Last Sunday, I had the unique opportunity of styling and photographing a shoot for 16 lovely women! The ladies at Details, Details are top-notch when it comes to design and service, so I really wanted to knock it out of the park for them.
The inspiration for my shoot was a sort of Parisian Flea Market, with a little touch of whimsy and an homage to my love of all things hills, grass and green. Jeannie was kind enough to give me carte blanche with the look and feel of the session and scoured flea markets for weeks looking for awesome props. Ultimately, it took her flea-market finds, half of the furniture from my studio, some borrowed trunks from a friend, and some actual pieces from my own home to make this happen.
Having never done anything on this scale before, I was a little taken aback at how many people it takes to make something like this happen! We had 3 men moving furniture, a hair and makeup team working their magic and, of course, the models and myself.
After a ton of worrying about the light, when it finally came time to shoot, the sun peeked behind the clouds and created the most perfect light a girl could ask for. Here are a couple favorites from the shoot -
delightfully,
Chenin
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omg i love it….. you rocked this shoot
Love it! Such a fun set up.
Chenin, this is gorgeous! Large group photos can be a challenge, and you made this work in so many ways. I love the contrast of their dressy attire with the rustic props. Super classy shots.
Perfect in every way! Good thing you didn’t have tornado warnings on this day!!
This is stunning, I LOVE it!
Chenin, perfection! Love the props. lighting, wardrobe, composition. you’re a veritable maestra of visual perfection.
What an awesome idea! And a perfect way to tie everyone together.
Wow cool! I love it! It’s like a magazine spread!
That is such a gorgeous idea!! I LOVE it!
so awesome!
That’s sooooooooooooooooooooooooo pretty. Outstanding!!!
That is such a perfect idea. All the props come together perfectly. Love it!
These are FABULOUS! They’re all workin’ it. And mad props for the intensely large group shot!
Love!
I remember when you would have been inspired by the Cypress swap meet. My how you’ve grown.
It turned out awesome! Love these!
Such a fun picture! Love the colors!
Wow! This looks like quite a challenge and you totally hit it out of the park. Nice work!
how fun! great images!
This is fantasic! I knew you would do something great when you were desribing it, it sounded fabulous and it is!
I love how they are all dressed. These are so beautiful!
Chenin you are awesome! I love what you did!
Wow, I really love all the colors work so well together!! It’s great that the setting is a neutral color to really bring out the vibrancy in the dress colors. The brown sofa is soo cool too! Great shots!
Ohmyword! Totally blew me away! BEAUTIFUL setting, photos, ladies, and props. Super fun!
Would love to know the recipes you used for the photos, the colors are so awesome!