Behind the Scenes with Singer/ Songwriter Sarah Silva

Judging by Sarah Silva’s Instagram account the young singer/songwriter has the sweetest personality and so naturally I wanted to go the complete opposite direction for the styling of this shoot. After all the photos are going into a Fall editorial slated to be released just before Halloween so why not bring a new version of Sarah to life? I came up with an edgy 1920s Victorian doll styled shoot with my all star team Juel Bergholm on Makeup, Rolando Aqui on Hair Styling and his lovely wife Amia Aqui on wardrobe.

These are the moodboards I created for my team to be inspired before our shoot with Sarah. Too see more of my moodboards and inspo check out my Pintrest https://www.pinterest.com/heatherkoepp7/

GETTING READY

Sarah Silva and her folks met up with my team and I at the cutest little black box theater in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles called the Skiptown Playhouse https://www.skiptownplayhouse.com/ for our four hour long photo shoot. The team got started prepping right away while I started setting up lights!

Talent: Sarah Silva Hairstylist: Rolando Aqui and MUA: Juel Bergholm

Talent: Sarah Silva Hairstylist: Rolando Aqui and Makeup Artist: Juel Bergholm — **Talent**: Sarah Silva **Hairstylist:** Rolando Aqui and **Makeup Artist:** Juel Bergholm

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Talent: Sarah Silva Wardrobe Stylist: Amia Aqui — **Talent:** Sarah Silva **Wardrobe Stylist:** Amia Aqui

Talent: Sarah Silva Wardrobe Stylist: Amia Aqui Hair Stylist: Rolando Aqui — **Talent:** Sarah Silva **Wardrobe Stylist:** Amia Aqui **Hair Stylist:** Rolando Aqui

Talent: Sarah Silva Hairstylist: Rolando Aqui — **Talent**: Sarah Silva **Hairstylist:** Rolando Aqui

Talent: Sarah Silva — **Talent:** Sarah Silva

#PolaroidOriginals taken by Heather Koepp Talent: Sarah Silva — #PolaroidOriginals taken by Heather Koepp **Talent:** Sarah Silva

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Talent: Sarah Silva Photograper : Heather Koepp — **Talent:** Sarah Silva **Photograper :** Heather Koepp

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Check out the exclusive photo series and interview when its released later this month in the Fall edition of Saturne Magazine!

TEAM CREDITS

MUA : Juel Bergholm https://www.instagram.com/juelhairnmakeup/

Hair Stylist : Rolando Aqui https://www.instagram.com/rolandoaqui/

Wardrobe Stylist: Amia Aqui https://www.instagram.com/amiaserrano/

Location : Skiptown Playhouse https://www.instagram.com/skiptownplayhouse/

Shot for : Saturne Magazine https://www.instagram.com/saturnemagazine/

Behind the Scenes with Actor and Singer Kevin Quinn

I met up with Kevin Quinn on his last day in Los Angeles, before the talented actor, singer and dancer was off to Nashville to start the filming of a musical film featuring costar Bailee Madison. We met at a very cool rustic garage in downtown Los Angeles where we spent three hours creating an exclusive photo series for the cover of Saturne Magazine’s Fall 2019 Edition.

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TALENT: Kevin Quinn Lighting Tech: Ethan Ingram — TALENT: Kevin Quinn **Lighting Tech:** Ethan Ingram

Talent: Kevin Quinn Photographer: Heather Koepp — **Talent:** Kevin Quinn **Photographer:** Heather Koepp

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Talent: Kevin Quinn Styling Team: DeAnte Law and Nikki Keeshin — **Talent:** Kevin Quinn **Styling Team: DeAnte Law and Nikki Keeshin**

Talent: Kevin Quinn Stylist: DeAnte Law — **Talent:** Kevin Quinn **Stylist: DeAnte Law**

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Talent: Kevin Quinn Styling Team: DeAnte Law Nikki Keeshin — **Talent:** Kevin Quinn Styling Team: DeAnte Law Nikki Keeshin

