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Monday, February 15, 2016

With Pearls of Water on Her Hips

At the very end of Summer last year, Roarie came back to town.  She's an incredible traveling art nude + fashion model, and I have been privileged to now have photographed her 6 different times! We met through Model Mayhem back in the day when I was first starting out, and I am super thankful that happened! On this shoot, Ricky Lindsay and I talked about how we wanted to go back to our roots and shoot a mermaid look at the beach.  We had a lot of different concepts in mind, and not a lot of time to plan it in (and especially not a lot of time for Ricky to make anything new).  I suggested using a dress I had shot in the studio with pearls, since pearls are very mermaid-like in my mind.  Then, we used a vintage sequined top I had thrifted, because of the shininess akin to fish scales and the top's beautiful beaded coral on the front. But the stunning masterpiece of the shoot was the sheer mermaid tail made out of a nude stretch knit and a celadon flowing chiffon. I was very concerned that the people on the beach would give us a hard time because of the sheer tail, but it was on a Friday and more than anything, people were just super excited to see a mermaid on the beach! We had more people interrupting us asking about photos than at any other shoot I've been on (not going to lie, I tend to not shoot on public property for this very reason, it's a bit annoying when you're trying to work with constantly changing light).  However, not getting any negative comments made it worth it. Overall, this was definitely in my top 5 photoshoots of 2015, because of the great team and also how well the weather/lighting cooperated with us! I came out of this shoot with some serious sunburn and feeling pretty dehydrated (Ricky and I were practically delirious from sun exposure and lack of fluids while we were driving back home, thank goodness for Dunkin Donuts and their frozen Coolatta). I also was extremely excited to have this published in Atlas Magazine's Enchantment mini issue! That was a pretty great accomplishment, in my mind, and the editors at Atlas are really incredible and they put together a beautiful layout!! The issue is linked below! The title of the shoot "With Pearls of Water on Her Hips" was definitely mermaid inspired but it's also an adaption of a line sung by The Dixie Chicks in "Truth No.2" (originally sung by Patty Griffin). It's a line that's really stuck in my head over the years as just being so poetic in it's simplicity and absolutely fitting for this shoot. Anyways!  Hope you enjoy seeing the shoot in it's entirety!

"With Pearls of Water on Her Hips" for Atlas Mini Magazine's Enchantment issue

 Photographer: Ashley Holloway
Model: Roarie Yum
Designer: Ricky Lindsay Couture
MUA: Marina Conde 

***NOTE: If you do not appreciate artistic nudity, I would ask you to please pass on viewing this shoot.

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