A simple game of dress-up has earned an Okanagan woman some high profile media attention.
Photographer Camillia Courts香蕉视频直播檚 Disney inspired photos were profiled this week by Cosmopolitan magazine and the Huffington Post and now her work is going 香蕉视频直播渟emi viral香蕉视频直播 with millions of hits logged.
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While she香蕉视频直播檚 experiencing new found success with her family cosplay, there香蕉视频直播檚 more than enough evidence to indicate that people have liked what Courts, her daughter Layla and have been doing for awhile.
Courts香蕉视频直播 photos 香蕉视频直播攚hich feature every Disney character from Frozen香蕉视频直播檚 Elsa to the Little Mermaid香蕉视频直播檚 sea witch 香蕉视频直播攈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.
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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.
It香蕉视频直播檚 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.
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The photos have become a bit more intricate since those early days, as well.
Now she香蕉视频直播檚 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 they香蕉视频直播檝e come up with new ways to bring beloved Disney characters to life.
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Both Vernon香蕉视频直播檚 Courts and Salmon Arm香蕉视频直播檚 MacKintosh work up and down the valley. To see their work go to Instagram and follow courts or on Facebook at
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