Yes, as you can see I'm goal driven - a lot. When I try something, I not only want to do good at it, I want to blow it out of the water and stun people. I think this stems from my negative childhood, but that is another story. I feel like I constantly need to prove myself. Maybe it's a good thing, the day you sit back and think to yourself 'I'm so good, I don't need to learn, try things new etc' is the day you should hang up your camera, you have lost the right to shoot, because you've obviously forgotten what got you into the industry in the first place - passion, emotion.
Anyway, where was I - oh yeah 'Pinned Up' and the reason I went 'left field'. I wanted to try something different. I wanted to give women everywhere the chance to be someone else. Everyone should love the person they are, the person within, but, as a child we all loved to play dress ups right? So this is like an adult version, with kick ass photos so you can always look back on and see how hot you looked. It's about going back in time when things were simple, glamours and sophisticated. Where photography wasn't crude or rude, but cheeky, fun and flirty. I want to give women this, the power to be whoever they want, just for the day, I think every woman needs to feel beautiful, and I know as a mum, sometimes I feel far from it. I can sit in front of my computer all day in a tracksuit, hair up in a pony tail and no make up on - I don't get the chance to dress up much, so I know when I do, I love it.
So, back to this Pom I know. Well to cut a long story short, he moved to Portland in the USA and started a kick ass Pin Up Studio called Portland Pinups. I loved his work, his technique and organised for him to come to Australia to teach us Aussies how to do Pin Ups. This was purely for selfish reasons, I wanted to know how to do it, I wanted to offer something a little different. Don't get me wrong, I love doing weddings and portraits. I still cry during the speeches at weddings and I still get excited when I see the bride for the very first time - looking like a princess. Oh and don't get me started on photographing gorgeous babies and children when they give you the cutiest smiles and cheeky attitudes - moments captured in time forever for their parents and grandparents. But this is different, this was a personal challenge of mine, to see if I could do it.
So Mike came to Australia and taught a handful of us how to do Pin Up's his style. Since then I have been researching and buying props making sure when I started, that I did the shoot justice. Finally in mid March, it was time for the shoot. I called on my gorgeous friend Shereen to be my model, she is a natural in front of the camera, and made doing my first shoot a little easier. Hair and make up was done, perfectly by Nicole of Rel-FX and it was time for my very first pin up shoot. I now have 20 awesome images from that shoot I am very proud off, I think I nailed the shoot, although I will get better at it, we all do, the more you do something, the better you get at it, so let me at it, I can't wait!
So this was my 'left field' and so far I'm happy with it.
How about spoiling yourself rotten - you know you want to.
Thanks for listening to my rant...
