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Family Photoshoot – Post Apocalyptic Survivors

Sometimes family life feels a little like surviving the apocalypse – and with the genre so popular right now – we decided to go dystopian with our family photoshoot!

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We’re ready…

It had to be something big…Dan is going away for two years and we wanted to do something epic! So we sourced and customised clothes, made weaponry and set out to Pembrey Country Park. The old, hidden munitions tunnels were perfect!

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What’s in there?

Cait, Dan and Bekah looked the part, with dystopian designs and post apocalyptic accessories!

Survivors...

Survivors…

Roxy accompanied us, ready to chase off attackers…

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Nothing’s getting past us…

And I showed off my kick ass scar…

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Don’t even try it…

We made it out of the bunker and scared off the enemy…

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War cry!

And we were ready for anything…

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Battle ready…

It was cold, very cold – but also epic, very epic!

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Hardened survivors…

All photos were taken with Bekah’s Nokia Lumia 1020 via tripod, and we had lots of fun falling over on that grassy hill, so that may be why we don’t look so post apocalyptic serious!

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Weapons were made from children’s toys spray-painted matt black, Vince’s bullet belt is literally made from a belt and gold spray-painted batteries held on with black electrical tape!

Hair and make-up all by Bekah, and Bekah’s antlers come from the amazing Hysteria Machine!

We put together our own outfits, lots of ripping, tearing, cheese grating and painting to distress.

So, we’ve done Steampunk, railway tracks, snow, and more…what next? Who knows?

What would you do for a family photoshoot?

All of the things...

All of the things…

You can find me, Lisa, on my website and Facebook, and Bekah at Arkhdrauth Cosplay on FB and her blog Adofaer and Arkhdrauth. We also run an Etsy shop Amaranth Alchemy…come and visit us and like us on Facebook to know about all our latest special offers!

Family Photoshoot – Steampunk

We like to be different and we like our family portraits to be memorable! They used to be stressful as I desperately tried to get everyone in shot, smiling, still and happy – now we all get involved and make it fun!
We’ve gone for unusual locations like disused railway tracks or a bluebell wood, but never tried dressing up for them, so last year we planned a Steampunk shoot. It was great fun procuring clothes (we were already half-way there style-wise) jewellery and props, and the children delighted in the weaponry (though the swords and daggers are not ours).
Our location was my parent’s old barn and New Year’s Day was blessed with rare, golden sunshine amid our rainy Winter. It was, admittedly, very, very cold and by the end I could not feel my fingers, but we had lots of fun!

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Textures used on these photos are Sulfur and Softened Faux