๐ฟ๐ท๐พ๐๐พ๐๐ท๐พ๐พ๐
๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ'๐ฌ ๐.๐.๐.
It has been a good few hours since the break of dawn. The vast studio is silent save for the hustling and bustling of the entire staff that is busy setting up the background themes for each shoot. The models are yet to come but the photographer has already started putting up his own pieces of equipment too. The whole studio is barely lit apart from the lighting equipment in each background setup.
The male model arrived at the studio first. He is still not quite used to these kinds of things. He entered and found the place with people running around back and forth setting the backgrounds, others arranging the wardrobe and makeup, others carrying equipment that the photographer will be needing. He glanced around looking for his handler, Leif. He found him by a half-done background set that looks like the peak of when lavender flowers bloom. He walked towards his handler to greet him.
"๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ณ." he simply greeted. The other turned to him and smiled. "๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐. ๐ฌ๐ผ๐'๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐. ๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐ด๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ." his handler instructed. He nods twice then heads to follow the instructions given and finds his way to the waiting room. He is half an hour early but by the looks of the many background setups, he understood that he is just on time if he wanted to finish the day's shoot early. Everyone was busy so he settled in front of a mirror and waited for the team to do their thing.
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Leandrea arrived at the studio ten minutes before the scheduled time. She noticed that everything is all set up already and she was also informed that her project partner arrived a good twenty minutes before her and is also all set up for the first shoot already. She gingerly strides to her separate waiting room to start preparing for the shoot too.
A few minutes later she went out of the makeup waiting room and was already set up for the first shoot too. She is wearing a white fairy dress with her long wavy brown hair left down. She has very light makeup that almost looks natural. She is wearing a white gladiator sandals that completely complements her dress and makeup. She was then led to the first background.
The background shows that it was lightly snowing. The mood around it screams serene yet solemn. "๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐." she heard the photographer behind her. She turned around to face the producer but was shocked to see who she assumed to be her project partner.
In front of her was the man that haunted her thoughts the past months. The other is wearing a thin long sleeve polo and a black slacks. He is also wearing simple black shoes. His raven hair was messily styled, the silverish highlights glinting whenever the lights reach them. She tried her best to hide her shock while the other looked so calm which was the total opposite of what Leandrea was feeling at that time.
"๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ. ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ." she heard Leif say. It is their first formal way of meeting each other. Ashe offered his hand which was accepted and shook by her. She forced herself to smile. "๐ก๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐." she added. "๐๐ฒ๐'๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ฒ?" the photographer asked. They both nodded and went straight to where the background was set up.
"๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ, ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐บ ๐๐ผ. ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐." the photographer explained. The first shoot started just like that.
They both tried their best to stay professional even though Leandrea is dying to talk to the other. The only thing that could be heard was the shutter sounds and the occasional rustling sounds. They strike pose after pose until the photographer is satisfied with the first batch of photos and is ready to move to the second theme. "๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ต ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ." their photographer complimented them before urging them to prepare for the next shoot.
They were led to their waiting rooms again to get changed. After changing her clothes, having the staff retouch her makeup, and putting her hair in a messy bun, she walks out of the waiting room. This time she was led to a background that has a summer vibe. She is wearing a yellow floral summer dress with a spaghetti strap. She has pastel yellow wedge sandals while holding a roundup hat in her hand. Ashe just arrived too while she was looking at the setup. He is wearing a white tank top with blue summer shorts and a black pair of flip flops. He is holding a shades in his hand too.
The photographer approached them to explain what they would be posing this time around. "๐ข๐ธ๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ." the photographer said, looking at her. "๐๐๐ต๐ฒ, ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐'๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ." the photographer then turned to the other. They both nodded and the photographer went back to their place.
Leandrea put the hat on and smiled while looking up at the ceiling like she was looking at the sky. Ashe was looking at her the whole time with a small smile while trying to put his shades on. The photographer did not think twice to capture the scene. They tried different poses again until the photographer told them it was all good and they can take some rest before proceeding to the next shoots. They both went to their respective waiting rooms to rest after thanking the staff members and the photographer.
Leandrea hurried to change her clothes to a loose shirt and a pair of sweatpants. She wanted to talk to Ashe as soon as possible. She wanted answers and not just some cryptic advice from the male. After changing into her indoor slippers she went out of her waiting room to look for Ashe.