What we did when we were in quarantine (Coronavirus edition)

Heeeeeello beautiful people!

How are you all doing? We’re doing pretty well, to be honest. This lockdown due to the Coronavirus hasn’t been easy at all. There have been moments of tension, stress, frustration, and doubts about when all of this would finally be over, what would happen with the weddings and projects we already had scheduled, and a lot of concern for the well-being of our loved ones.

Not being able to go out has been pretty rough. In the first few days, we took the opportunity to get a lot of pending tasks done—finishing edits for clients, catching up on emails, tweaking some things on our website, using up the leftover paint we had at home to repaint a wall that needed it, fixing some appliances, cleaning out our PCs and cameras, working out in the living room… Basically, there was plenty to do.

Of course, we also watched series, slept in without setting an alarm, read some books, played a few online games, listened to music just for the sake of it, and let ourselves go a little—which isn’t a bad thing. By the way, Carla already knew this live song (and actually played it for me and recommended it several times, but I can be a bit stubborn), but I didn’t. So here’s an absolute banger for you, and we’ll continue with the post:

The problem is that once all of that was done… then what? How do you spend 24 hours a day at home for what ended up being two months?

One of the things that kept us entertained for quite a while—after nearly nine weeks of researching, writing, editing, asking questions, and formatting—was starting and finishing something we had in mind for a long time to help couples who are planning their wedding: a guide we’ve called “How to Plan a Kick-Ass Wedding That’s Nothing Like Your Neighbor’s,” and we truly hope it helps all of you a lot.

And another thing was… a photo series at home, recreating iconic or famous portraits that we love, with one key rule: we could only use what we had at home or what we could buy at the supermarket during our weekly grocery run, and the background had to be neutral since, as you know, we couldn’t go anywhere, and we don’t like faking photos with Photoshop.

Honestly, we had an absolute blast studying the gestures, composition, lighting, makeup, and expressions… and it really helped make quarantine more bearable.

The original photographer’s name is in parentheses, except for those where we couldn’t find the author’s name—in those cases, before the parentheses, you’ll see the name of the person originally photographed.

We’re sharing the full series below—let us know in the comments what you think of the photos and which one is your favorite!

Marilyn Monroe (Bert Stern)

Mick Jagger (Annie Leibovitz)

Ricky Gervais (Nadav Kander)

Robert Deniro (Andy Gotts)

Rubén Pozo (Titán Pozo)

Lady Gaga

Steve Carell (Martin Schoeller)

Man in curlers (Diane Arbus)

John Lennon

Liam Gallagher