Shoot: Stine - The Last Unicorn

Model: Stine Holm Jensen

MUA/Assistant: Tenna Vinther Olesen

Photographer: Sabrina Nielsen

Stay tuned for a "Behind the scenes"-post.

Shoot: Hunter Loli (for Starlight Magazine)

My plan was to not participate in the latest issue of Starlight Magazine. I wanted to take some time off and do some other things. But somehow I ended up doing both the Harry Potter photos and this shoot along with a couple of articles anyway. So much for not participating, huh.

Well, this shoot wasn't really on the schedule until the last minute, when Tenna and I decided to throw something together. As mentioned in my last entry, the theme was "Nerdy Lolita" and so when I had already shown the nerdy Harry Potter stuff, we decided to show off some of Tenna's Supernatural nerdery.
Tenna put together her own outfit and rather than basing it off one of the characters which, and let me just be honest here, we both thought about for a while, she decided to translate the whole "Hunter" concept to Lolita. I love this Sweet punky look she came up with :D

We invited Stine along for some Sammifer goodness, hehe *grins* and Cecil lead the way to this cool location and also helped with the carrying and reflector holding which was much appreciated :D

Onwards to the photos:

So besides it being freezing outside and my forgetting some of my equiptment (seriously, how stupid can you get?), we got some shots and afterwards we went to a coffeshop to enjoy some tasty hot chocolate and cake and also to reheat our limbs :/

Check out the latest issue of Starlight here.

Shoot: Death and the Maiden (for Starlight Magazine)

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.

Outfit
Dress: Handmade
Shoes: Bianco
Jewelry: Accessorize, offbrand.

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!

Shoot: Doll Memories (For Starlight Magazine)

Once again it's time for the a new issue of Starlight Magazine and this time I did a shoot for them to go with the Christmas theme. I decided not to do a very literal interpretation of the theme, but rather just grab elements from the classic fairy tale by H. C. Andersen - "The Steadfast Tin Soldier". Well, basically, I just used the characters. So they're these two dolls in an attic full of forgotten memories and when no people are around, they come to life.

You can read the latest issue of Starlight Magazine here.

Models: 

Lone (Ballerina)

Tenna (Soldier girl)

Doll Memories 

Tenna
Jacket: H&M
Skirt:Homemade
Shirt: Dear Celine
Boots: Unknown
Tights: H&M
Jewelry: Accessorize
Hat: Asos

Lone
Dress: Homemade (two dresses from H&M combined)
Blouse: Asos
Shoes: Chinese Laundry (modified)
Jewelry: Miss Selfridge, Glitter, Homemade
Tights:: H&M
Hairaccessories: Accessorize

This shoot was very different from what I've done before in terms of location. This is up in the attic in my building. It was extremely difficult to light the rooms up there because of the dark wood everywhere and the lack of daylight. There are a few small windows, but the sun sets so early these days, so it was almost gone when we started shooting. It was definitely a challenge, but I tried to work with what I had and I like the result - They look so much like dolls :D

Shoot: The Queen's Revenge (For Starlight Magazine)

This is the other shoot I did for Starlight Magazine. I've been wanting to do a Snow White themed shoot for a long time and I thought it could be a cool opportunity to do for the Halloween issue and then mix it up a bit. 

My beautiful models are:

Snow White: Emilie

The Queen: Tenna

The Mirror: Lone

The Queen's Revenge

I think they all looked so amazing and all did so well portraying their characters. It was a lot of fun. And this time I didn't drag them out into some forest, but we went to the two nearest parks. Thankfully those parks are really old and one of them has this cool miniature temple which served as the background for our 'castle'.

Snow white's outfit is very much inspired by the outfit of the little Snow White girl in one of the Supernatural episodes.

I'll try to put up some extra shots as soon as possible. ^^

Also, if you haven't already, you can read the latest issue of Starlight here.