Shoot: Tenna - Memories of Alice

Yeah, I've been doing a lot of shoots lately and it hasn't left much time for regular blogging, but I hope you don't mind (I don't, haha). I want to share another shoot with you:

Model: Tenna Vinther Olesen
Photographer: Sabrina Nielsen

A couple of weekends ago, Tenna and I were hanging out and decided we wanted to a shoot the following day, we had plenty of ideas, but all of them were going to take a lot more preparation than what we had time for, so the next day, we goofed around for a couple of hours, before finally deciding to do this sort of Alice in Wonderland inspired shoot.

We went to the forest and the weather was so lovely. Everything was so idyllic. I love going there. :3

Shoot: Ariellah

The Sunday before last I had a photoshoot with the lovely Ariellah. The weather was a bit against us. It was just so hot and the sun was blazing, but we made do and these photos are the results.

Model: Ariellah Salimanov

Assistant: Tenna Vinther Olesen

Photographer: Sabrina Nielsen

Behind the scenes: The Last Unicorn

Last weekend I had a shoot with Stine and Tenna. A few days earlier, Tenna had approached Stine and I with the idea of doing a unicorn/lolita shoot. I have been itching to get back into photography and do a shoot in the forest again, so I got on board quickly.

You may remember Stine from some of my previous shoots, eg. Death & the Maiden or Red Riding Hood, she's always been portraying a masculine role, but not this time. Girly makeup, long wig and a beautiful dress transformed her into a most beautiful unicorn :D
It was so amazing to see the transformation.

Tenna had fashioned a horn from barely nothing and it was perfect, so there you go. Creative genius strikes again.

Anyway, as always, the day started off at my place:

Tenna is doing Stine's makeup.

The wig comes on and takes the transformation to a whole new level.

The final additions to the overall look are added.

The first place we shot in was really, really mushy, especially the further away from the original path we got. In fact, we suddenly found ourselves more than ankle-deep in mud. Not the best scenario, but the trees were lovely and all the passers-by seem to think it was all a hoot. 

On safe ground again, my shoes, however, were not in the best state.

Neither were Tenna's. In fact, she threw hers out in the bin right away and walked on (almost) bare feet the rest of the day.

Tenna is being a wonderful assistant, fixing every detail on Stine's outfit, making my job so much easier. Hehe.

Just finished shooting and we're heading back to our stuff.

Stine high on frolic!

It was just such a good day! The second place we shot was absolutely amazing and the weather was so lovely. The sun really came out at the end of the shoot and it was just low enough in the sky to create the light I wanted. It was just one of those days you want to recreate right away :D

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.

Halos

Selfportrait: On Black Wings

"When the shadows remain
in the light of day
On the wings of darkness
He'll retaliate
He'll be falling from grace
'Til the end of all his days"

- A Demon's Fate by Within Temptation

Finally, I've had time and, more importantly, inspiration to take some photos again. I've been on a break in regards to my photography, but no more, sir, I say. For now you'll have to look at my face, but fear not for I have set up a few shoots with models as well, but yeah, I need to hone my skills. Or something. Okay.

Oh, and just a quick note, for those who haven't already noticed: I used to post my photos on my second blog, but I recently merged it with this one and from now everything will be posted here.

And yes, that's a new watermark and it's not pretty, but needed, apparently. Some people can't tell mine from theirs. Ugh.

Cats, meetups, photos and horror movies

Last weekend I visited Tenna at her parents' house. They have a dog and six cats. Their newest member is this cute little kitten that Tenna's mom rescued recently. She was so cute :3 It was a lovely day spent mostly inside mostly watching Supernatural and Mighty Boosh, hehe :D

The latest issue of Starlight Magazine was also revealed this week.


Besides a couple of mini features, I did two "minor" shoots. The Harry Potter selfportraits and the Hunter Loli shoot. Have look:

  



More photos can be viewed at my photoblog.

Yesterday I went to a meetup to celebrate the 1st anniversary of Danish Frills, which is a Danish forum focusing solely on Lolita fashion. We went to A.C. Perchs Tearoom which was a lovely place with a wonderful atmosphere. Everything was so luxurious.




I drank white temple tea, ate small sandwiches and scones with lemon curd and everything was absolutely delicious.





Tenna and I had decided to be really fancy, so we both had big hair XD I tried doing this Marie Antoinette inspired hair do as shown in this video. But next time I think it needs to be a bit bigger ^^

I made this hairpiece from a decorative garland I had lying around.

After the meetup, five of us went to the cinema to watch The Woman in Black. We had plenty of time before the movie started, so we took some outfit shots and then went a had something to warm to drink in the café at the cinema.

 

Dress: Aatp
Blouse: Dear Celine
Cardigan: Louise
Tights (two pairs layered): H&M
Shoes: Bodyline

The shoe choice was sort of a last minute thing, and next time I'm wearing this outfit, I would prefer to wear something more elegant ^^ 



The movie was really good. I'm not one for horror movies, but since it's Daniel Radcliffe starring, I had to see it. I think he did really well. It was really scary, though, I found myself burying my face in my fox stole aka. George so many times and continuously bursting out "Dude!" and muttering to myself "nonononono", lol XD

But then again, I'm really not one for horror movies. ;)

So yeah, check out the trailer if you haven't already :D

Afterwards, Tenna and I went back to my place and watched Mighty Boosh, really tired and worn out from being out in the cold.

And to finish this entry, I'd like to show you two of my recent purchases:


Fresh out of the box ;)

These shoes from Vivienne Westwood. Gosh, I've been sighing over these for so long now, so when I found them in this colour and my size, I had to go for it. They are so freaking comfortable and they smell like bubblegum, haha :D
I love them so much, I wish I could get a pair too in gold, lol ;)





The other thing is this dress from Metamorphose:

I remember seeing this print back when I was starting out in Lolita and I just loved the cats on it! Ever since I've been keeping my eye out for the right colour and version. I found this on mbok for just about 4000JPY. I think it's really cute and it has a really nice length, although not as much width in the skirt as I would have liked, but oh well :)