Archive for the ‘Spooky goodness’ Category
Yesterday I went out on a photo shoot with Rebecca Belcher to Gateway to Darkness Haunted Attraction. For those of you that don’t know, GtD is the only Pro Haunt in Alaska and they hold the bar very high compared to all of the Non-Profit Haunts we have. Michelle and Sam Marsh are the owners and both are active within the haunt.
The main theme of the shoot was ghostly haunted with the models wearing mainly whites and grays. Michelle worked the airbrush for whiting out faces while a couple of her makeup artists did the detail work. Sorry, I didn’t catch their names.
There were four photographers total, Rebecca Belcher, Sandee Rice, Mark Laroza and John, that I need to verify the last name of, and one videographer Kyle Murphy that is Som Ep’Laceak Media. The number of models numbered somewhere in the 12-15 range. Most were professional models both female and male. A few males, that had come with female models, were persuaded to join in the on the fun. Who can say no to dressing up before Halloween??!!
We had roughly four hours of shooting time, which seemed to fly by once everyone got into the flow of things. All in all it was really fun running around in the dark, the hard part was leaving and having to return to the bright reality of the outside world.
I’m going to post a few pictures for now, when the photographers make them available I will provide more and update the names of the male photographers.
Links:
Gateway to Darkness
Gateway to Darkness on Facebook
Rebecca Belcher Photography
Rebecca Belcher Photography on Facebook
Sandee Rice Photography
Sandee Rice on Facebook
Mhark Larazo on Flickr
Now for the fun stuff….
PumpkinRot posted a few of these Potterybarn photos on his blog this morning and I just had to follow suit. Love the new stuff they are coming out with nowadays.
To go along with the previous post the Belgium photographer, Martino Zegwaard, he actually may not be Belgium but he was in Belgium in the video… well he has some awesome photographs over on Flickr.
Here are a few that I picked out…
I could keep going!! You guys get the idea…go check out his work.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is the title. It went on sale in June and can be found on Amazon. I won’t tell you what the story is about but instead you should watch this YouTube video. I fell in love with the decay in the video and only wish I could see it for myself…Belgium is so far away.
I finished the chalk holder for the latest Ghostling. Overall height is just under 12 inches and it can either be hung on a wall or propped up on a shelf. The chalkboard is delicate and not meant for heavy duty use. It will go in my Etsy store once I have it opened for business. I have a few more pieces to complete before I open it. I will eventually get a new camera and make a photo box to get better shots.
I finally got in the Skullery this weekend and man it felt good. I had a partially finished Ghostling sitting on the table for months and months…not anymore! I finished it, well almost, I need to find something to hold chalk. Yup you heard me right, hold chalk.
Here is a sneak peak…
Some may have already read by idea about having a Haunter Community type place to dwell. The basic idea is to have a large place, say 100 acres of land, for a community of Haunters and Artists to live that won’t be bothered by others of non-like mind. Simple idea really, there are many factors that would have to be worked out of course, but since this is my dream/idea I will bypass all of the legalese stuff because it’s, well….boring.
So my new idea incorporates my love of abandoned buildings. I have always wanted to live in an old church, warehouse, school or old place that is open and has history. Wanting to find something to blog about I decided to go in search of abandoned building photos. I swoon when I see peeling and chipping paint and rust… oh rust how I love the. A quick brain roll-a-dex scan and I remembered that Detroit is suffering greatly with the amount of abandoned buildings, they seem to be everywhere. Off to Ghougle and wala, I find a fabulous website that is about just abandoned buildings in Detroit. I was frigging giddy looking through these photos.
The site is Detroiturbex.com
How the idea formed then on to some show and tell. While looking at these photo’s, on break at work (ahem), I kept showing my co-worker how large and gorgeous some of these places are and how multiple families could live there. I mentioned the people from Japan being able to live in a few, until things get worked out for them and BOOM, idea. What do you think of privately owning a whole High School for nothing but Prop making, Haunt building, etc., etc., etc.? Parts could even be built has apartments for visiting builders/artists, or anyone wanting to live on grounds.
Now remember… even though the chipping, peeling, rustiness makes my heart aflutter, I know we would have to go and make the buildings inhabitable. Please don’t mention asbestos, I’m totally aware of all of the dangers… this is my dream and don’t want to be bothered with reality.
The photos from this website I’m about to show you are vast and I HIGHLY recommend you looking through all of them. The person is anonymous because what they do is, after all, illegal. :::Gasp::: yes I am showing you something that was done outside of the law! Don’t tell my co-workers, ahem.
The website : http://detroiturbex.com/index.html if you wanted to be kept updated on what new photos the site has to offer, I suggest you use this link for your Readers/RSS http://detroiturbex.com/updates/
What I’m about to show you can be found in this section of the website http://detroiturbex.com/content/schools/cass/index.html. For some reason this page is different than all of the others, not sure why, but if you mouse over the word Today below the photo, then click the photo, it will take you into the photo viewer for this school (or click here).
If you want to see some seriously awesome Now and Then photo’s, go to the same Cass link above but mouse over the Now and Then button, then click on the photo.
The school is the Cass Technical High School, and for a goosebump moment… I was just looking at Wiki to get some info about it’s closure, etc. and as of yesterday
March 23, 2011 (which is when I found the photos) they started demolition on the building. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cass_Technical_High_School#When_the_old_Cass_Tech_was_new
::: Moment of Silence :::
As quoted from her website Senyphine:
Born in Grenoble, in the Alps, Nature is my inspiration. I like to draw and paint since my childhood. My Art is a study in light and shadow. I am a traditionnal and digital artist.
I use and mix different mediums to make my paintings : pencil, black ink, charcoal pen, acrylic or watercolor painting….and i often finish the details, the work of light and contrast on Photoshop. I like to explore all the possibilities of the different mediums i use. I suggest things playing with the light and huge contrast to convey a vision of the world close to the childhood’s nightmares but full of fairy.
You can find the works of Sandrine Replat/Senyphine on her website and Deviantart.
You can see a photo of her on the Ballistic Publishing website here. The below photo was printed in their Digital Art Annual book Expose 6, the photo is called The Raven.
Les Freres Siamois 2
Skeleton in Love
Halloween 2007
Thanks again to Pam Morris of Labyrinth Creations for bringing Alexander to our attention. I’m going to have to just start duplicating her blog since we have the same tastes in spooky AND I’ve been so lacking lately…ahem. Heh.
Now to Alexander… From his website he states:
I´m a freelance artist born in Uppsala, Sweden.
I live and work in Gothenburg.
Sleeping House is my design studio. I specialize in cover art, illustration, character design, concept art and graphic design.
You can find him several ways, his Blog, his Website, Deviantart and Etsy.
Now to a his art…
I have to give dEdmontonTV a shout out for giving me a shout out. Actually I’m thanking that Darryl Plunkie guy for including me.
So what the heck is dEdmonton you ask?
Location: Edmonton, Alberta Canada
dEdmonton is dEdicated to the celebration of all things Halloween.
Our Vision: a Halloween festival for everyone – stitched, bolted and brought together from existing events across the Edmonton region.
Our Motto: The More…the Scarier.
While Halloween itself is just one day the overall season offers huge opportunities. The Halloween community in Edmonton is very large, but it is also very fragmented. By bringing existing events together under one umbrella we hope to give Festival City another attraction. Our goal is for a festival atmosphere throughout the entire season.
Take a gander, OH and Happy Women in Horror Month!!
