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✨Fine art photographer 🌸 Presets & Education: @only.thecurious
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“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” 🍁🍂
I can’t get enough of stunning @scarlett.o.hair in the dress of dreams by @lindafriesen.couture! She is a whole moment 🙌
The changing seasons may have affected the direction of this edit 😅🍁✨
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Big thanks to @shotbypratik and @cloud_monger for their assistance on the day!
Camera: @canonusa R5
Lighting: @profoto @profotosharethelight A10 with soft bounce modifier
Edited with @photoshop
Using @only.thecurious actions + my own adjustments
Textures with @borisfx_optics
16.6K likes · 131 comments · 30 Oct 2026
When Crimson Peak meets Sleepy Hollow ✨
Was such a joy capturing the ethereal @scarlett.o.hair wearing @lindafriesen.couture one springtime morning in New York 🌸💫
Big love to our lovely assistants @shotbypratik and @cloud_monger 🙌✨
Captured with Canon R5
Edited with @photoshop
Color toned with @only.thecurious
Texture with @borisfx_optics
19.7K likes · 149 comments · 28 Oct 2026
I’m super excited to partner with @adobelive and invite you inside my creative world ✨
I’ve been using Firefly Boards to dream up my next Namibia shoot, bringing all my curiosities, references and ideas together into one giant visual sketchbook. It’s also what I share with my creative team and designers so they can step into the world I’m imagining too.
And now you can be part of the journey! 👀 I’ve hidden a few little things inside the Board for you to find.
✨ Comment EXPLORE for the link, then jump in, explore, remix and who knows… maybe something you create will inspire what I end up shooting in Namibia! 👀✨
#AdobePartner #FireflyBoards
86 likes · 22 comments · 22 Sep 2026
Announcing: Namibia Creative Adventure 2027 hosted by @felixkunze, @shotbypratik, @bellakotak
The perfect adventure for those wanting to start 2027 off right
191 likes · 46 comments · 27 Jul 2026
In honour of @enchantedasianday today here’s a moment with ethereal @tornandpolished 🌿
Captured at the end of 2024, in my living room with two @profoto A10s, and a small but mighty lovely team of creatives 🫶
Please feel free to share your favourite Asian creators in the fairytale and fantasy space in the comments 🙌✨
Model: @tornandpolished
Makeup: @mi_inmakeup
Hair: @nettgray
Floral work: @scarlett.zc
Headpiece: @mrmortimerswife
Handy: @hanfustory
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Photography & editing: @bellakotak
Captured with @phaseonephoto
Color toned with @only.thecurious
Retouching polish @solsticeretouch
Finishing touch @borisfx_optics
Programs used: @captureone & @photoshop
#enchantedasianday #onlythecuriousco
1,003 likes · 61 comments · 13 Jun 2026
The Three Princesses | part ii
“Never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses and dreams without traveling.”
- R. Payne
*re-uploaded 🙏
Thank you so much to my fantastic creative team. It was an honour to create stories with you. I truly believe it’s important to create experiences and memories in adult life that reconnect us to the sense of magic we felt while discovering the world when we were the little ones ✨
I would love to hear your thoughts on what the story is here 🥰🙌 please let me know in the comments x
✷ Models: @meg.lara.atelier, @tornandpolished, & @scarlett.zc
✷ Dresses designer: @meg.lara.atelier
✷ Hair: @nettgray
✷ Makeup: @bellakotak
✷ Headpieces: @mrmortimerswife
✷ Behind the scenes videography: @richardwakefield
💖 Big love to @faeriemagazine for featuring this set on their spring cover and within the issue itself ✨
✧ Color toned with @only.thecurious - Sunset in June & Femme Fatale
Colors inspired by the illustrations we loved in childhood storybooks that had somehow come to life 🌞
✧ Captured with @phaseonephoto
✧ Post Production @captureone & @photoshop
✧ Retouching polish @solsticeretouch
988 likes · 44 comments · 27 May 2026
“the last dance” | part ii
👉 swipe through for some behind the scenes ☺️
Collaborative photoshoots are genuinely my favourite. It might sound strange to say that I love creating alongside other photographers, but the truth is that I really do, especially when there’s no ego involved, just love, curiosity, and a shared desire to help each other bring our visions to life 💗
I love seeing how differently we each interpreted the very same shoot. Every image becomes a reflection of our own experiences, choices, emotions, and creative eye, and I think that’s such a beautiful thing 🌱
Irene and I worked on the styling together, and Eve kindly did her own hair and makeup. It was a tiny (but mighty!) team, which is honestly my favourite way to work, and such a lovely creative memory to hold onto from my first time in Banff 🥰
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Credits:
✧ Model: @evenoellecole
✧ Corset: @chamlor
✧ Headpiece & Dress: @irenerudnykphoto’s photo closet
✧ Production: @irenerudnykphoto
✧ Lighting / Assistance / Retouching polish - @shotbypratik
✧ Color toning with my *upcoming* photoshop actions ~ @only.thecurious ✨
✧ Location : @fairmontbanff
✧ Captured with @canon R5
✧ Lighting @aputure.lighting
✧ Edited in @captureone & @photoshop
🌸 2023
595 likes · 33 comments · 22 May 2026
This set is long overdue to be shared. It’s so dear to me that, honestly, I found it a little difficult figuring out how to put it online in a way that truly honored it, if that makes any sense. This is only a small glimpse too, there’s much more to come.
