Styling A Henna Photoshoot

For my second ever post on Steemit I’d like to show you a photoshoot I did recently with my neighbor. When creative spirits live on the same street things get arty pretty quickly! We have musicians, a makeup artist/tattoo designer and henna artist...and that’s only the discovered talents...I’m sure there’s plenty more hidden creativity waiting to be found on our quiet little caul-de-sac. A street of gold?!

So I had been itching to do a styled henna shoot for a long time but I have learned that part of the secret of a striking model is in the makeup! The makeup will make the photo ‘pop’ and I needed a good makeup artist....I have not been blessed with the skills of a makeup artist and needed help. I asked my teenage neighbor if she would do the makeup if I found a model and she offered to do both! Amazing!

She made the long treacherous journey to my house (about 4 doors down) and we got creating. I applied the Henna designs freestyle onto her hands and chest/shoulders then we chose a beach and took the 4WD down onto the sand and froze our butts off for an hour of shooting. I was super stoked with the results and will share Part Two (a Forest Photoshoot with the same Henna/model) another time!

Combining my passion for Henna and my love of Photography is the best feeling. It is so satisfying to apply a gorgeous henna design and then be able to capture it permanently in a photo in the exact style that I had in my mind. It makes my heart dance and fuels a creative fire in my soul!

I hope you enjoyed these photos...it was so hard to pick only a couple to show you.

Would you like to know more about what Henna actually is and how I make my paste and apply it?

I’d love to share more about this natural art form with you :)

Thanks for coming along and being a part of my story. Peace out!

Jessi