Morning Star (music video)

by
Pitou

Album: P2

Directed By: Bastiaan Lochs

Morning Star is a single by Dutch artist Pitou, with cover art and production photography shot on the surface of a lake. The project was directed by Bastiaan Lochs, whose starting point was a childhood memory of watching a magician walk on water, a image that shaped every visual decision. Working as a still photographer on this production, I documented both the making of the shoot and the cover art itself, across analogue and digital mediums. The result is a series of set photographs that sit as close to the music as the lake sat to the sky.

A person sits in shallow water, playing a guitar, with a calm lake and trees reflected in the background under a blue sky.
Wide environmental portrait of Pitou playing acoustic guitar on a lake with blue evening sky and tree reflections, Morning Star music video cover art and set photography by Milo Weiler.
Intentionally blurred analogue film portrait of Pitou playing acoustic guitar on a lake at dusk during the Morning Star music video shoot, set photography by Milo Weiler.
Close-up portrait of Pitou playing acoustic guitar against an evening sky during the Morning Star music video production, set and cover art photography by Milo Weiler.
Wide shot of Pitou playing guitar while seated on the surface of a calm lake with her full reflection mirrored below, Morning Star music video set photography by Milo Weiler.
Pitou holding an acoustic guitar while seated on a lake, framed through foreground reeds at dusk, set photography from the Morning Star music video by Milo Weiler.
Pitou seated on a perfectly still lake surface playing acoustic guitar with her full mirror reflection below, set and cover art photography for the Morning Star music video by Milo Weiler.
Dutch artist Pitou sitting on the surface of a lake holding an acoustic guitar, shot on analogue film for the Morning Star music video cover art by still photographer Milo Weiler.
Sound engineer monitoring audio on headphones beside film equipment during the outdoor lake shoot for the Morning Star music video by Pitou, behind the scenes photography by Milo Weiler.
Behind the scenes on the Morning Star music video production for Pitou, two crew members wading in a lake at dusk, set photography by Milo Weiler.
Pitou seated cross-legged on the surface of a lake at dusk with her reflection visible in the still water, still photography from the Morning Star music video production by Milo Weiler.
Behind the scenes of the Morning Star music video for Pitou, showing the full film crew and equipment on the lake shore while the artist performs on the water, set photography by Milo Weiler.
Pitou playing acoustic guitar on a lake viewed through out-of-focus reeds, set photography from the Morning Star music video production by still photographer Milo Weiler.
A flock of birds in V-formation flying across a blue dusk sky, atmospheric set photograph from the Morning Star music video production for Pitou by Milo Weiler.
Motion-blurred analogue film image of Pitou playing guitar on a lake at nightfall with her reflection below, experimental set photography from the Morning Star music video by Milo Weiler.