From Russia with Love

It's day two of our excursion to Moscow and the call time is early to say the least—4:30 AM in a suite of the Ritz Carlton. Full of anticipation and excitement for longest shoot day scheduled on our trip, we embark into what is still night to start the day.  We arrive at our location and are set to photograph Miss Irina Travkina, former Miss Russia pageant contestant, in the gorgeous Tourandot restaurant which is the first location out of six for the day.  

The setting brings us back to the 18th century with ornate gold fixtures, chandeliers

, and beautiful hand painted murals covering the walls from the floor to the ceiling. We dressed Irina in modest yet sexy corsets to get her into character and she posed and photographed perfectly (gentle, soft, and endearing). The yellow alcove shots below are from a really a special place, as its in the same room that is preferred by the former President of Russia, Vladimir Putin. As you can see from the photos it was one of ours as well.

We then packed up and moved on to our second shoot of the day, and went to the famous GUM department store in Kitai-good of Moscow, a model of exquisite Russian architecture. Located in Red Square it has a presence that's breathtaking and can’t be ignored. We had Irina done up in a grandiose, and beautiful, black corset dress that she frolicked through the store in, and it was here that I shot some of my favorite images from the entire trip.  And remember, check back next Thursday for more beautiful women from this beautiful country.