Voodoo Princess

Time for my second shoot from Sunday! Luiza really outdid herself with the styling, I love this modern, sleek take on a voodoo priestess. Maria C was wonderful as usual. I love these shots so I won't ramble on about the day.



























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Magic Man

After two years Mario has finally returned to his rightful place in front of my camera! A Sunday afternoon spent at a cemetery might not be everybody's cup of tea but cemeteries are usually very beautiful places and amazing backdrops for photography. And to be fair there seemed to be an unusual amount of people holding family powwows next to the tombs. This particular cemetery has the honor of being the oldest in the city and it's a wonderful maze of mausoleums and ornate tombs.

Luiza Pino is back as stylist extraordinaire for this magic man/evil person shoot. 30 + degree weather is no joke in a leather trench coat, so mad props to Mario for toughing it out.  This shoot was actually two shoots done at the same time and part tow will be up tomorrow!






















extra shot with Maria C :)



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Dark, little birthday shoot

So, I've crossed over to the unpleasant half of my twenties. Still in denial. To celebrate, I headed down to a cemetery with Stevie and Ella for a slightly gothic inspired shoot. In stereotypical girl fashion it took us two hours to make ourselves look mental before walking to the cemetery. Luckily the spiders where nowhere to be seen and our only audience were a pair of bemused undertakers. It was also the first time I took my new reflector (called Edward) on a shoot and it was a hit. I'm normally a natural light only girl but the reflector just adds a great touch to my subjects' faces. Hopping on the reflector bandwagon...

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35 mm

Taking advantage of a redbull induced energy high, I set off on Friday for a mini photographer meetup with Ella Ruth Cowperthwaite. She had told me of a little wooded area close by she'd been to, so we proceeded to climb UP for a good 15 minutes. I will not get used to Sheffield hills. It was worth it though, it's a beautiful place and perfect for shoots, no people walking around. Hopefully, we'll go back there for proper photoshoots. I took film and digital for the first time. I also accidentally opened the back of my Pentax before winding the film and did something unexplainable that resulted in something that looks like a double exposure. I was crashing from my redbull high. It's my only excuse for being such a noob. The light leak turned out beautifully though. Film and digital will be two different posts for the sake of neatness. I must say, film makes this location look wondrously creepy.

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