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Photography: Living Dolls

Throwback thursday and I bring you today my Living Dolls concept from a shoot back in 2010 while we were living on Oahu, Hawaii.  This idea came about after I had met worked with model Alysha and had come across another model, Kristen.  Both girls are beautiful but also had a quality that reminded me of dolls.  So with the help of my make up artist, Melissa Hurley, we transformed the models into china dolls.  Alysha’s Outfit I put together from two different dresses I found from vintage shops. Kristen’s blouse came from Target and I sewed her skirt from my own design without a pattern.  I loved that pink skirt because it was my first time to put bustles into a garment   The models were accompanied by china dolls I found from vintage stores and used a bit of trick photography and post processing to put them on bookshelves. Overall it was a fun shoot that we shot with the use of my then new Alien Bees lighting equipment.   

Here are the final edits from the Lolita Living Doll shoot 
and make sure to check out the Behind the Scenes video at the end of the post.  

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Watch the Behind the Scenes footage from the photo shoot with Bonnie Rose. 
Models: Alysha Busha & Kristen Elizabeth
Make up Artist: Melissa Hurley
Hairstylist/Styling/Photography: Bonnie Rose
 

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My favourite place to shoot in Hawaii

Another Tuesday and I look back together with you
 some of my photography work through the last few years.  
Today I want to share with you one of my favourite places to shoot 
on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.
North Shore. It is also my favourite place to drive off towards 
when we needed a little break from our busy lives.
It is the opposite feel of Waikiki which is bustling with activity and tourists.
Depending on the time of day and location 
you can have the beaches practically to yourself.
It truly was living on our own paradise.
When I first started out with photographing other people
I went to the places I knew. Places where I went to explore, where I worked out,
and where we went to relax.  So it only seemed natural to take model, Melissa,
to my favourite hideaway spot.  
We started our drive from Wahiawa and  once we got to the coast, 
we drove north until we could not take my car any further.  
You can head the rest of the way on foot. 
With the big green rolling hills of mountainside 
and the vast blue waters on the ocean side
it is a perfect harmony of serenity.
Hawaiian Life.
Love.
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My favourite Hairspray: White Sand’s Liquid Texture

Both in the salon and outside the salon I get asked frequently about what products are good on the hair, how to get the results desired, and how to achieve the same ‘in the salon’ look with ease at home. In my mind it is not about selling products to clients but fulfilling a trust set that if I recommend something  that it lives up to my words. In the last ten years that I have been in the business of Hair, I have worked with and used a lot of different brands and hair companies.  There have been many different products that are quite similar and go off of personal preference and taste.  Though there are others that stand out for me one of kind that often get referenced in conversation about hair.  One such product I have seen used on the stages of hair exhibits at trade shows to clients in the salon.  Liquid Texture by White Sands has ‘raised the bar for hair spray because it can be combed through and has incredible memory to provide long-lasting designs without regard to humidity’.  What I love about this product is you get the shine and the softness desired, but with a really great lasting hold you require.  It works off heat to set in the style, and is what activates the shine. But the product does not stop there.  It has been a long time favourite product on location with models because I can push their hair across creative bounds for the look needed, and comb out the look after we are done.  For a product to have such hold and be brushed out with out flakiness is not something I see all that often in the product world. Which makes it a great working hair spray for brides.  Rock the updo or hair up style and then have the flexibility for a change of styles for the reception and ‘let your hair down’. I will use a setting spray afterwards on shoots when we are dealing with wind and the elements, but for normal circumstances you are all set to go with just the working hair spray, Liquid Texture. Besides it smells great and thats just the icing on the cake.
Taylor Beck, Tammy Cagle
Behind the scene photographs above via: Bonnie Rose: www.bonnie-rose.co.uk
Two photos from the shoot by photographer BJ Formento: www.formento2.com
Product image from White Sands: www.whitesandsproducts.com/

Photography: Looking Back at the Beginning

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Continuing on in my series of looking back at the photo shoots that brought me to where I am today, I go on to
 my first fashion shoot with models on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.  On an island in the Pacific there are many
people like me who are not all that tall.  It quickly became my first initial filter for looking for new models to
 photograph.  I added to that list of criteria models who were just starting out and did not have a lot of looks in
 their portfolio.  One of the first few models I found who met both of those items was Polish born, Karolina, who
 was currently working as a nanny in Hawaii.  After messaging her on model mayhem I met her for coffee to go
 over the ideas for shooting and from there we met up on the day.