Talent: Kevin Quinn Photographer Heather Koepp Lighting Tech Ethan Ingram — **Talent:** Kevin Quinn **Photographer** Heather Koepp Lighting Tech Ethan Ingram

Talent: Kevin Quinn Styling Team: DeAnte Law and Nikki Keeshin Photographer Heather Koepp Lighting Tech Ethan Ingram — **Talent:** Kevin Quinn **Styling Team:** DeAnte Law and Nikki Keeshin Photographer Heather Koepp Lighting Tech Ethan Ingram

Talent: Kevin Quinn Talent Manager: Joe Brooks — **Talent:** Kevin Quinn **Talent Manager:** Joe Brooks

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Kevin was such an exceptional talent to work with and Im so excited for all the amazing projects he has coming up. Make sure to check out the full photo series and his cover feature when its released for the Fall edition of Saturne Magazine

Team Credits:

TALENT: Kevin Quinn https://www.instagram.com/kevingquinn/

PHOTOGRAPHER: Heather Koepp https://www.instagram.com/dreamcatchersphoto/

STYLIST TEAM: OTH’THAN BURNSIDE https://www.instagram.com/otheezystyledit/ with Assistance By: DeAnte Law https://www.instagram.com/deante_law/ and Nikki Keeshin https://www.instagram.com/babiekeeshkeesh/

GROOMING: Hali McGowan https://www.instagram.com/halimcgowan.mua/

Behind the Scenes with Lilia Buckingham for Autumn 2019 Saturne Magazine

#polaroidoriginals with Lilia Buckingham

Its been almost a year to the date since I last worked with Lilia Buckingham and the young star has accomplished more in those 12 months than most. From staring in multiple series including Bratz TV ‘Dirt’, ‘Total Eclipse’ and ‘Crown Lake’ to recording music, directing videos, and spending time with her gaggle of star studded friends the bubbly teen has yet to slow down.

TALENT: Lilia Buckingham MUA: Hali McGowan HAIR STYLIST: Denise Perez

Lilia was all smiles when she arrived on set for our four hour photo shoot for the cover Saturne Magazines fall edition at the beautiful Zevarra Lofts in downtown Los Angeles. With my gal team Hali McGowan and Denise Perez on glam doing their thing to prepare Lilia, clothing designer Barbara Biosah of @atelier_dumebi and I went through her beautiful original pieces to decide which outfits we wanted to work with for the day

When the outfits were selected and the glam squad was done, Lilia and I were ready to create some amazing art and that we did! Check out the behind the scenes images below and makes sure to check out Lilias series when its released later this year!

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TALENT: Lilia Buckingham DESIGNER: Barbara Biosah — **TALENT:** Lilia Buckingham **DESIGNER:** Barbara Biosah

TALENT: Lilia Buckingham Photographer: Heather Koepp — **TALENT:** Lilia Buckingham **Photographer:** Heather Koepp

#polaroidoriginal of Lilia Buckinham Photographer: Heather Koepp

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TEAM CREDITS

PHOTOGRAPHER: HEATHER KOEPP

STYLIST: BARBARA Biosah

MUA: HALI MCGOWAN

HAIRSTYLIST: DENISE PEREZ

LOCATION: ZEVERRA LOFTS

BTS with Meg Donnelly for Grumpy Magazine

Some photoshoots you are given the luxury of spending several hours with a talent, while others you have just a brief moment to connect and get the images you want. I had an hour to work with Meg and I have learned in this industry to work fast. We were able to do four looks in the time that we had together.

She is truly an amazing talent and was so wonderful to work with. Here is some fun behind the scenes images from our shoot to tide you over until the series is released next month for Grumpy Magazine!

GETTING READY:

MAKEUP ARTIST :Anton Khachaturian @antonmakeup

Hair Stylist: Suzy Balderas @slayed.bysuzy

THE WARDROBE

STYLING BY: Lo VonRumpf @stylevr

THE STUDIO

Extras

Malibu Adventures with Emily Skinner

6 AM Monday morning; the California interstates are jam packed already and my glam team and I are in the thick of it. Why, you ask? Well, because we are on our way to spend the day with Disney star Emily Skinner and her beautiful momma Jennifer for an exclusive one on one photo shoot for Saturne Magazine.

