Good Housekeeping Photo Shoot Comes to Captiva

by Jeff Lysiak

For three days last week, the streets of downtown Captiva - already filled with its usual share of tourists - were joined by a team of models, photographers and a crew from Island Girl Locations & Productions, who were in town to shoot a fashion spread for Good Housekeeping magazine.

According to Stacey Stevens, a Sanibel resident and representative for Island Girl, the production incorporated various exterior locations along Andy Rosse Lane - including outside of Cantina Captiva, John Naumann & Associates offices and YOLO Watersports - as well as on South Seas Island Resort property. The locations were selected due to their bright, vibrant colors.

"This is our second year working with Good Housekeeping," said Stevens, who notes that in 2012, Island Girl arranged a photo shoot for the magazine down in Naples. "We got a lot of attention here in Captiva, since we were working right there on the street. Everyone gets excited when they see a production taking place."

During the photo shoot, which occurred from Monday through Wednesday, six female models were used. The images will be seen in the July and August 2013 issues of Good Housekeeping.

"Last year, the fashion photo spreads they did were four to eight pages," noted Stevens.

Island Girl Locations & Productions thanked Captiva business owner Sandra Stilwell for donating the use of a parking space on Andy Rosse Lane for their production trailer.

"There was a 20-person crew out here for several days. They ate all their meals out here, shopped out here, rented bikes and stayed out here through the entire photo shoot," Stevens added. "All of those people are contributing to the local economy, which is great for the islands."

Island Sun (April 19, 2013)