Sunday Times

The CD featuring my face - Schubert's Schwanengesang (Gilchrist and Tilbrook) - was reviewed in the Sunday Times yesterday. :-) It's an image taken from my shoot with Patrick Allen in May. Small moments of fame...

Glamoureuse

One of the things that attracted me to working with Iain was his ability to create beautiful, light-filled, 'airy', soft glamour images, which are very fresh and romantic. These are more seductive than I usually do, granted, but they're still pretty tame and relatively innocent, and I'll never go beyond this limit.

First, some retro/vintage/pretty-style lingerie:

 And:

The following are from the final set we did. A bit raunchier than anything I usually do! I love the fiery set up.

Diamante and Pearls, Ribbon and Ruching, Beads and Blushes

I know, I know, it's been ages since I've updated! I've had a lot of exciting shoots recently but am reluctant to post without the images - hopefully I'll be able to remedy this soon!

Anyway, I was lucky enough to be asked recently to model for the new 2011 collection of Chanticleer wedding dresses, each made by the extremely talented bridal designer Tracey Salt in Cheltenham. One look at the Chanticleer website and I knew this would be a wonderful day; the dresses are exquisite.

We shot at Badger Farm, having stayed over the night before in the cottage. It was such a varied, beautiful location; the views all around were amazing (as you can see in one of the images below). It was a brilliant case of everyone pulling their weight and doing their bit; 2 models and 18 dresses to get through in one day (11 hours!), all with different hair and make up, and each needing help to get into and out of each dress, trains carried for walking outside between locations, beautiful shoes carried until the last moment for minimal mud-sinking, fluffy robes held to be thrown on between sets (there was a very cold wind on the day!)... We were well looked after! All in all, the shots below are due to the brilliant teamwork of the following:

Designer: Tracey Salt (Chanticleer)
Assistant: Natalie Russell (Chanticleer)
Photography team: Chris and Claire Hanley
Make up: Hannah Raison
Hair: James
Beautiful and lovely other model: Rachel Hetherington
Thanks also to Liz Parker, Tracey's mum, and for the gorgeous jewellery and shoes (which I don't have a link for but may be found via the Chanticleer website).

The theme of the collection is 'Back to Nature'. Each of the 18 dresses is named after a fairy. Cute or what! Here are the 9 dresses I modelled...

Jocasta:

Oriana:

Aphrodite:

Cassandra:

Paloma:

Arabella:

Carmel:

Minerva:

If you like what you see and are feeling bridally inclined, you can visit visit both Chanticleer and Chris Hanley Photography at this year's National wedding Show at the NEC, from October 8-10th October.

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Behind the scenes... :-)

 The Eeyore robe I fell in love with. WARM:

 

My mug:

 The princess dress, Oriana (Hhm, earring still with its tag on):

Tracey (designer) getting rather hands-on with my underskirt... I love my face in this. I don't think I'm totally sure what's happening to me.

'Get me to the location on time!'

Some results!

I did promise one commentator some results from my day at the Victorian Pub event in Oxford, and as I'm on a bit of an admin roll (I've just updated my availability on my website, having recently decided to make some time available for September bookings. Last minute I know, but maybe you'll have read my previous post...) I thought I would post some of the images. Many thanks to the kind photographers who have offered me the chance to show them off! It was a great day, lots of fun and I think the photographers enjoyed the unusual location and potential it gave for some funky images. Here are my favourites:

From Martyn Davis (who took one look at this penguin and agreed we had to use it):

 From the lovely Karen Jones, who I've managed to work with about a million times now:

Operaomnia

Here's the advert for a CD with my face on, photography by Patrick Allen at www.operaomnia.co.uk. I think I look suitably wistful. :-)

Fashionesque with Karl Baxter & Becky Hunting

I've just been sent these files from Karl Baxter, from a shoot we did earlier this month. Although I was initially quite surprised when he contacted me, as I'm not known for being a fashion model, he said he was interested in working with me precisely because I had a much softer look than the models he usually works with, and his enthusiasm really rubbed off on me. I love to work with people who are really open about wanting to shoot with me and just get on with the planning with no faffing around or playing it too cool; I find it really inspiring to be believed in! The results are so different for me (and for him!). The clothes are a mixture of Poof and my own. Make up and massive afro (I had to readjust my normal notions of the size of my own head when posing, hoping it was all getting in the frame, and couldn't help touching my own hair between sets, marvelling at its birds nest-like texture...) by the wonderfully talented Becky Hunting. I hope you like these shots! Comments/likes/dislikes welcome as always.