My second shoot for the latest issue of Starlight Magazine. This shoot starts off along the lines of The Little Match Girl by H. C. Andersen and then tells the story of what can almost be considered the girl's marriage to death. Somehow both shoots ended up taking their inspiration from H. C. Andersen and both dance along the line of tragedy. I guess, I just didn't want to go too obvious on the Christmas theme :)
This time we, Tenna and I, brought in a fresh face along side one we haven't seen in a while.
Models:
Stine Holm Jensen
Ariellah Engel Salimanov
Assistant: Tenna Vinther Olesen
Photos & retouch: Me
Death and the Maiden
Bonus pics that weren't featured in the magazine.
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| Outfit Dress: Handmade Shoes: Bianco Jewelry: Accessorize, offbrand. |
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| Outfit Cape: Handmade Jacket: Vila (modified) Everything else: offbrand, H&M |
Both Ariellah and Stine did so well despite the fact that it was absolutely freezing outside that day. The weather has been all over the place lately. In fact, we had to postpone the shoot because of it.
We were supposed to do it a week before, but then there was this storm that spoiled everything. Luckily we all had time the following weekend. And then when the forecast started indicating that it would be stormy that weekend too, I nearly freaked, haha. Thankfully, the weather was okay the day we did the shoot, though it was a bit windy. Too windy to put up my light gear, so I had to make do with natural light and a reflector.
It was so nice, for once, to have an assistant, not just for the actual shoot, but also to help with hair and makeup. Thanks Tenna :D
As always a huge amount of preparation went into this shoot. I sewed Ariellah's dress and Stine cape and modified the wings.
I hadn't actually planned to sew a dress for this shoot, but I saw these two fabrics in the store and thought they would work so well for a maiden-like outfit. The fabric is this ivory tapestry thing and then there's a detachable lace overskirt, though it's not super visible in the pictures. ;)
The cape was an absolutely nightmare to sew. While it was actually a simple pattern, I messed up everything - I've only worked with patterns once before, so give me a break ;) So I spent forever recutting and redoing things. I ran out of fabric for the lining. Twice. It's ridiculous. And then the shop didn't have more of the same fabric, so the lining is made from three different fabrics. Oh, the books I could write about this cape. ;)
But in the end, I kind of love it. Even though it kept swallowing Stine's head, the hood is beautiful and also the reason why I chose this pattern. I kind of want one in red too.
The wings consists of two pairs of wings from ebay - one of the them, the upper pair, modified with a bunch of extra feathers to even out the proportions. They became really heavy and I was afraid they weren't going to last through the shoot in the wind, but somehow they got through it relatively unharmed.
Stine put together her own outfit and she actually handstitched that black thread (and the buttons) on the front of the jacket. Pretty awesome, eh?
Though, Ariellah brought the skull aka. Skeletor. :D
Also, we have this snazzy video from the shoot:
How did we get up there in the first place? It wasn't easy, let's just say that much. ;)
The location is an old church in downtown Copenhagen, which is now a Gallery of some sort. It was right next to a playground and when Stine was on the brick wall with the wings and Ariellah on the ground, the kids were all "Did he capture her? O_O". Lol, it was so cute. :D
Also there was this old-drunk-man-type-person that stopped and kept talking about drawing a horse. It was a little peculiar really :/
Don't forget to read the new issue of Starlight Magazine here!
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