"Well-behaved women seldom make history." -Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Stand up, speak out, fight for everything you believe is right. Make your stance known. Do not let any man OR woman tell you what you should or should not be doing. You do you. Make mistakes and learn from them. Don't let anyone make you feel bad about them. Be compassionate and love with all of your might.
I'm coming out swinging today.
Welp. I tried to think of all the things I could say about this session and this amazing woman...but I kept coming up speechless. Truth is, as soon as I set my eyes on this girl, I KNEW that I had to photograph her. That's probably why she's a professional model + actress. Her look is absolutely mesmerizing.
Ari Dean robe from Underwear of Austin.
What's more than that, though (I know what you're thinking...can there be MORE!?), is her glowing personality! It was truly a pleasure to have this stunner in front of my camera!
And that was just one outfit, guys. Her first look of the shoot!
I STILL haven't even been through every image in the session because I keep getting ahead of myself and start processing images that are catching my eye (which is, like, all of them! Eep!)
Yes, Lola is a legit pro. But I never stopped viewing her as a CLIENT. Not as a model. Apparently that paid off, because Lola texted me after I sent her a few sneak peeks saying that she doesn't have ANY photos like the sneak peeks, and that they were truly "HER" and not "her playing model". I cannot tell you how fast my heart exploded after hearing that! My ultimate goal it to make everyone feel beautiful AND like THEMSELVES...just a little sexier! ;) THANK YOU THANK YOU to Lola for gracing my studio with her presence this weekend. Cheers to many more!
I certainly cannot take sole credit for this awesome shoot! We had an AMAZING team of fabulousness!
Model: Lola Laymon
Hair + Makeup: Kendall of Mayhem Beauty
Wardrobe: Ari Dein Robe from UNDERWEAR
Photography: ME! Duh. ;) Click Chick Boudoir
Y'all.
Seriously. Y'all. I had one of the most fun photo shoots of my career last week...which is a pretty bold statement to make, because all of my shoots are the "funnest".
Miss "O" rocked my socks off, completely NAILED her photo-slash-video shoot, and the photos we got are so freaking incredible. This is going to have a to be a two part (or maybe even three part) blog post. TODAY, you get the beauty in white...tomorrow we'll sass it up a bit. ;)
Before. Still cute as a button.
After. Wowza.
Such a classic beauty, this one! She was so natural and effortless in front of my lens. I cannot WAIT to share Part II with you tomorrow! It's insanely insane in awesomeness. Be prepared.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to Kendall of Mayhem Beauty for rocking out Miss "O"s hair and makeup for this shoot, and for UNDERWEAR for the beautiful wardrobe. Va Va Voom.
This weekend, another one of my beautiful "repeats"-- I love these people--, Harlee shot with me in the deep, dark, mysterious woods (just kidding, we were in a small patch of tangly trees next to a parking lot) for a dark beauty concept shoot this weekend.
I was super honored to be Harlee's very first professional photo shoot last year and it was awesome that I was able to work with her again. Kendall of Mayhem Beauty gave Harlee exactly the vampy-looking makeup that I was going for here. We started out around dusk shooting some dark beauty portraiture. And then it got all dark and stuff.... ;)
She kind of looks like a glamorous super villian, right!? Pretty pretty pretty girl!
It was so fun trying something a little different from my usual bright and cheery imagery and going a little moodier. Harlee rocked the dark beauty role!!! Go girl!
MODEL: Harlee Rae
MAKEUP AND HAIR: Kendall of Mayhem Beauty
PHOTOGRAPHER: Duh.
For more information on Austin beauty and boudoir photography, visit the Click Chick Boudoir website.