Almost Alternative

My Fear of Clowns It surprises many people to hear that I am petrified of clowns. For a long time I was so scared I couldn't even be in the same room as a clown doll. I like to push myself with my fears though.  So I took on a crazy project. I agreed to do the make up for and photograph a noise artist called Pandemonium. He felt he needed a total restyle after a break from performing and asked for my assistance. I took a while to think about it and spent a long time looking at past pictures of Pandemonium trying to work out if I could take on this project. It took months for me to come up with design ideas because I was physically sick the first couple of times I tried.  Pandemonium original style Photographer unknown Then when swapping ideas it kind of clicked we came up with an idea. I thought out a couple of make up looks and photo ideas, I did a mood board which involved me looking at lots of pictures of clowns, it was the scariest and one of the most diff...

Introducing Almost Alternative Photo by RaPhotographic  Hi. There I am Bel, this is my blog and that is my face. I am apparently an alternative person, although I never quite know what that means. I think it means I am a cat and not a human. I am classed as an alt model, I hang in alt places, I live an alt lifestyle and I am not really sure I am alternative at all. I get funny looks from uptight people, I am not reserved enough for everyone's tastes, I look a little different than most and I guess I live in a bit of a strange way. On the other hand I get told I'm not punk enough, not goth enough, I don't have enough tattoos, I don't listen to the right music, I don't buy my clothes in the right places and I'm a little too normal. Photo by RaPhotographic I am enough though, its cool if people don't think I fit in, I don't mind not having a scene to call my own. I have many wonderful people in my life from a variety of scenes. I get to hang out ...