Spooky Season 2020-Boudoir Witch Shoot-Buffalo NY

For as long as I have been a boudoir photographer, I have always been interested in occult lifestyle. I love spooky anything, withes, spells, tarot, magic....all of it. For years now I have been wanting to do an outdoor boudoir shoot that was styled in this way. A few things always held me back, location, using lighting techniques I wasn’t used to, and having the right group of people. Well fast forward to 2020 and I have finally put it all together. My very dear friend Nicci and her partner Jonathan have property out in Lyndonville NY that is just amazing. As for lighting my hubby Dylan Buyskes of Onion Studio, Inc. offered to help me with using his Einstein lights with the Paul C Buff modifiers on them. Lastly the people, over the past year I have met some amazing humans, ones that align with my true self and what I believe in. They are supportive, loving and down to get witchy....

In this first series there was so much involved. This location had an amazing stone table that we set up as an alter. A good friend of mine Will provided us with a lot of the items to put on the alter, plus a lot of other items provided by our ladies on the shoot. These first few shots are of my dear friends Mary and Thea. Mary I have known for many years now through dance, we have become very close over the last few years as our interests in energy work, herbal medicine, love, and so much more has grown. Thea is a newer friend to me, but it doesn’t feel that way....Thea was a dance student of mine and I knew right away we would become friends. Thea makes beautiful malas, you can check her IG out @wildrose.creations.

Every female on this shoot is highly empathic sometimes to a fault, so you can imagine what our energy vibrations were like that day!!!

The last of us I’ll put into one group. So next we have Jay. I have known Jay for years again through dance, but she showed back up into my life last year and has been a part of it ever since. She a very talented aerialist and dancer, I asked her to be a part of this shoot because she is highly attuned with other dimensions like I am.

Next up is Nicci. So Nicci and I met spontaneously and had an instant connection, we have so much in common it’s scary and it feels like we have known each other for ever maybe even in past lives. Nicci has such a beautiful and unique look about her, I knew she would be stunning for this shoot. Also funny story is that our paths have crossed sooo many times with out ever meeting until we were meant to. Plus she was ok with us dripping hot red wax on her, I would say she was a perfect fit for this shoot!

The last person to introduce is Bethany. I don’t even really have words to describe what Bethany means to me. I met Bethany October last year at a spiritual event and again it was an instant knowing and connection. Bethany has not only been a friend, but a spiritual advisor, a tarot mentor, and so much more.

Yes yes I know I am in these photos, but I just had to be, I love all things witchy remember.....I couldn’t pass up a chance to have my hubby shoot me for some solo shots and with my girl Nicci.

This next location was a set up for tarot. I have been on a journey of learning tarot over the past year and a half, I have found it to be extremely comforting and yet harsh at times as well. We set up our tarot alter on this stone grinding wheel with mix of items from Will and the ladies from the shoot. Bethany has read tarot cards for me a few times now and I just love the way she is able to read into them and me. So I wanted to capture that mystical feeling with Mary. Also Bethany had ideas for some individuals incorporating the goddess Persephone.

This next location was awesome, a creepy stone house in the middle of the woods.....Dylan helped me setup lighting for this one. We used gelled light inside the building with the fog machine and additional light on the group outside. He was very patient with me during all of this especially when I kept wanting to be in the pictures lol.

In true witch fashion, for helping me with all of this, I had him be our sacrifice for a few of the images! He did great and I have to say I thought it was pretty hot.

There were so many cool locations that I just had to try and get as many cool shots as possible. When I saw this super strange tree cluster area I knew it would be a perfect spot for a levitation photo.

This tiny white building was a spot I was also obsessed with, I knew I wanted each lady standing on these logs. Which don’t get me wrong I love the way these images turned out but moving old logs around is not for the faint of heart, poor Jonathan got a few stings from some nasty wasps.

By this point it was starting to get dark but there were two more ideas we wanted to play out....first was the coffin house, well that’s what I called it anyways. Again, Dylan helped me with my vision of creating a spooky lighting setup and it worked flawlessly.

Mary had this killer feathered top and skirt so I wanted to make her seem like the queen of the spooky babes.

By the time we got to our very last setup it was basically dark out, but I really wanted to get these last few images of my coven to just close out this amazing shoot. Every one did so amazing, everyone in this shoot has been photographed by me on their own before so being in a group for them was new. However this was Nicci’s first time ever being photographed by me in any way so I wanted to give her huge props for stepping outside of her comfort zone in a group setting like this.

I feel so honored and blessed to be able to create such cool imagery for a living and be sounding by the most loving and supportive people I know. Here are a few behind the scenes or (BTS) of some of our setups!

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