Before and After

I've talked to a few women since doing my most recent photo-shoot and told them a little about what was involved. I had a couple hours of hair and make-up before we even thought about wardrobe. After that much preparation there is always less post production needed in photo-shop. All the same I thought it would be interesting to show an image before and after photo-shop. Hopefully, the corrections aren't too obvious. Good photo-shop should be subtle. After all isn't it our small imperfections that make us interesting? That's what my mom always told me about my freckles.

Photography by Clare Morrison http://www.mophoto.ca/#/surf/_DSC0190_02
Hair by Emma Green (Velvet Underground)
Make-up by Lauren Maclean

It takes a village...

Merlin's Magic - The Heart of Reiki

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Restless Josie - Tatchu

Woke up this morning to crazy wind and rain on the roof. I knew that meant only one thing. It was dumping on the hill. The wind was a little worrying because at Mt Washington they often close the upper lifts when it gets too stormy. But, it also means the fair weather skiers aren't heading to the hill. We had fresh tracks on every run of the morning. As long as you stuck to the steeps and kept your speed up it was perfect. I did have my neck warmer pulled right up to my goggles but I had some of my best runs of the season. Storms can be good, especially when they bring swell and powder!

Still life with Woodpecker

I decided to re-read the book that made me proud to be born a redhead. (Even if I have temporarily deserted my natural colour) If you haven't read Still Life With Woodpecker, you should. It's one of the first books that made me into the avid fiction reader I am today. My favourite quote of the day "What limits people is that they don't have the fucking nerve or imagination to star in their own movie, let alone direct it"-Tom Robbins

This is my photo essay from yesterday morning at Mt Washington. Having 30 cm of fresh snow and sunshine I headed up the hill even though I only had a couple hours. I decided since the Boomerang chair wasn't open, I would fall in love with the old sunrise chair. All the photos were taken with my iphone4 and I love it because I always have it in my pocket. It's no good owning all the fancy camera gear in the world if you always leave it at home. :)