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RAK tourism ... 6th and final day of backstage shooting

2012-02-11T13:43:00.000-08:00

crew always hard at work :)

the end

Day 5 of backstage on a filmset

2012-02-10T04:24:00.000-08:00

marty getting all physical with the model

day 3 in NEW YORK CITY

2012-02-09T16:41:00.000-08:00

Today we started our big search for our new home in NYC....
For us its pretty difficult to decide on an area cause we dont know NY at all, so we left it up to the real estates to help us pick an area that was safe, in manhattan and that was large enough for us to breath.

Our first apartment we went to was close to central park , but had no elevator so we had to walk up 6 flights of stairs with a pram ... this was not cool and i thought i was going to have a heart attack by the time i reached the top. It was a duplex apartment with a rooftop terrace ... cool but a little small and of course the 6 flights of stairs was a big con. Our second apartment we looked at was on the corner of Broadway and west 143 street... Its very upper westside but the area was cool and the apartment is to die for . Its got a doorman intecom system, gym, massive shared rooftop deck with sundeck chairs etc ,
its a gigantic apartment with walkin wardrobes , a office area, loads of windows and a terrace ...

A little bit more expensive than we hoped for , but we have put in a request to take it so lets hope everything works out and the landlord accepts our offer...

here attached are some pics !

MY RESTAURANT ! KENNEDY'S

THE ROOFTOP OF THE APARTMENT BLOCK

WASHINGTON BRIDGE

ENTRANCE , BATHROOM AND OFFICE ON THE RIGHT

THE LOUNGE

BEDROOM 1

BEDROOM 2 WITH TERRACE

TERRACE FROM BEDROOM

VIEW TO THE LEFT OF TERRACE

TERRACE VIEW TO THE RIGHT

GYM

A BLOCK FROM THE APARTMENT

TIMESQUARE ADVENTURE

OUR FIRST NEW YORK HOTDOG

NYC ---- we are finally here

2012-02-08T04:31:00.000-08:00

So after months and months of working, planning and waiting for our american visas they finally arrived at the end of january ! we booked our flights for the 6th of february and off we went. I must say traveling 13.5 hours with a toddler from Dubai to New York was fucking awful. Instead of having a few drinks and passing out and waking up in New York you pretty much have to stay a wake and entertain your child. It was a long long flight and we will never do that flight again with Cash. I forgot to mention that he didnt have his own seat so pretty much sat on me and marks lap for the entire flight ... fun times.

So we arrived at JFK around 2pm on Monday and took a taxi to our new temp home in Brooklyn. We went shopping for some food , got home and pretty much fell a sleep with the food still in our mouths .

Randomly woke up at 1.30 am and did a bit of work , watched some TV and passed out again until 7 am this morning. We cruised around Brooklyn today and took a few pics of the neighbourhood and some interesting grafitti work.

Here is the view from the Pulaski bridge . Its the bridge we need to cruise across to get to the 7 train in Queens.

At T mobile trying to get a job as a cleaner

did a big shop at keyfood, Thank god for the pram as there was no way of carrying all these bags by hand

Our apartment is very strangely decorated , so i thought i would take a few shots to show you . a bowl of yarn

bowling pins

lots of old little dog statues

baseballs

color bulbs

old set of dominoes

paris 24 hour 24 people ISAAC HUB

2012-02-04T23:08:00.000-08:00

Isaac Hub .. a man that i met during a test shooting for his agency. Turned out to be a perfect candidate for my 24 people 24 hour project. Thank you ISAAC for all your help and enthusiasm!

Day 4 of filming in ras al khamah

2012-02-03T23:16:00.000-08:00

On day 4 of the shoot we started out at the pool in one of the top hotels of Ras al Khamah. The crew enjoyed it as they spent plenty time adjusting lights and scrims in the water and seeing it was around 40 degrees outside the pool is the only place everyone should have been. We then moved over to a local chocolate factory where everyone had to wash there hands , tie up their hair in little white clothes, wear white overalls and cover there shoes with plastic before entering the factory. Time was spent eating chocolates and shooting . After the chocolates we heading over to a very famous japanese restaurant .. AKOYA situated on the beach front for our final shot. We were lacking cast for the shoot so i was dragged into a dinner scene and filmed... and now realized that it really does suck being in front of the camera ! behind the camera is where i belong !

