dark messages

after a whole lot of setbacks, photographer's being unavailable, an abundance of model's canceling and crappy weather, i finally managed to complete "dark messages".


a shoot that was in the works for some time based on medieval times and story book hero, robin hood. i decided to do a play on the hero character and switch the roles, playing on the name robin hood, male, to robyn hood, female.

postponing the shoot ended up being a blessing in disguise. the final crew was amazing and i continue to produce great work them to this day. i hope you enjoy the shots as much as we did in creating them. 

photographer - jessica klingelfuss
stylist - me
make-up - maree spagnol
model - chloe rose
fashion assistants - quill michael & alan dick
behind the scenes video director - michael tyson

view from the top

i need to explain the events of this day so you fully understand what went down. the concept was easy, something pretty commercial, sunny day, a few friends hanging out on a rooftop, a few drinks, music, just chilling and having fun, it was supposed to be a fun and easy shoot. unfortunately, it was quite the opposite, exactly what we weren't hoping for, a cloudy and rainy day (actually thunderstorms) and the extremely painful hangovers from the debauchery of the night before. so now the shoot concept changes, no more music, no more "fun" vibe and definitely no more drinks! and even no more group, we decided on solo shots so we could rest up individually between. it was a painful day, actually quite funny now that i look back.

luckily, everyone involved managed to man up and we actually produced some really nice images.  

photographer - camilo bustamantemodels - me, quill michael & alan dick

medieval times

finally! dark messages is now complete. here's a video from the amazing video director michael tyson of how the shoot went down. yes, his name is really michael tyson! he does amazing work, be on the look out as i'm sure to work with this cat again.
enjoy!


Dark Messages from Juan-Carlos Aquino on Vimeo.

director - michael tyson
photographer - jessica klingelfuss
stylist - me
make- up - maree spagnol
fashion assistants - quill michael & alan dick
model - chloe rose