Producer Camilla Fitz-Patrick is the kind of girl who has dreamed of her wedding for her entire life, even down to where she wanted it to happen. So when she got engaged to fellow producer Ed Rowell, there was no question that the duo would organise everything themselves. “It’s probably not what people want to hear, but I personally found it incredibly fun and easy,” she laughs.
“It’s really no different to our day-to-day jobs, and I loved being able to apply that skillset to something so personal. Were there hiccups? Sure! One of my make-up artists dropped out three weeks before. Not ideal, but these are things that happen every day to me at work.
Ultimately everything will always work out.” This philosophy applies to the couple’s meet-cute, which saw them staring each other down in a boardroom meeting. “Around five years ago, when I was working for , we partnered with Neutrogena on a shoot and Ed’s company at the time was repping them in the UAE,” Fitz-Patrick explains.
“There are some differing accounts of our first meeting, but what I remember is this. A handsome but quiet man sat across a boardroom table from me, avidly listening as I lobbied hard for shooting a black and white portrait series. They went for it, fortunately, or this all might have turned out quite different! Partnership wrapped, over a year later I received a message.
Did I want to go for a drink? That drink turned out to be around six to seven lethal margheritas. It would be safe t.