Ras Al Khamah backstage day 3

2012-01-27T23:27:00.000-08:00

Happy new year ... i know im late but rather late than never . Seeing we are leaving Dubai for good in the next couple days and making the big, exciting and little scary move to the biggest and best city in the world , New York, i decided to wrap up all the old shoots that i never got around to processing and uploading last year. So here is my backstage of DAY 3 of the Ras Al Khamah filmshoot. i didnt get many shots this day as i was banned from shooting in the public cause as my tattoos offended the locals and I was not going to wear a long sleeve tshirt for the entire day with temperatures around 35-40 degrees so i pretty much sat in my car and shot and smoked all day ! enjoy and will be uploading the next day tomorrow !

behind the scenes on RAK tourism commercial day 2

2011-11-28T07:55:00.001-08:00

backstage on a filmset. day1

2011-11-25T02:33:00.001-08:00

in the beginning of October I got asked to shoot backstage footage of the crew while shooting a tourism commercial for Ras Al Khamah. Ras Al Khamah is not the prettiest of the emirates, but the commercial did a great job at highlighting the best elements of the emirate. Ras al Khamah is also a more reserved muslim emirate, which is something that always pisses me off while shooting, as i keep on getting told to cover my tattoos, legs , cleavage etc .. which is a difficult one while shooting outdoors in 40 degree weather. Besides that irritation i had loads of fun and here below is the footage of day 1 of 6.

this was our first location , shooting at the oyster farm. They shot one of the guys on a pier cleaning the oysters and seeding it to create a pearl

Rodger the focus puller

Mark main gaffer and the director jack mulder

Kevin the Camera operator

mark in action

Dixie the grip on the right and warwick the DOP on the left

harry and kevin

steady cam rig

mark busy as usual

the boys

richard the line producer

steve - agency

marty

me and jack on a old rowing boat

the end of day 1

Last day in Paris

2011-11-08T11:33:00.000-08:00

While i was in paris shooting my 24 people 24 hour project, i worked on a few other shoots as well. This is one of them. i was lucky to meet this amazing family while shooting with my friend Nirit in the Luxembourg gardens. They had lived in Paris for around 10 years and were sadly leaving and moving back to Israel the following day. So i decided to capture there last day in Paris .

24 people 24 hours warren guetta

2011-11-07T00:24:00.000-08:00

Here is the 10th person i photographed for my 24 people 24 hour shoot.
An actor based in paris , Warren Guetta

Press for pork!

2011-10-29T08:47:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of a button that opens the door of a pork area in spinneys super market ras al khamah emirate. The button is needed so that there is no chance of the door automatically opening and exposing a muslim to air filled with the smell of pork or heaven forbid they see a pork chop as this might be classified as sin.

Ladies and gentlemen ' press for pork '

a cool advertising concept i saw in new york

2011-10-29T02:40:00.000-07:00

While walking through the streets of new york i came a cross this awesome window display for converse store

banksy's inspiration

2011-10-28T22:58:00.000-07:00

I am a keen lover of tag art. I travel a lot so i get to see a load of various tags all over city walls. Its incredible and o so inspiring . Recently i went onto one eyeland website and found some of Banksy's ( my favourite tag artist) new work. Its fucking unbelievable so i thought i would share it with you

24 people 24 hours Melanie Marcel

2011-10-23T07:02:00.000-07:00

I would like to present Melanie ! one of the coolest chicks i know in Paris. She is beautiful, fun and has a heart of gold and is married to the awesome Bruno Alexandre .

24 people 24 hours QUENTIN VERON

2011-10-20T21:54:00.000-07:00

my 8th portrait session with Quentin Veron for 24 people 24 hours!

24 people 24 hours JB DEVAY

2011-10-20T04:44:00.000-07:00

here below is my 7th person i have shot for the 24 people 24 hour project! enjoy

24 people 24 hours Etienne Jeanson

2011-10-18T10:19:00.000-07:00

Its been a while since i have added a new portrait section to my blog. But for the last 7 days i have been in Ras al Khamah shooting backstage and portraits on a commercial. It was fucking awesome, hard work yes with long long hours and shooting all day outdoors in the heat. We lived off Power horse energy drinks and smokes so i lost weight and gained a tan, rocking.

Anyway we arrived back yesterday and of course straight back to my computer with a huge backlog of retouching work ! So i think im gonna be stuck in front of the computer for at least another 8 days solid !

Today im uploading portraits of a fashion designer in Paris, he is the 6th person i had shot.

24 people 24 hours Cedric benetti

2011-10-09T05:18:00.000-07:00

So today Im posting my latest set of portraits ! One of my best friends in Paris, the one and only Cedric Benetti! My favourite beer drinking buddy, my top Paris tour guide , the man that has the most comfortable couch in Paris and my friend with the coolest bathroom!

