Thanks to Ashley for modeling, and to The Loved One for the clothes.
Shae Acopian Detar is a photographer who grew up in NYC and Pennsylvania and currently resides in the hills of Hollywood.
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omg these are all so perf o.o
i love the colours and editing and everything! lovely.
so cute and whimsical~
Beautiful, please can we have a How-to?!
I second that!
Thirded.
I was trying to figure out how they got the images to look that way because I see this trick on alot of older photos, but it’s painted!? With watercolors? I wanna try.
*____* perfect (#2 is my favorite)!
These are freaking gorgeous. :)
Such an interesting way to edit photos – looks amazing. Picture 5 is my favourite, but they’re all sooo lovely. :D
I love the vintage colouring effect so much. You go, gurl.
whoa! These are amazing!
Oh my goodness, these are so beautiful! Wow! I adore them!
Yay for ballet shoes and dance leotards! This ‘lil ballerina is a happy camper :)
WOW. These are out of this world! I love the second picture so much. O_O
These are so perfect, especially number 2!
I love how it has the old painted silent movie vibe
Oh how I love this! Thank you for sharing this with us, they’re really lovely.
i absolutely love these, they are so wonderful
XX
SO GOOD
this is my favourite thing ever, ever.
I looove the second photo!
These are so insanely beautiful!!
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!!!! the hand tinting is so so gorgeous! i feel like this is from another planet <3
Very cool :) were you inspired by the movie Hugo?
OHMYGOSH THESE ARE AMAZING.
beautiful. xx
Beautiful! Looks like an early technicolor film <3
Oh I love this so much. I legit need to learn how to edit my pictures like this.
oh my god is this ashley moore??? she’s absolutely gorgeous, one of my favorite models. i’m so excited she’s on rookie!
LOVE.
It reminds me of a George Melies film from 1904: ‘
Shae is absolutely brilliant. A wizard of photography and painting.
<3
STUNNING! UGH I’M IN LOVE! It totally reminds me of something by Georges Méliès!!!
THIS IS FANTASTIC!
Can I please live in this photoset? Please?
These photos are wonderful. I especially love the first few ‘space’ shots.
<3 Melissa
Wauw, this is SO great. You guys may be proud of readers like yours
<3 Rosalie
SO AMAZING HOW ON EARTH DID YOU DO THIS IT MUST BE MAGIC
and yes DreamBoat I was thinking ‘why does this remind me of Hugo is it just because I have French music playing’ and then I saw that comment and I was like ‘it’s Melies ALL THE WAY’ though I don’t know how to make those fancy accent marks on the computer!
Awwww you all truly made me smile, I am so glad some readers enjoyed my painted images! I was really excited Rookie included them on their website.
Thanks for all the lovely comments.
<3
Shae
shaedeter.com
I love this! These are so dreamy and perfect! Do the beach photos remind anyone else of Moonrise Kingdom?
the photos are so great! the theme and the vintage-quality of the photos! i really love :)
czarina♥
Love the use of such a classic technique
Gosh these are so pretty! You should definitely feature a how-to of some kind.
Also – the clothes from The Loved One are so gorgeous it’s actually unreal.
Beautiful photos, stunning model! My only complaint is that there’s not even more eye candy (‘:
This is pretty cool!!
I can’t describe in words how much I love this/how perfect/wonderful/amazing/PERFECT this is. I looked at Shae Acopian Detar’s website and, surprise surprise, every picture there is perfect, too! As are the gorgeous clothes from The Loved One.
PS – Did I mention PERFECT??? ♥_♥