I’ve always been weirded out when people ask for publicity photos of me. Yeah I know, you’re all probably wondering what’s the big deal, right? Just give someone a photo. But it’s not that easy. So many freaking places have certain criteria they have to fill, whether for online radio advertisements, mags, newspapers, or online ventures. And it’s been challenging for me to create such an image, much less find one in my assortment. Most publicity places (at least the majority of the ones I’ve encountered) often ask for incredibly boring-conservative poses (that to me seem like: ‘I’ve got a stick up my ass’). It’s become a rather nuisance for me when it comes to photos - so for many months, I’ve stopped doing publicity work involving photography.
I know this is going to sound strange to some, but watching Marilyn Monroe in the movie “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” actually inspired me to take this photo tonight. It’s sexy, conservative, revealing, tasteful, and somewhat mysterious. If Marilyn Monroe can do sexy publicity photos, by golly I’m gonna do my dandest to come up with something. I’m no Marilyn, but she sure as hell inspires me (hence why I have her tattooed on my back).
This is a self-portrait… did it in my living room using a professional backdrop, wearing a beautiful diamond necklace that a devotee bought for me. I tried to be the most natural I could, while wearing a wig similar to my own hair to balance fantasy and realism.
Ra! Ra!
Love
Isabella
xoxox
It’s a very nice picture. You definitely do the arched eyebrow, direct eye contact thing very well. And the cleavage works, too.
It doesn’t come across as Marilyn Monroe to me, though — your intelligence comes through in the direct gaze into the camera, and that was not something Marilyn conveyed.
You are quite beautiful.