2015 was a spectacular year for me! I went to New York City, Orlando, Montreal and Detroit. I performed in the Girlesque Expo, the Toronto Burlesque Festival and Pride Toronto. I got three new tattoos including a BFF tattoo with Betty Quirk. I watched one of my best friends get married. I launched Dolly Shots Photography. But most importantly I had a blast doing all these things with my fabulous friends.
The theme of this year for me was Girl Power! I continue to surround myself with the smartest, funniest and coolest group of gals who are constantly inspiring me. They are loving and supportive and always there to give advice, encouragement or share a cute cat photo! I feel so lucky and blessed to have these women in my life.
I have big plans ahead for next year! Stay tuned for more fabulousness in 2016!
Betty Quirk and I performed our Two Little Gold Diggers act at the Girlesque Expo, The Toronto Burlesque Festival and Pride this year.I went on a wonderful trip to NYC with these gals. I saw Hedwig with John Cameron Mitchell and Sleep No More.My brilliant illustrator friend Bryce Hallett did a lot of amazing drawings of me this year.Go Go Girl photo by Tyrone IslingtonDelicia Pastiche, Maria Juana and I at the Lord of the G-Strings burlesque show!My first official Dolly Shots Photoshoot with Delicia Pastiche.Mademoiselle Dolly photo by DWS PhotographyMy beautiful shell tattoo from Nikko Adams. Photo by Teri GPosing with Ariel at Disney World on my Orlando work trip!Mermaid Chibis of myself and Brittany from Atomic Lollipop.When Betty and I won the Project Furby contest at Atomic Lollipop.Joan from Mad Men photo by Elizabeth HorodnykHanging out with Mong Tho and Delicia Pastiche at Beatlesque.Bathing Beauty photo by Geoff LarkinSecond new tattoo of the year at the Montreal Tattoo Expo. Tattoo by Clifton Boggs.Hanging out with Delicia and Sarah in Montreal and eating all the food!60s Dolly Photo by Tyrone IslingtonSpending summer days at Christie Pitts Film Festival.Mom won box seats for Foo Fighters! Best concert of the year!Dolly in Blue photo by Tyrone IslingtonTaste of the Danforth with my Squad.Modeling for Gloomth photo by Tyrone IslingtonBetty and I got to meet Miss Fame!Brittany, Robin, Delicia and I on our way to Theatre Bizarre.Eeveelesque at the Peepshow Nintendo show! Photo by Lick My Lens Cap.Brittany’s Wedding!! With myself, Sara and Abi as her bridal party.The beautiful bride!Best friend forever tattoos with Betty Quirk! Tattoos by Amy Bliska.Meeting Fashion Santa!!My amazing Girl Gang!
2015 has been a year of new ventures and creative exploration for me. Launching Dolly Shots has been such a wonderful way for me to explore portrait photography and share my passion with the help of my beautiful friends who have modeled for me. While I know that I still have so much to learn I am happy with the images I have been able to put out so far. Happier still to see how much joy it brings my models when they receive their finished photos!
Recently I decided to take my creative vision to the next level and organize a photoshoot with a specific theme that has always captivated me. I gathered some gorgeous gals who also wanted to explore this theme and over the next few months you will see the fruits of this labour.
Bringing together a 1960s aesthetic, Russ Meyer influence and playful whimsy with a splash of vodka, I would like to present my Valley of the Dolly Shots Gals. Stay tuned in 2016 for more photos of these buxom bombshells…
The vivacious vixen Meryle Trouble is the model of the week. Meryle is a talented actor and singer with lots of voice work under her belt. If you want to hear that her sexy voice in action she is currently starring in two cartoons Crack Duck and Parenthesis Humor. You can hear her in both these series on Adult Swim [Canada]’s show Night Sweats, which will soon be airing on Adult Swim [US].
Meryle is also taking painting commissions and will be selling pre-made paintings through her website starting in the next few weeks. Follow Meryle on Instagram and Twitter for more updates!
Please enjoy some photos of the talented Meryle Trouble!
On September 25th at the Great Hall in Toronto myself and my lovely burlesque buddies debuted a new act for the Super Smash Bra Nerdlesque show! Peepshow TO put on this fun Nintendo themed show with acts featuring your favourite Nintendo characters. Our group chose to represent Pokemon with an act inspired by Eevee and her evolutions Flareon and Vaporeon. In this act Flareon (Delicia Pastiche) and Vaporeon (Henrietta VIII) are fighting over what type of Pokemon Eevee (myself) should evolve into. After showing me the basics of pokemon stripping I decide not to choose either and instead become a Jolteon!
Photo by Lick My Lens CapPhoto by Ruth GillsonPhoto by Chris HutchesonPhoto by Chris HutchesonPhoto by Chris HutchesonPhoto by Chris HutchesonPhoto by Chris HutchesonPhoto by Chris HutchesonPhoto by Chris HutcheronPhoto by Lick My Lens Cap
My beautiful, talented friend Meryle Trouble is the Dolly Shots model of the week! Merlye is a fantastic singer, dancer, voice actor and generally creative person. We shot a ton of stuff together during our most recent photoshoot and here is just a taste from our collaboration. Enjoy!
I had a wonderful time shooting with my friend Geoff Larkin this week in High Park. The water garden was the perfect setting for this seductive set. The sheer kimono top was made by me, the bra is from Victoria’s Secret. Enjoy!
I had the pleasure of performing at Kitty Night’s Midsummer Night’s Dream show on August 15th. It was a wonderful evening of dreamy burlesque. I performed my Sugar Baby routine in a sugary, sparkly, pale pink robe which I made. My head was adorned with a lovely bird fascinator from Featherband. Please enjoy some photos from the evening and one from my friend Lick My Lens Cap photography, of me in this outfit!
Myself and my partner in crime, Betty Quirk, will be performing our Two Little Gold Diggers routine this Saturday evening at the Toronto Burlesque Festival! We are part of the Glam-A-Ganza show and will definitely bring the Glam in our Gentlemen Prefer Blondes tribute act. We don’t get to perform this act too often so you won’t want to miss a chance to see it! Please enjoy these photos are from the amazing photographer Elizabeth Horodnyk!
I had another fabulous collaboration recently with the lolita clothing line Gloomth! This time I was modelling the Waterlily dress and took the lovely teddy on a little park adventure. Enjoy these photos from Tyrone Islington Photography and Gloomth!
I first met Brittany in the summer of 2012. I had just gotten out of a long term relationship in which I had become increasingly isolated from my friends. Post-breakup I was feeling very lonely and while I had begun to rebuild past friendships I could also feel an empty void that needed to be filled with something new. I remember vividly meeting Brittany for the first time. She was the perfect picture of cool; bleach blonde hair in dreadlocks, lip ring, covered in tattoos and sporting a baby blue repro-vintage style dress printed with cartoon pinup girls. It was a dress I knew well, as I had been coveting and searching for this exact garment for months to no avail. There was Brittany wearing the dress of my dreams, the friend I had been looking for. As we got to know each other we discovered we had more in common than just fashion. Brittany is sharp as a whip, with a love of history and a Masters Degree under her belt. She is a kind and compassionate friend with an unending love of animals, reading and baking. Brittany is the kind of person who will always ask the questions that others dare not broach because she genuinely wants to know about you on a deeper level. I feel so lucky to call Brittany my friend and happy to be able to share these photos of her with you. As you can see Brittany is a beautiful lady, but I know that she is even more beautiful on the inside!
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