Using the skills of OMG Hair and Beauty in Swindon, we transformed model/photographer and friend of mine Vicki Blatchley.
Working with 2 other photographers, 3 models, 2 MUA’s and a stylist across 5 locations around a building we put together a blue, white and silver inspired industrial shoot. The behind the scenes photos were taken by Vicki and you can see them on her blog.
Borrowing a good friend Liz, a £1,000 dress from Harmony Brides and using the Bridal Suite of Stanton House Hotel, Gemma Sutton, a regular bridal makeup artist and hair stylist set to work on making up Liz to be a stunning bride. I took inspiration from the Sex and The City Movie where Cary is doing her vogue shoot.
Gemma Sutton at work
Trying to pull together 3 models, a snake, spider and bearded dragon and matching makeup was not all that easy, but Gemma and I came up with the shoot idea of ‘Fashion Phobia’. The actual finished photos you can find on my flickr photostream.
Click below to see the final images:
Before and after:
Thought I’d also post a before and after so you can see some of the post processing involved:
Written on 28 August 2009
by Kris Talikowski under
Before & After, Fashion Work
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Tagged with bearded dragon, chessie hanratty, Fashion Work, gemma sutton, kris talikowski, lightring, planet reptile, reptiles, snake, spider, vicki blatchley
I was approached by Amanda Thompson otherwise known as Cherry Vixon on MM or Magnolia on Myspace. A very creative model who has a huge collection of looks, clothes, wigs and props. Together with the creative skills of Gemma Sutton on makeup we came up with a bird inspired look. Click the image to see the full transformation.
I was asked to shoot some clothes by Charlotte Scaplehorn in Oxford in conjunction with fashion stylist Emma Kimber and Makeup Artist/model Gemma Sutton. We arrived at 8pm so had to shoot quickly to get the 3 looks we were after. I also had to do some punting down river to get the first shot. For the record I am not good at punting. Here’s the best 3 shots.
Behind the scenes shot:
Gemma Sutton (model), me and Emma Kimber (stylist) during the shoot
I’m really pleased to be working with a new professional makeup artist Gemma Sutton on some new shoot ideas. She’s an ex model, but also a fantastically creative artist; one of the best I’ve worked with. You can see a few of the final shots from this shoot on my flickr stream.
We had a shoot idea to create a ‘doll’ look using some extreme makeup, a wig and fake lashes and using my lightring. I took photos during the transformation of Vicki and was so staggered when I saw the result. Here it is from start to finish, showing the progression of hair,makeup, lighting, and then finally a bit of post-production. Any questions or comments just add below.
Written on 09 July 2009
by Kris Talikowski under
Before & After, Portraiture, Transformations
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Tagged with barbie, david lachapelle, doll, eyes, gemma sutton, girl, kris talikowski, makeup, vicki blatchley
Kev’s shoot with Vicki that I helped out a bit on. This one’s my favourite.
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