Blog of Andrew Collings Photography: Chicago Headshot and Wedding Photographers » Products http://blog.andrewcollings.com Images and Thoughts from the Andrew Collings Photography Team Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:13:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Product Shoot with Shebang http://blog.andrewcollings.com/2009/05/04/product-shoot-with-shebang/ http://blog.andrewcollings.com/2009/05/04/product-shoot-with-shebang/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 22:11:35 +0000 Andrew Collings http://blog.andrewcollings.com/?p=293 Every month or so the great people at Shebang come over and we have, literally, a product shoot party. They are the most organized client I have ever run across! Store owner Jen Tang and manager Aparna Puppala are a pretty amazing team. We set a record with last week’s shoot by photographing 70 handbags, both as still-life products as well as posed by Shebang supermodel Julie Westerlund; 50 clutches and wallets and 140 (!) items of jewelry. Aparna’s organization has doubled the efficiency of a year ago.

Shebang is also located in my building and has been a Wicker Park mainstay of fashion and chic for over over 5 years. They offer everything from elegant and super-cool bags in a wealth of materials, to groovy winter accessories, to elegant jewelry from designers right here in Chicago as well as across the country. I popped downstairs the other day to get some shots of the store as well.

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Julie Westerlund models the merch

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Store owner Jen Tang adjusts some jewelry during the shoot.

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Pre-placed jewelry "on-deck."

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Store manager Aparna Puppala prepping and coordinating

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Aparna gives Julie some tips on how best to show off the bags

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Shebang employees Aparna Puppala and Theresa Stephens with many, many bags!

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Jen and Aparna at the store

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