It’s sessions like these that always remind me why I do what I do. Lily Lisa came to shoot with me for a project I was working on with Makeup Artist Raina Torelli. The theme was Avante Garde, Lily’s look was a faerie inspired theme. (Though somehow we forgot the wings, I feel the essence of “faerie” screams out in these images.) Anyway, Lily messaged me after the shoot and sent me the most wonderful testimonial. It really left me speechless, and extremely thrilled to provide such an experience for her as it’s what I thrive to do for all my clients. I’ll let you read it yourself =)
“For a professional, it is very difficult to feel insecure about the job you do. For a model to feel insecure about modeling, it’s very difficult in this industry to bounce back. Serena Star helped me overcome that goal.
For almost nine years I have been modeling and have had a successful career, but with hardships in life I started to neglect my body and gained weight. This is every model’s nightmare. I was completely insecure about wearing anything showing my legs, arms or form fitted that I had literally gone from a confident woman to a shy hermit. Luckily I met Serena just in time to change that perspective.
Through Serena’s extraordinary vision, I was able to portray a fairy in a way I had never experienced before. She made it relaxing, soothing and liberating to completely not worry about what I looked like because the shots she was capturing were leaving us both gleaming with excitement. In my personal heaviest weight, I was able to feel sexy, glamorous and beautiful. Serena made that happen.
My session consisted of makeup and hair by the incredible stylist Raina Torelli, shots with Serena Star Photography and styling which I had complete control over. For me, I thought it would be the outfit that made me appear as fairy, but Raina was able to transform me into a structure I had never seen myself as. I didn’t just look like a fairy, I felt like the light inside me was illuminated and with that experience, Serena captured it magnificently. In those few hours with Serena, I was a fairy.
I was lost in the shoot with Serena, I did not have any insecurities about how I looked or weighed, she was showing me this otherworldly being she was capturing that just made it all the more exciting to try new things. We played around with lighting, textures, different techniques, all things that I had always wanted to experiment with, she made this happen. I had an absolute blast with Serena.
Serena certainly changed my perspective of what I see and what the lens sees. After 9 years of the same business, I learned something that no other photographer had taught me. She taught me to allow my inner light shine and she would capture it for the world to see. That to me was the most incredible experience for me. I feel beautiful. Thank you, Serena. _Lily Lisa”
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