The Mad Hatter Tea Party

The Mad Hatter Tea Party

On a regular basis our VPC Photography group holds concept shoots in a studio setting. Following on from the Mermaids shoot in January, our newest shoot was to be The Mad Hatter Tea Party with a cast of five.

The Mad Hatter
The Mad Hatter
Planning…….

Planning had been in full swing for months. We were ordering backdrops, sourcing costumes, members were raiding their homes for props, and in recent days, they were baking cakes. All of which made our ‘mad hatter tea party’ table look awesome.

Setup started at 9am with the arrival of our crew armed with props and costumes. The Red and White Queens arrived and went to makeup with Jess Garrett. Mad Hatter was in makeup with Cassie Wright Kirk.

With our white rabbit in a latex mask, no makeup was needed for him. Our Queens and Mad Hatter also had wigs to wear – so no time was lost doing hair. While our models were in makeup, we got to work setting up our sets and backdrops.

Our plan was to have a green screen plus three printed backdrops in use throughout the day. The new backdrops had arrived and they were much better quality than what we used previously, plus they were a huge 3000 x 3600.

The ‘Shoot’
the mad hatter tea party
The Mad Hatter Tea Party
the red and white queens
Fueding Queens

Off with their heads!

Alice in Wonderland
the white rabbit
The White Rabbit

“Oh, my fur and whiskers! I’m late, I’m late, I’m late! Oh, dear, oh dear, oh dear! I’m here, I should be there.

Alice in Wonderland
Alice at the mad hatter tea party
Alice

“It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”

Alice in Wonderland
the mad hatter tea party
The Mad Hatter

“Everyone wants some magical solution for their problem and everyone refuses to believe in magic.”

Alice in Wonderland

The hard work all came together on the day and everyone had a fabulous shoot. Next month we do it all again for Take 2!

the mad hatter tea party
Tea Party Mayhem
Our Cast:

Mad Hatter: Jess Carolyn

Red Queen: Emily Reinhard

White Queen: Lisa Willmore

White Rabbit: Heath Garrett

Alice: Amelia Waddell

Behind The Scenes

Makeup by Cassie Wright Kirk and Jess Garrett

Cakes by Carole Perry and Deb Hamilton

Concept & Styling by Bevlea Ross

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