Last Friday I was back in London again shooting for attitude clothing. It was a great shoot and one that'd been in pipeline for a while.
I was up bright and early at 6.15 to get ready and head for my train, I was off to White Womb Studio, the team from The Alternative Marketing Co. were lovely and the outfits I got to model were just awesome!!
It was fun being all 'goth' again, I haven't done a Gothic styled shoot for a year at least, and it was nice to do it again and the outfits were very much my kind of thing.
The makeup artist did a great job making me look completely different.
The photographer was the awesome Danny Sambuca, here is a peek at the back of the camera, looking great already.
After the shoot I did a video interview which will be edited in with footage of the shoot, I'm looking forward to seeing that, as much as I hate hearing my own voice!
Keep your eyes peeled for these shots, there's going to be some crackers!
So today was my first major shoot of the year after a bit of a break in January, I was itching to get back into it today, I don't think I'll leave it that long again.
I headed to Shropshire to shoot with Salleh Sparrow, along with Hair by Hedrock and makeup by Sophie Bebb, the first part of the day was a Disney villain themed shoot, where I was playing captain Hook.
Such a glamorous life I lead!
Gotta love a head full of rollers and face full of slap! Classic.
The Hook outfit was amazing, including a Jacket by Lovechild Boudoir and gorgeous leg harnesses by Louise McKay, and my suede over the knee boots finished it off so well.
I also got to wear Sallehs disco pants and oh my god! I need to get some of those so comfy and the look amazing!
We went to a stunning location with some nautical props for the first part and it was the most vile weather, I got soaked walking from the car to the house and my boots covered in mud! But it was all worth it
The full Hook outfit, it was definitely worth getting, wet, cold and muddy to achieve the end result of this.
We did eventually retreat back to the home studio to do some beauty shots, which was a tad more comfortable.
Sophie Bebb's amazing makeup really packs a punch in these shots.
I was lucky to have a really smooth train journey to Shropshire and back, relying on trains can be horrible sometimes but luckily not today, having a huge bag of Maltesers to myself certainly helped.
Here is my post shoot face about to go for the train and scare the Sunday passengers.
So 2012 is almost over, I've had a really mixed year, some incredible highs and some of the biggest lows as well. But I've fought through and achieved some things i'm really proud of.
2012 has been my best year in modelling so far, and I hope I can go onward and upward in 2013.
Looking back over the year I've been so lucky in who I've got to work with, the fun I've had and the friends I've made, let alone the wonderful creations I've been lucky enough to wear for designers.
I'm going to re-cap my highlights of the year, which will be hard to whittle down as all my modelling work this year has been so much fun and I've learned so much too!
Fetasia Latex, Alex Mills and Albino Jacks
Early on in the year I commissioned a Latex Nun outfit from Fetasia Latex which is just stunning and I traveled over to Cardiff to shoot it with one my favourite photographers Alex Mills we got some amazing images which have been pretty widely used and published this year, these two are probably my favourites.
Shooting with Lady Gaius and Fetasia Latex
I traveled all the way to Luton to work with the wonderful Lady Gaius shooting a beautiful autopsy body suit for an erotic book that will hopefully be published in 2013, I can't wait to see it. I got on really well with Lady Gaius and hope to work with her again, even though she's so far away.
Here is a little preview, you'll have to get your hands on the book to see the rest.
Rubber Monkey Latex and TwistedPix
I got to work with the amazing Rubber Monkey Latex for the first time in 2012, I was picked to be the Flying Monkey from the wizard of Oz for the promo material and the stage show, I was so chuffed and I got to meet such a wonderful group of people working on this project.
I met the amazing Bekah and Shaun from TwistedPix and Kaykay Sakura for the promo shoot, and of course Em from Rubber Monkey who is just a bubble of pure joy.
It was fun to see a life size version of my shot on the banner for Rubber Monkey at the Alt and Burlesque Fair
Shooting with Salleh Sparrow
Soon after this first meeting with Rubber Monkey and TwistedPix I met the gorgeous, scrummy Salleh Sparrow to shoot more Rubber Monkey Latex in the most stunning Location I've used this year. Salleh and I have shot a few times this year, including shooting outfits by one of my favourite Latex designers Eustratia Latex
Rubber Monkey Latex
Eustratia Latex
Rubber Monkey Pony Hood
Night at the Movies stage show for Rubber Monkey
In 2012 I took part in my first ever stage shows, and I'm now addicted to being on stage. The Manchester Alt and Burlesque Fair was our first show for Rubber Monkey Latex in a 'night at the movies' with lots of iconic film characters coming to life in latex. We also performed a Candy shop pin up show and we took 'A Night at the Movies' to Birmingham in a charity Burlesque show for openMINDed.
The Manchester show was filmed by Cole from LatexGirlsHD, which was a huge bonus. Here's one of the video's he took.
The Birmingham show was captured by Dave Charsley of DeclineGothica and TwistedPix so we got plenty of fab images from all the shows we did.
Rubber Monkey Latex Carebears shoot
One of my favourite shoots this year has to be the big group Carebear shoot all the models involved were just lovely to work with and of course the shoot was done by Bekah from TwistedPix who is fast becoming a good friend of mine.
The images were used for a calendar in aid of the charity MIND
Lux Tenebrae and TwistedPix
It was an honor to get to model some of the beautiful leather garments by Lux Tenebrae again shooting with Bekah from TwistedPix, I always have so much fun shooting with Bekah and Shaun from TwistedPix and hope to shoot with them more in 2013.