This was the one of the images from Bonnie Rose published in the Look Hawaii magazine.
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Goals, big or small, along the way help to push us and shape our endeavors in life.  One goal I set out with
Karolina was to see how many different looks we could put together in the short hours of the morning.  We
literally brought everything we owned that might work and laid it out nicely on the grassy hillsides of a local park
new my home in Mililani. Aside from losing my newly aquired iPhone a few times, we were able to work
smoothly from one look to the next with the aid of any other stylists or assistants.  Do not get me wrong, I would
 have gladly loved another extra hand and creative on location with us.  Working with in our means we were able
 to achieve the goal I set out and acquired several new looks for the start of Karolina’s modeling portfolio.  She
 went on to work with many other creative photographers on the island and soon was jet setting off around the
world to continue her work.  It was a very modest shoot and I believe nothing was bought for the shoot.  I say
this to then tell you that one of the images we created went on to be published in a Hawaiian magazine, featuring
 Karolina as a new up and coming model.  I learned that day and later on in retrospect that all it takes is action
 and a creative drive and you can start a spark that will go on into a fire.

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In this case that spark went on to work with several other models and clients in a very short period of time.  I
pulled from both the online modeling community in my local area and personal contacts that I had already
 established.  I would like to touch on my work with someone from each of those groups whose images were
some of the first in my new career path.  Phoebe was a former roommate and a friend I had made several
months back when living out on the Kailua side of the island for the previous summer.  She is a natural beauty
 and I had gotten her to model for me once before as a hair model for my work with extensions.  She brought
with her a few choice outfits and together with my youngest son we went out to shoot on Kailua beach and
 around my favourite running ground of Lanikai Loop.  Due to the fact that we were both quite familiar with the
area I had not set out specific spots to shoot at in advance.  We walked around to our favourite areas  and I
photographed her as we went on.  One of my favourite shots from the day was an outtake photo with my son,
Maddox.  One or both of my kids sometimes were with me shooting since my husband was often busy with his
 job in the military.  These images with the models are some I treasure because it ties in both my love for work
and my love for family.

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Veronica is a model that I came into contact with by word of mouth from Karolina.  This would be my first
example of how word of mouth, especially on a small island like Oahu, can be quite beneficial for finding people
to work with and future collaborations.  I contacted a friend and make up artist of mine to join on the shoot and
the three of us brought together our ideas for the fashion shoot.  My husband and I had scouted out previously a
 spot in the hills of the Mount Tantalus loop that overlooks Honolulu.  Dhyana did Veronica’s make up while I did
 her hair and laid out the outfits between what the model and I had both brought.  What I really loved about this
 shoot  was working with Veronica in the beautiful Hawaiian backdrop.  Oahu has been really great to me and
one of its most beautiful gifts is having such diverse backdrops.  Quite a few male photographers only shoot on
the beach, however I have really enjoyed seeking out many varied locations which you will see in the
continuation of this series of looking back.

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The images featured in this post are from the photo shoots with Bonnie Rose Photography on Oahu, Hawaii.
Models: Karolina Caro, Phoebe P, and Veronica Smith.
Hair & Make up Artists: Dhyana Leung (of Face, Art, Beauty) and Bonnie Rose 

Paris in Motion: Roller Derby model in Paris

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Oh  beautiful Paris.           The city of love. 
Oh have I fallen for the city’s fashion hub, 
amazing food, historical art, 
and beautiful sights.
Love.

It is said that it is the people you meet on your journey 
that can make the most impacting memory of your travels.  

For me and our trip to Paris that was true with meeting the beautiful Orel Kichigai.

Orel is in the roller derby with the Paris RollerGirls, models and is active with photography.  

We met up while I was last in Paris to see some of the sights.
I am used to doing a lot of walking on my travels and have rented a bicycle when in Lucca, Italia. 
I have yet to skate.  Watching Orel maneuver seamlessly through the streets of Paris,
it was hard to not be a little jealous I could not glide as well. 
I know for next time to pack my skates. 😉


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Featured today is Orel, a french Roller Derby player and model in Paris. — in Paris, Ile-de-France.