Needle Play Self-Portraits

as promised a while back, photos of me, the boy and our needles

Pain Ritual Series

Photos from my current Pain Ritual and Body Modification series. Enjoy... More to come soon

Needles. Lots

Things have been busy. Shooting like a madwoman and retouching until my back aches and my arms spasm. Yeah, fun.

But on Monday evening I'm scaring the living shit out of myself (and my dear, co-operative and pain-tolerant boy) by getting half-naked, shibari-bound in purple ribbon and having our arms stuck full of needles (by Wildfire's lovely Lliezel) for a self-portrait shoot with him, part of a series on body modifications and pain rituals for my graduation body of work. Since my early days of studying Photography in High School, I've had a theory about putting myself through what my models go through for my shoots... and this is definitely something I have to experience myself to fully appreciate.

It's going to be interesting... to say the least. Haven't had any multiple/play piercings done before, not sure how I'll handle it but I think it will be stress-relieving in its own way.

Pictures and thoughts to follow soon.

Magenta Clingwrap and One Happy Rabbit.

So, I'm a pretty happy girl. I bought my own light yesterday and had a little play around with it last night... I shot a self-portrait, which I hadn't done in ages. Make-up, hair, wrapping self in magenta clingwrap (not easy!) and camerawork by yours truly. Here's one of the resulting shots:

Adding to my excitement, tomorrow I am shooting some beautiful, naked, tattooed girls and taxidermied birds. I can't fucking wait, I'm going to be in my element...

Portfolio Goodness

I have been updating my online presence, and have created a portfolio on behance.net which feeds fabulous sites photographyserved.com and fashionserved.com

Please have a look and keep an eye out for my new photos, the profile will be updated with more soon, but for now my newest shoot for Pleaser.co.za

Here's a little taste:

Procrastination and such

Hi kids.
Procrastinating on actually posting photos just yet... retouching and reworking a few of my series for posting. Will put up a few bits and pieces in the meantime hopefully...
Planning some epic new shoots for the next few months.

Keep watching, and thanks for the support.

Thanks,
Clare