Lady Katy

Models: Katy Tipton

Stylist: Starr Crow
Photographer: Stephanie Parsley

I had an opportunity to work with my talented friends Katy and Stephanie again recently. They had a boudoir shoot in the works and when I overheard them talking about it I mentioned a few pieces of vintage lingerie I had been hoarding for a few years. The delicates were too beautiful to part with and I was elated to finely have an occasion to show them off.

I hope you like our work, we sure had a good time bringing it together. Stephanie tells me there are several more pictures that I haven't seen yet that she's just saving for a rainy day. I look forward to seeing them and sharing them here someday soon.

three years later

Model: Katy Tipton
Stylist & Photos: Starr Crow

Those of you who have followed my blog over the years may remember some of the first projects I did with model Katy back in 2010. I knew I wanted her to be my go-to model back in 2008––two years before I knew her and about a year before we even had any real friends in common––because I loved her face and style so much. Eventually we were introduced and the projects started coming together. I'm not certain how many times we've worked together over the years, but I guarantee that each time we do I call it "my favorite collaboration ever". She's brilliant.

I recently started digging through my archives on flickr where I have 9,803 photos stored (dear god, I can't even believe how many have accumulated), and I found this set of photos we did together for an etsy update in July 2010. When I originally posted the photos on my blog, it was still cool to put weird old photo borders around images. I loved it at the time, but in recent years I was bummed because I thought those were the only files I had kept of the photos. Much to my surprise, during my flickr rummage I unearthed the original files!!!

You'll have to excuse the photography since I didn't ask a real photographer to help shoot these at the time. I re-edited them in an attempt to correct the color a bit, as you can tell after looking at the original blog post. I like them much better now, and I'm amazed to say that three years later my style hasn't changed to much either. I still want as many white silk button ups and cotton dresses as I can find. Oh, and floral crowns still rule too.

Instagram Pop-Up Sale

Models: Katy Tipton & Annie Oh
Stylist: Starr Crow
Photographer: Stephanie Parsley

Jake and I are moving to a new city new month so I have to get rid of some of my stuff. I've been holding on to a bunch of clothes and shoes for a while just waiting to have a sale, and last week I assembled a talented team of friends who helped bring it all together. The sale went on this afternoon on Instagram and it was a success! It was my first time selling clothes on Instagram, and I'd advise it to anyone. Sometimes things are just too good to send to Goodwill and just too new to send to Etsy. There are a few bags, shoes, and clothes left in the shop if you'd like to take a look. Just visit @shopstarrcrow on Instagram.

Thanks to Katy, Annie, and Stephanie for all their help and good spirits!

Larnie in the Wilderness

Styling & Photos: Me
Model: Larnie Campbell

Sometime in the spring I styled and shot some photos with my friend Larnie. We went off the beaten path and into the woods for this one and collectively acquired more tics than we ever imagined possible. With the tic problem long gone at this point, I can gladly say the photos were worth it. I like what we came away with and I always appreciate an opportunity to practice with my film camera.

P.S. Sorry I've been away most of the summer! I made a goal to back away from the internet for a while in order to spend more time in the gym and in my sewing room. It's working! I'm running everyday and, best of all, I'm sewing again. :)


 And I took a few Instax photos too. . .

Remnants of Haskell

Model: Kayla Hackler

I was pretty disappointed when I picked up the film from this shoot because I messed up a few things with my camera and lost some of the photos that I was most looking forward to. That's why it was nice having this set on my digital camera to cheer me up. There's really no story to explain these photos. As I mentioned in the last post, I had just been thumbing through a lot of Sally Mann's work at the time and since I have yet to master a large format camera I settled for shooting mostly black and white. Hope you like them.

Thanks again to my niece Kayla for modeling and my sister Traci for letting her!