SHE HAD ME AT HAIR

 ALTHOUGH MY DAY JOB IS MORE THAN SATISFYING AND NOT SLOWING DOWN ANYTIME SOON....I DO GET A UNIQUE THRILL OUT OF EDITORIAL WORK...REALLY ITS LIKE PLAYING DRESS-UP ONLY INSTEAD OF PLASTIC BARBIE WHO EVENTUALLY RUNS OUT OF HAIR.... AND NO MORE ROOM ON HER FACE FOR ONE MORE MAGIC MARKER COLOR...I GET TO PLAY WITH REAL LIFE MODELS

AS I'M ALWAYS UP FOR  MEETING  NEW PEOPLE  FROM OTHER LIKE MINDED INSUSTRIES.... MAKE UP ARTISTS. PHOTOGRAHERS.FLORISTS.BOUTIQUE OWNERS.
.LIKE THIS SHOOT...
MY FRIEND AND CLIENT DAYLN SJOGREN A RECENT GRADUATE OF ARTISTS WITHIN MAKE UP ACADEMY ASKED IF I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN DOING HAIR FOR A FUN PHOTOSHOOT TO HELP BUILD HER PORTFOLIO...
SHE HAD ME AT HAIR...



THE CONCEPT: YOUTHFUL BOHO

THE SET UP: HER HOME IN RIVERBEND, MODELS WERE FRIENDS OF HER DAUGHTER AND WILLING PARTICIPANTS, OUTFITS PROVIDED BY MY CLOSET OF GOODIES.....

LOCATION: WAS TO BE FISHCREEK PARK....AND ENDED UP BEING IN HER OWN OASIS OF A BACKYARD...WHICH WAS A PERFECT BACKDROP CONSIDERING THIS WAS AN AFTER WORK PROJECT AN WE WERE FAST APPROACHING SUNDOWN

DAYLYN AND I WORKED WONDERFUL TOGETHER AS STYLIST/CLIENT RELATIONSHIP OVER THE YEARS AND HAVE A WONDERFUL FRIENDSHIP DEVELOPED TO BOOT....
THIS WAS NEW TERRITORY FOR US BOTH AND I HAVE TO SAY...QUITE SMOOTH FOR
OUR FIRST COLLABORATION

THANKS TO THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA SHE ALSO NEEDED A PHOTOGRAPHER INTERESTED IN DOING PROMO WORK...ALONG COMES KAREN RICE WHO ANSWERED DAYLN'S REQUEST ON FACEBOOK..LOW AND BEHOLD THERE TWO WOMEN WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER.....LOVE IT!

THE END RESULT...................

    

BOY MEETS GIRL. BOY MARRIES GIRL

RAJ AND JAG

THE COUPLE STRTTED THEIR RELATIONSHIP THE OL' FASHION WAY..FRIENDS!

ALTHOUGH WORK MAY HAVE INTRODUCED THEM, THEIR CONNECTION AND FRIENDSHIP KEPT THEM UNITED EVEN IN DIFFERENT CITIES FOR A TIME..(THANK YOU FACEBOOK)

IN 2013 FATE WAS HAD OVER A FOOTABALL GAME AND BAG OF FUZZY PEACHES

AND THAT FOLKS SEALED THE DEAL..AS THEY SAY

      

JUST THEIR INITIALS ALONE IS ENOUGH TO KNOW THEY MUST BE CONNECTED...

I HAVE HAD SO MUCH FUN WORKING WITH RAJ IN THE PAST BEING PART OF A FAMILY WEDDING A YEAR AGO...(SEE 2013 POSTS) AND THEN AGAIN THIS YEAR FOR HER OWN NUPTIALS

WASN'T SURE I COULD OUTDO HER LOOK FOR HER ENGAGEMENT..ALSO KNOWN AS A ROKA...ALAS I WAS WRONG...AND AS ANY ARTIST KNOWS TO HAVE A GOOD FINISHED PRODUCT ONE MUST FIRST START WITH A GOOD PALETTE

THE WOMAN IS STUNNING!

