You can learn a thing or two from my friend Alyssa Smith:
A short version of Alyssa Julya Smith hosting Esquire Network's "Women We Love" Special. Aired 11/2013. She is Represented by NEXT Los Angeles.
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From the Archives - Alyssa Smith
Alyssa Smith and I met last summer on a shoot we were doing for Arsenic Magazine. We got together a few months later at her place in Los Angeles and shot some stuff for fun, here's one of the images from that day in September 2013.
Hoverboard 25 Years Later
25 years after the release of Back to the Future II the hoverboard is finally a reality, well not really . . . I was hoping this video was real, but after doing a bit more research I discovered it wasn't. One day . . . I wish HUVr was an actual company, but it turns out this is some sort of Funny or Die gimmick. Having Tony Hawk and Chrisopher Lloyd (Doc Brown from the Back to the Future movies) present the product made it seem even more convincing.
My Model Wish List - Padma Lakshmi
It's been awhile since I've posted anything on the blog, I've been out of town working for the past few weeks and will post something about that soon. In the meantime I wanted to add the beautiful and talented Indian born model, actress, chef, author and television host Padma Lakshmi to My Model Wish List. At 43 years of age, she's smoking hot and is keeping busy writing cookbooks while at the same time hosting Top Chef and modeling for ad campaigns. Being from India she has the exotic look and being a polyglot (she speaks English, Italian, Spanish, Tamil, and Hindi) adds to her sex appeal, on top of that she doesn't try to cover up her scar which gives her the bad ass element as well. She's been featured in publications like Playboy and shot with top photographers like Helmut Newton. Padma has always been on my model wish list and will hopefully be someone I can photograph at some point in time.
Padma Lakshmi
I really like this photo taken by Helmut Newton of Indian born model | actress | author | TV personality | foodie Padma Lakshmi, I would love to do a shoot with her sometime and then have some dinner.
Things to Come
Well I've managed to get myself stranded in Argentina for an additional week, but that's not a bad thing. With this extra time here I was able to spend time collaborating with my good friends Tomy and Pali from Tuco Studios. We met the last time I was in Buenos Aires back in 2011 and have been talking about trying to work on some stuff together ever since. We have some cool new projects in the works and the other night I was hanging out with Tomy and he started bring new life to some photos I took awhile back and have done much with. Here's a sample of what's to come, the model is the beautiful Eufrat from Prague and the shoot took place in Los Angeles back in 2011.
Morgan Freeman Finger Painting by Kyle Lambert
I just saw this on Mashable on thought it was worth a repost. It's incredible what Kyle Lambert is able to do with the iPad. I was never into finger-painting, but this is pretty awesome.
Painted by Kyle Lambert www.kylelambert.co.uk The world's most realistic finger painting. Using only a finger, an iPad Air and the app Procreate, artist Kyle Lambert has painted a photorealistic portrait of actor Morgan Freeman. Original Photograph Taken by Scott Gries - http://www.scottgries.com Music by Richard Woolgar
My Model Wish List - Mila Kunis
Today I'm adding the beautiful Ukranian born actress/model Mila Kunis to My Model Wish List. She first came into the spotlight while playing the role of Jackie Burkart on the television series "That '70s Show" alongside fellow actors Ashton Kutcher, Danny Masterson, Topher Grace, Wilmer Valderrama and Laura Prepon. Since then she has been the voice of Meg Griffen on "Family Guy" appeared in movies such as Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Max Payne, Friends With Benefits, and the prequel to the Wizard of Oz Oz The Great and Powerful. Aside from her acting gig, she's graced the covers magazines like GQ, Allure, Harper Bazaar, Stuff, and was Esquire Magazine's "Sexiest Woman Alive" in 2012.
My Model Wish List - Olivia Wilde
Olivia Wilde . . . is HOT! Whether you're a guy or girl, photographer or not, I think everyone would want to take pictures of Olivia, which gives her all the more reason to be on My Model Wish List . I know I had seen her before she appeared on House, M.D. but it wasn't until she was on the show that I really began to take notice. She's graced the pages of GQ, Maxim, Cosmo, Glamour and many other publications. I don't really think any of the photographers she's worked with (that I have seen) have done her justice, she actually looks better in all the random natural snapshots I've seen of her. I think the photographers she's shot with have fallen back on bad habits of over editing instead of just capturing her natural good looks. I hope I'll somehow get a chance to shoot with her, even if that were to happen, she would still remain on My Model Wish List.
My Model Wish List - Sasha Grey
Sasha Grey . . . she's different from the other girls you'll find in My Model Wish List. I've done shoots with a Playboy model, a Penthouse model and a European porn star before, so shooting someone from that industry wouldn't necessarily be something new for me, but there's something that sets Sasha apart from those other models. It's probably because she seems like a bad ass that just doesn't give a fuck about what you think and there's something really sexy about that, not to mention she's extremely intellectual and well spoken which makes her that much more attractive. Awhile back she released her own book titled Neü Sex in which she gets behind the camera and documents her own life, I haven't checked it out yet, but I am interested in picking up a copy.
Sasha, if you stumble upon this post and want to shoot, send me an e-mail!
My Model Wish List - Karolina Wydra
The model I'm adding today to My Model Wish List is Karolina Wydra. Karonlina is a Polish model/actress that was most recently seen portraying a vampire named Violet on Season 6 of True Blood and has been on the show House, M.D. as Hugh Laurie's wife Dominika Petrova, and playing Dr. Katya Petrovna in the movie Europa Report. I haven't had the chance to work with a Polish model yet so maybe I'll get lucky and get to work with her.
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