Coincidences & Inspirations

My biggest photography inspiration: Well inspiration means a divine influence and I think that other photographers influence me a lot.

So recently.... actually a few weeks ago... I decided to buy a copy of Vogue. I absolutely love looking at high fashion photography and when I saw Septembers issue of Vogue I swear it was calling my name! (: (There's a a little drama for those of you who have boring lives.) Anyway when I was going through Vogue two articles stuck out because of their amazing photographs. "Into the Woods" which was photographed by Marcus Piggott & Mert Alas, Little Red Riding Hood is Natalia Vodianova, and "In the Mood" photographed by Steven Meisel. 

"Into the Woods" is a collection of photographs that have a high fashion twist on the well-known fairytale, Little Red Riding Hood. I loved looking at these pictures and it made me feel like a real photographer who is plugged in with the fashion industry. A month and a half ago I shot my sister in a Snow White inspired photo shoot. She wore a Joy & Moon, soft cotton, t-shirt dress and I stuffed the sleeves with tulle. Her hair was curled and she wore bright red lipstick. After I got her completely ready, I shoved an apple in her face and told her to model. One thing you'll have to keep in mind about my sister, is that she is an amazing model. I am not just saying this because she is my sister, but because she truly is. I can tell her my idea and she gives me input and has ideas of her own. You don't even have to give her direction, she is just a natural. Okay, so back to what I was saying, I was very proud of my work and thought that I should do more fairytale inspired photo shoots, and was very excited to see that I was headed in the right direction as far as high fashion photography. 

 

After I was done drooling over the "Into the Woods" photographs and wiped the enormous cheesy grin off my face, I flipped to the 1940's inspired photo shoot, "In the Mood". Every page showed a different side or view of the women in the 1940's. Personally, I am in love with the fashion, the music, the way people talked, really just about everything about the 40's, so when I saw this spread my eyes twinkled and that huge cheesy smile that I had a few minutes before came back. I was inspired! A few days later I was at an antique store and found an old suitcase. I had been looking for one everywhere, and almost came out of my skin when I found it and realized it was only $6. I, of course, had to buy it, and skipped to the car merrily with it in hand. About a week later is when I arrived home from my traveling experience and told my sister we were going to have another photo shoot. I told her what I wanted to do and she was on board. For this shoot she wore a Charlotte Russe red, navy blue, & tan plaid, potato sack like dress, with a black Steve Madden pea coat, and black Walmart (yes Walmart) brand ballet flats. As for accessories she wore a H&M black and forest green feathered headband, my pearl earings, and a Charlotte Russe pearl strand. Her hair was curled and her make-up consisted of Bobby Brown & Arbonne black and gray eyeshadow, Bobby Brown black eyeliner and bright red Arbonne lipstick. I took my sister across the street where the sun was hitting a street corner just perfectly and handed her a Vogue magazine and my suitcase. She did amazing, and considering the limited space that we have to shoot, the pictures turned out quite wonderfully! 

 

 

 

 

 

Always and Forever,

Cadence

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