Nature Elf Photoshoot
Lady Lisa looks gorgeous in her original design fantasy elf photoshoot! Here's what she said about it...
"I'm a freelance model, spokesmodel, actress, professional video gamer, co-creator of Double Damsels Lets Play video channel, radio DJ, band manager, merch girl, and music journalist. I've been modeling professionally for over a year now. I love cosplay and I have this obsession and fascination with anything to do with elves. My obsession came from folk lore; My mother is from Ireland and she would always tell me about the leprechauns, and the fae, and would give me folk lore books, including with elves as well. So I guess as I grew up into myths and folklore, I always wanted it to be real. And I actually do believe it's real. So I guess doing a photoshoot of this made complete sense to me, like a fairy tale.
Since I always wanted to do a cosplay of just a nature type elvish photoshoot, I kind of just waited until I felt I had the right photographer. I finally found a photographer that messaged me on model mayhem and actually asked me if I would do a dark elf ranger type shoot. I was ecstatic to hear someone else wanted to do the same type of photoshoot. I checked out his images and his was very unique, he works for necro girls magazine, and I was just in love with the beauty he would capture, as well as the darkness as well, within the human itself. We booked a photo date a couple months in advance, which gave me time to make my own costume. I wanted to DIY it not only because I had a particular and specific vision of how I wanted myself to look in the outfit, but because it was also inexpensive and it feels great to say you made a costume by yourself and it'll turn out (usually) how you really wanted it to be originally.
We ended up doing the photoshoot at Fort De Soto Beach in St. Petersburg, Florida. It was a beautiful day and the shots came out perfectly. The nature and sand really blended well with my elf costume and it felt like it was the perfect place. The hunting knife I received from my friend, let me borrow it for the day. I really liked the knife because it definitely made the picture's look more realistic. The only issue I had at the photoshoot was my elf ears cuffs I borrowed from my best friend. They kept falling off so some of the pictures definitely show them trying to cling onto my ear or was hanging upside down. But, despite the ear difficulties, the pictures are stunning and magical for me, exactly how I wanted it!"
Model:
Lady Lisa
Photographer:
Jeremy Allen/Darkheart Photography
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April 08 2014