Weekender

The Pessimiss

 Kate Whitney Chauncey, known as The Pessimiss to followers of her fashion blog, was invited to do a guest post on Amber Jones' Thunder in Our Hearts. 

She asked me to take a casual 'press pic' of her for the feature so on Sunday afternoon I visited at her beautiful apartment and we took some pics of her in her bedroom, surrounded by her favourite things, and around the neighbourhood. These are my faves. 

See Kate's feature on Thunder in Our Hearts, here.

Amber Jones also asked me to send her my 15 favourite things for a post on her blog, you can see them here, if you'd like. 

A trip.

 

 

 

 Something a bit different for me. I'm usually more confident taking a picture I've thought about for a little while so - although I know I should - I don't take my camera wherever I go. But I did have it with me today and I like these, so here they are. Went home for the weekend and amongst other things my dad and I made a stop at the tiny aquarium on the East London beach front.  The poor turtle was an amputee. The last pic was taken from the plane descending into Cape Town.

In the hall with the candlestick...

 

 

 Last weekend Kate and I did this shoot as a lookbook for Kate Chauncey's vintage clothing label The Rah-Rah Room. 

We used the characters from the board game Cluedo as inspiration - Mrs Peacock, Miss Scarlett, Colonel Mustard, Rev Green, Professor Plum and Mrs White. You'll find all the credits on the awesome cover page designed by Michael Tymbios.

Hope you like.

Lee-Anne

Another of the 'unseens'. This one didn't quite make the cut for Fancy Pants. Lee-Anne even makes a photo look good in between poses! 
Styling by Kate Desmarais.

The unseen

I'm putting a website together so have been going through all of my old photos. 
Every now and then I stumble across some that I've never put up for whatever reason. 
This is from the West Coast Darling shoot I did for the finals of the ELLE New Talent competition. 
Thought it might be too 'birthy' for Elle but I like it. Expect more!

Vamp Clothing

Nicci from Vamp Clothing and I have been wanting to shoot together for so long now. 

The day finally arrived last Saturday when we shot some of the vintage dresses from their range. 

As you can see we were up against a raging wind - which goes with living and shooting in Cape Town - 

but I think we used it to our advantage.

Styling - Nicci St Bruce

Model - The wonderful Jade Ashton Scully from 3D Model Agency

All clothes vintage Vamp.

Thanks girls! Gotta do it again some time soon.

Hope you like. OH AND CLICK ON THE IMAGES TO SEE THEM BIGGER!

Bedroom Dj

 

Ryno, 2 days before his 27th birthday and when he was 15. 

Making Fancy.

 My sister was helping out on the Fancy Pants shoot and snapped some behind-the-scenes. Thanks Ambs!

 

 

 

FANCY PANTS

Styling: Kate Desmarais

Model: Lee-Anne Johnson

Cover page design: Michael Tymbios (High Art/Low Life)

Location: Cape Town City Hall

Featured clothes from: Thrift Cape Town, Vamp Clothing, The Rah-Rah Room, London Road, Friend or Foe, Maria McCloy, You & Me & Everyone We Know market, Market on Main, Neighbourgoods Market.

A HUGE thank you to Miss Moss for debuting Fancy Pants on her blog this morning.

Kate. Cats. Cableknit.

Kate was asked to share her 'Favourite Item Now' with the Mr Price fashion blog - In the Fashion Loop so she asked me to take some pics. We quickly took some snaps during her lunch break. 
I think she looks beautiful.

Practical Magic - Between 10and5 exhibition

I was part of the Between 10and5 exhibition that took place on Friday night. Photographers were paired up with stylists from the Elizabeth Galloway Academy of Fashion design. Our team chose the theme Practical Magic out of a hat. These are the resulting images.

Credits - 

Styling: Kim Gush & Miquel Bisogno

Models: Sarah Corry & Lauren Comley
Assistant: Kate Desmarais