Camille, Leny, and Ciarra, August 2009. One of my favorite shoots out of everything I've done. I think a lot of people who knew me during my deviantArt / early Tumblr days found my work through these photos. I really struggled with this shoot though, as this was my first time working with more than one model. My friend Jaro helped me out a lot by assisting with the posing, direction, etc. Makeup and styling were done by Mara, who you might remember from my previous post, and Lala, a friend whose personal style is as sweet as her personality ♡ I don't quite remember how I met Lala—whether it was through the local BJD community or through our shared interest of J-fashion. I do know though, that she was the one who introduced me to the fairy kei subculture and SPANK! by Tavuchi. And as for our models, they're good friends that I tapped to do this with me for fun. This was one of the best teams I ever got to work with, and I'm happy to announce that I'm still friends with everyone to this day.
It's been such a long time that my memories are so fuzzy now. I wish I could tell you more! All I remember is that we were talking about wanting to do a shoot, and after asking some of my good friends if they wanted to join in, one afternoon we were all in Lala's adorable room and ended up creating something super cute. It's a shame that my skill level during that time was so low...a lot of the photos were out of focus and/or had really bad motion blur. I also regret editing these using the kadiri yellow filter effect that was so popular on Tumblr at the time! That's why when I found these photos again in 2019, I tried my best to salvage what I could by color correcting the photos to how I would have wanted them to look, if I had my current style and skillset. I'm pretty happy with how they look even after 5 years, and I'm glad that after more than a decade, I'm finally able to show these photos to all of you, exactly how 2009!Chai envisioned them to be.
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