Vanity fair style shoot with Ms 'D'

The delightful Ms 'D' came to the studio recently as a treat to herself (and her man!)

The theme was based around Kate Winslet's shoot in Vanity Fair - (the one with the fur) Kate Winslet got stick over that shoot saying she was not airbrushed to her knowledge...mmm I'm on the fence on that one. All celebrities get a bit of retouching as far as I'm concerned. 

We also got to do some tongue in cheek shots that were totally relevant to her and her man. Great craic.

However Ms 'D' did a great job considering she was shaking coming in the door for her makeover  - she 

left like a giggly child and looked stunning thanks to the makeup talents of Theresa Danaher. Not that she wasn't a beauty to begin with mind you but it's nice to have makeup done in a different way to what you are used to and try different looks for your photographs. We went with the toned down lips for the first few shots and then the red lippy was applied for a different look again. 

Here are some of the headshots from the shoot. Thanks for letting us show these Ms 'D"!

Just getting finishing touches of makeup

One of my fav's 

And the fur: if it's good enough for Vanity Fair it's good enough for us!

Kate's Retro Housewives Hen!

Desperate housewives had nothing on this gang!  We had 8 hotties all dressed in retro outfits and I supplied the props and gloves. Kate our beautiful hen had a costume custom made for her which was a take on Katy perry's outfit in the hot and cold video! Brilliant! As with a lot of our hens she was surprised with this shoot by her lovely sister (Jenny from the block ;)) and I have to say the weather in Kenmare was just fab! Blessed. The Music was a lovely medley the girls had put together for Kate of dirty dancing and all sorts of rocking' tunes! It really does make it more fun and personal with these little extras. Makeup was done by Ann-Marie a native to the area in a pin-up style.   Here are some shots from the day.

THE Katie Perry

Our Kate rocked it better!

Fun in the kitchen!

Sisterly love

Catriona's pajama party hen!

This hen was every man's fantasy! - 8 girls in their Pj's having a pillow fight. I was greeted by the lovely Carla who surprised the hen with this shoot in Jury's. We had such a laugh taking shots of the girls posing and also a lot of tongue-in-cheek stuff! Everything that makes a hen party fun really. Catriona was well up for the craic  - she took everything the girls threw at her with pizzaz!! Pj's photo shoots are fun - one for the list girls, all in the comfort of your hotel....

The girls insisted she did!and she did!!

The bridal party!!

The gang!

Kim's Hen!

Had great fun and beautiful weather at Kim's hen party in the Ardilaun recently. Kim is no stranger to makeup herself she owns 'Kim's Beauty Sanctuary' in Manorhamilton (check it out ladeez) so it was nice
for her to kick back and be pampered for a change. Theresa Danaher and Trish Kenneally did a fab job on the makeup front - Here is a look at some of their fab pictures from the day. We managed to shoot and do the makeovers all outdoors as the weather was splitting the rocks. Let's hope Kim's wedding day will be as sunny!

Beautiful bride to be

Hats off to the ladies!!

                                                               Pre- bridal shower!!

Caroilin's Hen!

Caroilin's hen group had booked into the stylish Western Hotel apartments in Galway for a night of fun. The girls had organized a cake for her followed by a beautiful slideshow of her youth! It made for great shots as they laughed wholeheartedly at their prevoius teenage 'fashion faux pas' and crazy weekends! I took some nice candid shots indoors followed by some outdoor ones on the rooftop. The girls were all ready for road (as they booked the mini-cosmo they already had makeup on) After persuading some of them (you know who you are ;)))))) to stand in front of the lens for photo's, they turned out lovely despite their reluctance! Some went in two's and three's for back up!!All in all we had a great giggle between shots while the girls sipped on champagne and ate yummy strawberries.

aww!

Cutting of the cake!

slideshow!

Fun group shots!

Kerrie's Hen

Smokey eyes

We were blessed with dry weather the day of Kerrie's Hen party in Galway so we decided to make use of it and shoot entirely outdoors. The girls all looked amazing in their best frocks ready to paint the town red! A mini-makeover followed at the hands of Theresa Danaher and Tricia Kenneally  - smokey eyes being the order of the day! These lasses were up for a giggle so we did various shots with Kerrie and the gang on the outdoor roof area of the stylish Radisson Apartments, very fashion like! We even managed to nab the mom's for the group photo's (they were trying to avoid the camera!!) Well done girls ye looked fab!

We managed to squeeze the mom's in despite them trying to hide down the back!!

The stunning bride to be!

Sarah's Hen!

I had the pleasure of meeting a lovely bunch of girls recently who surprised Sarah with this fun 'mini-cosmo' shoot at the Carlton Hotel. I was greeted with a lovely gang all dolled up in killer 'LBD's' except for Sarah who wore a beautiful pink dress. I supplied the props except for the flowers who were brought by Miss 'M' her sister. With Rhianna blaring we got to work posing and giggling and as you can see the girls turned out fabulous in their shots. Big thanks to The Carlton who are an ideal hen venue and always accommodate us 'Boudoir Girls' on our shoots. xxxxxxx