Boudoir, Body Painting and a Beautiful Model

This week I had a fantastic shoot with an amazing photographer called Kirsty Legg. Kirsty is, in my eyes all anyone would ever need in a photographer. She is creative and inspirational and truly amazing at what she does, she also has the wonderful ability to make anyone feel at ease during a photo shoot. I did my very first photo shoots with Kirsty and I am so grateful ever time she contacts me for a shoot. 

Here are a few pictures from some of my early shoots with Kirsty.

This weeks shoot was with a gorgeous model called Erin Schepers and it was my fourth shoot with her in the space of two weeks. All I can say is I have been blown away by her versatility, she is just an amazing model and looks stunning in every photograph.

Firstly I put Erins hair in the ever classic heated rollers then applied a classic 1950’s makeup making her skin flawless with black flicked eyeliner, red lipstick and black beauty spot. Then I took out her rollers and styled a victory roll at each side of her head. Then it was on to the photo shoot.

Boudoir photography shoots are becoming more and more popular for women. At Memento Studios Kirsty photographs women of all ages, shapes and sizes and I have yet to see a photo that doesn’t look gorgeous, classy and elegant.  Boudoir is about emphasising your best assets and learning to feel comfortable in your gorgeous body, as lets face it ladies, no matter what we are all gorgeous, its just about finding it.

Here is the gorgeous Erin.

After that Erin let me cover her in surgical tape, then spend a few hours painting her to then rip the tape off and have her pose mostly naked with some cakes. Here is a sneak preview of the body paint, however i will post more when I get the final images.

A busy start to the year!

Well what a busy start to the year it has been!!! I’ve been busy with photo shoots with some amazing models and photographers and I am loving it! I’ll give you a quick low down on a few of the amazing photo shoots I have been involved with.

One of the major projects I worked on was a collaboration with photographer Duncan Holmes entitled ‘Galatea’. The concept was a statue, alone in an artists’ studio who comes to life and decides to paint itself human.  This took a lot of planning and sketching as it was shot in reverse. The shoot took all day, and by the end of it I’m sure I was covered in just as much body paint as our gorgeous model A Lo.

Another exciting project I have been working on is a short film with Dundee Film Maker Dylan Drummand. The film is based on the connections between Dundee and India and once finished will be displayed on the BBC website!!! Tomorrow I will be body painting two boys, one to look like and Indian God and the other to look like a Pictish Warrior. I am really looking forward to this project, I have been practicing painting, drawing face charts and making stencils for the past month!

I have also started shooting with an amazing photographer Jenni Bangs  for Utopia Costumes Dundee. Utopia supplies costumes to theatres in and around the Dundee area and we are making our way through their beautiful costumes to be displayed on their website. This is amazing for me as I love theatrical make up! Here are a few Geisha looks from last weeks shoot.