Hacid Magazine

Just hairstyling and make-up on this one for me :)

photos Renat Touichev
styling Carla Pedersen

Just skin

Here are a couple of shots from a skin shoot I did a little while back. Ok, skin is a little racy, but basically that was the brief... show lots of great skin, but no "naughty bits". Safe, clean commercial "natural" look for beauty, and then an option with a tiny bit more drama.

Anyway, the shots ended up not getting published, but I think they're pretty nice, so here they are. :)

photography Fred Fraser
model Shirley Ann
hair, make-up and styling Liz Dungate

Viktoriyan Ambrotypes

A little while ago, but not back in Victorian times, Fred shot some beautiful wetplate ambrotypes of a model and friend of ours, Viktoriya.  You may have seen the post where I showed one of the masks in process but I just came across these bts of the outfits and the shoot. Just in case you're curious.

I like to envision the style as closely as possible... love my "judy" who is actually called "Marguerite".

Back of the camera.

photography Fred Fraser
styling - me
model - Viktoriya

Cheerios

Sweet, sweet Carolyn (Li Ming) is a favourite with me...  person, friend, model, you name it. And I'm not alone, there are so many people who love her (I mean aside from Steve, who is also a favourite of mine). I was lucky enough to know her before she moved away, and lucky enough to spend some fine time with her (and Steve) in New York when I went there.

And that brings us to this little creative editorial.

Carolyn and I had a play date doing what we love... creating images (me behind, her in front of the camera). We just shot in her apartment, visiting and gabbing all the while, and just played with expressions and poses and came up with some shots that worked into a nice little story. Apparently See.7 Magazine thought so too, and published the story in December.

And now I am just getting around to blogging them after the madness of the holidays.

photography, hair/make-up, styling - Liz Dungate

model, friend, actress - Li Ming

Boticelli Girl in Stylnk

Photography - Fred Fraser
Styling, set dec, hair, make-up - Liz Dungate
Model Brooke @ Wilhelmina Canada

Cute, creepy things

Is it cute? Is it creepy? Is it a little like granny on too many meds? I don't know, but I like making these masks.

For some time now I have been scouring thrift stores for linens and laces and embroidery and re-purposing them to make wearable masks. I won't go into a long explanation of why (that's for the analyst's couch) or step-by-step written instructions on the process, but here are a few images of masks in the making, and a couple of the final masks, and wetplate images of the styled masks by my sweetie Fred Fraser.

 

Model for wetplate photos is the lovely Viktoriya Kozik

Collared Queens

As some of you may know, I love a good accessory... or prop, or... weird outfit thingy.

With the making of these collars I got to dabble in all three! I actually created them a million years ago in "fashion time" (last spring) and used them in a fashion story that published in See.7 Magazine about a month ago, and I'm just now getting around to blogging the project. Slow cooker, this one.

Thanks to Joanna for beautiful styling with some lovely little surprise twists (that's why she's great), and Robert for rich intense images (and a very cool throne), and Jenna for her "Rick Genest" expression... love it every time! And let's not forget our BTS angels - Fred Fraser for bts video footage plus offering to do the image editing, and James Filbry for videography and creation of the bts video. What a team!

If you're interested in the behind-the-scenes, check out the making of the props, and a little video of the shoot both featured, along with the story on See.7 Magazine.

Here are a few teasers, go to the links for more. :)