My name is Kelly and I live the glamorous accounting life Monday-Friday. I love what I do for work but it's business casual and office wear. As confident as I come across, I've struggled for years with believing that I was pretty. I've been involved in the Pin-up/Vintage lifestyle for the last 3 years. I found that I'm more comfortable when I don't have to speak so I moved from Pin-up contests to fashion shows and photoshoots.
Shooting with Grinkie Photography wasn't my first photoshoot or even my second. I have friends who have shot with her and based on their photos and experiences, I knew that I wanted to shoot with Grinkie Photography too. I planned and booked a visit to a friend in Minneapolis and reached out to Christi at Grinkie Photography to see if she had any openings while I was going to be there. I lucked out and they had an opening for the afternoon that I was arriving!
I woke up early Friday morning and drove from Milwaukee to Minneapolis. I arrived for my shoot without any makeup or hair product as I was going to be having my hair and makeup done at the photoshoot. To me, there is nothing more relaxing than letting someone else play with my hair and make sure my makeup looks good. Upon arrival, I met Christi and Lela and we went through a Covid safety checklist before we started talking about my hair, makeup, and outfits.
After looking at a couple of pictures, Lela started curling and pinning my hair. I have a lot of hair and once she had it pinned she started with my makeup. It took time for my transformation to be complete but my breath was taken away when I got my first look. Lela did an amazing job on both my hair and makeup. Now it was time to take some pictures.
Before she started taking pictures Christi went through tips on posing and explained why these posing tips were important. It's a lot to remember so as she started taking pictures, Christi gave little reminders and made sure that I was in the best positions possible. She showed me a couple of shots directly on her camera and I didn't even recognize myself. I think the best part though, was after she took about 40 pictures she uploaded them onto her laptop and we got to go through and pick out the pictures she thought were the best as well as my favorites. We whittled down the list until it fit into the package that I had purchased.
Both Christi and Lela made me feel so welcome and comfortable while I was there. I still struggle with my looks and I felt beautiful with my hair and makeup done to compliment the dresses I had chosen to shoot in. I can't wait to see what the edited photos look like and I am excited that I will have a photo album of the actual pictures that we chose. I look forward to my next shoot with Grinkie Photography because there will definitely be one.
