LEICESTER VINTAGE PHOTO SHOOT
When I first saw Deirdre she was dressed in the brightest multi-coloured leggings I had ever seen, a velvet coat and sparkly headband crowning pin curls of beautiful red hair – WOW, what a woman I thought, and as soon as I could I made my way over to talk to her. We found a shared love of dance, art and all things vintage and soon started planning how we could work together to create some images just for the pure love of it!
A few months ago I spotted a beautiful vintage sewing machine hidden in a church choir vestry and instantly thought of the Madame Yevonde photograph of the girl sewing. I showed it to Deirdre and she loved it so we decided to use as the inspiration for our shoot. Deirdre’s treasure chest of vintage clothes provided the perfect wardrobe and I finally found a purpose for all the silk flowers I had been collecting! Several windows complete with a huge reflector provided the bright lighting I wanted which made the colours sing out!
Deirdre is a joy to work with and we have a few more ideas up our sleeves so watch this space!
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Deirdre trained at the Royal Ballet School in London and runs the ‘Grace School of Dance’ in Leicester. Find out more about her school and available classes on her website : www.graceschoolofdance.co.uk
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by Ruth Joy
Deirdre Lee - Ruth the photographs are stunning thank you for your beautiful words your way with a camera is very special thank you for the mention of my school here is to more stunning sessions with you