The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed one of the photos from this series appeared on the front page of the website back in July, and you would be right, because that’s when I put it there. The secret is out, we can all go home now.

But in all seriousness, I’ve been waiting for October since the summer. Hopefully by the time this blog actually posts to the internet the air will have that familiar comforting chill, Target will have FINALLY put out their dollar Halloween stuff (I’m still mad that hasn’t happened already as I’m writing this in the past), and there will be a Spirit store living inside of all of us where there once was a JC Penny.

What started as just a cute spooky dress turned into an idea that came together just hours before we ended up in the studio, and I hope you all enjoy the fruits of our unearthly labors (Pumpkins are fruit right? Probably not…but let’s just roll with it, ok?).

Made it this far? How about a little farther? At the time of this posting, Caitlin is currently competing in the 2022 Face of Horror competition and just recently made it to the Top 10 of her group. If you have a moment I’m sure she’d appreciate a couple of extra free votes to get her one step closer to winning.

Photograph by: https://www.instagram.com/i_do_dangerous_things/

Even though we run in similar circles, I only met Erin for the first time at a gallery opening sometime late last year. And even then we only really talked for the first time at a Halloween party that was held by a mutual friend.

But when has basically being a stranger ever stopped me from wanting to shoot with someone?

I could barely hold my excitement when it came time to actually set a date to shoot with Erin, and I am still extremely happy with the work that we were able to make together. In just a short time we were able to create a few different looks together and had some great conversations doing so. We both share a love and affinity for certain perfect organisms which made things all the easier to work with her.

I hope you all enjoy what we were able to create together, and I hope this is the start of a long friendship full of great photos.

See more of Erin and her adventures over on her Instagram page.

Caitlin - 2022.

Erin - 2022.