The Enchanted Wood

Jo O'Brien
The Enchanted Wood by Jo O'Brien

The Enchanted Wood

My tribute to play time, magic, and imagination.
My protest against every adult who told me to stop daydreaming about things that didn’t exist

Paul Louis Villani is my new personal hero. I just love working with him- he’s just so much fun and knows how to make my wildest imaginings a reality. THANK YOU PAUL. Look how awesome he made this shot!!! And it was all done on location in camera. Gah! Brilliance.

model and flash operator: the lovely Sam Brown
camera guy and all round softy: Paul Louis Villani
talcum powder thrower: me

See all of our collaborations here

  • ferndesign

    ferndesign, 8 months ago

    this is pretty neat

  • tonilouise

    tonilouise, 8 months ago

    Hehehe. That sounds like heaps of fun. I’d love to be involved with such wonderfully talented people. Awesome image, Talcum powder and a flash between the legs, genius..

  • Lisadee

    Lisadee, 8 months ago

    It looks like a dove or spirit rising from her.

    Might be a good idea to keep the description hidden in a link – keep us guessing for a minute. :)

  • Disenchanted

    Disenchanted, 8 months ago

    The man is a photography God! Great imagination and (obviously) skill.
    Oh yeah… you’re not too bad yourself. LOL

    We have to shoot together sometime.

  • Jeff Burns

    Jeff Burns, 8 months ago

    Awesome work. This is supernatural Awesome! Very cool

  • designbyjas

    designbyjas, 8 months ago

    I see it as a good depiction of depression and isolation of emotion
    very well expressed.

  • Empress

    Empress, 8 months ago

    Oh my!

  • Chris White

    Chris White, 8 months ago

    This is just great work guys, great use of flash and the location make for a surreal combination

  • James Price

    James Price, 8 months ago

    Wow – you were right – perfect!

  • mlgkats

    mlgkats, 8 months ago

    this is cool

  • Mike Emmett

    Mike Emmett, 8 months ago

    Its a great image, thats for sure! Its eerie, almost odd.

  • Kristy Lee

    Kristy Lee, 8 months ago

    Fantastic! No other word for it.

  • Karen Cougan

    Karen Cougan, 8 months ago

    love it….............well done guys
    xkc

  • Holly Werner

    Holly Werner, 8 months ago

    Nicely done.

  • hdphotos

    hdphotos, 8 months ago

    Fantastic!!

  • Paul Louis Villani

    Paul Louis Vil..., 8 months ago

    The talcum powder idea was pure genious Jo!! Love this capture! :D

  • Jason Moses

    Jason Moses, 8 months ago

    You are genii, the pair of you. Gah, indeed!

  • Richard Veal

    Richard Veal, 8 months ago

    Nice work Jo.

  • Andy Gibb

    Andy Gibb, 8 months ago

    a great collabiration

  • gavolo

    gavolo, 7 months ago

    wicked, good wicked

  • Brittany Callis

    Brittany Callis, 6 months ago

    this is awesome!

  • Darryl A

    Darryl A, 6 months ago

    I love in-camera imagery (what it all should be, really!) and this is one of those shots that you just couldn’t do in Photoshop! It just wouldn’t be real.
    Great concept through to brilliant execution.

  • Gerguppy

    Gerguppy, 3 months ago

    this is really interesting, i had a look thru your stuff, its pretty cool…i cant imagine why your a starving artist unless you have worms…as you should be rich with the talent you have :)

  • Serge Ah-Wong

    Serge Ah-Wong, 3 months ago

    amazing work :o)

  • Marny Barnes

    Marny Barnes, 2 months ago

    this is so beautiful?? And done without photoshop!! Amazing and perfect!

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