I’ve decided to finally upload my first real lookbook.nu photo taken today by my lovely best friend, Natalie, after brunch.
(…"after brunch." Listen to me, I sound like a bored housewife.)
Kidding, but I’d like to keep it up!
(…we’ll see how long it takes for me to upload the next one.)
With quite a ways to drive, Weslee and her awesomely "indigo" mother (haha, kind of an insider!) came over and we just had a blast.
I first spotted Weslee when she walked in a Carolina Herrera show for Dallas Fashion Week a few months ago and fell in LOVE with her hair. We finally scheduled a shoot, and I couldn't be more excited. These shots were taken with natural window lighting in my parents sun room–check it out.
Vintage wedding dress belonged to Weslee's Great Grandmother in 1912.
Dress from Forever 21.
Dress from H&M.
BEHIND THE SCENES
Weslee and her mom were awesome enough to bring extra clothing with them to shoot in and actually didn't realize that Weslee's great Grandmother's wedding dress was mixed in with some of the other dresses that were zipped up in a coat bag. I was SO excited and so interested. The dress was beautiful!
Painted the ship with an antique white acrylic and bought the pretty shell from Hobby Lobby :)
That store has definitely stayed successful thanks to me, SHEESH.
The wonderfully talented Charleigh working on Weslee's hair! Girl to the left is sweet sweet Aubrey, there to help assist :)
Rafael working his magic on Weslee. Love him! I actually had a makeup artist planned for this shoot but was unable to make it at the last minute, so Rafael came to the rescue. For one thing, I live very far from... well, basically civilization, and Rafael was such an angel by driving a long distance just to work incredibly fast and drive back to make it to work in time. Thank you, Rafael! :)
Please, please listen to this video while viewing over The Secret You've Been Hiding, series 2011 to truly enjoy the feeling from the story.
As far as the story behind the mysterious photographs of the girl with the batman mask goes, that is up to you to decide. The mask is a dark, desolate, and maybe even mournful entity that is meant to represent a deep secret that the girl is hiding, and you will never see her real identity. A lot of thought and hard work went into this series, and I am talking hours upon hours. I truly hope you enjoy this contemporary series to the fullest of your imagination.
I also filmed this story (soon to be edited and posted!) and these next four photographs were meant to illustrate that of a film. They are both two different angles of the same moment, thus, coinciding with one another.
Party City batman mask; H&M top; Hand-Me-Down Macy's Dress; Forever 21 shoes; vintage jewelry; Anthropology scarf.
Party City batman mask; H&M top, Hand-Me-Down Macy's Dress.
Meagan is such a beautiful person inside and out, therefore to me, she was the perfect person to use for this short series. She moves so gracefully (video) and acts the part so well, and not only that, she has such great bone structure, it is so easy to photograph her. All different kinds of movie soundtracks were rushing through my head while shooting her!
H&M dress; Party City batman mask.
Vintage jewelry; Party City batman mask; Forever 21 belt; a black bed sheet was used to cover my junior prom dress!
This specific piece is meant for the end of the series. She, taking off the mask yet still not revealing her face, portrays the fact that she may be accepting this deep secret she has been hiding, but remains hesitant. I mean, as the photographer, I'm still not even sure exactly what I fully meant by this particular image, but that was the feeling I took from this photograph.
