These shots are just a must share...they have such a different feel than color. It's that timeless vogue glamor. I can't get enough of it!
You are Cinderella
I was watching an old Doris Day, "Calamity Jane", while simultaneously editing photos. Really quite pathetic for productivity, might as well skip editing entirely ;)
For all that, there is a moment in the film where the rough-red-neck Calamity is transformed into a gaspingly beautiful swan enswathed in a pink gown. The transformation is electric and everyone swoons as expected. I love that moment. (I fast-forwarded half the movie because I couldn't wait for it to get there.) The ugly duckling is miraculously transported to beauty bliss.
Why do we women cherish that storyline? We are pulled toward it, we love it. It's like the Cinderella story on crack.
There's a part of every woman that wants to relish that experience. We all feel at times like frumpy buckets of lard and we need someone to pick us up and make us feel exquisite. That's why "makeover" shows and before/after pictures are so powerful.
"If that could happen to her, then maybe it can happen to me". They are relatable, tangible and attainable. When you see it happen for someone else that looks "normal" you can get a glimmer of hope and desire the same for yourself.
Cinderella moments happen in my studio; I see them before my eyes. It's one of the most exciting aspects of photo couture. As one client explained:
"I have the hottest pictures on the block (but won't be comparing ;). This couture vanity is good for my love life. I have felt so beautiful since the shoot; now when my husband tells me I'm beautiful, I don't brush it off like "whatever, I know..."
That, my dear internet, is why I LOVE photography.
A Little Black Dress Goes Boudoir
Just in time for Valentines Day, Colleen drove up from Grants Pass (long drive here peeps) to spend the morning with me in studio. What an amazing woman. Mother of 2, wife and writer extraordinaire. I know someday she'll be rich and famous signing dithers of book contracts, for now I love getting her facebook messages and reading her ready wit.
Colleen wanted something special this year, you know that feeling when you just want to shake things up? Channeling her inner Marilyn Monroe, she glided through this shoot leaving us gaping. The girl is a stunner.
Thank you Caprice for once again making my clients love you EVERY time. Your hair and makeup skills are unmatched, and I couldn't do this without you.