Once upon a time

In the spirit of Halloween, I thought I would share this image I created for Challk earlier in the year.

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I can hear music

Hat by N.Joy Richards millinery
Photography & Styling: Megan Sharp

Hat designed and created by Natalie Joy Richards Millinery
Photography & Styling: Megan Sharp
Model: Ruth U'Ren

Dark Magic

I guess I should apologise for the lack of posts lately, I've just been so busy elsewhere!
Anyway, I did a shoot this week with the beautiful Niamh and I absolutely loved this shot from the moment I took it!
We worked on an idea based on Dark Magic and I shall post the rest of the photos soon!

The water falls

Today I played around with an idea for my Dark Magic theme. I wanted to do a couple of self portraits for this project (my boyfriend kindly assisted me on this one!)
The water was added after and I am thinking of recreating the image on location..
I hope you all like it :D

Flower child of mine

 

Finally got myself back behind the camera today to make a start on a new project, Gypsy dreaming. 

This project will reflect on the carefree feel of the 'Gypsy' lifestyle. The images will be simple with a hint of vintage editing. 

I hope you all like the first of this set. Still to come we have: a wedding, a festival and a real gypsy caravan! Stay tuned!

    

Rainbow Run

So as some of you will know, I work for The Children's Hospice South West which is a charity aiming to "build precious memories for families whose children are living with life-limiting or life threatening conditions". We have three hospices in England, our most recent opened in 2011 in St Austell, Cornwall.
Part of our fundraising committee have come up with a brilliant idea (inspired by a similar idea in America). It is called the RAINBOW RUN and I encourage you to take a look at the video linked above.
For more information about the event and the charity please head on over to:
http://www.chsw.org.uk/rainbow

Thank you, Mx 

EDEN

Recent trip to Eden.

A very wet day

 

Today, whilst the rest of England had snow snow snow, we had.. rain rain rain. Silly Cornwall always gets it wrong!

Despite the rain, Tom and I went on a lovely walk to the woods, it felt a hundred miles from the city center and much more like home!

Mx

Whimsical dreams & fairy tales

 

Quite possibly the most beautiful picture I have ever taken!

This picture is everything I love in a photo, it has: flowers, fur, a vintage tinge and a stunning, natural girl as it's focus. The eye follows the line of the photo very nicely, from the tip of the models fingers, to the arrangement of flowers in her lap and back up to the models face which is sweetly lost in a thought.

 Following the edit of this picture, I found it so hard to make anything look quite this beautiful again but I think I have done a good job with the rest of the images which will follow shortly.

Charlotte is only young but she has such promise as a model and, I think, should she choice to take it on as a career when she gets a little older then I imagine she will have a fabulous portfolio to take with her!

This picture found its way into my alternative endings album - well, maybe not all tales have to have a darker ending after all! There was something whimsical about the image which made me feel appropriate that it should be a fairy tale!

The following images were taken on the same shoot - the last has a little Ophelia in the styling; perhaps our fairy tale didn't end quite so sweetly!

Dance

Today I finally got in the studio to start a new project for 2013 - Dance. 

This was the first time I have used a studio, as a photographer, in a long time so I think I did quite a good job! I wanted to have a soft spotlight behind the model, which worked well - I wanted the images to be of a dancer before a performance rather than a performance in itself.

We used photos of Swan Lake as our inspiration but I told Charlotte to just do what felt comfortable.

Please, as always, let me know your thoughts on these.

We actually did two shoots today so I shall post again over the weekend with the next session.

Mx

Sharp photography 

Website!!

Please follow the following link to view my lovely new website!!! Will be adding lots more images to the page over the next few weeks, as well as new work!

Thank you, Mx

Megan Sharp Photography

Alice Vandy presents FASHIONCHAOS II

Alice Vandy presents chaos and boy did we welcome it!?

This week, I was given the fantastic opportunity to photograph for Alice Vandy's FASHION CHAOS II at Vanilla, Truro, which I was more than happy to do!

Backstage, their was the taste of hair spray in the air and particles of glitter floated freely! Skulls and chains were left unattended on the floor and, draped over the arms of various sofa's, were the beautiful show stopping garments we had all turned up to see!

Camera ready, I eagerly awaited the start of the show and it did not fail to impress! Queen Alice gave us a trippy catwalk with meshed up fairy tale music, flashing lights and lots of colour!

