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I’m very excited for this cosplay portrait series to be dropping on the BlessedShadows OnlyFans this week!
This fantasy photoshoot was so much fun, it’s exceptional fun to have a new chestplate in the studio for my more masculine cosplays.
So, what’s your favorite monster, and do you care to toss a coin to your Witcher?
Artist burnout is real.
And to be honest, sometimes our response is to work even harder.
Take time to rest.
And when you start making art again, try something different.
Slightly new, or wildly different from the art you usually create.
Try a new technique, a different strategy, use different tools. Get your heart excited again.
How do you bounce back after creative burnout?
Did you know that most of my works are created during a stage of artistic obsession?
I have rotating interests, although rotating obsessions is probably more accurate.
I tend to fall on an interest that I become completely infatuated with for a season.
Sometimes it’s drawing, sometimes jewelry making, prop making, costume design, lingerie, and more.
I’m very blessed that my obsessive hobbies can feed into one another so well and can help my businesses.
The important thing with hyperfixations is to pace yourself and your budget. Budget your time AND your space, and plan to keep your new tools.
Don’t enroll in college for a degree in photography, don’t buy every lens and backdrop available all at once.
Pace yourself.
Pace yourself and see what you can do with the tools you’ve already collected.
Can you model with the props you made during the last project? Can you make your own custom backdrops? Have you made jewelry you can shoot with?
Although we can enjoy our obsessions and hobbies for the sake of enjoyment, see how they can build into eachother.
How can they work together?
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This gorgeous headdress features bronze antlers and cream and white floral accents.
This beauty just landed in the Blessed Shadows Etsy shop and is perfect for any boudoir shoot, cosplay, wedding and more.
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What’s your favorite accessory for photoshoots?
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Glitter: Slayfire Cosmetics
Vinyl Choker: RaspberryMazohyst
Mushroom Skull Necklace: BlessedShadows
This shoot was so much fun, as they all are!
I got to use some of the biodegradable glitter from Slayfire, enjoy some vinyl couture, and some new red hair.
These are part of a new set on the BlessedShadows Onlyfans, with new NSFW and fine art nude prints coming to the BlessedShadows Etsy shop this weekend!
What’s your favorite kind of lingerie to slip into? What are your favorite independent artists and designers?
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Beauty, fashion, fantasy portraits don’t have to take forever to shoot or cost a lot of money.
With basic materials featured listed in Portrait Photography Mist-Haves, all we really need is a camera (even an iPod camera), a light source, and something to wear (or not).
The world needs art, and as humans, we need to express ourselves and create.
With so much uncertainty, we don’t need to worry about spending money on fancy equipment. We don’t need to wait to create.
How do you create on a budget? What are your essential tools for creating?
Headdresses and couture like these red floral horns and this lace couture top are available in the Blessed Shadows shop!
What’s your favorite way to source backdrops for your fantasy photography? This one is a ‘sigil’ floor mat that’s been framed by thrifted lace throws and scarves… not mention lighted by a few standard floor lamps from a department store.
It really can be that simple to create a thrifty, simple photoshoot that looks gorgeous!
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This tarot-inspired photoshoot was the perfect opportunity to experiment with backdrop, framing, and implied movement, all while lying down in the studio.
When you’re not using a fast lens (or Burst mode on a camera phone), don’t have a lot of room and definitely don’t have someone to hold or toss fabric and hair to create movement, what do you do?
This backdrop is a fabric print of a forrest with a ribbon-wrapped hula hoop with me laying on top of it.
There are quite a few wrinkles, so I’m curious how this kind of shoot will look when done on the studio floor instead of a mattress.
The frame was ringed with black shawls and the hair was fluffed to give the impression of movement or weightlessness. Underwater shoots are so stunning when it comes to that graceful movement, but in studio, the best we can do sometimes is to lie down or jump in front of a fast lens.
I highly encourage you do some fantasy photoshoots lying down. It can get some great lighting and some beautiful effects.
What have you been experimenting with in the photo studio? How do you bring a little more magic to your fantasy photoshoots?
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Final images from the Golden Goddess alternative fashion photoshoot. It was such a pleasure to finally use the studio’s new 35mm lens, and try a different lighting setup.
This photoshoot features a handmade harness by Charlie’s Revamps and a horned floral headdress from the Blessed Shadows shop!
It’s been wonderful to practice lighting that’s better for showing off design, as I’m not a huge fan of photographing with high-key lighting.
I love those dark, sultry shadows, which don’t always go hand in hand with studio photography meant to inspire sales. Practice is paying off, so it’s nice to see a little more detail in those darker costumes like the one in this photo set.
Sometimes we, as photographers and creators and models, need to practice letting our designs stand out and not fade into the shadows, literally and figuratively.
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