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Continuous movement into portrait experimentation using the LIFX lighting system. Paige is wearing the latest sweepings from my studio floor.
Model / MU / Costume: Rheannon
Lighting info:
Key Light: -- bare speedlight on floor camera-right at face
Kicker: bare speedlight camera-left at boot level
Post-processing:
-- levels Lightroom
-- cosmetics Photoshop
-- enhance shine on metal bits
She came from a world painted in light and circuitry — half dream, half data.
Saara stood still under the neon haze, her eyes reflecting distant galaxies.
The air shimmered with color, every hue alive with pulse and rhythm.
Created by the South Korean artist Chai Hyun Kim, her cosmic armor and metallic gaze carried the echo of other worlds.
In Helsinki, at the “I Love Me” expo, the boundary between art and reality blurred — and for a moment, the future felt alive.
Model: Saara (Finish)
Artist: Chai Hyun Kim (South Korea)
Location: World Award Creative-Makeup hosted by WBA (Helsinki)
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Phase One XF IQ180
120mm f4 LS Macro Schneider Kreuznach
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Haute couture...high fashion, couture inspired...love love loving it!! A self portraiture shot with some creative makeup (I am also an MUA) I live and breathe this stuff!! True story :D
One thing Wallmart is good for is you can get a lot of something for cheap. For example. Paint brushes. Here used as a wig? Combine that with the punkfunk of Mick Boisvert and we got ourselves some fun!
Amidst the vibrant chaos of the “I Love Me” expo in Helsinki, we found a quiet corner. Alexandra stood beneath the soft light, her face adorned with Adriana’s creation. A constellation of crystals, framed by deep red tones and steady calm. While the crowd buzzed around us, she became stillness itself, radiating both fragility and strength through her gaze.
Model: Alexandra (Finnish)
Artist: Adriana (Finnish)
Location: World Award Creative-Makeup hosted by WBA (Helsinki)
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Phase One XF IQ180
120mm f4 LS Macro Schneider Kreuznach
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My inaugural session with the incredibly talented singer Alanna Sterling. While I continue to experiment with the LIFX lighting system I'm discovering more and more interesting lighting combinations.
If your in the Toronto area and you get a chance to check out one of her shows I highly recommend it.
After my Ancient Cray Portrait series, which used 96 crushed up crayons, I was left with the wrapper for those crayons. Why not make a mask out of them I thought to myself.
We love shooting with Kc, a photographer's delight. Kc is an amazing person - wife, mother, martial arts expert, makeup up artist, and she puts up with us. Can't ask for a better person to shoot with! Kc wanted to do a zombie makeup look and then broke her foot. No worries; she showed up in a cast and that didn't slow her down at all. I'm not a big gun fan but she wanted some photos with it and I know not to argue with her. I had a brief shoot with her before she was modelnapped from me - again!
I took these photos at the end of September 2021 at a Boise cemetery.
She wore the night on her shoulders and a flash of violet across her eyes. Sharp lines, dark elegance, and the calm confidence of someone ready for the stage. Photographed during the World Awards in Helsinki.
Model: Aino (Finnish)
Artist: Kika Studio (Serbia)
Location: World Award Creative-Makeup hosted by WBA (Helsinki)
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Phase One XF IQ180
120mm f4 LS Macro Schneider Kreuznach
See more Phase One pictures here
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My inaugural session with the incredibly talented singer Alanna Sterling. While I continue to experiment with the LIFX lighting system I'm discovering more and more interesting lighting combinations.
If your in the Toronto area and you get a chance to check out one of her shows I highly recommend it.
Continuous movement into portrait experimentation using the LIFX lighting system. Paige is wearing the latest sweepings from my studio floor.
We love shooting with Kc, a photographer's delight. Kc is an amazing person - wife, mother, martial arts expert, makeup up artist, and she puts up with us. Can't ask for a better person to shoot with! Kc wanted to do a zombie makeup look and then broke her foot. No worries; she showed up in a cast and that didn't slow her down at all. I'm not a big gun fan but she wanted some photos with it and I know not to argue with her. I had a brief shoot with her before she was modelnapped from me - again!
I took these photos at the end of September 2021 at a Boise cemetery.
An all over deep glitter portrait and body paint series laser painted, featuring Mylee Rae. www.facebook.com/Myleeraemodel
From the Nordic Awards in Helsinki. A moment where bodypainting turns anatomy into illusion.
Silver and graphite contours carve a skeleton across skin, catching the light like liquid metal. Against the deep black background, her pose feels half-protection, half-reveal: one eye hidden, the other holding the camera with calm intensity.
A reminder of why I love these competitions—craft, patience, and the kind of artistry that transforms a human form into something otherworldly.
Artist: Betty Applepie (Austria)
Model: Aino (Finland)
Location: World Award Creative-Makeup hosted by WBA (Helsinki)
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Phase One XF IQ180
120mm f4 LS Macro Schneider Kreuznach
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Honestly, I can’t believe it’s burning again
Like the first fires
Beauty Editorial for Flawless Magazine
MUA: Sandra Rakasova
Assistant: Ricky Mangala
Model: Dina Wootton
Took me forever to find a way to carefully control smash marbles here. Finally figured it out by heating them up in an oven on high for a while then using a vice to crush them. Painting Rose was the easiest part, all she did was lay down on the floor for an hour while I painted streaks on her
Continuous movement into portrait experimentation using the LIFX lighting system. Paige is wearing the latest sweepings from my studio floor.