The “Three Princesses” photo story was captured in the summer of 2023 👑 I was back in England and the girls and I wanted to make magic together again. I think the last time we all came together like this was for the Bridgerton set.
We had a rough idea of the concept, and everyone had their part to play.
🌞 @meg.lara.atelier, our eco designer queen (who also modeled), created the dresses by repurposing Indian clothing
🌸 @nettgray worked on the hair pieces from home and brought everything to Oxford for final assembly on the girls that day
🌱 @mrmortimerswife made the crowns and sent over several beautiful headpieces, of which these three fit the looks perfectly.
🦋 @tornandpolished (model) pulled the whole team together and really helped kickstart the project.
💫 @scarlett.zc joined in (model), and it was so lovely having her creative light as part of our little girl gang.
I proposed shooting at Minster Lovell Hall, a 15th century ruin filled with lore and history, a place that never fails to inspire me whenever I visit.
🌿 And @richardwakefield, our lovely videographer, kindly joined us for the day to capture behind the scenes moments for us all
💖 Big love to @faeriemagazine for featuring this set on their spring cover and within the issue itself ✨
The colors in this set completely ran away with me. I wanted it to feel like the illustrations we loved in childhood storybooks had somehow come to life and, somewhere along the way, they truly did.
It really was a day filled with such beautiful energy and, as we played in the afternoon sun, I truly felt like I’d slipped back in time, stepping through a portal into the realms of childhood imaginings and play.
When was the last time you felt that childlike sense of wonder? 🌱
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✨Color toned with @only.thecurious - Sunset in June & Femme Fatale
✨Captured with @phaseonephoto
✨Post Production @captureone & @photoshop
✨Retouching polish @solsticeretouch
1,615 likes · 71 comments · 18 May 2026
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald
Summer in England is where I find myself thriving again. The sweet air, the vibrant blooms, the magic of the countryside, historic homes, and their enchanting gardens.
Here are a few pictures from a session I had with the lovely @meg.modelling during her visit to Oxfordshire. She was such a joy to create with, and I have more to share soon, along with a behind the scenes video, so please keep a look out for that 🌿🌱
I’ll be back in the UK this summer from June to August. If you feel called to create something together in the English countryside, you’re so welcome to reach out at [email protected] for rates and availability ✨
Anddd if you’re feeling called to a little adventure, I’d gently nudge you to take a look at a retreat I’m hosting in Germany with @sixessphotography and @marys_wonderworld 🌸✨
It’s a 5 day experience where you are the muse, joined by a small group of like-minded souls. We’ll be staying together, creating across three beautiful locations, and you’ll receive images from each setting 💫
All of the styling will be thoughtfully handled by @marys_wonderworld, so everything is taken care of for you.
