The Red Dress

Video link is at the bottom in red!

The Red Dress was one of those inspired moments I had when trying to set up a shoot and none of the dresses were good enough.  I had it in my head it had to be a BIG, important dress.  So that's how it started.  And without a pattern, I managed to wrangle 120 feet of tulle, a full bolt and 6 rolls of 6" tulle for a grand total of something like 240 yards of tulle.  Yeah....then there was the rest of the dress.

I really wasn't sure the dress was all that until I showed Karissa and few other friends.  Just the look on their faces alone said this was indeed a dress.  The dress, was a DRESS!  A dress to behold.  A dress to make a girl fawn and feel incredibly special.  When I had Karissa try it on she was barely breathing, which meant there was no way she wasn't going to wear it.  Then the question was where does one shoot such a dress?   Fortunately, downtown Stuart offered the perfect venue.

As for hair and makeup?  Well, Donna Devlin, HMUA, who styles many of our shoots, had no problem, she came up with a smoky eye look and gorgeous red lips that fit the glamour of the dress.  As for hair,  I just said "BIG" and "SEXY" she knew exactly what we needed.  During the shoot Donna does this little trick of just swooping in and whipping up another new hairdo with just a couple magic pins or something which never fails to amaze me.

Karissa, a long time muse, had no problem modeling this grand look.  She has a certain quality about her that is very surreal and doll-like, she can step into a casual shoot in jeans just as easy as a glamour shoot.  She knows her looks.  Her go-to poses and on shooting day she slipped into character and we all just followed 'the plan'.  (The plan is something I can talk about another time - its the method on how we plan and direct a shoot, something I get asked about a great deal.)  And with a good plan a little magic always happens, some intangible thing that makes everybody's heart sing and we instinctively know what to do and why.

The goal for this shoot was to inspire future clients to want to be photographed wearing this dress.  Why not wear a glamourous dress and get a makeover and feel like you just walked off a magazine photoshoot?  Our makeovers are truly amazing (see the Before & After's section!).

 How cute is this second hair look?  This took Donna all of 60 seconds to whip up.

Don't miss the video!
Video link: ------->  http://animoto.com/play/kxxrLjfJIbqUS48KGxzFoQ

 
Credits:
Photography:  Pretty Muse
Featuring:  Karissa Ferguson
HMUA:  Donna Devlin
Dress:  Designed and made by me, Lj Masty


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