Bahamas Day 2

We arrived yesterday and were greeted at the airport by Mark, the other photographer shooting this week and the overall man in charge of this event. We went back to the hotel and met with the stylists and discussed the logistics of the shoot then went to dinner. There seems to be a lot of amazing spaces to shoot around the island. I will know better this evening after Mark and I tour the island. This morning Jen (one of the make-up artists) and I made our way out to the beach for a Pina Colada and some sun. Before I went down I took this shot from my hotel room. A quick storm passed by and caused the sky to go dark and the water to really pop!

Bahama Mama

I will be in the Bahamas for the next week or so shooting the finalists for the Bahamas portion of the Ford Supermodel of the World competition. I'm looking forward to some fun in the sun and I'll try and update as often as I can.

The Natural

There are a couple movies, that if I stumble upon them while channel surfing, that I always have to watch. Goodfellas and The Natural are 2 that I can think of off the top of my head, and The Natural is on right now. So, as I re-touch the images from Valeria's shoot on this rainy Friday, you can be sure that I will be watching what I consider one of the best baseball movies of all time. I love the light throughout the movie, super soft and warm. (I wonder if it has any influence on my post-production?) Here are a couple more images from the shoot.

Funkytown

OK, from previous posts, we all know how much I like to comment on television commercials, (it's a prerequisite for my future career on Madison ave, I plan on being a big player in the "ad" game). Sometimes I love, (Red Stripe), sometimes I hate, (IO Cable) and sometimes I dance like in the Areva commercial that plays "Funkytown" (click here for the video). I still don't know what Areva is or does, (from the commercial it looks like a new Sims game but could be a multi-billion dollar energy company, one or the other) either way, as I sit and re-touch images from Valeria's shoot today I can't help myself from dancing while sitting in my chair. Dancing while seated is what us white folks do best, it requires no lower half coordination, and absolutely no rhythm (just check out the white couple in the video for proof). . . . . . . . . Any respect you had for me up till now is gone now isn't it. Above you will find a quick shot of Valeria from today's shoot.

Stu Stu Studio

OK, so if you don't get the lame Phil Collins reference I'll just assume your under 18 and probably shouldn't be reading this blog anyway because of it's rampant "objectionable content", (not to mention it's run-on sentences). Now, for all you adults out there, here are a couple samples from another lookbook I shot during the madness of NY Fashion Week. We shot it "in studio" which is a departure from my usual "in apartment". The label is LP & P.

Lookie Lookie

Here are a few images from Laila Azhar's lookbook shoot. You can find her collection at Barneys on the wall next to Alexander Wang the current NY "it" designer. Check out that last top, it has only half of a bow, genius! I visited Laila yesterday at the Coterie over on the west side. That was a pretty wild experience. Building after building filled with every major designer from across the country, I was exhausted just walking through it, (and I wasn't even wearing my heels!) Let's just say if you are looking for a 20 -30 something woman, involved in the fashion industry, this is your mecca. You might even see that blonde girl from "The Hills", I did. . . . . . not that I watch that show or anything.

Backstage

I posted a new collection of backstage images on my website. Check it out!