Shoot: Lone (for Starlight Magazine)

I did this shoot with Lone for Starlight Magazine. As mentioned in my previous post, the theme was "Sensommer" and we had a distinct Faerie vibe going on, so I decided to put Lone in my new dress from Innocent World, fill her hair with fresh flowers and then off to "The Romantic Garden" which is really nearby. Lone looked beautiful as always, but even more so in this dress. I'm really happy with how the pictures turned out, especially considering how it was just kind of put together in the last minute. I didn't even choose the location until on the day, after Lone came over.

Well, onwards to the pictures:



Dress: Innocent World
Shawl: Miss Selfridge
Shoes: New Look
Tights: H&M
Jewelry: Pilgrim, Etsy

 Hope you enjoyed them and feel free to check out our latest issue :3

Shoot: Elverhøj (for Starlight Magazine)

Photoshoot: Elverhøj

Location: Jægersborg Dyrehave
Models:

Lone Jacobsen

Emilie Gersager

Tenna Olesen

Rikke Christensen

The theme for the newest issue of Starlight Magazine is "Sensommer" (late summer) and we decided to put emphasis on faeries/elves. I've been wanting to do a shoot like this for years now, but back when the idea first arose, I didn't have the skills or the resources.

The idea was to show the myth of the Scandinavian elves. It is said that the elven girls are stunningly beautiful and they live with the King of Elves in hills, old trees and swamps. If you walk alone in the forest or you fall asleep near their home, they might come to you. They will try to seduce you; Lure you back to their place and then you'll never be able to leave again. They will sing and dance for you in attempt to win you over. If you refuse, they will turn cruel, menacing and probably kill you. The only way to tell them apart from humans are by their hollow backs.

There are two pages of behind the scenes of this photo shoot in the magazine, but for those of you who don't read Danish, I'll just review.

I think almost two months of preparations went into this shoot. I didn't really own any white Lolita clothes, so I had to sew a dress and two skirts.
Finding the right location proved a bit tricky, as the date got closer and I still hadn't found a place. I tried searching the forest near my parents' summer cottage, but nothing really stood out. I guess, I kind of had the whole thing pictured in my mind and then it's hard to find something to live up to an imaginary place. But then Tenna came with me to Dyrehaven and we found what I think is a really great spot.

Don't even get me started on the dry ice situation.

Luckily it wasn't hard to find the models for the shoot, since I have such good looking and just generally awesome friends. :D
Stine was supposed to be our Soldier guy, but unfortunately she became sick and unable to do it, Rikke stepped in in last minute and was able to pull off the character really convincingly, I think. Stine was going to put her outfit together herself, I didn't have any of the soldier's clothes at my place, so Rikke and I had to throw something together. But I think it turned out really nice :D

We met up at my place at ten in the morning and then more than four hours later we were done with hair and makeup and ready to leave.

It had rained all morning, but it stopped and when we got to the forest, it was calm and peaceful. We got so close to a huge herd of deers, it was amazing. They were really cute :D

The girls had all (well, just the three elves of course) agreed to have bare feet during the shoot. Yeah, I told you they're awesome. And I really admire them, I don't think I would have been able to do it - with all the insects (I'm really not good with insects), stinging nettles and animal droppings laying about, but they did it and that's commendable.

Rikke had to leave us at one point, when I only needed to take some of the three 'evil' elves. Dark clouds had been lurking in the horizon for a really long time. Eventually, they were in the shot and that looked awesome, right up to the point when the sky opened and it started pouring down. It was a "Save yourself"/"Oh god, the equipment"-situation. And then we walked back through the forest in the rain after shooting for about three hours.

Then back at my place, Lone and Tenna stayed for pizza and an episode (or two) of Supernatural.
I love days like this. Seriously. Wonderful company, beautiful scenery and just full of good times. I don't see how it could have been any better. :3
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Since we did so many variations: group shots, singles, the different parts of the "story", I have ended up with a lot of finished photos, a lot more than I ever expected. So today you've seen the ones that made it to the magazine. Then over the next few days, I'll be posting the rest. So stay tuned ;)

The latest issue of Starlight Magazine can be read here.

No this blog is not dead :3

Since my last update, many things have happened, which I guess is kind of a given, as it's been forever since my last update. Anyway, in May I journeyed to Cardiff to visit a friend of mine. We did several photoshoots there, some of which are featured in the June edition of Starlight Magazine.

There are more photos from the castle shoot to see at my photo blog. I'm kind of slow-mo with the editing, so the two other shoots aren't up yet, but will be soon. Hopefully.

I'm also very excited to say that I will have two photoshoots featured in the next issue. One of them is a huge photo series with four models. I spent so much time on preparing for that shoot, it's ridiculous. I had to sew most of the outfits, but I'm very pleased with the outcome, so I can't wait to show you the photos. The next issue of Starlight will be released on Monday the 8th and we've taken quite a bit step forward this time in terms of layout and content, if I may say so myself, hehe. :3

For the premiere of the last Harry Potter movie, Tenna and I spent the weekend before sewing dresses. I made this deep red velvet dress with a black chiffon bustle, and Tenna made a green velveteen dress. Brilliant as she is, Tenna then painted our respective house crests onto the dresses. Mine in gold paint and hers in silver. It looks awesome, just saying.

How we looked for the premiere. I have to say that I am so happy with the work we put into these dresses. It felt really amazing to honour the end of an era like this. I'm a huge HP fan, so it meant a lot to me. And yes, I needed a bucket for my creys.

We barely got to set foot in the cinema, when a tv reporter came up to us and asked for an interview. We nervously agreed. It was quite a long interview and he asked lots of questions. Lol, he opened with "Aren't you too old to be watching Harry Potter". Unfortunately, I can't show you the final clip. I haven't even seen it myself. Both Tenna and I have tried writing the tv station, but they were no help at all, which is a shame. I really wanted to see it :(

Then on the 20th of July Tenna and I went to a meetup with the Danish forum for Japanese Fashion. This was my first meetup actually, but I already knew a couple of people there, so it wasn't as daunting as one could've thought. We just had a nice picnic in the park and the we played charades.

My outfit
Skirt: Handmade
Top: Surface Spell
Shoes: Bodyline

Group shot, though not of the entire group, just the lolis


We spent the rest of the evening chilling and then the next day, after a quick trip downtown, Tenna and I started sewing. I started making a black chiffon dress. I've been needing just a basic black dress for so long. I finished it late in the evening after Tenna went home.

Sorry for the half-assed pics, I was so lazy that day, lol.

All right, that's it for now. I do have a few new purchases to show you, but that'll be some other time.