My Photoshoots (part 2) by Jessica Mellott

Hi Everyone,

Many of you have asked me some questions about my photos. So I thought I would answer some of them here.

What does your headshot look like?

Even though I started performing when I was 5, I waited till I was 15 to get my first professional head shot. The shot is by Harriet Wise of Harriet Wise Photography.

 

In early 2006 Roy Cox of Roy Cox Photography took a bunch of snaps of me in a brown tee shirt. I couldn’t decide which one I liked best. So I changed my headshot depending on my mood! Which one do you like best?

 

 

Roy also took this black and white shot for when I need a B&W shot.

Later, James Bender of Imagine Studios took the pic I call “Ooh la la” and that image is what I use for my headshot today and is my most popular picture. It is also the picture I autograph and include in my “fan packs”.

You get a lot of comments on your pictures. Do you ever get any you don’t like?

Honestly I do sometimes get comments that are not family appropriate. Since I do have fans of all ages, I just don’t approve those comments.

What is the craziest comment you have ever gottten on a picture?

Well I have gotten a lot of interesting comments. On the “Ooh la la” (the red dress picture above) someone wrote that I had the “most exquisitely beautiful nostrils they had ever seen”. On the picture below “Laying in the Grass”, a girl wrote and asked me sincerely how I got such clean shaven underarms!

I like that “Ooh la la” picture. Can you tell me more about it?

Sure I  knew I had an upcoming photo shoot and heehee “not a thing to wear” so I was looking through some Victoria’s Secret catalogs. I wanted something bright but simple. I ordered it a couple days before the shoot and whooohooo it fit and I love it! The picture was taken by James Bender on the porch of a  historic house at Renfrew Park in PA. Here is another shot of me in the dress being silly on the bridge.

Where is your favorite place to be photographed?

I love to shoot outdoors. I love the scenery. It provides such a beautiful backdrop. But at my recent Baker Park shoot, it was really hot, over 100 degress.

And of course shooting outdoors has it’s challenges. At the park I posed in the middle of the street and dodged cars! I also climbed up a fountain wall in 5 inch leopard heels and tried not to fall in!

So I could get that one special pic!

For one shoot I posed in the middle of a guitar shop while customers were buying sheet music and checking out the instruments. At another I was on a bandshell while they were setting up for show that night. They kindly let me hop on top of the equipment! It was surprisingly comfy

How do you know how to pose for a photograph?

Sometimes the photographer will tell me what to do. They will tell me how to position myself so they can capture my eyes, or where to stand for best lighting.

Sometimes I will  close my eyes to capture a mood.

 

Most of the time I just have a good time. I dance, goof off, vamp it up…”Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”!

Till Next time!

 MUAH!

xoxo,

Jessica ♥

My Photoshoots by Jessica Mellott

Hi Everyone!

A lot of people ask me what my photo shoots are like. Though I am not a model (I am only 5′2) I do go on quite a few shoots to get photos to use for my songs, for interviews and at my sites.

Each shoot is different. But once we have decided on an outdoor or an indoor studio shoot, I will spend alot of time deciding what to wear. I rip pictures out of magazines to get ideas. In one magazine, for example, I saw a picture of a beautiful island, I could just imagine myself walking along the beach collecting shells, so that inspired me to try a tropical white outfit with seashell necklaces.

For another shoot I was in a patriotic mood and wore a white skirt and blue top…but I wanted to add some Pizazz to it! So I added a skinny man’s tie that was over 30 years old to give the outfit some modern day punch!

I have my mom take a pic of me in an outfit to make sure it will photograph well. Here is a tester shot….

And one of the actual on location shots (at a guitar shop) in the outfit…..

Shooting days can be loooooooong. My last shoot was about 7 hours straight and the photographer took around 1500 snaps! We rarely stop for breaks and changing can be difficult. At one of my park photo shoots, I changed in a tiny tent! Someone actually crawled in the tent to check it out when I was in a different area of the park!

Each photographer is very special. And I have been so priviledged to work with them.

Some of my favorite photographers:

Lloyd of Lloyd’s photography really captured the color of my eyes.

J.A. Bender of Imagine Studios took one of my most popular pictures of all time!

And Thomas Radley of Thomas Radley Photography captured so many of my moods!Here is a shot he took of me swinging and looking lonely for the not yet released song, “Beautiful Broken”.

Even though I have been photographed by some talented photographers, my fans still love some of the fuzzy pics my mom has taken.

For each shot I think of what I want to project and portray that to the camera.For “Break A Dance” I wanted an energetic feel and my photographer captured that as I danced around the studio. My talented designer friend Michael Van De Velde of Van De Velde Photography turned the photo into a banner.

With so many photos being taken sometimes bloopers happen. I blink, a dog walks by my hair takes over my face….heeheee

For more “blooper” shots check out my slide shows:

http://jessicamellott.slide.com/?public_pr=true

And for more slide shows check out (with birdies and butterflies):

http://www.picturetrail.com/flicks/2002705/preview

http://www.picturetrail.com/flicks/1825963/preview

Speaking of hair in my face. I sometimes have a makeup and hair stylist on location and sometimes I do it myself. Just depends on the shoot.

I also like to pose with props. I have posed with everything from bubblewrap to balls and bows!

Photo shoots are alot of work but alot of fun for me! I will be updating my sites with new pics and of course new music often. So keep checking my sites!

MUAH!

xoxo,

Jessica ♥

http://www.jessicamellott.com

http://www.myspace.com/jessicamellott