Emma answered my ad on Instagram and we met in my hotel in Bangkok. She didn't tell me at this point, but she was a bit surprised because she was under the impression that I am a woman... she deducted this from my excessive use of the sparkle emoji in chat.
Nevertheless she got over it fast and felt at home in my hotel room quickly... she ironed her dress and we got started. It was her very first shoot like this, but you couldn't tell.
After the shoot we grabbed some food where she made me eat jellyfish (yuck). Sadly this whole thing happened on my last day in Thailand so we couldn't shoot anymore after this. Maybe one day.
I purposefully booked a fancy room for the last 2 days of my travel. I wanted to treat myself at the very end, but more importantly I wanted to shoot there as well. There isn't a really good location to shoot outside in Bangkok, so you are stuck with hotel rooms and studios.
I stayed in the Corner Executive Suite in the Aira Hotel Bangkok:
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My wide lens was already broken at this point, but I still used it... which is why some pictures might be more "moody" than sharp.
Find the Lightroom preset attached