24 people 24 hours Nirit Sumeruk

2011-10-08T02:39:00.000-07:00

So today i present you with my 4th set of portraits for the 24 people 24 hours project. Here name is Nirit Sumeruk and she happens to be one of my best and oldest friend's. When i lived in Paris 6 years ago I met her and we have been friends ever since. So i decided to photograph and interview her so the rest of the world can meet and get to know Nirit

24 people 24 hours Johann Giethlen

2011-10-06T12:57:00.000-07:00

So finally i completed my 3rd person from my 24 hour 24 people shoot. here below are the shots !

24 people 24 hours Felix Puget

2011-10-04T22:28:00.000-07:00

So today im uploading the 2nd person i shot for the 24 people 24 hour project. Felix Puget he is a makeup/hair artist based in Paris. I worked with in Paris on my last shoot for Creem magazine New York. He is an awesome person to work with and I will hopefully be working with him in the near future.

24 people 24 hours - antoine garnier

2011-10-03T21:50:00.000-07:00

I travelled to Paris in the beginning of september for 6 days to shoot a few cool new shots for my portfolio. Out of the 5 projects my favourite was titled 24 / 24 . It involved shooting 24 people in Paris and spending only 60 minutes with each person and trying to capture who they are . It was incredible meeting all these talented, creatives. Some were designers, some were musicians some were writers but every single one had a unique style and personality.

One of my very 1st people I photographed was Antoine Garnier . Here attached are the shots and write up of Antoine. enjoy

Time for a Steal

2011-09-26T05:15:00.000-07:00

Yeah Ok i have been pretty bad with uploading new work or info about whats going on in my life. I simply do not have anytime at the moment! Besides the fact that our stupid, pathetic nanny gave us 4 hours notice before you quit and decided another job that offered medical was more tempting than looking after our son, after 1 year of treating her like family ... POOF .. she was gone and at the moment we are trying to juggle being full time parents and have full time careers so life is a little busy at the moment.

Seems sleeping late for us is 6.30 am because 5 am is the normal call time for us to start retouching or shooting and 12 midnight is the normal time to stop working. So for now i am a little snowed under in trying to get all my Paris shots up to date and my new website up ! shhhuuuuuuu !

So i loved Mark Sherman's blog today and decided to steal it to at least have something interesting and new on my blog! So here we go .... please click to go straight to his blog to ready further about this lighting technique !

2011-09-17T01:46:00.001-07:00

So finally taking some time off and at bidi bondi watching some rugby! I managed to find big Lionel pants hanging on the wall!! What a find!

2011-09-04T02:47:00.001-07:00

Well finally after 5 days of some hectic shootings in paris I'm on the way back to the south of France. What a fucking awesome experience , waking up early walking paris flat and raping It of all it's cool locations, meeting a bunch of awesome creative beautiful people, drinking some pretty tasty beer, shooting a video for a rockstar , shooting friends hanging out smoking and drinking beer and shooting 5 test shoots for models from major models.

Paris also experienced it's hottest week with temperatures around 30 degrees which was crazy in the metro and walking for 12 a day , I officially broke out in a sweat!

After 3 days in the south of France I'm heading back to dubai to start working on all my pictures. I shot around 500 gb of shots, and have zero space left on my laptop. I can not wait to sit down with a coffee and a smoke and start sorting through the shots, It's gonna feel like I'm a little girl on Xmas morning!

I arrive in agen in 45 min wooohoooo to be picked up by my parents and so excited to see my little boy Cash!!! It's been way to long apart from him!!!

2011-09-03T00:02:00.001-07:00

Good morning! Here is my first location for my shootings today!

2011-09-02T12:14:00.001-07:00

Just finished shooting , walked out my models apartment and this was my view!

2011-09-02T05:22:00.000-07:00

When you just can't walk anymore the best thing to do is stop at 1 of paris s many beautiful cafes and have a omlette du fromage mmmm ! Awesome. And now onto my best shoot!

2011-08-30T13:09:00.001-07:00

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!

2011-08-30T11:49:00.000-07:00

Just a random on the train to republique

2011-08-30T02:42:00.000-07:00

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

2011-08-28T12:26:00.001-07:00

2011-08-28T12:13:00.001-07:00

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 !

Paris projects

2011-08-27T01:47:00.000-07:00

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 !

2011-08-22T10:02:00.000-07:00

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 .