I magine yourself in Japan. Well, not actually anywhere in Japan… You’re in Miyakojima, an island that’s closer to Taiwan than to Japan. So, yes, you’re quite far from the rest of the world. You’ve just finished the job for which you went there, when you get a message from the Fanatic Marketing team: “Hey Julia, we know you’re in Japan but could you be in Gran Canaria in like two or three days? We need you last minute for the new Slick wing shoot and we also planned a little adventure around it…”. Wow, yes, I totally can be there. Just give me two days…
Originally the shoot was supposed to take place on Tenerife, however there was no wind at all, and after two days of waiting for better conditions at the Duotone Pro Center in El Medano, the team moved to Gran Canaria. I flew straight there as the connection from Japan was better as well.
Stop #1: Gran Canaria
Five planes and 37 hours later, I was in Gran Canaria. I arrived in the middle of the night and went straight to bed. The next thing I knew it was 7am and I’m waking up to start the shoot. I am exhausted, but here I go.
Nia Suardiaz, Jerome Cloetens, photographer Samu Cardenas and I arrived at the beach (Wesley Brito was still on his way), and it was so not typical Canaries weather… cold, rainy, windy (usually it´s not very windy in the mornings, the wind builds up during the day). But there’s always a good side
