Fashionista

Posted some newbies to my asos marketplace collection

this one sold to my lovely model Kristen--after all, she rocks it so well!

They call me Moonshine...

maybe it's cuz I dig standing under the moonlight and takin pix of the glowing orb that so entices me...or maybe it's because I just got back from the atmosphere with drops of Jupiter in my hair.

crescent moon, Venus top, Jupiter below

the line thru the moon is a tree branch in the foreground, and the planet is Venus

Have you noticed the 2 stars hanging out together in the sky this beautiful month of March?  They are the planets Venus (the biggest, brightest of them) and Jupiter (hanging out below Venus).
I felt compelled to go out there to shoot them tonight.  Jupiter seems to have fallen south since I just saw him earlier this evening.  He almost slipped behind some building away from my view, but I captured the more demure planet of the two before he moved further along.

My Photography Style

Here's a few before/after images to show my approach to retouching/colorizing my photography.  I've developed a sort of style where I stray from complete black & white and colorize it a bit.  Or, with color, I gray it down a bit.  I think my art has begun to transcend my self.  I just came to this epiphany while throwing these few sample images together in an attempt to create a price list and give those inquiring an idea of how I work, and how I might make them look.  I've always known that I don't see anything entirely in black or white, or left or right.  I say this during debates, and I voice it in my poetry.  It is now evident that I show it in my photography.  I didn't realize this until now.  But yes, my photography is indeed an extension of self.  It's a visual map of how I see things--quite literally.

When photo retouching, I will:

• soften/lighten under eye circles
• whiten teeth
• remove pimples
• smooth complexion
• soften wrinkles
• remove cellulite
• remove any stray threads, hairs, or imperfections in the photo
• make you look the best you can without making you like a plastic surgery victim!

 

You can view a sample portfolio of my photography here:  PHOTOGRAPHY BY COLETTE

Cemetery Angels

I have a passion for cemeteries.  I don't know if it's because I feel connected to some of the lost souls, or if I feel like a ghost, or if they assure me that I'm alive?  An Internet friend pinned this pic on Pinterest:

I love it!  I love how she is reclined...how the mood is melancholy...how she doesn't appear awfully mournful, but almost simply Resting In Peace.


I have 2 angels in GR that I love to photograph--one in particular is my fav, and I feel some sort of spiritual connection to her.  I have used her image in various artworks.

This might be one of the 1st shots I took of her with b&w film:

Here's a painting I did "Resurrection" with color film photography (the feet are from a statue of Jesus in a different cemetery):

Here's pic I took in October, 2011...she has become more tarnished.  :(  I wish I could clean her/revive her/keep her alive.

girl's just gotta have fun

I've been gradually adding photos to my asos marketplace site to recycle some fashionable outfits.  I'll create a Fashion album for my FB page soon.  If nothing sells, at least I've given it a shot.  The photos might serve a purpose toward my photography career or legacy--who knows?  Whatever the case, I do what I do, cuz a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta to do!  haha  But...sometimes...a girl just wants to have fun!  So these were just me having fun with a few of the shots.  Maybe I'll play with more of them too, and they'll take on their own life n character aside from ol' asos.

Photo shoot with Krissy Dreamflower

Did another fashion shoot today for my asos site, tho nothing I've posted so far has sold. I'm not sure if my goods get seen on there, or if shipping costs hinder the out of country folks from buying? I still have photos from my prior two shoots to post too, but just adding a few at a time hoping to get noticed in the Just In section. It reached 50 degrees F here today! It was windy, but her wind blown hair looks great in the pix!

It was fun to spend time with her, and we went to Gaia after for some fabu vegetarian eats. Wishing I woulda brought home a Gaia cookie right now!

In the Bedroom - now an ebook!

I currently have the softcover & hardcover with dust jacket set with standard paper to keep the cost at its minimum for the book I created of my series In the Bedroom.  The hardcover with image wrap has Premium Lustre paper--higher quality, heavy duty paper, for better color and protection from handling.  I ordered a sample pack of their paper choices, and I might upgrade these further, but this will bring the cost up.  I will probably leave the softcover as is, because I want it to be affordable, but still want to offer higher quality to those who care about it.  I now have it available as an ebook for just $10.99!!!!  So of course the color is superb on an iPad, and you can zoom up on the photos!  There are 152 color pages, so please understand why the real books are priced as they are -- though low compared to others on the market!  It is like having 2 books in one, because I included my Sucker Pix, which were images I shot of my models with me giving them a sucker after our photo shoot!  They are fun & sexy!

Please support diversity & buy at least the ebook!  I want to keep creating and give you more to look at than what you see on the magazine stands!  :)

In the Bedroom by Colette | Make Your Own Book

asos

  

Discovered a new site asos -- swanky UK based sellers of vintage and independent designer fashionable apparel.  This is my kinda style!  Love the photos!  Love the combos!  It's like how I like to dress--coordinating uncoordinated items! 
Yeah Baby Yeah! 

If my Power Ball hits I know where I'll be doing a lot of shopping!  It's also got me thinking about selling....hmmm...what's a girl to do in these economic hard times?  I would love takin shots of chickies in outfit combos I pull together!  It would kinda be like combining my mannequin dressing roots from Hudsons with today's photography, and social networking into some sales.  Hmmmm....maybe!

Here's a little outfit combo I put together--I don't have anything uploaded to sell, it's just some little thingee they have on the sight to create your own outfit:



Here's a link to the page for larger pix w/more details: 
Blues on the Town (my outfit)



You can buy from the UK sellers in US dollars, and there is a US site, though I'm not too excited about that one.