A gothic dream

Self portrait, assisted by Tom Goodwin
Zennor

Last night we went to the beach

Last night Laura came over to do an evening photo shoot! After a throw together dinner (consisting of weight watchers soup, leftover pasta, some thickening flour and pepper) and an incredible amount of time spent playing with make up in my sisters room, we finally made it down to the beach. It must have been pushing 9:30pm by the time we got there!

A considerable amount of protesting was given by my Nikon SLR but we managed to create quite an interesting effect with a bright foreground and a backdrop cast into darkness!

Laura made an amazing model for this shoot as she threw herself into the sea and crawled about in the sand pits (which we thought looked like moon craters!).

These two shots are my favourites, the close up shot really shows the make up. 

beach balls and sunshine!

What a glorious day it was yesterday to spend on the beach! The sun was shining and the sea was a beautiful shade of blue! We even managed to find a spot of beach to keep for ourselves, with no tourists or silly sun shields in the way!
The first shoot was taken with Natalie - Jayne Whear, we went down to a little hidden beach in St Ives called 'Bamaluz' where we stood on the rocks, got into the sea and even tried a little bit of pro Olympics using a beach ball and a swim suit!
The outcome was pretty good considering the sand storms and insane brightness of the sun! Here is one of the Olympics inspired shots!
Photography Megan Sharp, Model Natalie Jayne Whear, MUA Ree Sharp

A couple of head-shots

I couldn't resist popping these two head shots on from the mirror image shoot yesterday!

Laura-Marie Miucci-Model & Katie Louise Mcloughlin

Mirror image

As we embarked upon this project there was an entire concept of using mirror image and matching dresses on two very different girls making a comparison on beauty and style, however, as these things tend to go, there was a huge change in plans when one of my models chipped her tooth and ended up booking the dentist right at the start of our scheduled shoot!
After much stress we decided to have a stand in model, Katie Louise Mcloughlin and she couldn't have been more brilliant! I also happen to think that her style matched rather well with the stunning Laura-Marie Miucci and the two of them were up for any thing, so long as it was tasteful and artistic!
Towards the end of the shoot we decided to brave it and strip the layers back in the garden, which we decided was a fairly enclosed area, little did we expect the un announced arrival of Laura's aunty and uncle!
Needless to say, we were all a bunch of giggles and uncle coped fairly well with his embarrassment! I am sure you will all agree that the images were worth it!

peppermint tea and lots of Cornish drizzle

So, today I finally met the ever so Lovely Katie-Ann Goff with whom I enjoyed a peppermint tea in the Deli cafe and a good old chat about upcoming photography projects, boys, babies and all things lovely!

Following this I went on a lovely, but very wet, walk around the town with my dear friend Alice; we went down to see the fishies in the sea but were faced with mostly seaweed and cheeky guls! 

What a lovely beginning to a busy week off work! 

Tomorrow will see a shoot somewhat different to what I have been doing lately, for which I am very excited for so keep posted for that!

Also, note my lovely new River Island shoes, bought today for £2.50 from a charity shop :).

Ciao for now! M x

Paper chains and childhood dreams

All this unusual sunshine has bought out the creative, colourful side of me! This week I met up with the lovely Lydia Anne Catherall and we went down to the park near my house to take some pictures. We wanted to portray a child's dream and, I must admit, it was rather therapeutic spending the day in the mind of a child!.
The collar piece, worn here by Lydia, was made by my very own creative fingertips; it is made out of recycled children's  illustration books which, along with the setting, added quite nicely to our theme.
Lastly we added some balloons which, of course, bought a nice colour palette to our piece (and a bit of entertainment for the children playing in the park after we left)!
I hope you all enjoy these pictures and I look forward to my next photo shoot with Lydia in September!