The Golden Girls.

Take away the Jersey, Gold Medals, skates and helmet, and the women underneath are beautiful, genuine and marvellous people to photograph. I was hired a day prior to the shoot, and was given creative freedom. I decided to go the route of shooting dark, personal portraits; [my favourite style].

For a long time now I've been enamoured by the photographs of Joey Lawrence. His dark, moody, intimate photos inspire me. In creating these photos I took a page from his look-book. I wasn't going for light, bright and cheery, but rather up close, personal and perhaps a little somber.

A fun fact, the women here were not photoshopped. That's what they look like in real life.

With that said, enjoy, and share around.

I can't show 3/4 of the photos I shot as they have the Olympic Jerseys.