London Fetish Weekend for Lady Allura's Latex
I was over the moon to be picked to walk at London Fetish Weekend for Lady Allura's Latex, I traveled down with my friend Eliza Fetish and met Kash R Photography who kindly put us up for the night.
We had makeup done by Alice Bizarre and hair by Lauren Turner, it was an amazing show and Lady Allura won the New Designer Award which was a bonus.
The event was photographed by Daffyd Owen whose event photography I've always admired so that was lovely. I loved getting the chance to meet the super lovely Ivy Tenebrae, and Abbie Mac I got on so well with them both, such a shame they live so far away!
Shooting with Cinnamon Stewart Cinnamon Stewart is definitely the best photographer to make a name for herself this year in the Alternative world and I was so honored to get to work with her, I had some stunning outfits by Westward bound, Joy Williams and Fetasia Latex to shoot, the results were fantastic, It was so hard to pick my favourites.
I got some fun video footage of this shoot by setting up my camera on an ancient tripod, my followers seem to really enjoy seeing behind the scenes of shoots and I loved editing this video, I hope to do some more soon.
Getting Published in Bizarre Magazine
Bizarre mag really is 'the place to be' for publication in the Alt world, so i was lucky to be published in issue 195 in October this year, I had two full page pictures which was a wonderful surprise, they chose images by TwistedPix and Salleh Sparrow, here's to making the pages of bizarre again next year!
Collaborations with Messy Vignette
My Boyfriend Messy Vignette creates some incredible iphoneography, appearing in exhibitions in LA and London this year, we have teamed up a few times to do some shots and they've been a great success, here are my highlights.
Rubber Monkey Latex Performance at Club AntiChrist
The end of October saw me back in London for the Halloween Antichrist party, Rubber Monkey put on a Demons show and I got to work with some good friends again and also meeting and working with Ruby True and Violeteyes was great.
The stage ended up covered in fake blood and we were all writhing around in it and ended up covered!
Ending the year with a shoot with Chris Sinn
I squeezed in a shoot with Chris Sinn Photography on 22nd December and got some seasonal pictures in a dress by Catalyst Latex I also shot some Lady Allura's Latex and a Harness and Pasties by new company Lodovica Leather who have been producing some wonderful leather items this year, pictures from that shoot to come soon, but here is a festive treat.
And Finally...... Club AntiChrist Flyer
I've ended the year on a real high, at the very end of December 2012 the new Club Antichrist Flyer comes out with me on! Since I started modelling I've wanted to make it on an Antichrist Flyer so I am mega chuffed to have made it, it's the cherry on top of a great modelling year.
The Event in February is Religious Depravity themed and they have used my shots by Albino Jacks in the Fetasia Nun gear,
It really has been a fantastic year for me, I am so blessed to have met such lovely people, all mentioned above, and there are many more shoots and collaborations I was not able to include in this summary, but I have loved every one, so if you have been missed off here, rest assured I have really loved working with you!
I'm ready to hit 2013 hard and hope I can continue to climb in the industry, because I am just loving every minute of it.
I've recently started enjoying making behind the scenes videos on my shoots, I haven't done many yet, only two in fact! I hope to do some more though, as they seem to go down well.
I made one last week on my shoot with Cinnamon Stewart Photography, its nothing special, as I had to set up a tripod to get the footage, but I like it, and it does give an idea of what its like when I shoot.
One I did earlier in the year was a very fun little video to go with the care bears group shoot I did with twistedPix for Rubber Monkey Latex. There were models involved so it made a very cute little video
In other news, I have three different pictures published in the new Issue of Bizarre Magazine, it hits the shops tomorrow, so do be sure to pick up your copy and check me out! I have a full page in the Ultravixens section and a pic on the Yourbizarre front page, as well a sneaky care bears group shot on the letters page.
I set up the camera today to do some self portraits, I found my dads old tripod so I didn't have to balance the camera on top of the telly for once. I haven't really done any decent self taken pictures before, and to be fair I wouldn't really call these decent, but they are pretty much what i was trying to achieve, as I don't really know much about using a camera, even though I got a photography A Level.
I thought I'd just go with my random mismatched underwear and hoodie, for some 'natural' shots.
After spending 3 hours taking the pics I packed away and popped them onto the computer, only to find most of them were out of focus! (no idea how I got that A Level) However I did manage to salvage a few and put these together.
Although they could do with a ton of improvement I like them :) and when I move into my own flat I think I'll be taking a whole lot more.
I'm holed up in my room this weekend with a nasty cold, this really is no fun when the weather is so lovely out. I unfortunately had to bail on this weekends plans with friends, which does not make me a happy monkey at all.
On a more positive side I have had some great pictures back from last weekends shoot.
These two are my favourite from Calvin James Photography
Creating this shot was a bizarre experience, I was literally sat on tarpaulin in my pants while the photographers wife sprayed me with water, in their living room! Its this kind of thing that really makes me love modeling though, you never know what craziness will happen next.
I adore this shot in my Rubber Monkey Latex set, I've worn this alot in shoots recently, I think its all shot out, but I do adore it.
The next shoot was with Adam Hoskins Photography An up and coming photographer who is quite local to me, so I popped over for a shoot.
These are my favourite s from Adam, again in my Rubber Monkey set with added gloves :)
These two were taken in my Stella McCartney lingerie set, its gorgeous and I think it works really well with my tattoos :) I'd like to shoot some more in this set.
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