We all started our day off early in anticipation of the long morning commute to beautiful Malibu California. My glam team got to the park right on time to greet Emily (thank god) because my gps hijacked the route and put me on the complete opposite side of the park--apparently my GPS thinks I'm adventurous...Im not. Luckily my glam team is amazing and got to work on transforming Emily for our day of creating.

When I finally arrived 45 minutes later (insert crying emoji here), my make up artist Hali McGowan and hairstylist Suzy Balderas were finishing up final touches on Emily and soon after, my stylist Nery Rodriguez arrived and started laying out all our clothing options!

Unfortunately there was a mix up with film permits and we were asked to leave the park and find a new location. CRINGE! It was beyond embarrassing and I almost didnt include this in the blog because of how embarrassing the moment was, but life is real and moments like this happen--not often thankfully, but they do and you have to overcome them. Luckily, I knew of a location about 20 minutes away so we all drove one by one to the new park. I am a firm believer in everything happens for a reason and l honestly think we got better images at the new location than we ever would have got at the original location. Happy accidents yall, happy little miracles.

When we got to the new park and Emily did her fitting and choose five outfits to shoot in. Everyone grabbed various bags and props and we all started the mile and half trek though the Malibu canyon.

Emily's beautiful Mom Jennifer Skinner looking as graceful as ever

Everyone helped carry the load, and yup even little Emily back there did her part haha!!

We finished shooting right around 4:30 pm..(talk about a long day, am I right!?) but I honestly, I could have kept going because this park just had endless amounts of beauty and historical charm.

I am so excited to share this exclusive photo series with you all when it is released later this month in Saturne Magazine. In the meantime here are some outtakes and BTS to tide you over!

Outfit 1 - Designer: Mustard Velvet Dress: Dumebi @atelier_dumebi White Undershirt: Hottie + Lord @hottieandlord

Provided by @mannfolkpr

Outfit 2

Wardrobe Provided by: Latiste Clothing @latiseteclothing

Stylist Nery Rodriguez in action for Outfit 2

Outfit 3

Wardrobe Provided by: Latiste Clothing @latiseteclothing

Outfit 4

Wardrobe Provided by: Latiste Clothing @latiseteclothing

Outfit 5

Designer: Red Velvet Skirt: Dumebi @atelier_dumebi Provided by @mannfolkpr

Man, my hair hahaaa..it was a looong day. Dont judge

Huge shout out to all five of these fabulous women for spending a full day hiking, laughing, swapping life stories, and creating art together. Make sure to follow them all at

Talent- Emily Skinner @emilyskinner__

Hair- Suzy Balderas @slayedbysuzy

Make up- Hali McGowan @halimcgowan.mua www.halimcgowanbeauty.wixsite.com/mysite

Stylist- Nery Rodriguez @campyvamp www.stylriot.com

Wardrobe provided by @mannfolkpr

Lilia and I Play Dress-Up at The Rag Doll Pink Palace

I met the sweet Lilia and her amazing mama, Jane Buckingham, at the Rag Doll Pink Palace for an epic three hour photo shoot for Saturne Magazine's Sept/Oct publication. This was my first time collaborating with the French publication and being a whole continent away I had to be alot more involved in the planning than usual which was stressful, fun, and gave me a whole new respect for all the editors I work with!

I had only a handful of days to secure a full glam team for this shoot, as well as for the photoshoot that I had the very next day with The 100 actress Lindsey Morgan, so to say my week was hectic was a bit of an understatement. However, by the grace of the photography gods, I was able to secure a team for each shoot and was ready to create some art with some amazing artists.

My stylist, Shaina Feldman was detrimental to making this shoot successful and truly outdid herself. She showed up with so many beautiful options for Lilia and I play dress up in and what better place to shoot than in a real life dollhouse?

Shaina Feldman stylying Lilia while Jane is working hard in the back

We were able to shoot 8 different outfits during our time together and I just cant decided which look was my favorite. I love the first and second look, but I also loved the last one too! Which one is your favorite?

