I was so excited to work with Gulshen Bano on this brand shoot. Gulshen runs Strike Back Self Defence for women. This lovely lady is a force to be reckoned with and her passion shines through from the moment you meet her. After experiencing a number of physical assaults and threats to safety in her former career, Gulshen made it her mission to be able to protect herself and became an expert in Krav Maga. Gulshen has now extended that mission to help other women to protect themselves too and teaches workshops for women and girls across the UK and worldwide.
Planning for the Brand Shoot
After a planning session with Gulshen, the brief was to capture Gulshen demonstrating what her classes involve and what the client experience might look like. Gulshen arranged an appropriate location and a friend who also trains in Krav maga came along to be involved in the shoot. Gulshen wanted some action images inside the gym and also in the car park which is a typical area where women may feel vulnerable.
We had lots of fun with the ‘action’ shots, which really demonstrate the skills involved and the power behind what Gulshen teaches. The brand shoot covered images inside the gym to show those specific self defence moves that are taught in sessions. This gave Gulshen lots of images for content she might like to produce, especially to show and explain different moves and techniques. After the action shots were taken, we then headed over to a local park to get some headshots for Gulshen to use on her website and social media. Although she is a lady you certainly wouldn’t want to mess with, Gulshen is the loveliest, warmest person and I wanted to show this in some of her headshots! Signing up to a class like self defence can be a little bit intimidating for some people, so it was really important to show Gulshen’s personality through the images.
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