Once upon a time, before the twins came along, I collaborated on a really fun photo shoot with some talented women. And then I never got around to blogging it, until now. So here goes!
I worked with two very
different designers and a sculptor, not to mention a fantastic creative
team. It still blows my mind what can happen when all sorts of creative
types input their skills and talents for a shoot, and how lucky I feel
that I get to photograph the magic. Looking at this image humbles me,
because I know that I am just a slice of this image; it takes more than
one person to make a great shoot happen, and this is proof of that.
This
dress was designed by Annalynn Luu, and it's made out of....wait for
it....trash bags. Unfreakingbelievable. Our mood board for this shoot
was a little bit Victorian, a little dark, with some insect imagery
thrown in....so while editing this, I decided to add the moth, and it
seemed to fit pretty well. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't also partly
inspired by Miss Aniela
and her ongoing surreal fashion series. She often incorporates animals
or objects into her fashion images, so this is a bit of a homage to
that.
Those beautiful elk sculpture were made by the uber-talented Zynada, and they fit in so perfectly with this shoot. Not too long after this shoot, I photographed more of her sculpture work individually, which you can see on her website. Sweet 1985 also provided some of her rad jewelry for these looks, which was another bonus.
Photography: Lisa Kimberly // Fashion design: Jaqueline Hazel // Hair: Badri Kermani // Makeup: Danielle Henry // Model: Mio White // Assistance: Kristina Yamamoto
This amazing cardboard dress was made by the second designer I worked with on the shoot, Jaqueline Hazel. Another creative soul who makes her garments out of unconventional materials. She was inspired by sort of an underwater vibe, and to me, Mio looked like this beautiful, ethereal mermaid.
I wanted to play around with some in-camera motion blur for this garment, which is harder than it looks to capture. But out of dozens of images, this one spoke to me the most.
This was probably my favorite look/shot of the day! Another amazing cardboard dress design by Jaqeuline.
And here's some behind-the-scenes from that day!
Badri Kermani did her hair magic for the shoot, and I've worked with her before, so it was great to see her and collaborate with her again.
My good friend Danielle graciously lent her makeup skills, and she really nailed it with all the different looks. So many creative women working together under one roof = my heaven :)
From left to right: Zynada, Annalynn, and Jaqueline.
This was seriously such a fun shoot, and I'm glad that I was a part of it. Hopefully I'll be doing more artsy fartsy things in the near future :)
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