Why do our Christmas shoots happen when the temperatures are in the 35C - 37C?
Today we are shooting a selection of Christmas still lives as we swelter under the burning sun, decorating a 20ft tree.
I remember when I was an assistant we shot a Christmas campaign for a Bank and hired a manor house for the shoot during a hot July. We had a huge log fire for the wintery effect. Presumably the chimney hadn’t been swept because as we were packing up the car after the shoot we could see smoke billowing from the outside of the chimney. We mentioned it to our boss who said ‘ Jump in the car and leave’. He left in his Aston, the other assistant and me drove off in the hired van. Ten minutes away, we met the fire brigade coming the other way!! We felt guilty but our boss didn’t!!
