My girlfriend Kim had been wanting to do a Michael Jackson creative for a while now. We both grew up listening to his music and love the styles of his performances. It was no wonder the guy was the top entertainer in the world. I mean, who else creates dance moves like the moonwalk and the robot, that people will forever emulate? Not Brittany Spears, that’s for sure.
We figured what better time to do our MJ shoot than during Halloween. With our good friend and MUA, Darlene Brink, we decided that we wanted to go with a Billie Jean theme. The black sequin jacket and the striped pants are easily our favourite MJ style. In our research, we found some other creatives that other photographers had done, but none were very authentic looking. We wanted our shoot to be as authentic looking as possible, so we spent a lot of time watching music videos and researching wardrobe, styles, lighting, and poses.
Our goal with this shoot was to produce imagery that people would look at and say, “Wow, that really looks like MJ!”, and I think we accomplished that. The first image, in black and white, is one of my favourites from the shoot. At first glance, it really does look like MJ. Kim rocked the shoot and did her best to nail every pose, which was quite difficult, considering how unique Michael’s moves are (and how flexible he must’ve been).
The close-ups on the left side of each pair below are bit more fashion oriented, with Kim being much more recognizable in each photo, but the dance move shots on the right sides are what we blew ourselves away with. We really love them, and we hope you do as well.
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