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Flower Girl Inspiration for the Modern Bride

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One of the things we love most about photographing kids is that they love anything creative and fun. We get the freedom to push the limits with hair, wardrobe and styling and they love every minute of it. When Monbebe Couture asked us to do a flower girl inspired shoot, we knew that we wanted to push the limits and “re-imagine” the flower girl. We know that it’s technically the bride’s big day, but what better way to build up the anticipation for the bride than with an adorably fly flower girl walking down the aisle? We’ve pulled together some of our favorite ideas to incorporate for your flower girl on your wedding day.

Get creative with props
Mix it up!  Think outside the traditional flower girl basket and try unique props such as confetti, flower adorned balloons, or even floral rings. The sky is the limit and here (bonus – it’s one less thing for the flower girl to have to remember to do!) 

Add flair to the hair
Kids love fun/cool hairstyles so don’t be afraid to add beautiful florals to hair (and even skin) in a creative way.  You can add floral stems to hair for a floral puff or bun or even have your makeup artist use a little eyelash adhesive to attach flowers or jewels to skin.  The options here are limitless!

Incorporate fun shades
We all love a good photo op and it should be no different for the flower girl.  Instead of those silly photo booth props, try creating some glammed up couture sunglasses using florals or jewels to kick it up a notch.

Crown Her
If you decide to ditch the flower basket all together, props such as beautiful crowns are an inexpensive alternative.  Remind the flower girl that she is queen in the making.

We hope that these ideas inspire you to get creative while planning out your flower girl look and allow your little cutie to shine with you on your big day!

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It takes a village – Anya’s Paris Trip

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Parents book shoots with us for a variety of reasons – some are in need of updates for their child’s modeling portfolio, but we now get tons of parents who just love the artistic photos and want their child to see themselves in a different light.  Anya and her parents moved to Germany from the US a few years ago.  Since then, Anya has struggled with embracing her natural curls since there is not much in terms of representation and diversity in her new neighborhood and school.  Anya’s mom says, “We decided to book the shoot with CreativeSoul because of their message to our young girls.  The message that you are beautiful, fierce, confident and everything in between with your big hair.  These photos embraced everything about what we are trying to teach our young girls.”

They decided to travel from Germany to Paris to experience our AfroArt sessions.  When we found out that they were traveling in, we invited them to participate in the Natural Hair Academy event that we were attending the same weekend in Paris.  We knew that it would be a great experience for both Anya and her mom to not only see positive diverse images, but to also learn to learn of various ways to deal, comb, cut and style her hair.  “She was in awe of how many girls/women looked liked her.  She experienced beauty on a variety of levels that she had never felt before.  She made so many friends that we’ve actually kept in touch with!  One her absolute favorite moments was meeting the book author and learning the story of how the author had to learn how to like her hair.  Anya was once again in awe, that she knew someone like her.”

We are proud to see how the “village” came together in Paris to help this young girl embrace her curls and culture.  Check out the video below for a recap of Anya’s experience at NHA and our AfroArt session in Paris.


 

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NYC Recap with Taj Mirage

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We are so used to being behind the cameras that it is rare that we have a great peek into the behind the scenes process of our shoots.  We were thrilled to see these beautiful behind the scenes photos captured by photographer Cris Sanchez at our recent NYC sessions.  We had the opportunity to join creative forces with the talented Taj Mirage and Natural Hollywood to make magic in the big  apple.  We’ll let the photos do the talking so check out the magic below.  BTW – we’re dropping new travel dates soon so be sure you’re on our mailing list if you want to catch us when we come to your city. 

Finally, here are some of the final photos captured in NYC.  <3

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The Kids of Whokanda

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“Maybe Christmas means a little bit more..” 

We’re often asked where we find inspiration in our photos – and the answer is everywhere!  We find inspiration from everything around us from movies to fashion to music.  For years, we’ve been wanting to put our own spin on one of my favorite Christmas movies of all time – The Grinch!  We’ve always been intrigued by the hairstyles and fashion of the people of Whoville – the whimsical, animal-like creatures who live in pumpkin-shaped houses, known for their warm hearts and welcoming spirits.

Along with our resident froslayer, LaChanda Gatson we decided to reimagine what Whoville would look like in our own little world of WhoKanda.  In comes Zion Lou Who, Maya Who and Naomi Who  to spread a little bit of Christmas cheer.  Edges laid, fros slayed, and little bit of #blackgirlmagic describes he kids of WhoKanda who are just out here trying to live their best lives.  Enjoy some of our favorite pics below.

 

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AfroArt: NYC

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This past weekend we had a fabulous time in NYC.  We were there for what was mostly a personal visit with my niece but took the opportunity to get in a few shoots while we were there.  Several clients signed up for our popular AfroArt sessions and were able to experience the fun first hand.  This time we fused two different themes (pop art and colorful tribal) into one fun day of creative goodness.  See some of our favorites below.  These CreativeSoul kids are seriously stying and profiling!  Love them!

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Diamonds

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They say diamonds are a girl’s best friend, so what better than a Diamond themed editorial? Nothing!  Khynija and her mom traveled all the way from Florida for her big moment in the spotlight.  They wanted something unique for this teen’s portfolio that would stand out from the crowd.  We decided on a diamond theme because of it’s many meanings – we love the fact that they take time to grow and develop until they become a beautiful diamond loved by many.  We felt that this was the perfect theme for Khynija as she develops into womanhood.  We are in LOVE w/the images captured during her session.  Check them out below.

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Sketched Editorial

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Doodle-bombing anyone?!  We’ve always loved the style of doodle-bombing where you overlay doodles on an existing image.  Jada is a fabulous little model out of NY who wanted some creative style images to add to her portfolio.  We came up with a quirky doodle-bomb theme and were thrilled with the results.  See more over on the Junior Style London blog here.

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Afro Art: London

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It’s been almost 2 years since we’ve been back to London and we were SO excited to return again. As we did in 2016, London was the first stop on our international AfroArt tour. We were able to capture so many fantastic images for the amazing little models there.  Check out a few of our favorite images below.

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Floral Fantasy

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We are in love with the creations by our creative friend Nikki Cade of Nikki Cade Studio in Dallas, TX. Her whimsy, colorful art pieces are a color lovers dream. We were totally inspired by this floral backdrop created for us, so we decided to do a complete floral fantasy theme with nothing but florals everywhere! So much fun playing around with this. See more from our Floral Fantasy editorial below.

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AfroArt Series

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Wow, when we first started this little project called the “AfroArt” series we never thought it would take off the way that it has. We started this project to showcase the beauty and versatility of afro hair. We traveled to various states in the US to photograph this series featuring unique natural hairstyles – each shoot with a different theme.

We feel that it is so important for kids of color to be able to see positive images that look like them in the media. Unfortunately the lack of diversity often plays into the stereotypes that they are not “good enough” and often forces kids to have low self-esteem. We try to combat these stereotypes in our photography by showing diverse imagery of kids who love the skin they’re in, their own natural curls and their culture. Stories like this are important to show so that we can shatter the current standards of beauty.

We hope that viewers will see the beauty and versatility of afro hair and we hope that girls around the world will be inspired to love their unique differences and beauty within. Check out some highlights from our AfroArt series below.

*UPDATE* Many have asked about the coffee table book, prints and more from this series.  We are still  finalizing this series so the coffee table book is still a work in progress.  Feel free to join our mailing list here if you’d like to be updated when it is available.  Also, we’ve launched our 2018 AfroArt calendar and prints in our online shop.

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