Inner Superheroes Revealed – Houston Katy Photographer

My latest project came out of a lousy Post- Hurricane Harvey Funk several several months after the main event.

No real back story here.

No poor me because my house and studio backlot are all in a shambles  or because  my studio is basically shut down due to the eminent domain of our salvaged personal property.

No bashing of  our mortgage company for their horrendous red-tape  policies and very-poorly run insurance claims department — Not even though I’d like to.

Nope. None of that.

Anyway, I  could feel my inner bad @$$ boiling to the surface.  Okay, she exploded through a series of raging phone calls and near meltdowns.  She wasn’t pretty, and in fact it was making me physically ill to hold her in so I decided to redeem her. Release her. Let her fly.

With the help of my Favorite Boyfriend,  the one that I married 21 years ago, I set up a simple gray paper backdrop in a front room of our empty downstairs. Then we dug out  lights from the studio-turned-storage room and dragged them downstairs only to remember that we had NO ELECTRICAL OUTLETS below four feet.  RATS!

 “NEVER FEAR — EXTENSION CORD MAN IS HERE!”   shouted  FBF as he strung a heavy-duty cord and power strip over the stair rail and through our entry hall.

My Hero!

~SWOON~

Then, nothing happened. Nothing at all until a few days later.  That’s when I dressed in black, applied my Jet-Set-Red-Bad-Girl-Lipstick and a vampy eye then recruited FBF to help direct my poses and click the shutter.

 

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When I shared these pictures on  facebook and instagram, the response was amazing!

Maybe other women would like to capture their own super power in portraits too! SO… I put out a call  to a few  special friends.

First to respond, Michi!   YOW, she showed up with a black latex catsuit, killer boots, and accessories.  With her wicked-bad makeup skills she actually painted the black mask on her own face.

Of course we  couldn’t possibly resist adding my black cat, Pearl to the mix.  She TOTALLY ROCKED it!  Don’t you agree?

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Those who play with cats must expect to get scratched — Don Quixote

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Next up, the beautiful mother-daughter duo of Maria and Maddie Grace came in.

Oh how I love these two.

All I had to say was black clothes, red lipstick, BRING IT! and they were at my doorstep.

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 Maria has transformed her life from ashes to beauty. — Well, actually she’s been beautiful all along, but this woman has definitely walked through fire in the last few years.

She makes broken look beautiful and strong look  invincible.

She walked with the universe on her shoulders and made it look like a pair of wings.

       – A. Dancu

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Maddie Grace is the quiet one, the gentle one.  She mysteriously appears, and when she does — things happen.

Never assume that loud is strong and quiet is weak. 

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She has the mindset of a queen and the heart of a warrior.

She is everything all at once and too much for anyone who doesn’t deserve her.

She is you. 

             –R.H. Sin

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STAY TOONED for some more amazing and gorgeous  Inner Superheroes Revealed in our next blog post.

Same Bat Time.  Same Bat Channel.

Meanwhile —

Would you  and your friends like to  reveal YOUR inner SUPERHEROS?  It’s fun and it’s empow-HER-ing. 

I’m loving this project and hope that you are too. Let’s name your superpower and showcase it for the world to see! Contact me today.

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