2012 was a great year for the crew at Brian Cummings Photography. It was a year full of changes, new challenges, perhaps a tiny bit of occasional stress, and a whole bunch of high fives for being awesome. One of their greatest endeavors was a two-day lifestyle shoot for Mercedes Benz USA’s accessories collection. Months of preproduction by the talented sister duo Anne and Maggie Dean, as well as the also talented non-sister Brittany Accardi, finally came together one dewy, 4:00 AM call time in beautiful Forest Park.

After a very fast-paced day of eighteen shots across three park locations on day one, the crew was at it again early the next morning at the Four Seasons Hotel (this is a very loose use of the term “morning,” as 2 AM better qualifies as the middle of the night, if you ask me.) Eight shots in the hotel suite, eight more on the terrace, and the crew was ready for a 7AM lunch (?!) and to head down to Washington Avenue to finish up with the last twelve shots on the street. And BAM! That’s a wrap! (Now everyone can take a deep breath and go to sleep for a week.)