Even though our
photo shoot last weekend was the first time most of us were meeting in person,
it felt like a family reunion. After endless sessions, conference calls, and
texting back and forth, the whole Innermix team finally met at L’Image
Photography in Glendora. We were in full effect: Q4 came out for the shoot, in
addition to our fearless leaders Simply D and Jules, the lovely Juanita, the
magician-with-a-makeup-brush Lisa, and my awesome co-workers Julia and Tiffany.
I was glad to finally meet everyone in person, not only to get to know the team
outside the virtual realm but also to redeem what D calls “The Hair.”
I don’t know
what it is about a webcam, but for some reason it makes my hair (hereafter
known as The Hair) look an absolute mess. Especially when The Hair was red (Hi,
my name is Katherine and I am a compulsive hair dyer), on a computer screen it
reads as a lion’s mane. My Mac seems to enhance fly-aways, frizz, and cowlicks
to the point that The Hair is comically commented on in every videoconference
we’ve had. Given The Hair situation, I was most excited to meet the team and
prove that I do, in fact, own a brush.
Luckily, the
wonderful Lisa (Styles by Lisa) was there to tame any remnants of The Hair and
my midterm exhaustion that showed up on Saturday. Working some magic with an
oven, old-school irons, and good old-fashioned blending techniques, Lisa
beautified me and the rest of the team (even though they didn’t much help in
the first place!) before the camera started snapping.
Lisa tames The Hair
Our photographer
for the day was Mitch Merritt. Never having been a part of a real photo shoot
myself, Mitch made the experience a fun and educational one. I got the chance
to be sort of an assistant for a few of our non-studio locations, holding
lights for our edgy alley shots and shooting moving video for the neighborhood
set ups. Some people may not be down for that, but the film student inside me
jumps at any chance to work as a PA and needless to say I loved it. Check out
some of Mitch’s other work on the L’Image website or Facebook page.
Mitch was our
main man for the day, but we were having our own little photo shoot of the
photo shoot. Of the many things I discovered we had in common that day,
Tiffany, Julia, and I are total shutterbugs. We spent the entire day snapping
candid shots of our happy little family--getting our hair done, trying on
different outfits, taking pictures, and just generally being goofy. Between the
three of us, we ended up with about 200 pictures of the photo shoot and a bunch
of video footage. Check out our next vlog to see how we put all that together!
Julia and Juanita shoot the shoot
One thing
everyone needs to know from this experience is that Jules has absolutely killer
fashion sense. As you’ll see when we release the photos, the clothes and
accessories she brought to the shoot were absolutely to die for. My favorite pieces
were the amazing studded wedge boots (pictured below) and her canary yellow
maxi skirt, but it was her array of colorful jeans that inspired me to go HAM
at the Gap the next day. I am officially a devotee to her style, and I am
seriously considering having WWJW (What Would Jules Wear) bracelets made up—with
Jules’ design approval, of course.
Jules' Self Defense School Lesson 1: Fashion can double as weaponry.
We got some
really dope shots for "The Innermix Show" as well as Innermix P&P during the
session, but what I’ll take away from that more than anything were the bonds
formed with our team. I’m a tech junkie and live my life with a cell phone
perma-fused to my hand, but there is something about finally meeting people in
person that helps everything click. From chatting with Juanita about our mutual
love for Once Upon a Time to finding
out we had the same weekend plans over boba with Tiffany and Julia to sharing
pizza on the floor of the studio when we all got ravenously hungry, it was the
perfect example of what Innermix is all about: fun, laughter, advice, and
family.
Catch y'all on the flip!
Kat
Kat
LOVE LOVE LOVE :D
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