress ups with me drop me a line
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