What I loved about Rachael was that she exuded this bad girl rocker-chick vibe while wearing the sweetest, most innocent day dress; complete with grosgrain ribbon tied into a bow. I often speak about this idea of “tension” within a look, and here is a perfect example. Something has to be a little off or a little tense to make a look fashionable since personal style is all about creating this certain sense of energy. That’s why even though someone might be wearing all designer clothes it falls flat, because style isn’t about swiping a credit card at Barneys. It’s about creating a look that captures and expresses the essence of that individual, which can just as easily be done with thrifted clothing as it can be with new.
This photo was taken several weeks ago, and is actually the first photo I ever took where I purposely aimed to get the hair properly backlit. I mean, it goes without saying that Melanie and her unbelievably gorgeous blond locks of hair were the ideal material to work with.
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Kate is the president and founder of TwoTara, a baby clothing company. I ran into her yesterday while I was wandering around the Gold Coast (what else is new?) and loved her Michael Kors-esque polished American sportswear look. She’s beautiful too, and was patient with me while I worked with the sunlight to get the images just right. She was also really, really excited to have been stopped by me, so I promised her I would get her photo up today. It’s something I never do, but it was so uplifting for me to hear Kate tell me how much it means to her to be featured on my site. I am so grateful to every single one of the people on my site for giving me the opportunity to photograph them, that I am usually the one saying “thank you.” It’s nice to be on the receiving end!
Editor’s note: my friends at Wolf Camera told me that flare is actually a good thing, and when I dropped in to show them my shots from the day they chose this as their favorite. Apparently flare is “in fashion” in the photography world. Silly me, I’ve been fighting it all these months!
