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The Ova Experience | Elevating Creativity

@theovaexperience

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Portfolio building experiences for creatives.
Founded by @bonitazarelli & @laurajaynestylist
📍West Midlands, UK
📧[email protected]

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🎟️ YOU’VE GOT YOUR OVA EXPERIENCE TICKET… NOW WHAT?

Your ticket isn’t just your entry. It’s your access pass to everything we’ve been carefully curating behind the scenes. 👀

Once you’re booked, you’ll start getting exclusive updates straight to your inbox… before the details are shared publicly.

✨ First looks at the models
📍 Exclusive location & experience info
🎨 Moodboards + creative inspiration
🖤 Behind-the-scenes details
📩 Early access to information you won’t find on the main feed

And then… you step inside the experience.

A carefully curated, themed portfolio-building experience designed to give you incredible creative opportunities, collaborate with other creatives and leave with content you’ll actually want to put in your portfolio.

You don’t just buy a ticket.
You get access to the world we’re creating. 🖤

🎟️ Tickets available now - LINK IN BIO 🫶🏼

Have you got yours?

With love,
✨ Bonita and Laura ✨

Visual reel created by @zarellivisuals

#creativecommunity #portfoliobuilding #ukcreatives #westmidsphotocollective #photography taken in West Midlands by @theovaexperience

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🪩🩸 DISCOWEEN 🩸🪩 THE NIGHT HAS ARRIVED.

What a way to kickstart our first ever portfolio building experiences! With the best time of the year, HALLOWEEN!

Think the glamour of the 70s disco era collides with the darkness of classic horror.

Step into a world of high fashion, sinister characters, disco lights and cinematic storytelling as OVA Experiences brings you an unforgettable portfolio-building experience for creatives.

🕺 70s-inspired editorial
🩸 Iconic horror characters
📸 Curated sets & creative direction
✨ Models, styling & immersive visuals
🎃 Designed for photographers & creatives

This isn’t your average Halloween event. It’s an experience.

THIS IS DISCOWEEN.

📍 The Night Owl, Digbeth @thenightowlbham
📅 11th October
⏰ 1:30PM-6:30PM

🎟️ TICKETS LIVE IN BIO

Set your reminder. Gather your creative team.

The disco is calling… but something else is waiting in the dark. 🩸🪩

Visual : @givannart

#portfoliobuilding #portfoliobuilder #creativecommunity #creativeevents #creativeworkshop taken in Digbeth, Birmingham by @theovaexperience

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WHAT IS OVA EXPERIENCES?

A portfolio-building experience designed for photographers, creatives & storytellers.

We bring together carefully curated themes, hand-picked models, styling, sets & creative direction to create an immersive shoot experience, giving you the opportunity to step into a concept and create imagery you’re proud of.

No ordinary studio day.
No cookie-cutter setups.

Just one vision. Aligned.

✨ Curated editorial themes
🎭 Models & characters
🎨 Styling, sets & mood boards
📸 Portfolio-building opportunities
🤝 A space to create, connect & collaborate

THIS IS OVA EXPERIENCES.

If you’re a creative and want to be involved drop us a DM to see how you can ✨

With love : @bonitazarelli x @laurajaynestylist

Visual reel : @zarellivisuals

#creativecommunity #portfoliobuilding #creatives #ukcreatives #creativeevents taken in West Midlands by @theovaexperience

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POV: you missed the most unhinged creative night of the season… 🪩🩸

A little behind the scenes of Discoween. We wish we’d captured more BTS, but everyone was so lost in their own creative world, we were too busy making magic happen. 🖤

Now we can’t wait to see the incredible images our photographers captured… 👀

Photographers, don’t forget to invite @theovaexperience to collaborate when you post your images! We want to share the magic. ✨

And if you missed this one… you know not to sleep on the next. 😉

MODELS :
@modified.layla
@mazzasrevenge
@pepsi_blackcountryskingirl
@exileartisan
@mlestanxo
@thatssojaidn
@santamariyaanna
@ireneemberr
@flowerboyren

STYLIST :
@laurajaynestylist

ASSISTANT :
@saymon.g1

MUAS :
@alicjabroda_mua
@catpartridgemua
@ellielydia_mua

Organisers :
@theovaexperience
@bonitazarelli x @laurajaynestylist

Edit :
@zarellivisuals

#OVAExperience #Discoween #BirminghamCreatives #CreativeCommunity portfoliobuilding by @theovaexperience

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Dracula & Vampira 🦇⚰️

Event: Discoween - @theovaexperience
Mua: @catpartridgemua
Stylist: @laurajaynestylist
Model: @modified.layla - Vampira
Model: @mazzasrevenge - Dracula
Location: @thenightowlbham taken in Birmingham, United Kingdom by @theovaexperience

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🧛‍♀️Vampira🧛‍♀️

Spooky season is upon us so I thought Iwould start sharing some spooky looks.

This was a take on Vampira for @theovaexperience #dicoween experience from this weekends event.

#halloweenmakeup #halloween2026 #hairandmakeupartist #sfxmakeupartist taken in The Night Owl by @theovaexperience

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MAKING THE ICONIC DISCO COFFIN OUT OF JUST CARDBOARD 🪩⚰️

Our most spoken about prop from our portfolio building experience DISCOWEEN 🩸📸

Swipe to the end to see how we achieved this and how you can make your very own version!!

Special thanks to @richovacollevtive for also helping with set design 🫶🏼

Were you lucky enough to get any photos of/in the disco coffin?

#setdesign #cardboardcreations #creativediy #halloweenprop #discoween by @theovaexperience

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Editing my pictures from #Discoween
Models
Disco Cat @mlestanxo
Love Witch @ireneemberr
Bride Of Frankenstein @pepsi_blackcountryskingirl

MUA @alicjabroda_mua for Disco Cat and Love Witch
MUA @passionforpigments_mua20 for Bride Of Frankenstein

Hair
@catpartridgemua for Love Witch

Stylists @laurajaynestylist
Assisted by @saymon.g1

Organised by @theovaexperience

Venue @thenightowlbham taken in The Night Owl by @theovaexperience

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DISCOWEEN hosted by @theovaexperience . Another amazing models as a glamorous mummy @thatssojaidn & Frankenstein wife @pepsi_blackcountryskingirl ( Pepsi did her own makeup ) Stylist @laurajaynestylist Makeup & BTS @alicjabroda_mua 🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤 taken in The Night Owl by @theovaexperience

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3 days ago

Cleopatra 💫
Event: Discoween - @theovaexperience

Stylist: @laurajaynestylist
Mua: @ellielydia_mua
Model: @santamariyaanna
Location: @thenightowlbham taken in Birmingham, United Kingdom by @theovaexperience

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DISCOWEEN hosted by @theovaexperience as a disco cat my favourite @mlestanxo . Believe me work with Emily is never boring ❤️🫶 stylist @laurajaynestylist 😻😻😻😻 makeup & BTS @alicjabroda_mua taken in The Night Owl by @theovaexperience

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DISCOWEEN hosted by @theovaexperience . It was amazing event done with passion. All outfits was prepared by talented @laurajaynestylist . Model @ireneemberr hair by @catpartridgemua makeup & BTS @alicjabroda_mua ❤️ #halloween #editorialphotography #editorialmakeup #birminghammua #editoriallook taken in The Night Owl by @theovaexperience

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