Sunshine, Daisy, Butter, Mellow...

Alright lovelies!

I thought I'd kick this off with a little "how I plan a shoot" style post.

Next week I'm hopping on a train to Crown & Glory HQ for a few days to shoot their S/S13 look book. I shot the autumn/winter one last year (you can see the photos here) and it was a dream! This time around to embrace spring and summer we're going for a fun, fresh and dreamy inspired shoot. Think pretty pastels, lots of tulle and big smiles. 

I have a folder on my computer full of inspirational photos, but with the addition of Pinterest it makes planning so much easier, and it fills my computer hard drive with joy that it doesn't have to save hundreds of photos all the time!

At the beginning stages of any shoot I always think of key words that I'm going to be inspired by, I also spoke to Sophie to get a good understanding of what she's after. Then we started up a shared Pinterest board so we could both pin things that we like. After that it's a case of searching for certain words, looking to some of my favourite photographers and ripping up copies of Vogue and various other fashion magazines.

You can see the Pinterest board here, and I've posted a few of my favourites below. (NB: I don't own the copyright to any of these images)

Stay sweet,

Chloe!

Behind the Scenes on the Crown & Glory lookbook...

Some Instagram snaps from the day, follow me! @chloeleephoto

On Friday I headed to Bath to photograph the Crown & Glory A/W 2012 lookbook! It was such a magical day filled with laughter, dancing and lots of glitter!

The wonderful Megan, who I've photographed before, and Paige who I'm photographing again on Wednesday were our beautiful models. Steph and Rhiannon were also there helping out, filming and providing us with some amazing dance moves!

With pretty goodies provided by Sugarhill Boutique, Vintage Style Me and Annabelles Wigs. We were totally spoilt! 

I feel so lucky to be able to call these superstars my friends, and it felt more like a party than a photo shoot!

Here are a few teasers from the day and I can't wait to share the final photos with you soon, I'm going to burst with excitement!

Massive thanks to Steph and Megan for letting me steal their photos from the day!

I'd love to know what you think! :) 

Chloe !

Behind the Scenes: Peacock shoot

Yesterday I headed to a nearby park to finally put to life the peacock themed shoot myself and Jen have been planning for a while. I felt a little under prepared before the shoot, but then I usually do, the nerves kick in but once I begin shooting adrenaline pumps through me and the shoot went so quick, it was 5 before we knew it! 

We walked through mud, said hello to lots of dogs and their owners and made swings in trees... all in all it was a lovely day and had a wonderful creative team :) 

I have yet to edit the photos but I thought I would post a few behind the scenes photos so you can get an idea of what we got up too!

And a few Instagram snaps below, remember you can follow me on Twitter/Instagram for more behind the scene stuff! @chloeleephoto

Model: Steph

MUA: Emma-Clare

Stylist/designer: Jen @ Head Full of Feathers