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Continuous movement into portrait experimentation using the LIFX lighting system. Paige is wearing the latest sweepings from my studio floor.
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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Washing off the body glitter in the bath, mask added for creep factor. 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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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 laser painted, featuring Mylee Rae. www.facebook.com/Myleeraemodel
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
She stood beneath the lights like a vision pulled from a darker myth. Blue roses, jeweled horns, and a face turned almost ghostly made her feel less like a model and more like an apparition called into the room. This was one of three live promo makeups created before an audience in Helsinki during the World Championship of Creative Makeup and the Nordic bodypainting awards. A performance, a transformation, and a moment where beauty became something untamed.
Model: Kiki (Finnish)
Artist: Linda Hallberg (Swedish)
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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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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Hidden among the olive trees behind Villa Lora, Olya emerges from the shadows — her body painted by Matteo into something otherworldly. The night had already gone still; even the crickets had fallen silent. Only the distant echo of a hunter’s shots broke the silence as the fog began to curl around the trees.
Happy Halloween
Bodypainting: Matteo Arfanotti
Model: Olya
Location: Villa Lora Italy
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PhaseOne XF IQ180
55mm f2.8 LS Schneider Kreuznach
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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.
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
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
See more Phase One pictures here
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Hidden among the olive trees behind Villa Lora, Olya emerges from the shadows — her body painted by Matteo into something otherworldly. The night had already gone still; even the crickets had fallen silent. Only the distant echo of a hunter’s shots broke the silence as the fog began to curl around the trees.
Happy Halloween
Bodypainting: Matteo Arfanotti
Model: Olya
Location: Villa Lora Italy
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Phase One XF IQ180
80mm f2.8 LS Schneider Kreuznach
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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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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
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.
An all over deep glitter portrait and body paint series laser painted, featuring Mylee Rae. www.facebook.com/Myleeraemodel
It's been a LONG time since I've uploaded anything to flickr... think I've come some way.
See more of my work at HOtography.co.uk
Model: Poppy
MUA: Rochelle Jennison-smith
Costume: Cathryn Brown
Old material is my new make-up portrait fuel. Old wig, old salt, old paint, old flowers. All made new by the amazing Leonie.
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
She stood beneath the lights like a vision pulled from a darker myth. Blue roses, jeweled horns, and a face turned almost ghostly made her feel less like a model and more like an apparition called into the room. This was one of three live promo makeups created before an audience in Helsinki during the World Championship of Creative Makeup and the Nordic bodypainting awards. A performance, a transformation, and a moment where beauty became something untamed.
Model: Kiki (Finnish)
Artist: Linda Hallberg (Swedish)
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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Toronto, Canada.
Model: Joce Bedard
Vlog: youtu.be/nso0gkOFUy4?si=jjdmeWRZzZraS5df
Twitter: twitter.com/TheJennire
Instagram (Photographyl): www.instagram.com/jennirenarvaezphotography/
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TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@thejennire
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)
BTS on my free - SUBSTACK -
Phase One XF IQ180
120mm f4 LS Macro Schneider Kreuznach
See more Phase One pictures here
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Follow me on Instagram or here on Flickr for more pictures.
An all over deep glitter portrait and body paint series featuring Mylee Rae. www.facebook.com/Myleeraemodel
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
See more Phase One pictures here
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