Princess Safia

I'm usually very anti prop. A prop has to be pretty clever for me to work with and remain inspired. So when Margaret pulled out the pouffy dress, and we happened upon the feather boa, my first thought was "resist, resist, resist!!".

But it was MAGIC. The dress and the feathers were so perfect and so great at bringing out and illustrating Safia's sweet little personality, I can't imagine what the shoot would have been like without them now!

Safia's got the kind of little soul you wish they sold bottled. I'm pretty lucky to have spent an hour with her and to be able to relive it through all these quirky little portraits!