Jacque Russell Imagery is tasteful with a hint of sexiness. We use photographic techniques and unique lighting to create a fun, romantic, and sensual portrait while staying within your comfort level. We take an ordinary woman and build her self-esteem by bring out her true beauty. Visit us at www.jrussellimagery.com for all your Cheyenne photography needs.
Showing posts with label pin-up. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pin-up. Show all posts
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Holly ~ Pinup ~ Jacque Russell Pinup Photographer
As you all know Wyoming is always windy. It was no exception this day. It was cool and the windy was blowing 60mph. But we still did our modern pinup shoot. We worked through the wind and got some awesome shots of Holly on a train track waiting for her love. If you or know someone that would like to get pinup shots done please contact us at 307.286.1908 or info@jrussellimagery.com You can also visit our site to see more of our work www.jrussellimagery.com
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Destinee ~ Pinup ~ Jacque Russell Imagery Pinup Photographer
Destinee rocked this shoot. She looks amazing in pinup. The colors really pop. As always she had me laughing. Watch for some blooper shots.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Jacque Russell Imagery ~ Portraiture Couture Photographer
Jacque Russell Imagery is a husband and wife team that believes
in making any woman feel beautiful while giving her self-esteem a
boost.
Our goal is to make any and everyone feel gorgeous about them selves.
Some of you might be wondering what it is that we do, we call it "Portraiture Couture".
Our goal is to make any and everyone feel gorgeous about them selves.
Some of you might be wondering what it is that we do, we call it "Portraiture Couture".
Now what is "Portraiture Couture", simply put Portraiture Couture is providing our customers with gorgeous portraits
with more than a little touch of self esteem boost and sensuality.
Portraiture Couture spans the genres of glamour, boudoir, pin-up, and
beauty portraits.
We aim to provide you with the best experience and give you a
boost of confidence. Jacque Russell Imagery takes images that are
tasteful with a hint of sexiness. We use photographic techniques and
unique lighting to create a fun, romantic, and sensual portrait while
staying within your comfort level. We take an ordinary woman and build
her self-esteem by bring out her true beauty.
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Pin-up Cupcake Fantasies with Conner~ Cheyenne, WY Pinup Photographer
Conner is so wonderful to work with. She has such a great smile and man do I love her eyes. This time we did a pinup shoot. She rocked. I didn't have to give her much direction she just knew what to do next. Contact us to book your pin-up session at 307.286.1908 or visit our website at www.jrussellimagery.com and send us an email through the contact page.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
How Do I Get Into Pin-Up? ~ Wyoming Pin-up Photographer
1. Pin-up is a fun hobby! It really is! But it's not a wage-earner. You might get paid shoots, but it won't be enough to pay the rent.
2. Please don't expect this to be a magical short-cut to a life of glamour and marabou-trimmed negligees and no more office work or standing in queues or going to Tesco's to buy baked beans. Not even Dita makes a living solely from "being a pin-up". Bernie Dexter has an online shop and sells vintage items on Ebay. Sabina Kelley works in a tattoo parlour. Morgana does web design. Some girls add the money from paid shoots to money from burlesque performances and costume-making and pin-up classes, but they are not solely working as pin-ups.
3. Get a professional shoot done. If you've read anything about mainstream modelling, models need a portfolio of pics in order to join an agency. Pin-up is no different - in order to be seriously considered by other photographers (or indeed shops & magazines etc), they need to see samples of your work to see what you're capable of. Myspace-style photos in a bathroom mirror, or out-of-focus things taken on a self-timer with a basket of laundry in the background (when not intended as a prop, obviously) are not sufficient. When you're starting out, the best shoots are ones when you pay because you will be taught how to pose for the camera. There is a list of photographers at the end of the page.
4. Go back a step and think about what you mean by "getting into pin-up". Doing some pin-up photos and having fun doing the shoots? Being a celebrity? Having people cue up to tell you how wonderful you are? If you say yes to the first option, then bravo, you're being sensible. Fame and adoring fans aren't a given. Doing photos and enjoying the process is the basis of "being a pin-up".
5. As with all forms of modelling, there are limited opportunities for larger women. True, there are more opportunities than in other kinds of modelling, but do be aware that there are often size limits on the models required for some shoots, and if you protest, you're ear-marked as a trouble-maker. I rather enjoy being a trouble-maker myself, though.
