There’s something to be said for making the best of a bad situation. A little over a year ago, I was an art model making the rounds in NYC, trying to figure out what the hell I was going to do with my life and all of that. I had some favorite photographers that I wanted to work with, and one of them was Ellen Stagg. I was really into her work and she was the former student of George Pitts, someone I had developed an artist/muse relationship with. I finally scored a shoot with Ellen and I was so enthusiastic I booked a makeup artist and the whole nine yards for it. Normally a glamour/beauty model does her own makeup and hair, usually anyway in NYC.
As these things happen, things didn’t exactly go as they should have. The makeup artist went overboard and the result was pretty heavy handed. I showed up for the shoot and it was obvious that the makeup was going to be a problem. I spent a panicked 20 minutes in the bathroom trying to tone down the makeup and then went out and tried my best to act like everything was great. I knew that the shoot was going to be a dud though. That’s just kind of how those things go. I was new to modeling. I didn’t have a big wardrobe and I had even less confidence. It led to many awkward shoots and images. Like most independent models, I’d give my right arm to get rid of half the images that come up if you do an image search of me.
I came home at the end of the day dejected. JM Darling decided we should take advantage of the strange makeup and try to bust out a moody shoot. In about ten minutes we did a shoot with some Crystal Delights Toys that had come in that day. I’ve been something of a spokesmodel for Crystal D and they had sent us some product. These are still some of my favorite images to date. Also. I show some pink.
Enjoy, Sovereign’s no good very bad day:
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