WHEN I WALKED INTO ST GERMAIN AND MET THEM IN THE ROOM TO GET HER GORGEOUS, I WAS GREETED WITH TWO OF THE MOST RELAXED HAPPY AND CONTENT COUPLES ON THEIR WEDING DAY.......SO REFRESHING IN THE WORLD OF "BRIDEZILLAS" AND ALL

 SO HERE ARE  SOME OF MY FAVE SHOTS CAPTURING HER WEDDING DAY 

THREE TIMES A CHARM....

OH YES SPRING FEVER HAS KICKED IN FOR ME....CANT THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO SPEND A SUNNY SPRING DAY (WELL I'M SURE I CAN IF I THINK HARD)  THAN  TO COLLABORATE ON A SPRING WEDDING SHOOT WITH A FEW OF MY FAVE PEEPS...

WITH WAS A JOINT "VENTURE"  FOR A SPRING WEDDING PHOTOSHOOT WITH THREE VERY DIFFERENT LOOKS FOR THE BRIDE......WITH MYSELF ALONG WITH TARA WHITTAKER, BONNIE AND THERESA FROM A VINTAGE AFFAIR, AND MY SISTA FROM ANOTHER MISTA ....SHEA BROWN!

 WITH THE SUN SHINING DOWN UPON US WE TOOK AN AFTERNOON AND CREATED SOME SPECATACULAR IDEAS AND INSPIRATION FOR ANY COUPLE PLANNING A WEDDING..AND ALL UNDER ONE ROOF

 

HAD THE PLEASURE OF FINDING A HIDDEN GEM IN THE CITY...KENSINGTON RIVERSIDE INN
WHAT A SPECTACULAR VENUE FOR NOT ONLY WEDDINGS, BUT ANY ROMANTIC GETAWAY OR SOMEONE LOOKING FOR  A LITTLE ZEN AND SOLITUDE....QUIET. LUXURIOUS. INTIMATE . GORGEOUS. GO FOR A NIGHT OR AT LEAST FOR DINNER AT THE CHEF'S TABLE.

NOW AS THEY SAY, ON WITH THE SHOW





OUR LOVELY MODEL NICOLE WAS PREPPED IN HOT ROLLERS TO "TAME" HER SUPER THICK SUPER STRAIGHT SUPER LONG  MANE OF  HAIR 

 

BRUSHED OUT SET TO GET THIS PRETTY SOFT WAVE AND MOVEMENT

LOOSELY SECTIONED HAIR AND BRAIDED INTO 5 SECTIONS

 

 

 

 HAIR WAS PINNED AND TUCKED TO ACHIEVE THIS UNSTRUCTURED UPDO....KNOWING THAT THE FIRST LOOK COULD BE STYLED IN SALON BUT THERE WOULD BE 2 MORE LOOKS TO FOLLOW...... AND THE FACT THAT  WE WOULD BE ON LOCATION MADE FOR A BIT OF PLANNING FOR MYSELF, SHEA AND TARA




COUPLE OF POSERS

ONCE MAKE UP AND HAIR WERE COMPLETED FOR THE FIRST LOOK  WE LEFT MY HOOD' IN INGLEWOOD AND DASHED ON OVER TO KENSINGTON  TO SHOOT ON LOCATION AT THE INN.

 

THE ROOM THAT THE INN GRACIOUSLY PROVIDED FOR US TO SET UP/WORK  IN



 

 

 

AND NOW FOR THE END RESULTS....

look one
ethereal and innocent

tulips...so simple and yet perfect for this bridal look



look two
the perfect mix of VINTAGE and MODERN
very much a girly girl

 



shea rocked the make up
and those vintage accessories.......mmmm



 

look three
on fire in the city....we kicked it up and had fun with couture hair orange lips and super sexy
RETRO  dress from A VINTAGE AFFAIR 

 

our model Nicole was amazing..she morphed into each of these looks with such grace and ease
considering we all just met that morning and a lot was going on in that little hotel room   

 

 

danger in those eyes

 

 

 

the mosaic wall in the lobby of the inn ...set the tone for this shot.....stunning


TARA, AS ALWAYS HAS OUTDONE HERSELF WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHY
THANKS AS ALWAYS XO


VOILA!