I was commissioned on Thursday to shoot a selection of editorial images of The Scottish Widows cloak before it is to go on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
The current 'Scottish Widow' is model Hayley Hunt, she was a pleasure to work with and having been in the role for a few years she wears the famous cloak with such ease. I hardly had to direct at all as she has also mastered the art of the perfect 'swish'. :-)
Our main brief was to have Hayley and the cloak within an Edinburgh setting, so the first plan was to shoot from the roof terrace of the museum with Edinburgh Castle as our backdrop, it all sounded great on paper, but being Scotland in February the weather had other ideas, so on cue, the clouds rolled in and visibility was reduced to just a few hundred feet enveloping the Castle in a thick and very determined Scotch-mist!
We decided to shoot around and about the Museum of Scotland, using the sandstone walls as a backdrop and the white stairs in Hawthorden court before the weather lifted a little and we could make out some of the classic Edinburgh skyline of chimney pots and townhouses. I took a quick set of pictures against this moody backdrop before the clag rolled in again but everyone seemed pleased with the subtle tones of the shots against the city.
It will be a fantastic addition to the Changing Nation Gallery at the Museum of Scotland and it was nice to have the opportunity to work up close with the famous cloak and the famous widow.
The Scotsman published one of my shots on Page 2 on Friday 18th Feb and the NMS also have a page dedicated to the story with some pictures here
Cheers for now
Sean
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