Vara Pappas Photography

A lot of shooting has gone on since my last post. I’ve been so overwhelmed juggling my various work lives, and have had life itself nudge me a bit…which hasn’t given me time to put my thoughts on this blog. I’ll attempt to update you in a few not-so-overwhelming posts.

A few months ago I was hired by Versatile Corsets (back in LA) to shoot some catalog work for them. I was eager to oblige. At the same time I had been booking some editorial work, and found that my entire month of April was booked solid. Life had other plans for me however.

My first shoot, with the amazing Liz Ashley went quite well, but didn’t give me the results I had in mind. I ended up sticking with a behind the scenes shot of her, and put the catalog shots of her aside. We’ve set another date to re-do her catalog. This is actually my first time ever requesting a re-shoot! I think it’ll be worth it though, and I do love this image of her talking to me between looks.

After Liz, I did another catalog set with one of my few muses, LaurenWK. I’ll share more about this, and the images, in my next entry.

A few days later I was to embark on 4 back to back shoots. It wasn’t meant to be however. On a Saturday morning I fought through the rain on the freeway to get to a location that was a backup location for that days shoot. I was supposed to work with model Deanna Marie, of Virginia for an editorial spread. We had intended outdoor shots first, so already the day wasn’t going as planned. I exited the freeway, and was stopped at a traffic light two blocks from the location when I was rear-ended by a very large commercial truck towing landscaping equipment. I received a rather nasty case of whiplash that sent me to the ER. I mused over the neck brace I was told to wear. Though I didn’t make that days shoot, I kept my shoot with another girl for the catalog, Angela Ryan (more on this in the next post as well). Afterward, I kept Angel Jagger, the MUA to help me create a self portrait with the neckbrace.

I was upset over having to cancel on the shoot the day of the accident. I thought I felt better the next day, which is why I kept that booking, but found shortly after that, that I was in too much pain to keep shooting throughout the month. The majority of my shoots for the month were postponed.

I’m doing much better now. I still have a nasty “crick”. My neck likes to freeze up about 6 or so times a day and be immobile, but it’s workable. I’m still in the process of my shoots for Versatile, and will begin blogging features of those photographs very soon!