6. Tattoos: whilst being a central part of rockabilly, and while some people develop an interest in vintage coming from an alternative background and might have tattoos, don't be surprised if people don't want to photograph you if you've got obvious tatts. Last year, someone said to me "You're not very vintage, are you?" because I have tattoos, and put me at the back of the all the group photos so you couldn't even see me. You might drive a Cadillac and live in a vintage house, own racks of original dresses and listen to nothing recorded after 1959, but that swallow tatt on your arm is going to limit what you can do. That said, some photographers seek out tattooed models, but I find they're more interested in vast quantities of piercings as well. It's all rather odd what the invention of Photoshop and airbrushing, but what do I know... "I'm not very vintage, am I."
7. Networking is important but don't make unreasonable demands on people. You aren't the only person who "wants to be a pin-up". I'm often asked by people if they can model for my shop, and I'm now having to say that you must have previous modelling experience. Even if it's a shoot you've paid for with The Hourglass or The Casting Couch. It isn't fair to bombard people with photos you took of yourself in your bathroom mirror and demand that you're hired. Don't leak bad karma into the cosmos! (man). You MUST have a professional portfolio!
8. Enter competitions, participate in online groups, etc etc etc. For example, The Pin-Up Lifestyle Network. Just being generally involved in burlesque or rockabilly, swing or WW2 re-enactments, which have pin-up as important elements of their culture (though please don't profess to liking rockabilly if you don't really like it - it's kind of annoying. Or indeed the other things - no-one likes an egomaniac interloper who's only turned up because they want their own personal fan club. Please don't be that person). Come up with your own ideas for websites or online groups or forums. Whatever. Be creative. This is "being a pin-up", the second thing you do after enjoying doing your shoot and being pleased with your photos. Don't expect everything to fall into your lap.
9. It might be worth joining Model Mayhem and/or Net Model, but as I've mentioned elsewhere, there are often rather unrealistically stringent size requirements so larger girls will find it very hard, if not impossible, to find shoots. Even shorter-than-average girls might struggle.
10. You don't have to perform burlesque as well. Shocking, I know, but it's true.
11. Learn how to do your own hair and make-up. This will open more opportunities for you, as it means the photographer won't need to hire a hair and make-up artist.
12. Wardrobe: please don't call yourself a pin-up or an aspiring pin-up or an up-and-coming pin-up or any combination thereof without a wardrobe. You need to have at least one dress - if not more, because if you use the same dress in 10 different shoots, it's rather boring. I know somewhere you can get nice dresses too.... Although posing in your undies isn't vital for a pin-up, you need to have a nice selection if you go down that road, and What Katie Did have an amazing collection so there's no excuse. Of course you'll also want their stockings. Make sure your footwear is adequate, and if the sole of your shoe is showing in the photo, please make sure it's clean. DO NOT expect to be given clothes for shoots (please don't even ask!) unless you have developed a name. People do not run businesses just so they can give out things for free.
13. Be careful with the term "vintage". If you call yourself a "vintage pin-up" then please make sure you have the right look. "Vintage" isn't a term to fling before the word "pin-up" unless you know what you're talking about, otherwise you will look very silly. This is true even of calling yourself a "rockabilly pin-up" - unless you're involved in the rockabilly scene, it just won't work, as there's more to rockabilly than someone with tattoos wearing a circle dress. Go to the original sources, read books, look at photos and paintings, hone your styling skills, watch films, learn from others. It isn't hard, but it takes dedication, and it's really obvious if it looks slapdash and cobbled together.
14. You need luck. Being at the right place at the right time is vital but unfortunately a bit of a pain to schedule into one's diary.
15. You MUST be 18 or over. No reputable photographer will photograph you under that age.
Contact Jacque Russell at 307.286.1908 or email at info@jrussellimagery.com to book your pin-up session.
2. Please don't expect this to be a magical short-cut to a life of glamour and marabou-trimmed negligees and no more office work or standing in queues or going to Tesco's to buy baked beans. Not even Dita makes a living solely from "being a pin-up". Bernie Dexter has an online shop and sells vintage items on Ebay. Sabina Kelley works in a tattoo parlour. Morgana does web design. Some girls add the money from paid shoots to money from burlesque performances and costume-making and pin-up classes, but they are not solely working as pin-ups.
3. Get a professional shoot done. If you've read anything about mainstream modelling, models need a portfolio of pics in order to join an agency. Pin-up is no different - in order to be seriously considered by other photographers (or indeed shops & magazines etc), they need to see samples of your work to see what you're capable of. Myspace-style photos in a bathroom mirror, or out-of-focus things taken on a self-timer with a basket of laundry in the background (when not intended as a prop, obviously) are not sufficient. When you're starting out, the best shoots are ones when you pay because you will be taught how to pose for the camera. There is a list of photographers at the end of the page.
