Haunted House Photo Clinic - Photographer David Strong

During the Haunted House Photo Clinic that I hosted on November 22, 2015 at the Haunted Castle House in Brumley Missouri we had several talented photographers there shooting the models. 

David Strong out of Springfield Missouri was one of these talented photographers who was in attendance. He has given me permission to share with everyone some of the images he captured. 

So this post is dedicated to his images. All photos and rights to photos belong to David Strong. 

Above is model Shaila Heath. She is modeling a dress custom made for her by Casey July of The July Studio, a circlet made by aBeesCreations.

MUAH by AJ Blanton

Photographer David Strong

The photos above feature model Riley O'Laughlin

in a Casey July concept. Dress is an original dress by The July Studio. MUAH was by Kyle Mills.

Photographer: David Strong

The photos above are of model Connie Chung in her Creepy Bride Concept. Concept and Wardrobe by aBeesCreations. Props and wings by Connie Chung. MUAH by Connie Chung and Kyle Mills.

Photographer by David Strong.

The above photos feature model Connie Chung and model Rachel Peneston. 

Concept and Wardrobes provided by AJ Blanton of aBeesCreations.

Connie's MUAH by Connie Chung

Rachel's MUAH by Jennifer Leigh Pritchett

Photographer: David Strong.

Model featured above is Rachel Peneston. MUAH by Jennifer Leigh Pritchett.

Concept, Wardrobe and Wings by aBeesCreations.

Photographer: David Strong

Dining with Death Concept by aBeesCreation.

Models Ashley Homminga and Riley O'Laughlin

Wardrobe and Props by aBeesCreations.

MUAH on Ashley by Lexy Morrison

MUAH on Riley by Kyle Mills

Photographer David Strong.

Here are some links to the businesses that were featured in these concepts.

The July Studio

aBeesCreations 

You can find David Strong on Facebook to view more of his work or contact him to book a session. 

Thanks David for these wonderful shots. 

I will be posting more photos soon from more of the photographers who were at The Haunted House Clinic.

Clara Oswald meets The Raven

Are you a Doctor Who fan? 

I am, have been for years! 

In my adventures in the cosplay world I have met some great Doctor Who cosplayers. 

I did an artist spotlight this summer on one of my favorites, Blundergirl Whovian aka Amanda Cole.

Read it here.

Amanda is such a wonderful artist. She shows her own creativity in her take on Doctor Who and the characters we have grown to love, hate and fear. In 2015 she did a year of the companion. WHAT FUN!

To end her year she did a photo shoot being Clara Oswald.

Now if you havent seen the last part of the fall season 2015... 

STOP READING NOW SPOILERS!

For those who have seen the episodes, Amanda's take on her Clara.

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Clara on the Orient Express meets Clara FacesThe Raven. 

Amanda contacted me about purchasing my black feather neckpiece, black wings and my black feather hat. 

She uses them for this concept. 

Dakota Friend of Friendly Fire Fotography shot this finally shoot. 

Makeup and Studio space by Krista's Beauty and Bliss

Here are some of the photos from the shoot. Thanks Amanda for allowing me to be a part of your journey. 

Please go give Blundergirl Whovian's pages a like:

www.facebook.com/blundergirl.whovian

www.etsy.com/shop/blundershop

You can find everyone else at these links:

Photographer: Friendly Fire Fotography at

www.facrbook.com/FriendPhotos

Makeup Artist and Studio Space:

Krista's Beauty and Bliss at

www.facebook.com/kristasbeautyandbliss

aBeesCreations at

www.facebook.com/ABeesCreations

www.etsy.com/aBeesCreations

Fairy Pretty Photo Shoot

Yesterday aBeesCreations had the honor of doing a photo shoot with a lovely Mother and Daughter. Casey Hays and her daughter were stunning as Winter Fairies. 

During the shoot our young model, who is turning 6 soon, named the shoot. So I present FAIRY PRETTY.

We were honored to be the first to shoot in the NEW photography studio space at Krista's Beauty and Bliss in Ozark Missouri. It is such a great little indoor space to have shoots. THANKS Krista!

Models: Casey Hays and her daughter

Makeup and Studio: Krista's Beauty and Bliss in Ozark Missouri

Concept, Wardrobe, Crowns and Props by aBeesCreations 

and Photo Editing by AJ Blanton

Photographer: Friendly Fire Fotography of Branson Missouri

Please enjoy my take on the Winter Fairy theme!

