Rockin’ Retro hair and makeup by Krista Dee
I’ve had the absolute pleasure to meet the lovely Krista Dee, one of Calgary’s most incredible freelance pin-up hair and makeup artists! I adore her work so much, that she is now become my #1 go-to gal for all your pin-up hair and makeup needs outside of my own in-house hair and makeup offerings.
Krista is incredibly passionate about her work and the proof is in the pudding! I would like to invite you to check out her work and consider bringing in her amazing talents for your own pin-up shoot to make it all that much more fabulous!
Hire Krista for your photography session, and get 10% off your session fees!
That’s right gals, if you choose to have Krista brought in for her incredible hair styling talents, you will save 10% on your photography session!
Now taking new fall bookings!
After a long crazy summer of moving, re-organizing, and renovating, I’m finally set to take new bookings for October, November and December… Wait, did I just say December?! That’s right folks, believe it or not, Christmas season is just around the corner! Make sure you beat the rush and secure your date early – this is especially important for Weekend sessions!
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While I’m taking care of renovations, and other fun stuff to get back into the swing of things, I thought I would give you fine folks something fun to do while your here! Years ago, I found this fun online game, and was completely addicted to it for a while. The other night it had managed to cross my mind, and I thought I would post it up for you. Enjoy!
Getting outdoors
I had the opportunity to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon with my favorite hippy-girl – the lovely Ms. Sarah Ness! We had a blast getting her all dolled up, and out to a favorite location of mine for a nature based model-for-a-day style shoot. So much fun, and oh so pretty!
Farewell Jenn…
This year has been one crazy roller coaster ride, and it’s about to take another turn. As you may already know, Pop Rocket Studios was created by myself and graphic designer Jennifer Sutton. Well, after a lot of thought, consideration, tears and heartache, Jenn has had to make the unfortunate decision to leave as a partner of Pop Rocket Studios to take care of some pressing personal matters. I am personally going to miss her creative energy, incredible support and of course being in touch with such a great friend and my ‘partner in crime’ on a daily basis.
As Jenn leaves to start a new chapter in her life, so do I and Pop Rocket Studios. Pop Rocket Studios has been officially transferred over to myself, and I look forward to continuing the dream Jenn and I both originally envisioned as we venture into the future. In the next few weeks I am undertaking the task of moving and renovating a new studio location, as well as taking care of all of our fabulous clients we have currently lined up.
Again, we want to thank all of our clients, fans, and supporters for all of your continued support during this time. I plan to have everything back up and ready soon, and look forward to being able to take new bookings come September!
Have a wonderful summer my dawlins’
Raeleen Badham Ness
Pop Rocket Studios
We love BB Homemaker!
We’ve been meaning to post this one for a while, but alas are just getting to it tonight… so without any further delays, we just want to rave about Beyonce’s latest video for her single “Why don’t you love me?”. This video is so up our alley with its great classic 1950′s era styling that we just live for, so we just had to share it with you! So fantastic.
Enjoy Dawlings!
What is Pin-Up?
What is a Pin-Up Girl??
A pin-up girl is a woman who is considered by the viewer to be so attractive and appealing that he/she chooses to pin her image up on his wall. The earliest recollections of the term “pin-up” being coined was in 1941. Early pin-up images were photos of women cut from magazines, newspapers, postcards or chromo-lithographs and later calendars and posters of pin-up girls were mass produced to an appreciative male audience. The majority of the most popular early pin-up girls were movie stars and other celebrities who were considered sex symbols such as Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth.
During WW2, pin-up artwork dominated the walls of American and European G.I.’s giving them something to look at and admire besides the men they were surrounded by. These attractive images offered these men a much needed visual contrast to the ugliness of war. Elvgren pin up calendars were shipped overseas to servicemen and those are now highly valued collector’s items. Even the aircraft nose art of the US Air Force battalion were graced by seductive pin-up images. In 1941, Chuck Yeager the famous test pilot broke the sound barrier in a plane decorated by a beautiful piece of pin up art depicting his own wife. He named the plane “Glamorous Glynnis” after her. Pin up style nose art was popular until the late 1970’s when the awareness and understanding of the exploitation of women increased, in turn causing the artwork to be banned from use. Original nose art pieces are still viewable in many galleries around the world.
Soon pin-ups began infiltrating the advertising world, predominantly by the influence of Haddon Sundblom. This was the beginning of the “Sex Sells” advertising theme which even today shows no sign of slowing down. Cutesy images used to sell products were replaced with alluring and enticing women. Sundblom’s work creating rich and luminous oil-based pin up art most famously influenced the future work of Gillette (Gil) Elvgren who worked under his tutelage at Sundblom’s “Stevens-Gross” ad agency. Other pin-up artists that studied under Sundblom and were influenced by his painting style are most notably Joyce Ballantyne (one of my personal favourites), Bill Medcalf, Al Buell and Harry Ekman. Though not directly influenced in-person, other artists came to adopt a similar technique and overall look, notably Pearl Frush, Peter Driben, Art Frahm, and Vaughan Alden Bass to name a few.
Today, several sources still assert that the overall top three pin-up girl images ever are Betty Grable’s photo depicting her in a sexy one-piece swimsuit, Marilyn Monroe’s infinitely famous classic skirt blowing image from her movie “The Seven Year Itch”, and finally Farrah Fawcett’s infamous poster image from the 70’s. Today’s famous modern day pin-up girls include the amazing Dita Von Teese, timeless Bernie Dexter, hard-core Masuimi Max, alluring Heidi Van Horne and sexy Jami Deadly.
Here at Pop Rocket Studios we work with you to create your own unique images with you as the star! You can invoke that retro Elvgren vibe or manifest a modern Masuimi Max edgy and extreme look. We work with you to create something that reflects your own personal style, look and overall theme. If you’re unsure of exactly what style or theme you’re looking for perhaps do some research googling some of the various names of artists or models listed in this post and write down some you like. You can also right click and save your favourite images, and then send them on to us to help us know what you’re looking for. Whether the images you send us are for theme ideas, costume/outfit choices, posing concepts or hair styles, we will do what we can to recreate that unique style for you. Get in touch with us and be a Pin-Up girl for a day! You know you want to!
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