Outfit 1- In Her Palace

Outfit 2- Wall Flower

Lilia looking amazing, me in my Target mom tee - whomp whomp

Outfit 3- Roses

Outfit 4- RagDoll

Outfit 5- Vintage Lace

Outfit 6- Circa

*Funny story about the above photo. I told Lilia to channel Britney Spears vibes circa 2000 for this portion of the shoot because, well.. look at this set up! Lilia looked at me like I was crazy and had NO IDEA what I was talking about. Shaina busted out laughing at me, and had me check my age while she pulled up the Britney archives on you tube for Lilia to watch.

Outfit 7- Hatter

Outfit 8- Blossom

I am beyond blessed to have had the opportunity to work with these ladies and I cant wait to work with them again! Make sure to grab your copy of Saturne Magazine when it releases this fall.

Rogue Magazine Party at Madame Siams

Living in Hollywood and being a creative is truly a blessing. The opportunities here are endless and I am always striving to find new adventures to tackle. I agreed to photograph a really cool event for Rogue Magazine in honor of their summer issue release. I had been looking forward to it for days and then tragedy struck. My camera plunged to its death and having no back up I resorted to buying a used one from a local photographer for $1100 bucks. Darn thing turns out to have a heat sync issue which caused all the images to have a green tint to them. I had no choice but to use the camera for this event and boy was I faking it to make it.

As you can see, the images produced out of the camera were just terrible! Thank god for editing am I right?

The actress in the images Caylee Cowan and I ended up hitting it off so we maaaaay have a super special one-on-one photo shoot in the works....stay tuned!

TMZ was outside for most of the evening as well as a few select networks, however I was only one of two photographers allowed into the exclusive vip areas here are some of the inside exlusives.

The beautiful sight see-er and teller of futures, Madame Annah Rose

Krewella

When the editor of Grumpy Magazine contacted me to shoot their next artist I was stoked to hear it was the EDM musical masterminds Jahan and Yasmine Yousaf of Krewella. The magazine set up a simi-vintage, slightly outdated hotel room in Studio City to do a grunge inspired rock shoot with the girls. I brought along some vintage luggage and a few other props to add to the scene.

The stylist showed up first with a whole rack of outfits and a rows and rows of accessories

Next on the scene was the hair and makeup artists, followed by the ladies who made up Krewella. The team got the duo ready as nightfall began to set in.

Being a natural light photographer this was all suuuuper out of my comfort zone and I silently prayed to the photography gods for good photos. While it was intimidating and a bit of a challenge working with flash and such, it was so much fun and certainly a highlight of my camera thus far. Not only were the girl extremely nice and funny but they slayed this shoot. mean...Just see for yourself

Sophie Simmons : Its in the Gene's

It was a rainy morning in January as I drove up to Venice for the 10am call time with singer Sophie Simmons. You may recognize the last name or recognize her from her on going appearance in Gene Simmons Family Jewels but the singer who just released her first album, 'Black Mirror', is making her own way in the industry.

I was contacted by Grumpy Magazine to do a shoot with her and the concept was just epic. It was going to be outdoors at Vasquez Rocks but the weather forced us to make a quick change of plans, those plans landed us at Podshare of Venice. Having no idea what to expect when I arrived, I swung open the doors to a completely dark room filled with rows of bunk beds; complete with sleeping travelers resting next to piles of laundry and luggage. It was 930 in the morning and the place smelled of freshly microwaved meatballs. I instantly thought, oh crap.

I quickly scoped out the place and tried to find inspiration in the corners of the room that held any sort of light. As I walked around the building I saw how cool it really was and I started to relax, I really had no time to panic since Sophie showed up minutes after I did. The MUA and Stylist were quickly behind her and we got things set up for shooting.

There was little conversation exchanged during the hour shoot but we were quick and efficient and got some killer content which was just released in the Spring Issue of Grumpy Magazine which you can pick up on issu.com.

Here are the images from the magazine as well as a few bonus images