Psychological Control

Chapter 16

Tuesday of the second week, hard photo shoot. The model bus drove us to a huge car park.

"This is your shoot today," Jonathan said as he stood in front of the models to talk about the day's shoot, "Fashion is inspired by the little things in life, from Parisian fashion streets to car parks. Today we're going to mix it up, combining caravan culture with high fashion. You will now be allowed to pick your own partners, in order of your performance from last week."

"Brian," Jonathan turned his head to me, "you won best hard photo last week, you pick first."

Choosing your own partner was a tough choice, the first thing you had to consider was that your partner's modelling skills couldn't be at least as bad or they would just waste your energy during the shoot, Mike and Jamie were ruled out first.

Secondly, your partner can't catch all the photographer's eye or their own light will be overshadowed as the photographer will save the best angles for each other. Mike, who is most at Jonathan's heart, is ruled out.

The partner must be a bit different from your own style so that the overall diversity is reflected in the photos. Nina, who has the same hair colour and style as me, was also excluded.

Ashton, because he is not strong enough, would weaken the atmosphere between the two if paired with him, and I wasn't going to choose Ashton either.

Alice and Chris were both good options, so I turned my head to look at them both and asked, "Do we have to go with girls? Or is it both genders."

Jonathan smiled a little and replied, "Both are fine, there isn't a specific women's or men's brand for this hard photo shoot."

"I'll go with Chris then." I said with a smile as I hooked the neck of Chris' neck in front of me.

It seemed that because of my opening, starting with Ashton, everyone was raising their voices. Chris' ears flushed a little unnoticeably as he pulled the corners of his mouth up and smiled.

The reason for not choosing Alice was simple, as Alice was too professional and the photographer would have given the female model more of the main angle during the shoot. So, when both were male models, there would be no bias in the photographer's shots.

The second choice Mike chose Alyssa who he had been photographed with in the wedding photos. The third, Gianna, wisely chose Marvin, the strongest of the male models left.

Alyssa was fourth and had no choice but to finally choose Dan. It was Nina's turn she cruised through the boys for a while before finally choosing Jamie, at least Jamie wouldn't be frozen in front of the camera like Mike was, and the best body ever praised by Rob.

In the end it came down to Ashton, Rena and Konani, and with no choice between the three, it was Jonathan's decision to shoot the three of them together. Paired with the powerful Raina, Ashton was in a bad position, but with two female models and one male model it gave him a good advantage as he would be the centre of attention for the photographers.

After Tuesday's hard photo shoot and a day of waiting, the elimination phase took place on Wednesday night.

The hard photo shoot with Chris and I brought out the best of the chemistry between the two of us. One of the things that worked best for me in the outdoor photos was the dual effect of the sunlight and my hair colour, which seemed like a shaggy flame, and Chris' short platinum blonde hair, a gorgeous colour that would instantly grab the eye of anyone who saw the photos.

The caravan style is only used as a background theme, but the story line is mostly in the hands of the models themselves. The casual clothes required the models to show themselves relaxed and at home, but relaxed with a stunning sense of style.