All you need to do is arrive, settle in, and allow yourself to enjoy the experience ✨
More info about that experience here - www.bellakotakphotography.com/events
And of course if you have any questions at all feel free to just drop me a DM ☺️
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Muse: @meg.modelling
Silk cape: @goldenhourgowns
Green Dress: Vintage (Meg’s own)
Corset by @grimildemalatesta
Captured with @phaseonephoto
Colortoning: @only.thecurious - Botticelli’s Dream, Inferno, and Sunset in June (along with my own adjustments)
Finishing touch: @borisfx_optics
Retouching polish: @solsticeretouch
Programs used: @captureone @photoshop
1,223 likes · 79 comments · 03 May 2026
“Life in us is like the water in a river.”
- Henry David Thoreau
Last summer I had the pleasure of joining @marys_wonderworld, @tornandpolished, and @lillianliuphotography for creative adventures in Azores 🌿 we spent the days exploring the island, experiencing its incredible natural wonders, connecting in girlhood, and immortalizing our creative energy through the lens.
I feel the most alive when in nature, embraced by its scents and soundscapes, combining that love with photography is truly my happy place 🥰
🐚 Featuring @marys_wonderworld wearing @tygrondesign
Colortoned with my Mermaid’s Tears color preset from @only.thecurious
Finishing touches with @borisfx_optics
Retouching polish with @solsticeretouch
1,229 likes · 126 comments · 17 Apr 2026
✨ Upcoming Events in Germany this July!
I’m so excited to be hosting two special events this summer in partnership with my friend @marys_wonderworld and @sixessphotography, who will be kindly hosting the studio for the workshop and co hosting a very special retreat with me.
If you’ve ever wanted to learn from me directly or experience one of my fantasy inspired shoots, this is a wonderful opportunity to join us 🌱
For full details and booking information, please visit the Upcoming Events section via the link in my bio👆
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✨July 4: Fantasy & Fine Art Workshop
📍 Fotostudio Sixess, Glindenberg (near Magdeburg, Germany)
⏰ 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
👥 Limited to 12 participants
A full day workshop where I’ll be sharing my approach to lighting, posing, concept development, and editing for fantasy and fine art portraiture.
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✨July 6 - 10 : Once Upon a Dream Retreat
A fantasy photoshoot retreat in the heart of Germany.
Hosted alongside @sixessphotography and @marys_wonderworld, this immersive experience invites participants to step into elaborate costumes and become the central characters in beautifully crafted photographic scenes inspired by modern fairy tales.
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As with many of my workshops, there’s no guarantee that I will repeat these events in the same location. If you’ve been hoping to create with me in person, this might be the perfect chance.
I would absolutely love to see you there 🌸
460 likes · 29 comments · 13 Mar 2026
There was some kind of magic in the air back in 2016 🌸💫
Who remembers these moments?
It’s so fascinating to see what’s changed and what hasn’t 🥹 I confess I was quite surprised to see how much I loved the landscape crop back then 😅
Thank you sincerely for all your love and support over the years then and now 🙏 Thank you for being the heart to why I love to create art 💕✨
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Credits:
1: Model: Jessica McClellan
Gown by: @fireflypath
Stylist & Hair by: Daisy Jane Turner
Makeup by: @florian_hencher
2: Models: Nina Sever & @kerry.annn
Makeup by @lydiapankhurst
Dresses designed by @joanneflemingdesign
Gold & pearl headpiece by @creationsbylivfree
3: Lulu Lockhart
4: Model: Anna & Mathilde
Hair & Makeup Artist: Maria Leonhard Bødker
Red & White dress by Fairytas
Gold sequin dress from my collection
Crown Headpiece: Pendulous Threads UK
5 / 9: Models: Nina Sever & @kerry.annn
Makeup by @mi_inmakeup
Dresses designed by @lindafriesen.couture
Gold & pearl headpiece by @creationsbylivfree
6/7: Model is @scarlett.zc
Dress from my collection
8: Model is @jodilakin wearing @joanneflemingdesign
9: Model is @kerry.annn wearing @joanneflemingdesign
Makeup by @lydiapankhurst
10/11: Featuring @scarlett.zc
12: Featuring Stephanie Rebello
13: Model: @joy_draiki
Cape: @costureroreal
14: Model: Anna wearing @_fairytas
15: Model: @ellagracedenton
16: Model @kerry.annn
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Captured with either a Canon 5d mark iii or @phaseonephoto
All Editing and Color toning by @bellakotak using @photoshop
Skin retouching @solsticeretouch
1,065 likes · 69 comments · 28 Jan 2026
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