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| "She had blue skin, And so did he. He kept it hid And so did she. They searched for blue Their whole life through, Then passed right by- And never knew.” -Shel Silverstein |
I like to think that I put a lot of time and thought into the more creatively-driven photos that I take. Sometimes I do, like the Lana Winters photos I did of December back in January. But these photos of my sister were not planned in any way. I was inside of Michaels one afternoon, and saw that their entire selection of fake flowers were on sale. I had a few craftier projects in mind when I started looking at the flowers, but when I came upon these gorgeous, dusty blue ones, I was reminded of Gabby. So I picked out my favorites, called her, and told her I needed to take her photo.
When my creativity gets stimulated, I almost become possessed by it, and can barely focus on anything else.
So I came home, and started throwing blue pigment all over her face. I put a couple streaks of cobalt under her eyes for more definition of her already-enormous eyes, and Role Play Lip Tar. Then we crudely attached the flowers in her hair. Who needs MUA/hair when you're infected with the creative bug? (I like to think I don't, but I usually do)
We went up into the studio, and I used the natural light from the biggest window in the room, and shot for maybe 15 minutes before I decided I loved it.
While I was editing these, I couldn't decide between the dusty, de-saturated look of the first and third photo, or the Avatar-meets-Lana-Del-Rey second photo. Either way, this was a lot of fun and a really good way for me to get kick-started into creative-photo season (end of the semester=more free time)
xoxoxoxoxooxo Cleo
