I have wanted to do a photo shoot in Stoke Newington's Abney Cemetery since I first visited it last winter. So when the idea of shooting Halloween for Lazy Oaf came up, there was no question in my mind about the location.
Dating back to 1840, Abney Park Cemetery is both a memorial park and woodland nature reserve with an ornate Chapel in the centre. This is currently under destruction and wasn't available to photograph in without pre-booking which was a shame as it is incredible looking.
I teamed up with friends and work colleagues Zoe Jade and Dee Monti to do this shoot. We wanted to give the normally bright, colourful Lazy Oaf collections more of a dark twist referencing one of our favourite classic teen films The Craft.
Zoe Jade, of Ladybird Likes, was our photographer shooting in both film and digital mixing black and white and colour. I like working with Zoe as we seem to have a similar vision and she has a great eye for composition. Dee was our model - she's fun to work with as she loves getting dressed up and is always up doing everything, and wearing anything.
With help from the girls, I put together the outfits mixing our personal clothing collections with key Lazy Oaf pieces. I work with Lazy Oaf designs everyday so it was good to get to take them out of context. The best thing about styling with your own clothes is that you instantly have five new outfit options, I've already tried to replicate two of these looks.
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Abney Cemetery, Stoke Newington High Street, London N16 OLH, nearest station: Stoke Newington Overground. Open daily until 17:00pm.
www.abney-park.org.uk
