You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen
Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen
Although not a reindeer, model Hansel Wellington is defiantly one sexy buck. If he were one of Santa's reindeers though, I'm pretty sure he'd be Dasher. Dashing, suave and debonair is exactly what photographer Tom Nakielski (Lights On Studio) was going for with his latest holiday shoot. I love the look and feel Tom and Hansel captured in the shoot, so much so... it inspired me to add a red smoking jacket to my Christmas list!
In addition to Gordon Nebeker's Christmas Elves, it was back on Christmas Day in 2015 that Tom's work first appeared on FH. As viewers know, Tom's imagery, especially his holiday shots, have been a regular part of the site since. Hansel deserves all the credit for bringing Tom and I together. After profiling Hansel's work with another photographer, the Detroit based model sent me on some holiday shots that Tom had recently taken. The rest as they say, it history!
I'm thrilled then to have Hansel back where he belongs, buck naked in front of Tom's camera for another FH holiday shoot! The shoot almost didn't happen. Time and Tom were ticking and December had already arrived. Tom had planned to shoot Hansel for a New Year's theme and had tentative plans to shoot with another model for Christmas. Things didn't exactly go as planned...
A couple of miscommunications and a broken cell phone meant the model for the Christmas shoot ended up being a no show,. As you can see though, things all worked out and Christmas came together. Tom gave Hansel a call and it was Hansel to the rescue! Both dashing and helpful! Tom says he always enjoys working with Hansel, and knew he always gives his all. So.. one holiday became two and they covered a lot of territory (holidays) in their three hour shoot which included several wardrobe changes and setups.
'The Christmas set was fun because Tom is all about the FLOWERS, really, they must look perfect. The Poinsettias were in a continuous battle against gravity -and she is a cruel mistress. Suddenly they would all fall to the floor, and then needed to be meticulously rearranged before the next photo. Repeat several times. LOL! I think it wasn't about the flowers as much as Tom wants all the details perfect and wants the pics to look the absolute best! And I really appreciate that about him. Tom's attention to details and his fun attitude always make for the best photos and shoots.'
Included in those numerous setups was a callback to one of the props and one of setups from their 2015 shoots. For those who remember, and also those who don't, for part of that shoot Hansel was grasping his very long candy cane while straddling a rather massive Christmas wreath... Check some of the shots from six years ago, and the ones shot just a couple of weeks ago on the NEXT PAGE HERE:
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