The Absinthe Fairy
I think it’d be amusing to begin by saying that green really is my favorite color. So, when Lindsay mentioned to me she was interested in using the absinthe fairy as an inspiration for a shoot. How really could I say no? As with most shoots, it’s all in the little details and I tasked Lindsay to see what she’d be able to construct as fair as a setting for the concept she’d been designing.
Needless to say, Lindsay (as always) did a knock out job of preparing the setting we used during the shoot. We experimented a bit with different lighting techniques but ultimately found that sometimes it’s best to just stick with something natural then trying to force light to do things it’s not going to do.
Below is a small gallery of images from our shoot.
As with most of my shoots now, I requested that Lindsay write up a little bit on the shoot, here’s some of what she had to say!
Absinthe, The Green Fairy, the psychoactive highly alcoholic drink that was most popular in the late 19th and early 20th century France among Parisian artists and writers, such as Vincent van Gogh & Oscar Wilde.
Honestly, I’ve tried the stuff before, of course not the real stuff since apparently it only exists elsewhere then the United States, & boy am I not a fan, it’s got a rich licorice taste. Licorice? Dislike. But what drew me into desiring to do a photo shoot themed around the drink itself is the rich greens and golds. Thankfully the house I reside in is a wonderland full of dark corners, angels & goddesses, mirrors upon mirrors, & apparently plenty of green & gold items. As for the “Absinthe” in the photos, I wound up buying lime jello & using that instead of the real stuff. We wound up taking photos on the red couch, which wasn’t planned until we were already taking photos, goes to show spontaneous locations can sometimes be the best! I walked around my house gathering every green & gold item I could days before the actual shoot to incorporate, and I think the photos speak for themselves on how excellent the colors shined through. The one thing I know you might complain about or notice, is the lack of sugar cubes. In case you didn’t know, sugar cubes are a vital part in the preparation of drinking absinthe, but both Matthew and myself checked numerous grocery stores and all were lacking, the sweet cubes of sugar. Needless to say, I think the photos are darn well sweet enough without them, and nothing caught on fire either! Huzzah!
With all that said, definitely check out Lindsay’s Model Mayhem Profile and if you’d like to see more shots from this shoot, a gallery is available below.
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