June 21, 2026
Shooting Into the Wind: Notes From the Embankment
The trench editorial looks moody and deliberate in print. On the day, it was eleven degrees, gusting, and the wind was the only art director anyone listened to.
Alisa Meri
Editorial & Commercial Model
Tallinn
01 - Introduction
I model in a city where the wind gets a credit on every shoot. The Baltic decides what a session looks like long before the mood board does: it unbuttons coats, restyles hair between frames, and hands you motion no studio fan has ever matched. Photographers here learn to shoot into it. Models learn to stop flinching. I stopped flinching six years ago and have been booked for it ever since — clients call it 'effortless movement,' and I have never once corrected them.
03 - Index
Selected experience
01 North Wind Vogue Scandinavia· 2026
02 The White Shirt COS· 2026
03 Embankment Anne & Stiil· 2026
04 Trench Season Ivo Nikkolo· 2025
05 Wide Brim ELLE· 2025
06 Golden Hour Knits Marimekko· 2025
04 - In Print
Notes & press
August 20, 2025
The Hat Stays On
August, cloudless, a sun with no manners — and a client who wanted 'soft and effortless.' How one black wide-brim hat saved a whole campaign.
June 15, 2025
Laughing on Command: The Golden Hour Problem
Every client wants the candid laugh. Here is what it takes to produce spontaneity on schedule, in a two-hour window of good light, on a staircase.
05 - Enquiries
The next booking starts here
Editorial & Commercial Model, based in Tallinn and available worldwide. For rates, availability and the current book, get in touch.