UnScene Meet the Man Behind Many Lenses:
Yoshihiro Makino also known as simply Yoshi:
Tell us about your shoot with Anya.
It was totally new experience for me almost like going into the TV studio and visiting her real life. Anya is one of the most powerful women I have ever seen. I had a lot of fun shooting her and her friends. We shot for three days including the Emmy Awards. The first day were mostly life style shots at her new house in West Hollywood. Afterwards we went down a couple boutiques on Melrose Place and Beverly Hills with her friends. The second day, I visited CBS studios in Burbank and shot during her TV Show in the wardrobe division and the news-room. The third and final day was the Emmy Awards at Walt Disney Hall, I covered the back stage and after party and shot Anya on the red carpet.
What were you trying to convey through these three days?
A real life of a famous fashion stylist and her luxe & lovely life. A different side of Anya, which the TV audience has never had a chance to see.
How does a photographer tackle a subject like this?
In this kind of photo shoot, I can't really set up anything, because it's a documentary. So you just have to keep looking at her each and every movement and expression at all times, almost like "hunting" for the perfect shot. I also tried to capture her elegance and her pure beauty.
How did you become involved with this project?
I met Emmy at the Little Black Dress event at the Japanese fashion/culture magazine shoot. Emmy is the producer of the Little Black Dress Event. I shot her portrait for it and we became fast friends. Ever since then we have been chatting about what kind of fun projects we could possibly do together, and she offered me to shoot Anya for her 7th Anniversary event including the art gallery auctions.
How does this differ than some of the other projects that you have worked on?
This was a totally different project from my usual work, because I mostly work for magazines and Ad campaigns. This was for exhibiting on the wall in gallery, so I had to think about how I am going to lay these out before the shoot. The colors and combination of photos have to be looking great from far too. They have to pop! I have done many life style photo shoots similar to this, but it was the first time spending more than one day with the same subject. I realized how deep I could dig into one subject by spending more time with them like this.
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