As mentioned in the prior post I was hired by Versatile to shoot catalog for their frugalista corset line. All of the corests they sent to shoot are their less pricey offerings. The number of actual corsets to shoot kept changing, so the total amount of shoots has risen. So far I’ve done 3 for the line, but have one or two more that I will be shooting at the end of this month.
The kick-off shoot for Versatile was with LaurenWK. I have gotten comments that I shoot her a lot, so hopefully no one gets sick of my shots of her! I love working with Lauren, she’s my current muse, and friend. (My previous muse was a model named Isabel in San Francisco who sadly retired. Models you want to shoot over and over can be rare!) I was glad Lauren squished me in, as she had a sudden booking as a magician’s assistant and was on the road a lot. The shoot was long, and exhausting, and involved a second designer stepping in to steal her time (which you’ll see further down).
We started the second Lauren pulled up, having driven all morning from Austin. Angel Jagger did the primping to get Lauren looking just how I wanted.
First we shot her in a PVC waist cincher. This was my first time attempting this type of a glow effect on the backdrop (which I later used for half of the catalog shots), so poor Lauren had to deal with waiting for me to figure out the back light on it. I love the results however, and wish I could find the perfect publication for this shot.
After this we shot her in her “favorite outfit”. Lauren just drooled over this number, and it was definitely made for her! Then again, a picture is worth a thousand words, isn’t it?
Just as we wrapped shooting her in the purple/black halter underbust the SINched crew arrived with a garment they especially made for Lauren. As I was shooting their piece on short notice, I only had time to quickly modify the set-up we were using for Versatile. SINched has a much more dark aesthetic, and I tried to capture that. Lauren also did a fantastic job altering her poses to fit the mood.
After the SINched crew left, we wrapped. Angel bounced away, and poor Lauren collapsed on my couch for some Z’s before her next shoot.
A few days later, Angela Ryan arrived to shoot some more of Versatile’s corsets. This is the first time I’ve met and worked with Angela, though I’ve followed her modeling career from the very beginning. It was lovely to finally get the chance to meet, and I hope that I’ll be able to work with her in even more creative circumstances in the future.
Angela is actually the catalyst for my current MUA partner Angel, as Angela had specifically requested Angel do all of her styling for the shoot. To keep the looks consistent, this meant I’d need to work with Angel for all of the Versatile shoots. (Which was fortuitous as she’s an amazing make-up artist, and a refreshing new friend) While Angel styled Angela for the shoots they gossiped about passed lives, and caught up.
My shots with Angela had the same set-up as Lauren, this is because it is catalog work. I absolutely adore the shot of Angela in the PVC overbust however. I think it’s so striking, and has such a strong and powerful pose. I love the overall stature that Angela carries.
I recently shot Sabrina Sin in Versatile for the catalog, but am still in the process of retouching those images. I hope to blog them, and the remaining shoots soon!