4. Go back a step and think about what you mean by "getting into pin-up". Doing some pin-up photos and having fun doing the shoots? Being a celebrity? Having people cue up to tell you how wonderful you are? If you say yes to the first option, then bravo, you're being sensible. Fame and adoring fans aren't a given. Doing photos and enjoying the process is the basis of "being a pin-up".
5. As with all forms of modelling, there are limited opportunities for larger women. True, there are more opportunities than in other kinds of modelling, but do be aware that there are often size limits on the models required for some shoots, and if you protest, you're ear-marked as a trouble-maker. I rather enjoy being a trouble-maker myself, though.
6. Tattoos: whilst being a central part of rockabilly, and while some people develop an interest in vintage coming from an alternative background and might have tattoos, don't be surprised if people don't want to photograph you if you've got obvious tatts. Last year, someone said to me "You're not very vintage, are you?" because I have tattoos, and put me at the back of the all the group photos so you couldn't even see me. You might drive a Cadillac and live in a vintage house, own racks of original dresses and listen to nothing recorded after 1959, but that swallow tatt on your arm is going to limit what you can do. That said, some photographers seek out tattooed models, but I find they're more interested in vast quantities of piercings as well. It's all rather odd what the invention of Photoshop and airbrushing, but what do I know... "I'm not very vintage, am I."
7. Networking is important but don't make unreasonable demands on people. You aren't the only person who "wants to be a pin-up". I'm often asked by people if they can model for my shop, and I'm now having to say that you must have previous modelling experience. Even if it's a shoot you've paid for with The Hourglass or The Casting Couch. It isn't fair to bombard people with photos you took of yourself in your bathroom mirror and demand that you're hired. Don't leak bad karma into the cosmos! (man). You MUST have a professional portfolio!
8. Enter competitions, participate in online groups, etc etc etc. For example, The Pin-Up Lifestyle Network. Just being generally involved in burlesque or rockabilly, swing or WW2 re-enactments, which have pin-up as important elements of their culture (though please don't profess to liking rockabilly if you don't really like it - it's kind of annoying. Or indeed the other things - no-one likes an egomaniac interloper who's only turned up because they want their own personal fan club. Please don't be that person). Come up with your own ideas for websites or online groups or forums. Whatever. Be creative. This is "being a pin-up", the second thing you do after enjoying doing your shoot and being pleased with your photos. Don't expect everything to fall into your lap.
9. It might be worth joining Model Mayhem and/or Net Model, but as I've mentioned elsewhere, there are often rather unrealistically stringent size requirements so larger girls will find it very hard, if not impossible, to find shoots. Even shorter-than-average girls might struggle.
10. You don't have to perform burlesque as well. Shocking, I know, but it's true.
11. Learn how to do your own hair and make-up. This will open more opportunities for you, as it means the photographer won't need to hire a hair and make-up artist.
12. Wardrobe: please don't call yourself a pin-up or an aspiring pin-up or an up-and-coming pin-up or any combination thereof without a wardrobe. You need to have at least one dress - if not more, because if you use the same dress in 10 different shoots, it's rather boring. I know somewhere you can get nice dresses too.... Although posing in your undies isn't vital for a pin-up, you need to have a nice selection if you go down that road, and What Katie Did have an amazing collection so there's no excuse. Of course you'll also want their stockings. Make sure your footwear is adequate, and if the sole of your shoe is showing in the photo, please make sure it's clean. DO NOT expect to be given clothes for shoots (please don't even ask!) unless you have developed a name. People do not run businesses just so they can give out things for free.
13. Be careful with the term "vintage". If you call yourself a "vintage pin-up" then please make sure you have the right look. "Vintage" isn't a term to fling before the word "pin-up" unless you know what you're talking about, otherwise you will look very silly. This is true even of calling yourself a "rockabilly pin-up" - unless you're involved in the rockabilly scene, it just won't work, as there's more to rockabilly than someone with tattoos wearing a circle dress. Go to the original sources, read books, look at photos and paintings, hone your styling skills, watch films, learn from others. It isn't hard, but it takes dedication, and it's really obvious if it looks slapdash and cobbled together.
14. You need luck. Being at the right place at the right time is vital but unfortunately a bit of a pain to schedule into one's diary.
