'Imperfect' Behind the Scenes

Just a very small portion of the stuff needed to style this shoot. I had a car full!

Due to the photos from this shoot *hopefully* being published in a magazine mid November I've not seen the final edits yet. But we have been allowed to show some behind the scenes taken by our super talented make up artist for this shoot, Patricia of ArtLook 4U, who also happens to be pretty handy with a camera as well as a set of make up brushes!

 

As you can tell from these shots, we weren't in the most glamorous of locations and it was pretty cold - you'll also see some of us were braver than others when it came to wrapping up (I took the faux fur option!)

We had a fantastic crew for this shoot and I hope to work with them all again in the not too distant future.

 

Photographer/Art Director: Adrian Farr

Models: Ell Davis and Elle Harris

MUA: Patricia of ArtLook 4U

Hair stylist: Missy Vintage

Videographer: James Clayden

Assistants: Amy, Katie and Sam



Poor Elle was so cold during this scene and having my cold hands down her skirt didn't help!

James the videographer was slightly braver than me wearing a short sleeved shirt.

All hands on deck to take out million of hair pins.

Amy showing Ell her final make up look.

 

Watch this space for the final shots next month!

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.

 

 

 

 

Styling: Boho/Beach Shoot

Some weekends ago myself, 4 models, a photographer and a make up artist headed to the seaside with a camper van, a couple of dogs and a lot of clothes! I had a blast on this shoot and I can't tell you how difficult it was to pick my favourites but here they are. Some of the clothes/accessories were mine, some belonged to the models and loads belonged to the photographer. In the end I had a room full of stuff which I went through with one model at a time until they had 4 outfits each.

 

The models are Lindsey Ann, Hillary Halalay, Annie Blake and Elle Harris.

Photographer/Copyright: Rekha Garton

MUA: Patricia at ArtLook 4U