Not literally of course!

Sorry to keep you all waiting for this blog post, I have lots of things I’m working on at the moment and I can’t wait to share them with you.

When Simone came to the UK for all the press bits and also IMATS – my previous blog post, we also had a bit of fun at mine doing a photo shoot.

Jessica-Leigh has a tea pot toy that sings various songs, talks and makes noises, it’s one of her favourites. Simone liked this as much as a real good English cup of tea. She also met one of my cats – Gibson, who is a bit of a camera lover and poses on cue. He loves fusses, especially from ladies.

MegaBeth joined in too, and swapped jackets for a silly picture.

A Slipknot fan in disguise? haha.

We did some serious fashion style pics as well as being silly. This is my favourite.

It was a good time until the snow came and Simone’s flight got cancelled. So we ended up having a movie marathon and cooking a roast dinner.

I guess it could have been worse

Mx

The International Make-Up Trade Show (also known as IMATS) came to London last weekend. My first time going to this, along with Simone who was over in the UK for her press schedule on the new Epica album.

We both were very excited – like kids in a candy store!

It wasn’t just every day make-up. Also on show were some really great pieces from movies including Leonardo DiCaprio’s bald cap, face pieces and false teeth from his latest movie J. Edgar.

And these two dudes – The Godfather and General Zod from Superman II

Exhibitions were happening all day along with people being made up and painted – a plethora of talent in the building!

Who knew that eyelashes could be so creative?!

The guy on the right took 2 hours on his own make-up, he couldn’t see out of his left eye at all with that contact lens piece – scary!

It was a really interesting day out, so much to look at and we both made a great amount of purchases.

The building was also beautiful – Alexandra Palace.

Simone and I also did a fashion style shoot on her stay here. My next post will be on this!

Until next time, have a great day.

Mx

Before the snow hit the UK, I went on a trek through London to Essex on a shoot for a new musical project.

Full of excitement, as I have previously worked with these two, but in a very different guise. Chris has many a musical project under his belt. I knew him from the days of Biomechanical in 2006. In fact, my first ever published picture in Metal Hammer was a live image of that band. He also teaches guitar and sessions for various bands. Every time Vykki and I shoot together, we totally hit it off on a creative level and it’s super cool. You may recognise them both from the promos I shot last year along with a music video of their band Solsikk.

Here’s a teaser of the promo session (click to view bigger)

I will let you know more info when it’s released. Knowing the talent these two have, it’ll be something special.

Mx