Tuesday 30 August 2011

So these two big feet have never done so much walking in their lifetime! From early morning hair wax and coffee hunts to climbing millions of flights of stairs to running around Le sentier mocking the police to finally getting my hair done in a beautiful apartment near Duroc on the 7th floor by an awesome hair stylist named Felix who happens to be 1 of my 24 people I photographed in 24 hours. It's been an awesome day! I'm now sitting at Le petit paris restaurant having a delicious selection of cold meats and cheese !

Tomorrow is gonna be my busiest day by far shooting 8 different people in 8 different locations around paris! Can't wait!

Just a random on the train to republique

On my way to metro stop ecole militaire for my first shooting with nirit sumeruk of Paris popcorn , paris fashion blog

Sunday 28 August 2011

So after a 5 hour train ride from agen station in the south of France I finally arrived in paris. I got off at the Bastille metro station instead of republique thinking it was only a short to the right station. I was wrong and had to walk 2.5 km to my hotel with all my luggage. I was officially broken by the time I hot to the hotel, sore back sore feet. Tip for traveling ... Don't worry about looking stylish with big black sexy boots cause it ain't worth it.. As I realized! I got to my hotel .. Hotel leonardo da Vinci , it ain't as pretty as the name. They are moving me downstairs to level 1 tomorrow to be closer to the wifi port because I could even connect properly with skype ! I took the elevator to the 2 nd floor and when I reached the level the door didn't open! I became a victim of a jammed elevator! The emergency bell didn't work and 10 min later I was rescued by the bell boy who had to force the door open! Luckily I have no problem with small spaces the only thing that sucked was that I had no cellphone reception.

Well I just left the hotel and settled at an awesome restaurant called Indiana cafe. I just ordered my white wine spritzer ( no beer unfortunately cause I'm dieting ) and a Florida salad ... Mmmm Bon appetit !

Saturday 27 August 2011

Paris projects

Well its almost time for me to leave the South of France and head up to Paris to start working on a few portfolio projects. Im really excited about this trip , cause for the first time im actually not going to paris to shoot fashion. Im shooting portraits and real life lifestyle.

My first project is 24 people 24 hours. This project is particularly exciting as im photographying 24 people, some that i have never met but are either friends of friends or randoms on facebook. I will be spending 1 hour with each person, photographing cool funky portraits of them in Paris city. I will also be including a write up of each person which they will personally write themselves . I will be putting the collection of shots and writings into a 48page collection which will be added to my website and blog.I will also be doing a video backstage of each person , and that will be edited by the sexy Mark Sherman

My second project is photographing portraits of 5 people and finding certain elements that would fit with there persoanlity or look

My 3rd project is shooting and videoing rockstar Bruno Alexandre . ill be shooting some solo shots of bruno and working on a small video clip as well









My 4th project is shooting 2 sisters as twins. Ill be shooting them on Saturday afternoon. It will consist of a few humourous moments and also some raw beauty shots.

My 5th project is doing a collection of portraits against a white background of a few edgy looking models smoking . look cool and smoke thats the theme!

So ill be in Paris for 6 days ! so its pretty much shooting every day .

ill keep you posted on my progress and my travels and i'll be adding the 24 candidates once i have confirmed everyone !


Monday 22 August 2011

For the last 10 days we have been in the South of France on my parents farm.We love it here, and this time around i thought I would take shots of my husband and son and the moments they share. mark was due back to Dubai on the 20th of August so we as usual pushed the shooting to the last 2 days of him being in France. It was a big rush but we managed to do a short video and a stills shoot with loads of shots ! The video will be ready in around 3 weeks or sooner. This is what happens when you get to france you automatically get into holiday mode, so you really have to make an effort to pull your finger out of your ass and get stuck into work.

Ill be heading to Paris in a few days to work on a few more projects for my book. Im shooting more and more people in there real form, in real situations, and im loving it .