Which is why I am wearing body paint!
Back in August, at the Camera Club in London, I was painted by my friend Vanessa for a party at her exhibition of body painting photography. I helped out by providing a bit of entertainment, including playing synthesizers and singing this rather amusing version of "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred...
Back in June, I went for a photo shoot at transvestitephotography.co.uk's studio near Manchester. It was an amazing day; after a nice cup of coffee, we started out by choosing a couple of "looks" based on outfits I'd brought with me, and then, after changing into my first outfit, it was straight into make-up.
The make-up area was amazing - an old-fashioned barber's chair in front of a *huge* mirror - and make-up artist Ava soon had me transformed into a beautiful girl. Ava's had years of experience in make-up, including work for magazines, film and TV and has even done the make-up for footballer Cristiano Ronaldo!
Next it was time for my first shoot; while the make-up was being applied, photographer Kim had already arranged lighting and and backgrounds, and he was soon putting me at ease and getting me in the mood for the shoot. He was a real star, with an uncanny ability to suggest poses and let me know what would look good.
After the first shoot, we had a break for lunch, and then, after changing into my next outfit, it was back into the make-up chair for a new make-up look, and then my next shoot - this time a relaxed shoot on a chaise longue.
With the studio less than half an hour away from the centre of Manchester, it's ideally placed for people who want to come in for a makeover and photo shoot, and then go on to Manchester for a girlie night out.
A few days later, the pics were ready for me on DVD - and were gorgeous, high resolution digital images - the smaller versions I've used on my site doesn't do them justice.
Today, my lovely wife did my make-up and took some fab
photos (pics here).
She went for quite a dramatic look on my eyes, using a lot of
nice MAC and Urban Decay make-up. We did the photo shoot in our
new bathroom.
It's so lovely being married to someone who loves me being
girly and enjoys doing my make-up.
Ruth xxxx
Today I modelled for a lady called Sarah at Abingdon
College, who needed a model for some assignments for her beauty
course. She gave me a leg wax to start off with, and then did
my make-up, with a gold theme to match my outfit, including a
gold star on my cheek. Pics are here - enjoy :)
It was especially nice to model for someone on a beauty course,
as that is something I've always wanted to do.
Ruth xxxx
I've been having another look back through my photo
collection, and have added two more galleries to the
site:
First, a Wizard of Oz
themed body painting I modelled for at the World Bodypainting
Festival in Austria back in the summer of 2003.
Also, a few months before that, when I went to a friend's birthday party in
London...
Ruth xxxx
Ah, the joy of having your own custom Content Management
system for tranny pics!
I've added a couple more new galleries tonight:
Birmingham Pride
2004, where I was body painted and took part in the parade
with Birmingham Bi Women.
A few pics from New Year's
Day 2005 taken by my lovely wife Sonia.
Ruth xxxx
I've added a couple of new galleries to the site, after
pulling a few images off Sonia's portable hard drive.
There's some photos from September 2006 of when I'd just got my
hair done and was wearing some nice Dolce & Gabbana tiger print
jeans.
Also a few from New Year's Day 2007 when I wore a medieval dress to a party at
the local sports club.
Enjoy :)
Ruth xxxx
Hi, and welcome to the new-look site! I've given it a
complete makeover and added some funky new technology, with
more still to come. There's a brand new Gallery page, with lots of new pics. I'm
still in the process of migrating links over from the old site,
so if you had a link on the old site and it's not up yet,
please be patient.
As well as modelling, I'm now also offering body painting,
henna body art, banner advertising and web design, so if you
are interested in any of those, please check out the new
Services page.
Ruth xxxx