Here’s a look at what inspired me for this photo series. I plan all of my photo shoots out in (super-official-top-secret) scrapbook pages consisting of archive images, magazine cuttings, family photos, fabric cuttings, and drawings.
I often plan out every photo by sketching it first, in order to accurately transfer my ideas from my mind to the camera.
And here’s the execution! Thanks to Georgie, Donnika, and Hannah for modeling, and Mirren for making all the patches and buttons.
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I love all these photos (and the Rookie pledge) so much, and now I’ve come over all nostalgic for my Brownie days :)
What’s the pledge?
Bottom right of the scrapbook in the first picture
loooooooove.
I remember GS! Some of my favorite times were at GS camp during the summer, we didn’t look that put together though. More like a but grungy and sunburn :)
MORE PLEASE!!!
summer-looking-like! and I just saw the NPR piece Tavi! Sorry random and stuff, but it was cute. (and my mom is friends with Peter) but I really do like the girl scout pictures! there are always amazing models!
Gorgeous!
I don’t know how to describe my love for this except be reposting the link. Does that make sense?
https://www.rookiemag.com/2011/11/camp-rookie/
it does.
That’s amaaaaaaaaazing!
You go Eleanor, that’s super inspiring!
The vibes these photos give really sort of match Rookie C:
love this so much.
Love, Love this!
Urgh. Can I come to rookie camp?
This is like the 10th time rookie read my mind and stole my ideas! Last week I had major inspiration for a girl scout/utilitarian shoot. Mind readers! :) I love rookie so much!
Check out my most recent themed shoot at: thanks sO much for reading!
this is crazy adorable! all the models are super beautiful.
on a side note, rookie has totally taken over my personal style! during teen witch month i think i wore a black maxi skirt with combat boots and purple lipstick like 4 or 5 days out of the week. lately i’ve been doing the leather jacket and cat-eye liner thing. at this rate i’ll be waking up tomorrow and putting on my old girl scout uniform…
Goodness! Rookie has some of the most original spreads. Major magazine pay for expensive sets and outfits and film, but you’ve proven all you need is a bit a creativity, free time, and good friends to do something awesome.
I really like #7s ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ vibe… “Don’t go in to those rocks, Miranda! Ahhhhhhh!” Haha I’m being stupid, it’s a great movie and these are great photos :-)
Can this be a real camp?
Oh my goodness these photos are gorgeous! :o
Too cute!!
i will never need any more inspiration, i’m set for life with this post <33
this is SO amazing, especially seeing the sketchbook pages!!
also i want a kitty patch like that one.
and by want i mean, NEED.
get in touch with mirren! i’m sure she’d love to make you one :) or mirren-k(at)live.co.uk
I love this!
number 8- daphne groeneveld. i mean it. O:
wait, can you please actually make a camp? it would be greeeeeeeeeat
Yes! I would go :)
the redhead girl is really pretty i wish i had her hair
Aaah I love this so much!! I’m still a girl scout actually… haha. I would kill to have those uniforms!!! <3
THIS IS SO GREAT… I can’t even…
Eleanor, these are so beautiful and thank you so much at the look into your creative process!!
Did you know that the Girl Scouts turn 100 years old this year…? 100 YEARS of girl gangs that are all about inspiring girls to be leaders. Thanks for honoring them in a uniquely Rookie way!
This reminds me of how in grade school, after my girl scout troop said the pledge, we would say our troop mottos: “Cuteness Prevails” and “If You Marry For Money You Can’t Be Choosy.” We were some sassy kids, and this is a sassy shoot!
These are completely wonderful. I love the frames, the colours, the vibes, everything.
Can I come to Camp Rookie please? Honorary Hole patch for being a member!
Can we please have a REAL camp rookie? where we all showcase our different styles, talk about feminism and have arguments about the BEST MUSIC EVAR while munching on chocolate covered snacks by the camp fire?
ive never been to a real log-cabin-mosquitos-by-the-lake summer camp, it would be so tubular
I’m a girlscout AND I go to an all-girls summer camp! We are all one giant girl gang! I love it!
I LOVE the banner. It’s so cute! And my next DIY project should be a badge sash with homemade badges like these, especially the cat one. It’s glorious.
this so reminds me of camp walden for girls from the parent trap (: i was obsessed that when i was eleven!
I love this, it’s beautiful!
the models are all so pretty as are the clothes! where can I join camp rookie???
The patches on their sashes are a heck of a lot cooler than mine were in real life…
I think I would’ve liked this camp more :)
Also, gorgeous photography!
Rookie you should make this ‘Rookie Camp’ real!!!!