Día de los Muertos

For my final major project at uni, I'm doing a fashion shoot inspired by the Mexican "Day of the Dead" festival. Although this was only a test shoot to see whether or not the make-up worked etc, I am so happy with the way the photos have turned out and will probably use a few in for my final edits. This particular bit of the shoot was inspired by the acrylic paintings by Sylvia Ji - they're incredible! The close-up paintings helped us loads with the make-up and the way the girls are posed helped me to direct my lovely model, Steph. It took Abi over two hours to paint Steph's face - longer than we anticipated but thats the whole purpose of a practice shoot right? I ended up stepping in to stick on the sequins and paint her lips - both of which proved a lot more difficult than I thought as I have giant claw nails that really did not help! Big thanks to everyone that helped me out - cant wait to shoot the rest of my project.

Model: Stephanie Bacon

Make-up: Abi Simmons

Assistance: Stephanie Brown

Photography & post-production: Laura Martindale

(Shot on a Canon 400D with a Canon 50mm f/1.4 lens)