Pictures: Ice Fairy Princess

[hazliya]

Shooting in the snow! Charlie brought a $20 wedding dress for me to get all creative on and had pretty fairy wings, so I did hair and makeup and we went to go find some SNOW! It was serious hardship, tromping around in 2-4 feet of freezing cold snow and braving freezing winds, but she was a trooper! (though we did take car breaks to warm up xD)

I'd always wanted to do a shoot in the snow and a fairy shoot, so two life goals at once here!


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Only a few this time, as more of my time should be spent writing character sheets.

My definite favorite is 4, and it was the hardest to get. =)

Comments

[offside7.livejournal.com]

Very pretty and elegant!

[ecmyers.livejournal.com]

I love that last one. Great work!

[juldea.livejournal.com]

4 is AMAZING. I love how the gems on her forehead are confusable for more droplets of snow or water at first.

[nightskyre.livejournal.com]

My favorite shoot for awhile. Of course, I'm a pretty vanilla guy when it comes to this stuff, but hey.

Comments

[mindways]

Neat shoot! You/Charlie very much make it look like the snow is her natural element; she doesn't seem cold at all.

#1 is stark, and the minimal background really makes Charlie's face and upper body stand out - the crags of the trees, too, to a lesser extent. The washing-out of the dress into the background in #1 would be something I'd normally think of as a negative, but given the subject matter, having it seem as if the dress is the same stuff as the snow/sky is kind of neat.

The waterfall in #2 is looks fantastic. Charlie captures the eye (not just by looking pretty; there's something about that pose). But for some reason, even though flow is from waterfall to Charlie, my eyes jump to Charlie first, and for me it doesn't click as a whole even though the pieces are very compelling. (EDIT: When my eye goes to the waterfall first, then down to Charlie, this photo takes my breath away.)

#3 is neat - looks like a scene from a middle of a story. My mind fills in story-details: that she is looking after someone's tracks in the snow, wondering not if she can follow them - she can - but whether she should.

#4 feels like an illustration piece or formal portrait: subject front-and-center, no implied action. I'm dreadfully impressed that you managed to make her hair stand out against the background of the trees; really nice lighting/focusing.

#5 - very neat action shot. The fact that her eyes are focused on the viewer/camera while she's blowing snow slightly off at an angle is intriguing/puzzling.

I have a hard time deciding favorites on this set. When my eyes hit the waterfall first on #2, definitely it. After that, probably #5, then #3? Not sure.