Midsummer Souls

This photo shoot was an absolute blast. It had been something in my mind for a long time, so it was a dream come true, really, to bring to to reality. Each of these models did such a good job (including bloggers-

lauren

,

jessi

, and

aly

) and I can't thank my hairstylist-

sarah/ sittin pretty

and my photographer-

bre'an/ st8 of mind

enough! They were able to see what I was seeing in my head and make it happen. There are a loooot of photos, so I'll keep the text brief! Enjoy!

lauren from

tippee canoe

a couple of our male models are in a band together-

Postcard Reunion

. I'll be using their song for the video (coming soon) of the photoshoot.

can you see the deer in the background?!

aly from

aly juliet

that middle model isn't actually in the band, but I told them he now has to be. Right?!

Such beauty brought to life. My favorite things combined- nature, camping, makeup, style, ruggedness. Mmmmhmmmm!

Thank you to those who helped!

Photography-

Bre'an/ St8 of Mind

Hair-

Sarah/ Sittin Pretty

Makeup, Styling, Creative Direction- me

Bre'an

wrote a poem to go with the photos...

"Born into freedom, the outdoors captures the true nature of our souls.

We live, breathe, and dedicate ourselves to feeling alive, and electrified by the wild passions that so carefully, intertwine our very beings.

Now you may think we are nothing but romantics, in love with the grandeur of life and the act of living it. But for us, i

t becomes a steady cycling cause and effect, where we search outside and inside of ourselves to feel alive to be able to feel free, or vice versa. Otherwise we just feel trapped. I don't really know how else to explain it, other than it feels like we're 

suffocating if we're not constantly allowing ourselves to breathe freedom.

We love deeply, with every touch, and every word.

We search out those places, those people, who can intrigue us enough to be apart of our journey, to impact us enough, to be that breath of wild freedom in our lives for however long we can allow ourselves to stay.

When we became lost in the outdoors that year, and we started our journey on the roadmap to being found. Our individual independence allowed us to make one another the best versions of ourselves. 

Not everyone will understand what kind of souls we possessed.

We were the lucky ones, 

we were those that 

were born in the heat of the midsummer,

we came across our meaning in the trees,

we discovered our souls in the mountains,

we found ourselves, and each other."

-

Bre'an/ St8 of Mind