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Trips and Leaves

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I love these leafy images by Robert Farnham.

And… I have some news and updates to share!

1. I’ve been spending an unhealthy amount of time on travel websites looking at flights, and have now booked a few more trips around Europe between now and July. Here’s what I have so far. Please get in touch if you’d like to discuss a booking in these areas; I still have some free days in some of these places:

*PARIS: 19th-23rd March
*WALES (including Snowdonia): early April (Easter)
*HOLLAND&GERMANY: April 11th-23rd (Dusseldorf, Cologne, Essen, Nijmegen, Amsterdam)
*SCOTLAND (Dundee-Fife-Edinburgh-Livingston-Glasgow): 9th-16th May
*IRELAND (Dublin-Kildare): June (details TBA; postponed from May)
*SOUTH GERMANY & FRANCE & MORE EUROPE: July-Aug

email: ellarosemuse@live.co.uk

2. I’ve been busily updating my website recently (a long, slow and arduous process, since my computer loves to crash when I try to update certain galleries). I have now re-organised my nude modelling images into four different galleries; Figurative for studio nudes (shape and form), Faerie for garden-style tree-nymphing innocence, Elemental for open spaces, rocks and water, and now BUILDINGS for nudes set against man-made structures (for modern interiors, crumbling ruins and derelict sites). Please take a look and keep checking back for updates as the other galleries (incl Faerie and Elemental, plus Romantic, Adorned, Shining and Accompanied) are all being added to over the next day or two!

Bug Off*

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The following photos were taken by the excellent Cam Attree in and around a derelict old cannery. To see two previous posts from our time together, click here and here; this third and final selection is very different again.

* You’ll notice an inventory of insect bites remains intact. ‘Bug off’ relates to the multiple orange bottles of insect repellant spray Cam and Mal Grant (who was shooting Merrique simultaneously) brought with them for us all to use. Most bug-infested location ever. I don’t like using aerosols, but this stuff smelled really good – so sweet and fruity, baffling me entirely as to how it would do anything but attract insects. Anyway… I think it helped (and one of the bottles was very helpful for the rest of my trip after my Deet had run out…!)! Furthermore, for Christmas my Mum bought me a moisturiser by Avon which US soldiers apparently use for its little-known anti-insect effects. Feckin’ mosquitos.

Natural Women

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These were shot on film by Steven Billups, mostly in a Mexican swimming pool. Steven’s laid back, mellow character explains so well the beautifully gentle, delicate and relaxed atmosphere in his artwork. I’ve been a big fan of his water studies in particular, for a while now, so it was absolutely wonderful to work with him and be part of his imagery.

We were joined for some of it by Meghan Claire, who has the most natural beauty you’ll ever see, and is an interesting and inspiring person to talk to too. We shared a room for the week and thought we would work well together, so suggested to Steven that he shoot us as a duo… luckily he agreed!


…Just looking at these shots makes me feel so relaxed. 🙂

Rich Caramel Chocolate

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I’ve just come home from watching El Espinazo del Diablo (‘The Devil’s Backbone). Not as scary as I thought it would be (actually not scary at all, mostly just very sad; it’s set in an orphanage during the Spanish civil war. I felt very sorry for the ghost), but the spanish rustic hues made me feel like posting these, somehow…

No fewer than 178 files arrived on my computer via the magic of dropbox, from Brisbane-based photographer Cam Attree. As I told him in my email, he is a ridiculously and insanely good photographer. I would happily have used any of the 178 images from our shoot in my portfolio, so you can imagine how difficult it is to choose favourites to post here and elsewhere. I’m simplifying the matter tonight by showing just one of the locations we shot at; these chocolatey hued delights were taken in and around the bar at one of our hotels in the land of tequila and cacti.

Cam has just started a new business venture, ‘The Model Experience‘. Lucky models! Also, you can (and must) check out more of his incredible work at http://www.nudephotographer.com.au/

Without further ado:

Some similar poses towards the end, but so hard to choose the best ones; I just adore that lighting.

Happy New Year!

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Happy New Year everyone! Hope things get better and better and reality is aligned with your bestest dreams (and certainly not the creepy dream I had last night about my poor cat being attacked… a little too much NYE wine, I think…) Hope everyone had fun last night, whether it was a big party for you or a quiet night in. I definitely invented some new dance moves with my friends in their lounge, and have now finally recovered. Felt ill all day (well, it’s only once a year, isn’t it?). 😦

Here are some more shots from Ron Skei – somehow I’d lost the email he’d sent them to me in (ooops!!), and so I’m rediscovering them now. The prop in the first set is a chair/basket thingy. Cool huh?

…I’m off now to watch Adele (who reaches into my brain for her lyrics) on TV.