Posted 12/04/2008 3:15 PM by Kelly Stuart
Filed under: Blonde, Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, Elena Guruleva, Fresh from Russia
We arrived at our second location of the day and boarded a private boat on the Canal Griboedova with the gorgeous Elena Guruleva. Our main backdrop would be the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood (Храм Спаса на Крови). The name of the church refers to the blood of the assassinated Alexander II of Russia, who was mortally wounded on that site on March13, 1881.
The Setting: If you recall, the day was chilly and grey while we were shooting at the Russian Standard Distillery. That soon changed when the gods broke the clouds and poured the most perfect light on our already perfect setting and our porcelain-skinned model
. With Russian pop music blasting, we set sail down the canal and started taking photos! It was a moment to remember.
As we emerged from under a small underpass, we saw the massive Church of Spilled Blood covered in what looked like thousands of colorful mosaics. Its strong, yet comforting presence motivated us through one of the best shoots of the trip. As Elena warmed up between shots with a blanket, the crew chose plenty of tasty Russian Standard Vodka. With each amazing set-up we toasted to a good life. Nas Drovia.
Missed out on our other dispatches from Russia? See them
here:
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Russia!Stairway
to heaven...87 Photos
(And Counting!) of the Miss Russia GirlsAnna
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Russia with LovePart
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Taste of RussiaFresh
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Maxim would like to send a very special thank you to our
friends in Russia! We had the most outstanding crew and this
production wouldn’t have been possible without each and everyone listed
below.
Locations survey and Production –
Igor Malakhov
Director of
Communications, Russian Standard – Preston
Mendenhall
Chief
Marketing Officer, Russian Standard Vodka USA – Drew
Beaver
Project
Manager, Russian Standard – Valentina
Naumova
Chief Stylist
– Elena
Usanova
Stylists –
Roman Travin & Philipp
Ndzana
Hair –
Konstantin
Kochegov
Make-Up –
Savva
Production
Assistant – Stanislav
Urzhumtsev
Beauty Team Assistant – Maria
Pototskaya
Imperial Holiday – Leo Murzenko
My love to the Maxim crew as
well:
Lighting Specialist –
Brady
Fontenot
Videographer
– Greg
Rusling
Co-Producer/ Project Manager – Jena
Liberman
Location: The Jesus on the Spilled Blood Church (main view from the Canal Griboedova)
Photographed
for Maxim Digital by Kelly Stuart | Copyright 2008 Alpha Media
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