Yesterday I modelled for Daniel Lehenbauer who was photographing a 12 page spread/editorial for a magazine, which unfortunately I am not allowed to disclose the name of yet, but the images will be published in April and I’m really excited for the final results. The photoshoot took place on the Orient Express, (a world-famous train in the UK) and the styling included garments from McQ, Chanel, YSL and many other beautiful brands that had been offered to us exclusively from the companies themselves. As much as I was looking forward to the shoot, unfortunately I had been unwell with flu for a full week before-hand, so I was feeling incredibly ill throughout the day and struggled with the temperature on the train. (It was very cold.) I also wasn’t wearing my black contact lenses which I wear for 99% of my modelling work, so coupled with illness and lack of sleep, I certainly wasn’t feeling my best, but I managed to hold my head up high and push through the day, which I can say with absolute certainty was worth it: 1920′s – 1940′s styling is something I have never done before and I loved it! Here are a few iPhone photos from the event:

Unfortunately when I awoke the day after the photoshoot my symptoms had gotten much worse, and by the time I received a diagnosis of bronchitis I had been coughing up blood, had a rapid heartbeat and could barely stand for a few moments without fainting. As much as I am grateful that I went through with the photoshoot despite being unwell, it has definitely taught me not to push myself too far or put my work in front of my health. I’m hoping that now I’m able to rest I’ll make a quick recovery.

Much love!

Last Saturday was the date of my Cambridge meet up, and to be perfectly honest I’m surprised anyone turned up due to how cold it was. After grabbing a hot chocolate and socialising with the handfull of lovely people who attended, I headed home with a friend and invited guests over for an impromptu house party. Around 30 minutes after everyone arrived it began absolutely pouring with snow, and in a matter of an hour we had a good 6 inches with blizzard conditions outside. By morning we had 8 inches minimum in the areas that hadn’t been overly exposed to the weather, and when Rich went to take people home, we realised that we were snowed into our own village, given that it was impossible to move the car. In the end some neighbours helped dig it out, so thankfully people were home in time for dinner, by which point Merry and I decided to take advantage of the white landscape and get a few photos for our portfolios. Here are a few photos from our evening and the next day.

Yesterday I had the pleasure of modelling for LONG/BOY, both for their catalogue and online press shots. I can honestly say that the LONG team (Gareth, Rhys, Matt, Lou, etc) are one of the nicest groups of people I have ever met, and their garments are just as awesome. Sick Bwoy (Rhys) had the most epic playlist going for the full five hour photoshoot, so with the dark clothing on top of an open room filled with bass and fast beats, I was totally in my element.

Below are some behind the scene images from the photoshoot. Click to enlarge.

And finally, here is a photo-booth picture of Gareth, Sick Bwoy, Matt and myself taken on their MAC at the shoot.

I’ve had a ridiculous amount of requests recently for me to upload a video of me doing my general make-up routine, so today I finally got around to awkwardly filming myself putting my face on. At the beginning of the video my hair is wet/in bunches and I’m not wearing any make-up besides tinted moisturiser, which I make myself by mixing Rimmel foundation and Nivea moisturiser together. 90% of the make-up I use in this video is Rimmel, besides my black lipstick which is Barry M, and the lipgloss which is OCC. I look like a plonker but it was demanded by my audience so here you go! ^_^

Hey everyone! I’m really busy with personal projects at the moment, so please forgive my lack of updates. A lot of you probably aren’t familiar with the fact that I’m also a digital & traditional artist on top of everything else that I do, primarily because I quit art all together for a solid 4 years when I started pursuing fashion photography as a career, (I guess you could call it a hardcore artist’s block), but recently I’ve been throwing myself back into my old mediums and familiarising myself with my original roots.

The main piece that I’m currently working on is a personal take on The Angry Princess (13 Ghosts) who has long been one of my favorite fictional characters, but I’m already tiring of how much work it takes to complete photo-realism digital paintings, (they’re always a minimum of 12 hours work) so I’ve been doing a lot of speed-sketches on the side to keep myself inspired.

Below you can see a WIP (work in progress) of my current project, and also a little sketch that I might do something with early in the new year.

Much love!