Ares God of War/ Fight For Humanity

Back in Spetember I had the honor of being a judge at the MAXCON cosplay contest. While there I met a great group of LARPers. Their group PHLARP had amazing weapons, wardrobes, and character development. As judges myself and the other 2 judges were so impressed with their OC (original characters) cosplaying that 3 of the PHLARPers swept the judging! 
After the contest I had the opportunity to talk to the 3 of them. They are so dedicated and so talented. I mentioned that I am always looking for models for some of my projects, mentioning the Fight For Humanity photo series. The guys were excited about maybe branching out to model. 
So when I decided to shoot Ares the Greek God of War and Osiris the Egyptian God of the Dead, I asked Jason Smith and Aaron Metcalf if they would want to model for them. They quickly agreed. 
As they were traveling from Farmington Missouri, I choose to shoot in Lebanon Missouri. Unfortunately there was a misunderstanding between the director of the land I had requested to shoot on so we got shut down within the first hour. (It happens)
So we moved to Springfield Missouri. Jason, Aaron and Jason's girlfriend Rachel were so wonderful and agreed to travel the additional distance with us. 
Our photographer for the day was Dakota Friend of Friendly Fire Fotography and our Makeup artist was Lexy Morrison, both of whom attended the Haunted House Clinic the day before. 
I want to give a big shout out to them both! 
THANKS

So I am going to write 3 blog posts about this day, this being the first one. We not only shot Osiris and Ares but also shot the LARPers having fun and shot Rachel in some great light. 

If you are in the Farmington/ Park Hills area in Missouri, please check out these guys and their LARPing group. And check them out on Facebook here: www.facebook.com/Phlarp/

This post is to showcase photos of
Model: Jason Smith as Ares
Photographer: Friendly Fire Fotography 
and AJ Blanton (Please see photos for the copy right mark)
Makeup Artist: Lexy Morrison
Concept, Wardrobe and Props: me AJ Blanton of aBeesCreations 
Swords provided by PHLARPer: Brandon Frazer

Stay tuned for Osiris post and the having fun post from the day. Thanks Jason, Aaron and Rachel. You were all great!

UPDATE: Check out the Osiris Post Here

Haunted House Clinic Sneak Peeks

 This past weekend I hosted my first photo clinic. I will be posting photos as they come in. It was a lot of fun and a lot of work! I had 11 models, 2 designers plus myself, 9 photographers, 2 security and 3 MUAH artists. 
I booked the Haunted Castle House in Brumley Missouri for 8 hours on Sunday and the night for a select few models and photographers. 
Thanks to everyone who attended. 
I had hoped to take some photos but alas I was to busy keeping everyone on schedule. With 33 clothing changes, 25 makeup changes, 13 preset concept and a slew of people craving creativity.... I was unable to capture images myself. 
But Dakota Friend of Friendly Fire Fotography has sent me some sneak peeks.

I will share photos from other photographers as they come in. 
But for now here are some from Friendly Fire Fotography out of Branson Missouri.
Below are photos of our only male model in attendance: 
Steephen Matute
Wardrobe and Props provided by aBeesCreations.

One of our after hours concepts was "PET"

Concept by aBeesCreations

Models: Steephen Matute

Lexy Morrison

Kyle Mills

Wardrobe for Kyle Mills provided by The July Studio

MUAH done by the models. 

Raven Photo Shoot

A few weeks ago I was approached to be a part of an exciting photo shoot. Krista Cronin owner and makeup artist of Krista's Beauty and Bliss, out of Ozark Missouri. She had an idea of doing her own take on the classic Edgar Allen Poe poem, The Raven, through a photo shoot. She had the very beautiful and talented Missouri model, Sarah Vega, on board. She was going to be doing the makeup, of course. And she lined up an extreme talented photographer, Matt Loveland, to shoot. She aske me to create some feather accent pieces and accessories for the shoot. She of course wanted wings but she left everything else up to my own design and imagination. I am always thrilled when I can create pieces using my own creativity. Thanks Krista for allowing me to use my talents for your photo shoot. 
I asked Krista if it would be possible to not only create pieces and provide props but to be a second shooter for the day. She graciously agreed. 
Matt shoots for a great local fashion magazine and his amazing photos were featured in a beauty article that Krista wrote for Deitra Magazine. You can read her article and check out Matt's photos HERE. 

So here is Krista's take on Lenore Becomes the Raven in photos by myself. 

Model: Sarah Vega 
Concept and Makeup: Krista Cronin of Krista's Beauty and Bliss 
Props and Accessories: aBeesCreations 
Photographer and Photo Editor: AJ Blanton

Please enjoy!