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Beauty Model Cologne – One of My First Beauty Shoots

Journal · December 2025

BEAUTY · COLOGNE

Freckles, soft light and the beauty of keeping things natural.

Photography by @larision_

Intro

ONE OF MY FIRST BEAUTY SHOOTS

One of my first experiences as a beauty model in Cologne was this natural beauty shoot with LARISIÓN. Looking back at these images now makes this shoot especially meaningful to me, because beauty modeling was still quite new to me at the time.

The shoot

Learning Beauty Modeling in Cologne

Beauty photography is very different from many of the fashion and commercial shoots I had done before. As a beauty model, the camera is incredibly close, which means that even the smallest movements can completely change an image.

During this beauty shoot in Cologne, I learned much more about facial expressions, eye movement, angles and how small changes in posture affect a close-up portrait. Because the images are so detailed, beauty modeling requires a different kind of control in front of the camera.

The shoot was photographed by LARISIÓN in Cologne and focused on natural skin, freckles, long dark hair and minimal styling. The result was a series of clean beauty portraits that still feel very natural to me.

LEARNING THE DETAILS

Beauty photography taught me to pay attention to the smallest details.

With the camera this close, tiny changes suddenly matter — the direction of my eyes, the angle of my face, the tension around my mouth or even the way I hold my shoulders.

During this Beauty Model Cologne shoot, I started to understand how different beauty modeling feels compared to fashion or commercial work. There is less to hide behind and much more focus on expression.

Looking back, that is probably what I value most about this shoot: not only the final images, but everything I learned while creating them.

My Images

THE FINAL LOOK

What I love about these images is their simplicity.

There is no elaborate styling or dramatic setting to hide behind — just soft light, natural skin, freckles and expression. The simplicity makes every little detail more visible and gives each portrait its own character.

This Beauty Model Cologne shoot showed me how powerful a photograph can be when it doesn’t need much to tell a story.

Natural, close and completely focused on the person in front of the camera.

Frames

A few favourites from the day.

Thank you

Until the next one.

With thanks to the team who made the afternoon feel easy — and to the light, for showing up.

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August 8, 2026
Red Velvet – A Magical Wedding Day in Wuppertal

Journal · April 2026

RED VELVET

-Wedding Content Day Wuppertal-

Velvet, pearls & a little old-world romance.

Organizerd by @whoiswedding

Wedding Content Day Wuppertal

The Wedding Content Day Wuppertal brought together bridal fashion, deep red velvet, pearls and a touch of old-world romance. Organized by Who Is Wedding, the Red Velvet editorial created an elegant setting filled with dramatic details and timeless bridal inspiration.

The Shoot

A world created for a day.

At this Wedding Content Day in Wuppertal. For one day, an old industrial space was transformed into a world of little stories. Behind every set waited another scene, another mood and a different interpretation of modern wedding romance.

Among them was our world in red. For a few hours, we stepped into the roles of bride and groom as two models, becoming part of a carefully styled story surrounded by velvet, flowers, pearls and deep shades of red.

Throughout the day, the photographers changed, and with them, the perspective. The same setting could feel elegant in one frame, dramatic in another, and playful in the next. From one concept came a collection of little visual stories — each told through a different pair of eyes.

THE SETTING

Wrapped in red.

Deep red velvet fell in heavy folds around the room, turning the space into something almost timeless. Between it all: candlelight, dark florals, pearls and ivory — little details somewhere between classic elegance and old Hollywood romance.

The Red Velvet setting was built on contrasts: delicate lace against rich crimson, luminous pearls beside dark flowers, an ivory bridal gown framed by dramatic velvet. Everything felt a little opulent, a little mysterious, and deliberately reminiscent of another era.

It wasn’t a traditional bridal world. Rather, a modern interpretation of one — romantic, dramatic, and touched with a hint of vintage glamour.

“For a day, we dressed a story in velvet, pearls and red.”
— a story told through the lens

The Mood

A touch of another era.

Between deep red velvet, ivory lace and dark florals, a world emerged somewhere between modern bridal fashion and the elegance of another era. The images were allowed to be dramatic, a little mysterious, and almost like individual scenes from an old film.

What remained was not a traditional wedding story, but a collection of little moments — created through different lenses, yet connected by the same idea: Red Velvet.

Frames

A few favourites from the day.

-Wedding Content Day Wuppertal-

Thank you

Until the next one.

With thanks to the team who made the afternoon feel easy — and to the light, for showing up.

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April 2, 2026