I came along early to get some cheeky backstage pictures in whilst the girls got glammed up for the show. Hair was done by Keeleight Jacqueline Remnant at KJRhairdressing and Laura-Jane Prisk at Hair and Makeup By Laura-Jane and makeup was done by: Aline Kaloudi at Aline.mua and Sarah Bennett at SarahBennettMUA.

Siobhan Hamilton and Poppy Mitchell

Two of the models before the show looking divine!! This event was an excuse for the hair and make-up artists to go wild and it really did look amazing!

The show began with a trippy lullaby tune followed by a mesh up of various songs for the girls to rock their way down the catwalk, which was impressive being how small the space was for them to do so! These outfits were made for the catwalk!

After the show I had one last chance to get the girls looking fierce together in their outfits which I think I managed fairly well! Everyone was very excited so it was great fun for me to photograph.

Lastly, please be sure to check out Alice Vandy's amazing shop here:

alicevandy

and of course her facebook page here:

alicevandy.fashion

Thank you lovelies, Mx

Lady of the night

 

Laura is fast becoming one of my favorite models to shoot with, so versatile and always keen to help my whacky visions come to life!

Last night, Laura joined me as my 'lady of the night'; taking a simple black and white portrait with a little kinkiness thrown in for good measure. We were going for a 'dirty stop out look', a little sexy but overall quite classic (and not at all slutty). To me, these pictures have a hint of the French, Moulin Rouge girls look to it - a little less 'walk of shame' and a little more dancer stepping outside for a fag break!

Laura wore her own lingerie and heels and my Mac.

(Not meaning to promote smoking, the look just did not feel compete without that naughty little stick!!)

Please visit my facebook page to see more of my work: facebook

Also, please do check out Laura's modelling page.

Next week, I will be shooting at the Alice Vandy fashion chaos event in Truro, which I am super excited about!! For now, however, check out the facebook events page (linked above) and keep your eyes peeled for some raunchy beauties!!

A little preview

Photos by Griffin photography

www.griffin-photography.co.uk

I couldn't resist giving you a little preview of what I have been up to.

Snow White.

Cape by Topshop - buttons added by myself

Fur cuffs - bought from an online Hong Kong shop

We did three shoots in one day - more to come from this on my new 'lifestyle' blog!

www.hummingbird-sing.blogspot.co.uk

www.facebook.com.hummingbirdsing

Mx

Parade of lights

Some time has passed, again, since I last posted but I have been so busy!

Christmas time is coming and I haven't found a moment to shoot - this wintery weather hasn't helped either!! 

This post is an introduction to Christmas - the Cornish way! We start with the lantern parade in Truro, where some of the local schools get together and build a sculpture to carry through the city centre - this years theme was Kings and Queens. My favourite had to have been the fox collar on the 2nd image here!

As always, Truro was VERY busy for the parade and at my tiny height of 5"2 I didn't exactly have the best view point!

I hope you enjoy anyway!

Hummingbird sing

An exciting new page will soon be launched on my 'hummingbird sing' page!!
In the mean time - please like and share my new facebook page (and you could be the lucky winner of the '100 likes' prize!)
hummingbird sing on facebook

On the rocks with Katie Anne Goff

Well, hello stranger! 

Bless me for I have sinned - It has been a while since I last posted - I apologise! I have, however, been fairly busy! Last weekend I went on a shoot with the lovely Katie Goff - she had me perched on a rock in a wedding dress which she bought for a pound and dyed black!

I had so much fun jumping across the rocks, barefoot, in a full length meringue and a top hat full of feathers!! 

This image was a quick Polaroid as Katie was working with film and we were impatient! Please check out the rest of her work at: Katie Goff - Photography

Please also like and share my new page on facebook - soon to be linked to my new blog 'hummingbird sing' which will be re-vamped over the coming weeks! Lots of exciting posts to follow, I promise!

Hummingbird sing - facebook

Thank you lovely people! X

Autumnal play with Loravon woolies

As promised, here are a few more images from Friday's shoot for Loravon. Make sure you check out their website and facebook page! website: http://www.loravon.co.uk/ facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Loravon

And a little experiment..

Crochet hats available from Loravon, Helston for £6-£7.50 Models: Rae Summers, Natalie Jayne Whear, Katie Louise Mcloughlin & Laura Marie Miucci

Loravon and winter wonders

This weekend I had the honour of shooting a winter campaign for Loravon, which is a lovely little boutique in Helston selling lots of home made crafts and goodies. This is one of the final head shot images for Loravon, featuring the incredible Katie Louise Mcloughlin. More to come tomorrow.

vintage wedding

Vintage wedding picture taken 3 years ago, edited to look like an old photo in a family album.