Time is precious, people. Don’t waste it. Have a beautiful day.
Sawhorse
Swingtime!
Ok, not the music, but there was a swing involved! It was my 15th anniversary yesterday, and my husband and I decided to celebrate with our second shoot with Mari, in a pretty fantastic studio space (Locket Space is SoDo Seattle). Beautiful big windows, great light, and nifty set options, including this swing.
Mari, of course, is a joy to shoot. Even watching her warm up is impressive! I glanced over, and there she was on her back, kicking her legs all the way to the floor behind her shoulder. Plenty more to come!
Tudor Fairytale
Tudor time! Celeste of Poppyseed Roll Clothing and I got together with Jordan here for a royal, Tudor inspired shoot. Celeste made this entire outfit, once again blowing my mind with her attention to detail. Jordan made a perfect Tudor model, and don’t worry, managed to keep her head attached to her body. We shot this at Saint Edwards State Park, one of my favorite places in the Pacific Northwest…the first shot is actually part of a playground…work with what you’ve got, right?
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Film Shot
I recently got this image of Lyz back from the developers…first film shot I’ve done in quite some time! Now I’m going to have to wrestle with my husband over the film camera more often…definitely going to be stealing it for some upcoming shoots!
Instagram Print Giveaway!
Instagram giveaway time! Now’s your chance to win an 8×10 print of Brittany here, on gorgeous metallic finish paper! Here’s how to enter: 1. Follow @lizzusev 2. Like the giveaway post with this image. 3. Repost the giveaway post and make sure to use hashtag #lizzusevprint.
The winner will be selected 5/10/17 using a random number generator. You will need to provide a shipping address…but shipping is on me!
Good luck!
Russian Style Fairytale, Pt.2
It’s funny how you can completely change the vibe of an image by removing the color. Please see the previous post for the color versions and shoot details!
Russian Style Fairytale
Sometimes the stars align and you meet the right people. I was completely delighted when Celeste of Poppyseed Roll Clothing reached out on instagram to discuss working together. She hand makes all her designs, and I was pretty blown away. I recruited Lyz to model, Celeste invited Michelle, a wonderful makeup artist, and we got together to create these Anastasia inspired Russian Fairytale Princess images. We had originally planned to shoot in a park, but Lyz suggested the Suzallo Library, and I’m glad she did.
I would have been happy enough with the results, but when a team has so much fun working together, all the better! And my cat tried to get into EVERYTHING during prep. Of course.
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Glimpse
Ok, so yesterday was reaaaaally fun. I worked with a team for the first time since moving to Seattle, and they were an absolute pleasure to work with. We went with a Royal Russian Fairytale theme, and the outfit was completely made from scratch! Sorting through images now, and I should be posting more tomorrow.
Primal
Personal growth ain’t always pretty, darlings…sometimes you have to get messy, get raw, get primal, and get REAL. I wanted to capture that here…no makeup, and no skin retouching whatsoever. And you know what? I felt a really cool surge of power after shooting this. I felt free. Do the scary thing, whatever that means for you.
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