Category: Folio

the dark and light of Lydia

Make up by the ever amazing Justine Olalia

Perfect face provided by Lydia

Karen and Dale used to work together…well, between their outrageous flirting with one another. Their colleagues even told them off. They’ve been together for 2 years now and Dale has a new job in Canberra so the office flirting has gone. But the marriage is ON!

Dale proposed to during Karen the week of her birthday. She was tired from rounds of birthday celebrations with family and friends, so when she came home and couldn’t find her keys in her bag, she rang the doorbell. SHE WASN”T SUPPOSED TO RING THE DOORBELL!!!

Karen was supposed to let herself in and see that Dale had lined the hallway with candles and set up a picnic in the living room. Just for her. Not a birthday picnic. A proposal picnic. But Karen rang the doorbell. I can imagine Dale’s shoulder’s slumping at the sound of the bell and Karen’s confused look when she saw what was happening. And if you’ve ever met these kids, you can also imagine the beaming smiles from both of them at the actual proposal.

Karen will be joining Dale in Canberra in a few months time, so I squeezed in this engagement session while Dale was in town. We scooted around some favourite Melbourne spots for their shoot (right after they’d had high tea at the Windsor of course), and look how hot these two are.

Karen you are HOT!

And Elias Makes 4

A few weekends ago I teamed up with fellow photographer and pal Liz Mc Leish for a mad afternoon of shooting. It was a glorious day in St Kilda, but I had turned up exhausted and feeling my age only to be surrounded by these glorious young stunners. I’ve already posted the ladies Steph, Sarah, Bianca and now here’s Elias making 4. Talk about hotness from every angle, I felt like an old sack tied in the middle (this is why I take the photos, not get in them kids). I shot natural light around theplace and Liz shot with Studio lights. Head on over to her site to have a look at her results.

A great job was done by the style team;

Elspeth Smith – Hair and Make Up

Amy Cornelius – Stylist (Bianca and Sarah)

Jessie Alymroe – Stylist (Steph and Elias)

And a big thanks to Adrian D – Who assisted and also snapped a few shots.

Bianca

Sarah

Steph

one day I’ll fly away…

one of my favourite places

Raw Element

Those of you who know me will know I’ve never been much of a “girly girl”, not to say that I am a tom boy, I just never really gelled with the whole immaculate personal appearance thing. Don’t get me wrong, I WANT to have perfect hair / make up / clothes, I just never seem to quite carry it off. I rely 100% on others to make me look half decent! So when I went to have my haircut a few months back and discovered my regular hairdresser was gone it felt a little like stepping into the void.

Luckily for me I landed safely in the hands of Sarah Donnie Mirabelli at Raw Element Salon in Carlton. I told her I needed some serious updating and without batting an eyelid, she boldly chopped a fringe into my straggly hair. We chatted non stop the whole time she was cutting, found we had both lived in London for a while and had an affection for brightly coloured nail polish and in no time I was transformed. I bounced out of the salon and have had nothing but a string of compliments since.

So when Sarah asked me if I’d shoot a test shoot with her I jumped at the chance. We rounded up some amazing models and got to work on a Sunday in the salon. And here are the results…

Sarah WON second place in the Senior Ladies Catwalk division at the IHS Competition on Monday 4th July with one of the styles she was trialling at the shoot.

Well done Sarah I am so proud of you!

Model: Rhiannon from Scene. Hair : Sarah Donnie Mirabelli from Raw Element

Model: Poet from Scene. Hair : Sarah Donnie Mirabelli from Raw Element

Katie Barrow from Raw Element created these two AMAZING styles with our model Alana.

Model: Alana from Camerons. Hair : Katie Barrow from Raw Element. All Make up: Brogan Smith

It was great working with you all ladies – and folks if you need a new ‘do…. Raw Element is the place to go….They are award winenrs! (and really nice people too)

Amanda is not a model

Its true.

Amanda is not a model. She’s not 7ft tall, she eats pizza, and loves a margharita (or two). But how freaking amazing is she? And how adventurous! When I suggested we do a night shoot she was totally up for it, when I asked her to pose like a hooker, she didn’t bat an eyelid. She threw crazy shapes in the middle of a deserted Vic Market without once questioning my sanity (although I did!). And wow look at the results.

She looks A-MAZ-ING.