A simple game of dress-up has earned an Okanagan woman some high profile media attention.
Photographer Camillia Courts91裸聊视频檚 Disney inspired photos were profiled this week by Cosmopolitan magazine and the Huffington Post and now her work is going 91裸聊视频渟emi viral91裸聊视频 with millions of hits logged.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 pretty exciting,91裸聊视频 she said. 91裸聊视频淭he Huffington Post contacted me last week, and Cosmo pulled from that. We91裸聊视频檝e gone semi-viral a few times before and I kind of knew that people like what we91裸聊视频檙e doing. This is by far the biggest exposure we91裸聊视频檝e had.91裸聊视频
While she91裸聊视频檚 experiencing new found success with her family cosplay, there91裸聊视频檚 more than enough evidence to indicate that people have liked what Courts, her daughter Layla and have been doing for awhile.
Courts91裸聊视频 photos 91裸聊视频攚hich feature every Disney character from Frozen91裸聊视频檚 Elsa to the Little Mermaid91裸聊视频檚 sea witch 91裸聊视频攈ave a following on Instagram nearly a million strong. More impressive, perhaps, is that a simple Google search of her name yields roughly 800 news stories, written in just about every language from points all across the globe.
Her growth into all corners of the internet started in August when her work was featured in Hello Giggles, a webpage that actress Zooey Deschanel founded.
91裸聊视频淥nce that took off, my Facebook page had about 105,000 shares,91裸聊视频 she said. 91裸聊视频淣ow my phone is ringing off the hook. You want people to see your photos, and we91裸聊视频檙e very flattered that people seem to care, but it91裸聊视频檚 intimidating and exciting.91裸聊视频
The value as Courts sees it, however, has less to do with numbers and more to do with creating a unique way to document her daughter growing up.
It91裸聊视频檚 also provided welcome and unexpected side-effect.
They had their first photoshoot in 2014 after the perfect family trip to Disneyland with Layla and her older brother Aiden. There, she picked up an Elsa dress for Layla, and decided to take photos before it wore the marks of a beloved play-thing.
The photos were a hit, so she kept shooting new Disney scenes and the costumes got more and more intricate.
91裸聊视频淪he is a shy kid and I see a change for the better with her when I put on the costumes,91裸聊视频 said Courts. 91裸聊视频淪he91裸聊视频檚 different 91裸聊视频 she comes up with more ideas and she91裸聊视频檚 more chatty. She becomes a little performer.91裸聊视频
The photos have become a bit more intricate since those early days, as well.
Now she91裸聊视频檚 working with MacKintosh who raises the bar on the makeup.
Mackintosh who does work for Opera Kelowna, was trained at high-end makeup schools in Vancouver and Paris, was asked to help out in 2015. Since then they91裸聊视频檝e come up with new ways to bring beloved Disney characters to life.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 been amazing to work with (Courts),91裸聊视频 she said. 91裸聊视频淲e push each other in different directions and the results are amazing.91裸聊视频
Both Vernon91裸聊视频檚 Courts and Salmon Arm91裸聊视频檚 MacKintosh work up and down the valley. To see their work go to Instagram and follow courts or on Facebook at
To see MacKintosh91裸聊视频檚 work check it out