Cadogan Cowper, La Belle Dame Sans Merci

I have been battling this flu since we arrived home from our cruise. Just can't seem to shake it? But I had a photo shoot that just could not be re-scheduled so it was time to put my big girl panties on and dose up on an abundance of cold medicine and head on out for our La Belle Dame Sans Merci inspired session.

Tyson Keanum and Amy Schaming worked their little tails off all night and on into the wee hours of the morning. Pinning over 500 safety pins to the 6 panels of the dress to hold each panel together and to hold the yellow florals on as well.
It was my responsibility to do the sewing, but with this cold being its stubborn self, that task was just NOT going to be completed in time.

HUGE props to both Amy and Tyson for their amazing rendition of the dress. Ya'll ROCK!!!!! And thank you to our fierce model Lydia Catherine for braving extremely chilly winds and an overcast sky to get that shot. You're such the trooper!

Here they are...
Enjoy!

Pre-Raphaelite Photo Shoot / The Painting Comes to Life...

For weeks now, myself and 2 friends have been working endlessly on an upcoming stylized photo shoot titled:

"Pre-Raphealite, The paintings come to life..."

The 3 of us sewed, and hot glue gunned, and bedazzled, and teased, etc. etc. etc. for hours on end, creating just that perfect look we envisioned.  When the day finally arrived it couldn't have been more perfect!

The sun was hiding behind the perfect coverage of clouds giving us natural light that most photographers live for. The breeze was soft and from the West which also worked perfect for the location. And ah yes, that location! Found only 24 hours prior, causing a last minute change of plans on venues, but SO worth it!!! Bridges, clear streams, old buildings, amazingly lush vegetation. I couldn't have asked for a better spot. Thank you Marianne for the location suggestion!!!

Was it ever perfect! With lush green plants in every shade of green imaginable. Plants that were so bright, even in the shade, that it looked like God was pin lighting each leaf just for us. The stream was barely moving and so crystal clear that the images that I have next to the water looks like the plain earth below because you can see straight through it.

Simply beautiful!!!

Thank you to Amy Schaming and Tyson Keanum for working so well as a team, contributing countless hours and $, and for those Starbucks runs!!! Your work is so fierce. I am so excited that we all met and are now collaborating on so many new projects. I  needed people like you in my life!!!

And thank you to our models Miss Jennifer Boatwright, and Miss Racheal Koprowski for braving duck taped skin, safety pin pricks, make up applications, hair teasing, flying bugs, and a very cool stream, just to get that perfect shot!!!!

It was a pleasure...









































Here we all are in the stream... Got to do what you've got to do to get "The" shot! :)