Ashlynn in B&W...

One day after school, Ashlynn and I headed down to Rotterdam to meet with photography student Demi van der Starre for a B&W shoot as part of her senior project. For the first time, Ashlynn wore a few individual fake eyelashes. I didn’t think to ask Demi to take a few shots without the heavy make-up which was unfortunate as Marjolein of Dune Agency said she couldn’t use these photos for Ashlynn’s portfolio because they aren’t natural.

I’m starting to see that it’s not just models that struggle in the fashion industry due to the high amount of competition. I have no idea how young photographers, stylists or make-up artists can actually make the jump from doing free work to being able to make a steady income considering schools are always cranking out another batch of new photographers, stylists and make-up artists.