Splash of the Rainbow

I am so, so excited to share these with you.

Adrian came to me as he was planning a colourful, avant garde pool shoot. He was shooting some pieces created by local designer Gabriella Wisdom (http://gabriellawisdom.tumblr.com/) but as he wasn't able to get them wet he needed a few extra outfits to shoot in the pool itself. The brief couldn't have been more different from the last shoot we did together although two of the models, Nakita and Elle, were on board so it was nice to all work together again. The shoot was in collaboration with Norwich Fashion Week.

 

I borrowed a few bikini's from slim friends of mine, bought some over the top, bright coloured jewellery from Primark and a local charity shop and along with some floaty tops headed off to our amazing location. The pool was kindly supplied by Linda of Epic Studios (http://www.epic-tv.com/) is her amazing back garden. Amy and Katie assisted Adrian, making sure he didn't fall in the pool whilst he balanced precariously on step ladders in and around the pool etc and Katie very kindly kept an eye on my little one who had, once again, come along and spent the afternoon in the pool.

 

This look is compiled of a bikini top of Elle's, bottoms of Nakita's, a top borrowed from Elle's friend and jewellery of mine. The bangle was 50p from a charity shop and the earrings I've had for years. I used an Essie polish in a bright coral on her nails.

The make up looks were created by the incredibly talented Patricia of ArtLook 4U. We had worked together once before on a boho beach shoot where the brief was for very natural make up but I knew Pat's passion lay in bright, colourful looks. The crazy colours that worked so well for this shoot and really quite suited the models (who would've thought blue lipstick could look so good?) Both the girls have absolutely beautiful hair so not much was needed in the way of hair styling.

 





 

This look is a combination of my friends hot pink 'La Perla' bikini, the designers shorts, a Primark necklace and bright blue nails.

 

 

And so we come to my absolute favourite photo from this shoot. I can't get over how much I love this shot (I've even changed to the profile picture of my blog Facebook page - check it out here if you haven't already!) and honestly believe it wouldn't be out of place in the pages of a high end fashion magazine.

 

 

We finished the shoot with this group shop. It makes me smile every time I see it!

 

L-R Me, Patricia, Elle, Nakita, Adrian, Amy and Katie

 

Adrian and I have a couple of exciting photoshoots in the pipelines so they will be coming up over the next few months.

 

I also have several more shoots with different photographers to show you soon including a boudoir and a portrait shoot.

 

 

 

 

The Finding - Pt 2



As promised, here are some more photos from the photoshoot I styled a couple of weeks ago. These are by the second photographer, Rob Dodsworth and I just love them.

 

I've had two more photoshoots since then so will have some more pictures to show you soon.

 

Photographer: Rob Dodsworth

Models: Elle Harris, Heather Spanton, Amanda Santos, Ell Davis and Nakita Grady

Hair/MUA: Missy Vintage

The Finding

 

The Finding

 

Photographer: Adrian Farr

Models: Ell Davis, Elle Harris, Heather Spanton, Nakita Grady and Amanda Santos

Hair/MUA: Missy Vintage

 

Last Friday 5 models, 2 photographers, 1 hair and makeup artist, myself and my 4 year old all headed off to a farm in the middle of nowhere. The shoot was a experimental one called The Finding. Photographer Adrian wanted to try out a new lens which created blurry, slightly out of focus and mostly black and white, photos. The brief style wise was for black, classic looks that weren't too fussy. I took with me a few pieces of my own, along with a lot of accessories, and the girls brought anything they thought might be suitable for me to look through.

 

I had decided I really wanted to do a look with just black short shorts/knickers and a blazer. I had about 6 blazers to choose from but the first one I picked worked a treat and model Nakita had brought with her a tiny pair of black hotpants and, as she had legs TO DIE FOR, that was her look sorted. Accessorized with a vintage yellow cocktail ring I was given for my birthday, a real ruby and gold necklace (borrowed from a friend of mine) and high black heels.

 

 

Ell was the tallest of the girls, again with legs that went on forever, so I put her in a super short dress (which I believe was her own) accessorised with strings of pearls and beads, a silver bangle and her own anklet.

 

 

We had another Elle on set, this one a little shorter with an enviable chest so I put her in a plunging Calvin Klein number (also borrowed from the same friend I borrowed a lot of the jewellery from). My daughter had been messing around with the jewellery and had put this pearl necklace around her head and I thought it looked lovely. I had already given Elle a pearl bracelet (which I wore on my wedding day) so she was the perfect choice for the pearl 'head piece'. 

 

Amanda was one of the first models I ever worked with when I started styling and is one of the loveliest girls you could ever meet. She had worn this dress of mine on a shoot before so we knew it looked great on her. Worn with a chunky gold necklace I picked up in Primark and some gold bangles.



 

 

Beautiful Heather is teeny tiny so I put her in a skin tight black midi dress, which belonged to one of the other girls, to really show off her amazing figure. A gold bangle from Primark (I love Primark for jewellery, especially statement pieces for shoots) and a long gold necklace from Dorothy Perkins. Heather and my little girl have met a couple of times now and get on famously. I noticed a BTS shot being taken of them both sharing a bag of Jelly Babies which I'm hoping will surface at some point!

 

Kerry (aka Missy Vintage) worked tirelessly doing both the hair and make up for all 5 girls and I think she did an amazing job. The looks were all very dark with dark red/black lips, dark eyes and gorgeous hair that was 'a bit crazy' in my daughter's opinion.

 

There was a second photographer with us on the day, Rob Dodsworth, who was taking behind the scenes and pictures of his own. From what I saw on his camera on the day there are some beautiful shots coming from him too which I will share once I have them.

I had an absolute blast on this shoot, one of my absolute favourites ever, and hope to work with all the lovely people involved again.

 

 

 

That's a wrap!

 

xxx