10 + 15 Minutes With Fuchsia FoXXX
Fuchsia FoXX is a Bellydance & Burlesque Entertainer entrancing the audiences of Seattle’s performance scene.
First introduced to Fuchsia almost two years ago over a glass of champagne in a green room, I ended up helping out behind the scenes and delivered her music to the DJ to queue for her set. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Fuchsia perform a few times since then, and her sets are always brilliantly artistic, tightly choreographed and delivered with heat.
Fast forward to March, 2012 and I selected the neo-burlesque cabaret, “The Beyond Real Human Female!” premiering at The Solo Performance Festival (SPF) to be featured here on PhotoSister.com as part of my continued photography essay of performers 1-on-1 and off-stage.
It was with great pleasure when I found out that Fuchsia FoXX was one of 5 women leading this show, and she allowed me to not only photograph her in her home, but also show me the “deconstruction” of her wig and eyelashes in a taxi on the way home from a late night show. [details to her upcoming shows below]
Above images:
Lens: Nikon 50mm f/1.4
Aperture: f/2.2 – Shutter: 1/30 – ISO: 400
Lighting: natural light
Images below:
Lens: Nikon 18-70mm f/3.5
Aperture: f/5.6 – Shutter: 1/50 – ISO: 200
Speed light hand-held in my left hand, manual setting 1/4
Images below:
Lens: Nikon 18-70mm f/3.5
Aperture: f/5.6 – Shutter: 1/15 – ISO: 200
Speed light, manual setting 1/4. The first image I asked the taxi driver to hold the flash outside his door pointing in at Fuchsia, the rest of the drive the flash was hand-held in my left hand.
See Fuchsia FoXX in “The Beyond Real Human Female!”
Catch her in “The Beyond Real Human Female!” at The Solo Performance Festival (SPF) at the Theatre Off Jackson in Seattle, April 21st and 28th, 2012 at 9:30pm.
Buy tickets HERE: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/242144
General bio: Crowned the “Hot Pink Habanero” by The Stranger and voted “Seattles’ Sexiest Burlesque Performer” (2008) Fuchsia FoXXX is the stand out hybrid of bellydance for the burlesque stage. Entertaining audiences from tv-land on America’s Got Talent to internationally in the London, Amsterdam, & Canadian International Burlesque Festivals. Dropping jaws alongside American bands: metal legends Queensryche, San Francisco’s vaudeville heroes TheYard Dogs Road Show & featured on the album cover of The Ventures and the Wailers. She packs hot pink heat to wherever she goes. When not clearing security with her luggage full of sparkles Fuchsia is a highly sought after bellydance instructor at Miss Indigo Blues Academy of Burlesque. Locally Fuchsia is celebrated annually in DeLouRue’s “Homo for the Holidays”, Teatro Zinzannis’ “Pride Night”, The Moisture Festival, Seattle Erotic Arts Festival and every week alongside the Castaways at the Can Can.
Photography details
Camera Settings:
At Home:
Lens: Nikon 50mm f/1.4
Aperture: f/2.2 – Shutter: 1/30 – ISO: 400
Taking Wig Off:
Lens: Nikon 18-70mm f/3.5
Aperture: f/5.6 – Shutter: 1/50 – ISO: 200
In the Taxi:
Lens: Nikon 18-70mm f/3.5
Aperture: f/5.6 – Shutter: 1/15 – ISO: 200
Lighting:
Indoor at Home:
All natural light
Taking Wig Off:
ONE Nikon SB-800 flash with the Micro Apollo light modifier from Westcott hand-held in my left hand, manual setting 1/4.
In the Taxi:
ONE Nikon SB-800 flash with the Micro Apollo light modifier from Westcott manual setting 1/4. The first image I asked the taxi driver to hold the flash outside his door pointing in at Fuchsia, the rest of the drive the flash was hand-held in my left hand.
Gear: Kit:RS-W1 women’s sling strap
Westcott Micro Apollo
