Dec

A/ Eight: One model (in this case, she also happened to be a trainer), one stylist, one makeup/hair person, one consulting trainer, one health editor, one designer, one photographer, one photographer’s assistant and one photo editor.

I just got to work after a seven-hour shoot for our awesome Michelle Obama arms workout – which will run in the March 2010 issue – and the amount of work it takes to make one of these features happen never fails to amaze me – so please, please don’t flip past it! (Even better, tell me what you think.) It all begins with the workout, designed by one of my favourite trainers, Kathleen Trotter. Then, as I blogged about last week, we see at least a dozen models a few days before the shoot. Once the model is chosen, we have a stylist pull a variety of exercise wear  and shoes. On the day of the shoot, we all meet in the studio and select an outfit for the model before she gets her hair and makeup done. Then, the hard work – the model, in this case the fabulous and super-fit Kari, completes each move in the workout – pausing countless times, mid-pose, until we get our shot. (That’s Kari above, being smoothed out by our stylist Alon. Wouldn’t it be great to have him on-hand at the gym every time your shirt rides up?)

Seven hours later, it’s a wrap.

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