The last of the series of portraits was to photograph the food writer for the Time Out Paris office at one of her recommended haunts. This was to be the newly opened restaurant 'The Balançoire' in Montmartre.
By this time after packing so many shots into three days exhaustion was beginning to set in and I was reminded of this as I carted all my kit up the steep narrow streets of the neighbourhood.
We arranged to meet mid morning before the lunch service and as I arrived the place was a hive of activity as the staff busily prepared for the day. 'Balançoire' is the French for 'swing' and as well as having a motif on the wall the restaurant also had a fully functional swing hanging from the ceiling just inside the doorway. This was always going to be the shot and having Amelie sitting on the swing was nicely echoed by the motif on the wall behind her
We also tried a few other poses and settings to give the picture desk a choice of imagery but I knew that it was always going to be a shots featuring the swing that would run.
Once the session was finished I had just one more restaurant to shoot (which incidentally was never used, that's how it goes) and then it was time to get all the pictures edited and uploaded ready for the picture desk the following morning - needless to say it was a very late night...
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