Friday 6 February 2015

WHITE ON WHITE WITH SPARKLE; WINTER PHOTOSHOOT


Today I had a ice queen-themed shoot for my winter act with Asko Rantanen. We had been waiting for a suitable day with the right weather and amount of snow for some time already and today everything was just right! It was a productive day and the results will be great. The act itself has not been that special, one of my so called "dinner numbers" (i.e. one that you can easily do anywhere, mainly just an aesthetic act that perhaps has more surface than depth to it. Which is totally alright.), but I started been developing it bit by bit this year and also adding to the costume, making the whole thing evolve into something more one day. And well now I better work on it because I'm getting awesome pics, heh.


I only used part of my costume though; I had a modified sheet for the skirt instead of the actual sateen one (it will thank me later, I am sure).

A big part of shooting is just setting it up and preparing and, when outdoors especially, correcting the clothing and props and and and... This time we shot without an assistant so there was a lot of concentrating going on.


Everything is not serious business though, especially not after a couple of hours in the snow.

As you can see... well, who could resist not doing this anyway?
(Me, actually. I did learn some things as a kid.)



Our last location was just around the corner of our house. Dag joined us and we took the sledge there.
(Note my very gracious winter queen boots and xxx-layers of socks underneath.)

Behind the scenes shots also by Asko.

6 comments:

Porcelina said...

Very regal! It's a fabulous costume and the photos are just beautiful. I always love seeing your costumes and the lovely scenery where you live. I think the crown is my favourite bit, did you make it yourself? X

Unknown said...

Stunning!

Izaraj said...

Beautiful snow queen:)

Unknown said...

Wonderful! And very courageous! BBBRRR!!

Unknown said...

wow! amazing pictures!!

Kiss!!

Miss Soler

Liz said...

Love this! You look gorgeous in white!