Photoshoot Blog

Here you can read about some of my first time shooting, memorable and life changing moments from my career and my top moments so far, this page will be ever adapting and changing - I’m sure, as exciting moments are happening all the time, I have some stories, and trust me I can talk for quite sometime, I hope you find some of these stories interesting, grab a cup of tea if you fancy and have a look over some truly funny and time I really adore.

My first ever shoot

My first ever shoot actually happened in the most unlikely of ways, I had always admired models and modelling but really thought it was something that could never really happen to me, until one night, when I was just 15, I was at a friend of a friends birthday celebration, typical teenagers all huddled in a room, having a few drinks, these friends were a few years older than I was, I hadn’t known them long, but we all had a lovely time together. In comes in a very chatty, bubbly lady, (We’ll keep her anonymous) but she was so kind and lovely to me, and said I was really gorgeous and would I try on a yellow bridesmaids dress… Little did I know she ran a wedding magazine and wedding fayre business, she was very complimentary of me and then had me walk in to the room full of friends, then asked me if I’d like to pose for her magazine`and that she was organising a shoot taking place in a weeks time. With no experience but a massive love for modelling, it almost felt like I was in the right place at the right time? - Somethings really do feel like they’re meant to be. The next week flew by, I think I remember at that time being slightly nervous as it’s just something I had never officially done. The shoot was held in Cornwall, on the day I was met with a professional team of stylists, MUA’s and hairstyling. I believe it was in May, so the weather was stunning and the location even more perfect. I wasn’t at that time used to having other people do my makeup so for me it was a massive shock when someone was right up in my face, with fake eyelashes, brushes and everything else you can possibly imagine, even now reminiscing on this, I remember the MUA telling me I was a little shaky, and that she wasn’t going to “poke my eye out”

For what was about to happen next, I was just clueless, I had been shown a world of fashion and styling for the first time, I had only ever seen the finish products of images, it made me think about how much really goes into getting that perfect shot, not to mention the organisation and preparation it takes to get a group of creatives together, so well organised.

Before I knew it, 15 year old me, stood in a Wedding dress, of course with the amount of makeup I had on, the fact I’m 5’9, I looked a lot older than I really was. We shot in a beautiful garden location, kind of frolicking around at that point, pretending and kind of hoping I was getting away with knowing what I was doing without any experience previous to this. I tried angles, expression, posing ideas I had read would look good for the shoot, after the wedding section of the shoot.. YOU WON’T BELIEVE THIS. - I was then asked to pop on a mermaid tail, I really cannot make this up. On location, there was some beautiful but might I add, very dark caves. This is the part where if you’re a photographer, you'e probably thinking, OH gosh, what iOs am I on, what’s my flash doing, where is my focus point? Anyway, I was then helped to wiggle down to sit by this start of a (real cave with water) and asked to pose as a mermaid, I did the best I could, looking back some of the posing was just terrible, but it was my first time shooting in all fairness, and the shots kind of bring a sweet fond memory upon looking back.

In the end after this shoot we also did some fashion based modelling, and after the shoot many photographers congratulated me, and couldn’t believe this was my first ever time modelling, some told me of modelling websites where I could do this more often, and I couldn't believe how lovely and encouraging everyone was, my 15 year old self was in awe of this world, this new dimension I’d be thrown into, happily of course. I later discovered my wedding image was used as a front cover, very Avant Garde styling, but I was on top of the world, it wasn't a huge magazine and it’s not what launched my career as such, but it made a mark and impact on me and without that I don’t know if I would be in this industry for so long as I have been, I’m very grateful for that day.