15. You MUST be 18 or over. No reputable photographer will photograph you under that age.
Contact Jacque Russell at 307.286.1908 or email at info@jrussellimagery.com to book your pin-up session.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Pin-up Session Tips
Prepare your outfits carefully. From fully dressed to underwear. Make sure everything goes. For example bring a fifties looking dress, with the lingerie stockings and shoes. We will take pictures of the hole outfit and go from there.
Choose a theme.
Practice your posing. This is the time to let it all out. Go as out there as you can. Always point your toes and keep your hands busy. Examine other pin-up photographs. Look in magazines. how do they put their hands, move their bodies? look at it all.
Plan what you want. In this kind of shoot, it's better to plan ahead as much as possible.
Bring props!
Contact Jacque Russell @ 307.286.1908 or info@jrussellimagery.com to book your session!
Choose a theme.
- Fifties pin up or sixties for that matter
- sailor, military (police or anything uniform) cowgirl
- sexy secretary (or sexy librarian)
- playboy bunny
- singer (like Jessica rabbit?) Sexy long dress
- house wife (sexy dress, apron) - or nightie
- beach (bathing suit, sunglasses, hat)
Practice your posing. This is the time to let it all out. Go as out there as you can. Always point your toes and keep your hands busy. Examine other pin-up photographs. Look in magazines. how do they put their hands, move their bodies? look at it all.
Plan what you want. In this kind of shoot, it's better to plan ahead as much as possible.
Bring props!
Contact Jacque Russell @ 307.286.1908 or info@jrussellimagery.com to book your session!
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
What is Pin-up? ~ Wyoming Pin-up Photographer
One type of modeling that is becoming very popular again is pinup modeling. As the name implies pinup images are photos, drawings or other illustrations of beautiful women that were literally put up on people's walls for display purposes. This concept has been around since as early as the 1910s-1920s. Actresses (Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Brooke Shields, Pamela Anderson), models (Cindy Crawford, Anna Nicole Smith, Tyra Banks) and other female celebrities (Dita Von Teese, Katy Perry) have been used in pinup form for decades. Betty Page is one of the most famous pinup models of all time. Playboy Magazine even dubbed her the "Queen of all pinups." Although she also dabbled in fetish/bondage themes, her pinup career is well known around the world and she has a legion of fans even today.
However, you no longer have to be an A-list celeb in order to do pinup. The art of pinup photography and modeling are quickly finding their niche in the industry. It isn't fair to pit the success of this type of modeling against another, like fashion/runway, because pinup modeling is a giant in its own right and if you're interested in pursuing this field, there are a couple of ways you can go about it.
In terms of the requirements there really aren't any! A pinup model can be any height, any size and weight isn't an issue. Curvy, vivacious figures are welcomed with open arms when it comes to pinup so if you aren't the typical size 2 or have a waif-like build to be a runway model, then you may want to consider your options with pinup. There is one requirement, however, that should be noted and followed: pinup models should be 18 years of age or older. This type of modeling involves glamour and sexual themes, which have no place in an underage model's career.
There aren't exactly any pinup modeling agencies per se probably because this field doesn't have the same high demand that commercial/print or fashion does that would allow agencies to make a stable profit. You may come across online modeling agencies that use pinup models but make sure that they are legit and credible. Chances are you may run into the whole "Pay X amount of dollars to set up your portfolio with us" type of situation. Many pinup models are freelance and don't deal with agents. Popular pinup models that have a wide fan base may hire on a manager to book them gigs and appearances. In these instances, having a manager over an agency is helpful if that option is open to you.
If you want to start your pinup career you're going to need to build a portfolio. This can be done through test shoots with local photographers in your area. Needless to say the photographers you work with should specialize in pinup photography and have a strong portfolio of their work to show you. Ask for references from other models as well and make sure that the photographer(s) you work with are professional. Pinup photography is an art and if you do an online search for classic pinup images you'll see what I'm talking about. There is a huge difference between tasteful pinup work and amateurish smut so make sure you're working with top notch quality people.
Pinup modeling usually consists of makeup that reflects the 1940s or similar eras, carefully styled coifs (hair) and sexy clothing, which can include lingerie, swimwear, boy shorts, etc. This is where the glamour element comes in. Instead of showcasing a product or fashion design, you are showcasing yourself. Not all pinup models have to pose nude or semi nude so if you don't feel comfortable showing skin, you don't have to and never allow someone to tell you otherwise.
I would suggest doing research about pinup modeling before pursuing it. Having a better understanding of this type of modeling will help you know what to expect and make it easier for you to deliver when doing your shoots.
Contact Jacque Russell at 307.286.1908 or email at info@jrussellimagery.com to book your pin-up session.
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