Magical Mutant Photoshoot with Mutanteyephoto

What would you do if you came home to find a pool full of Mutants?

I recently had the pleasure of doing a completely random creative shoot with up and coming photographers Kevin Su and Caitlin Vendetti. These two masters of the lens have teamed up and created Mutanteyephoto. They can be found shooting everything from weddings to electronic music festivals to creative shoots. These crazy cats are usually found in Whistler but you will see them everywhere from Squamish to California this summer.

Not only have they mutated into the next big thing for photography, they have a new bloghttp://mutanteyephoto.wordpress.com/ and a new radio show airing on Sunday nights from 8 - 10pm (B.C time) on http://wmn.fm/ (the whistler media network). The show is a Sunday night pre-party event with musical guests, a ton of positive vibes, and freestyles from the one and only kdawg (Caitlin Vendetti). So for anyone who likes fun times, and great music be sure to tune in to get your WHOMP on!

With a team of great mutant friends, fabulous lighting, and a whole lot of creativity Mutanteyephoto and Spunky Beauty hit this photo shoot out of the park! The photo shoot took place in my pool, which is covered and unmaintained. It created the perfect setting for this grimey mutant adventure. It began with no makeup at all, but as the night went on Mutanteyephoto had a hit of inspiration. They felt that for the last segment of the photo shoot Vancouver local DJ Benny Freebound Mo (http://soundcloud.com/freebound), needed a tribal meets astro boy look. Using all the creative vibes around me and my flowing imagination I came up with a hand painted tribal mask. I used RCMA Rubber mask grease paints, and Mehron Silver metallic powder. Instead of running the Mehron powder through my airbrush I mixed it with the Mehron mixing liquid and painted/ stippled it on by hand. You can find the photo below and others from this shoot on the Mutanteyephoto Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/mutanteyephoto .

Be sure to keep your Mutant eye on these amazing photographers!

-Charissa Leitch

Chasing Mood

Spunky Beauty had an amazing opportunity to participate in a local Vancouver web series "Chasing Mood". Brendon Bertolini and Curtis Lum star in a hilarious real life battle of making it big in the film industry. With their daily battles and quirky personalities, Chasing Mood has made a hit in Vancouver. I have had the pleasure to join this amazing crew and work with some very talented people!

After all this hectic shooting, I had the chance to ask the Director, Leslie Birch a few questions about this project.

SB: So for starters, congrats on Season 2! The whole production was ton of fun; I had such a great time. As fun as it looked, what were some of your biggest challenges while filming?

I got to say it was the time constraints. We were working really long days and squeezing what would usually take 2 days to film into 1 day. The great thing was team was amazing. Nobody complained and it felt like one giant party.

SB: What was one of your most memorable moments on set?

We were shooting a fashion show scene with Dope.Girl.Fresh. Half of us had just finished shooting in another location and we were getting to set later than our scheduled time. I was expecting everyone to be angry but instead, music was playing and people were dancing! We popped some wine bottles and made it official.

SB: That was an amazing day! I had a blast at that fashion show.

SB: So after all the editing and post production, if you could what's the one thing you could change?

I got to say that because everything is a learning experience there is nothing I would change about the project. What I would change is the release date being so close to the post production process. Tight schedules can be stressful.

SB: Have you started thinking about Season 3?

Season 3 is already written and I have the say it's unbelievable! We've brought on a few new writers and they're going to be re-working the scripts so I'm excited for the response. We have some really exciting cameos in the works but nothing is fully confirmed yet.

SB: Sounds awesome! I can’t wait to check it out!

SB: You mentioned that you were originally set on journalism, how did you get into

directing?

Doing documentaries. When you're interviewing people who have never been filmed before, you find yourself directing. I think it all pretty much comes down to making people feel comfortable.

SB: Do you have any other film projects in the making?

I'm working on a short right now and it's coming along incredible.

A huge shout out and thanks to Leslie and the crew! You guys made this set the most memorable, challenging and exciting!

Chasing Mood can be found on

Facebook: Chasing Mood

Twitter: @chasingmood

and online at www.chasingmood.com

Be sure to check them out!