Creative Directing a Lifestyle Shoot at the Four Seasons Dublin

In a complete contrast to yesterday’s post about how we now have chickens in our back garden, I wanted to share with you photos from a shoot I worked on back in April at the Four Seasons Dublin. Michael and I spent a little staycation weekend there for our anniversary a few weeks ago, and it reminded me that while I gave you a peek behind the scenes, I never shared any of the real images!

You might remember that I worked with the Four Seasons Dublin for a Styled in Ireland post all about afternoon tea earlier this year. Well, they liked the photos so much, they asked Julie and me to come back to help highlight a few other parts of the hotel!

We essentially got to play pretend guests at the hotel, having breakfast in the spa, a little dip in the pool, a cup of tea in the lobby, lunch with my handsome husband, and then a few drinks in their Ice bar.

I asked Brenda of Touch of a Brush Makeup to help with my makeup and hair, which was a huge help on the day. That girl is a magician and also great company on a shoot! We also got to work with incredible jewelry from Paul Sheeran Jewellery in Dublin, who provided such incredible jewels to complement each look. I felt very fancy!

This was one of my bigger forays into creative directing for this type of lifestyle shoot and it was so much fun to see the story I had envisioned come to life in the photographs. It was such a fun process to work through what each of the looks would convey, and then figuring out how and where we were going to take each photo to make sure that came across. In each scene, we were shooting for a classic and elegant but a little modern look, and I really think we nailed it! Of course, it’s a huge help to get to work with Julie on these kinds of projects – I’m so lucky she understands what I’m looking for even when I can’t quite put it into words!

{Is that a hairstyle or is that a hairstyle?! Loved that ‘do!}

And of course, thanks to Michael for playing the part of my loving and handsome husband! I’ll let you take me to the Four Seasons anytime!