Thomas & Taylor: Forbidden Romance

This couple has to be one of the coolest couples I have ever photographed!

You might remember Taylor as the blonde bombshell from my old post here: http://serena-star.blogspot.com/2010/03/taylor-sites.html

Well Taylor is now engaged and soon to be married to Thomas! These two are truly meant for each other. With each click of my shutter I could tell they were a perfect match... It was just in their eyes as they looked at each other. Something you might not know about Taylor is that she's a Fairy Tale major! How cool is that? So they contacted me about doing a shoot together reminiscent of the King Arthur movie. They did their research, and even brought their own wardrobe and props (which is a super rare treat for me as I normally provide everything!) We brought in makeup artist Rathana Sin of MRS Beauty http://www.modelmayhem.com/1138287 and bodypainter Jzino Bodyart http://www.jzino-bodyart.com/ to do the grunge, dirt, fake blood, and celtic woad markings.

I had so much fun. Every time I put down my camera, these two would start goofing around and fighting again! I remember at one point, Taylor decided that Thomas wasn't dirty enough and stole the spray bottle from Joanna (Jzino) to apply more "battle wounds". They are such a beautiful couple. I hope you all enjoy this story as much as I did photographing it!

To view more fairy tale romances, go to:  http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.407729752002.199946.87975462002 or contact me at www.serena-star.com if you are interested in creating your own Fairy Tale romance story with your loved one!

Isa Voros - Little Fairy Girl

Isa, Isa - How do I describe Isa. Isa Voros is a stunningly beautiful semi-new model in the scene. For anyone looking for a model muse, this girl knows how to pose. She is a modeling power house! She was a pleasure to photograph and was tons of fun - she was even willing to try out my crazy fairy ideas! One of the first i've had in a long while. I did the makeup for this photo shoot. She brought her own wardrobe for the more fashion-style imagery and then I mixed in a little of my own from here at the studio for the boudoir and fairy tale images! For the Fairy set, I built the scene while Jzino Bodyart http://www.jzino-bodyart.com/ did the bodypaint on her chest and arms (You don't have to be naked to get body paint!) ! The wings she is wearing were hand created by a close friend of mine, Ivy Darling! 

Become a fan of Isa here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Isa-Voros/138174439564572

I also wanted to throw this really sweet blurb she used to have on her ModelMayhem page about Joanna (Jzino) and me!

#14219 Serena Star (photographer) Wow, working with Serena was an awesome experience!  She has fantastic vision and is wildly creative.  I was definitely impressed by the whole experience and the results, even after having such high expectations already from seeing her portfolio.  Being a model herself, she was extremely helpful with posing. I consider myself VERY lucky to have worked with her and am dying to do it again! 

#661104 Serena Star (mua) You can tell that Serena has a LOT of experience in makeup!  She did a fantastic job, which is especially hard for me to find because I don't have a typical face. 

#598345 JZino (bodypainter)  Joanna was great to work with!  She is super talented and the paint looked awesome both in person and in pictures.  I liked it so much that I wore it out that night after the shoot 

Ms Manchester -- Theresa Marie

Theresa Marie (Ms Manchester) was planning her road trip from Pittsburgh to NYC to take a makeup workshop with Mac Cosmetics when she wrote me about collaborating.  She is both a makeup artist and a model with a love for FX. I noticed her portfolio was primarily nude work so as always my main objective was to bring something completely different to her portfolio. She packed up a bunch of fun dresses and away she went!

I had a lot of fun with this shoot -- I got to take a lot of artistic liberty to try out new lighting techniques. The double exposures and flow (movement) images are all done in camera- they were not created afterwards in post. What was amazing is that she has a full Lisa Frank sleeve (anyone remember those colorful, cute folders and pencils and such when you were a kid =D?) One of her dresses matched her tattoo perfectly!!! Would you believe that was her Prom dress o_o???? (Top set)

Model:http://www.modelmayhem.com/371054
MUA:http://www.facebook.com/theresamarie.cosmeticartistry
http://www.modelmayhem.com/1956078

And here are the images we did! Again, Don't forget to click on the thumbnails to enlarge them to see full view!!!