In the pulse of Helsinki’s Creative Makeup Awards, she wore her beauty like protection.
Crystals clung to her skin. Delicate, precise, unbreakable! Turning light into a shield and shadow into strength.
Smoky eyes, lacquered edges, leather against the throat… every detail felt intentional, like armor forged for a softer kind of battle.
In the quiet between demonstrations, she didn’t just pose. She held her ground, radiant and untouchable.
Model: Yasmin (Finnish)
Artist: Roosa(Finnish)
Location: World Award Creative-Makeup hosted by WBA (Helsinki)
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Phase One XF IQ180
120mm f4 LS Macro Schneider Kreuznach
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The enchanting essence of a beautiful model, her vibrant brushstrokes blending effortlessly with her stunning features, creating a mesmerizing masterpiece.
We love shooting with Kc, a photographer's delight. Kc is an amazing person - wife, mother, martial arts expert, makeup up artist, and she puts up with us. Can't ask for a better person to shoot with! Kc wanted to do a zombie makeup look and then broke her foot. No worries; she showed up in a cast and that didn't slow her down at all. I'm not a big gun fan but she wanted some photos with it and I know not to argue with her. I had a brief shoot with her before she was modelnapped from me - again!
I took these photos at the end of September 2021 at a Boise cemetery.
Took me forever to find a way to carefully control smash marbles here. Finally figured it out by heating them up in an oven on high for a while then using a vice to crush them. Painting Rose was the easiest part, all she did was lay down on the floor for an hour while I painted streaks on her
An all over deep glitter portrait and body paint series laser painted, featuring Mylee Rae. www.facebook.com/Myleeraemodel
We love shooting with Kc, a photographer's delight. Kc is an amazing person - wife, mother, martial arts expert, makeup up artist, and she puts up with us. Can't ask for a better person to shoot with! Kc wanted to do a zombie makeup look and then broke her foot. No worries; she showed up in a cast and that didn't slow her down at all. I'm not a big gun fan but she wanted some photos with it and I know not to argue with her. I had a brief shoot with her before she was modelnapped from me - again!
I took these photos at the end of September 2021 at a Boise cemetery.
An all over deep glitter portrait and body paint series featuring Mylee Rae. www.facebook.com/Myleeraemodel
Old material is my new make-up portrait fuel. Old wig, old salt, old paint, old flowers. All made new by the amazing Leonie.
My inaugural session with the incredibly talented singer Alanna Sterling. While I continue to experiment with the LIFX lighting system I'm discovering more and more interesting lighting combinations.
If your in the Toronto area and you get a chance to check out one of her shows I highly recommend it.
We love shooting with Kc, a photographer's delight. Kc is an amazing person - wife, mother, martial arts expert, makeup up artist, and she puts up with us. Can't ask for a better person to shoot with! Kc wanted to do a zombie makeup look and then broke her foot. No worries; she showed up in a cast and that didn't slow her down at all. I'm not a big gun fan but she wanted some photos with it and I know not to argue with her. I had a brief shoot with her before she was modelnapped from me - again!
I took these photos at the end of September 2021 at a Boise cemetery.
Building it up again! 3 years gone. Flickr had deleted my previous account due to the fact that i was trying to promote my workshop. There was description on about 4 photos out of 1700+, just deleted.
So, here we are again, building it up slowly.
Cheers,
Oat
Captured in Sterzing during my workshop at the World Bodypainting Festival 2025, Valeriia shines in a delicate gown, framed by the gentle bloom of roses. A fleeting moment of elegance shared with twelve creative souls, where beauty and artistry met in harmony.
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Canon EOS R
EF 85mm f1.2 II
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Continuous movement into portrait experimentation using the LIFX lighting system. Paige is wearing the latest sweepings from my studio floor.
An all over deep glitter portrait and body paint series featuring Mylee Rae. www.facebook.com/Myleeraemodel
My inaugural session with the incredibly talented singer Alanna Sterling. While I continue to experiment with the LIFX lighting system I'm discovering more and more interesting lighting combinations.
If your in the Toronto area and you get a chance to check out one of her shows I highly recommend it.
Amid the pulse of Helsinki’s Creative Makeup Awards, Jannika stepped into the light like an apparition forged from shadow and glass.
Jasmiina’s artistry wrapped around her. A crown of lacquered fragments, shimmering like a midnight nebula, and lines that moved across her skin with the delicacy of ink in water.
In the quiet moment between demonstrations, she held her poise with an almost regal stillness.
Power and vulnerability intertwined, turning the dark into something luminous, something otherworldly.
Model: Jannika (Finnish)
Artist: Jasmiina (Finnish)
Location: World Award Creative-Makeup hosted by WBA (Helsinki)
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Phase One XF IQ180
120mm f4 LS Macro Schneider Kreuznach
See more Phase One pictures here
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