In her featured series, Elven Princess,
Parmak-Fischer summons Tolkien-esque
charm to achieve a luminescent visual narrative
within the woods of Krefeld, Germany.
“When I was walking in that park in Krefeld,
I thought it was a place where elves should
walk,” she remembers. This thought prompted
the twelve-week journey that brought Elven
Princess to completion, a process that included
assembling a team, designing the costumes
and finding the right model.
“I started looking for someone to make the
costume I wanted. In the meantime, when the
costume was in the making, I searched for a
model who would perfectly fit into this project,”
Parmak-Fischer shares of the project. “I like to
work with people I have worked with before, so
I mostly work with two makeup artists I know
well, and it is the same with my assistants.”
To achieve the perfect hue of heavenly light
in her outdoor photography, Parmak-Fischer
looks to nature. “99 percent of my pictures are
taken only with natural light, and one percent
with a little help from a softbox, ring light or
beauty dish,” Parmak-Fischer shares, adding,
“My dad always said, ‘Flash light—who needs
flash light?’ So I never used it until now.”
After spending five hours in post-production
with Lightroom and Photoshop, finessing
the series’ eleven pictures, Elven Princess was
finally complete. Glowing with soft light and
subtle polish, each image pangs the viewer with
a sense of awe, the angelic air of each scene
connoting hidden beauties in the world around
us, accessed only by imagination.