It’s been a long time since I’ve made a My Model Wish List post, or really any post at all. Here is a model Julia Rose who I stumbled upon on Instagram (@its_juliarose) awhile back. You can also follow and support her Shag Mag project on Patreon. Hopefully our paths will cross and we’ll get to shoot sometime.
From the Archives - Alexia Rae Castillo for Arsenic
Model: Alexia Rae Castillo | @alexiaraecastillo
Shot for Arsenic
Whip It Good
An interesting day at the salon.
Models: Chanon Finley & Ana Chentsova
From the Archives - Chanon
I've been really busy working on other projects and traveling so I haven't posted anything in quite awhile. I was just browsing through some old shoots and stumbled up this image of Chanon from a shoot for Arsenic Magazine in Beverly Hills a few years ago. I'm moving back to LA in two weeks so I hope to shoot more while I'm there.
An Afternoon with Cynthia
WORLD CUP GONE WILD
I thought I'd share this video to motivate anyone who hasn't been following the World Cup. This was filmed awhile back by Jim Dziura & Mike Brillantes during a shoot by Ben Watts for Treats! Magazine. The models featured in the video are Audra Marie, Ayla Parker, Heidi Edwards, Lindsey Byard, and Marie-Charlotte Mahul.
Photographer: Ben Watts
Models: Audra Marie, Ayla Parker, Heidi Edwards, Lindsay Byard, Marie-Charlotte Mahul
Video: Jim Dziura / Mike Brillantes
Video Production: Mike Welch
Fashion Stylist: Zoe Costello / Artmix Beauty
Makeup: Adrienne Herbert for Tom Ford
Hair: David Cox for Kevin Murphy / Celestine
Agency Props: Abraham Latham
Music: Zen Freeman featuring Paul McKenna - The Hypnotist Available at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hypnotist-feat.-paul-mckenna/id735191629
Source: https://vimeo.com/78586399
My Model Wish List Collection | August 2013 - July 2014
Here's a collection of models on My Model Wish List since August of last year. I've worked with a few of them before and hope to work the the rest of them at some point.
My Model Wish List - Bianca Balti
I used to post something to My Model Wish List once a week, but I've been so busy lately I haven't had a chance to keep up with it. Anyway, the person being added to the list this week is the beautiful Italian model Bianca Balti. She's been in numerous publications such like Vogue and Esquire and was featured in Playboy France back in 2009 and is currently in the June/July Issue of Playboy US.
$20,000 Smartphone features Hasselblad Camera
By Lisa Eadicicco, Business Insider
Smartphones are expensive. In most cases, you need to shell out about $200 to get a good phone with a two-year contract. Those prices skyrocket to the $600-to-$700 range when you buy a phone off-contract.
That amount of money sounds like petty cash compared to what luxury brand Vertu charges for its smartphones.
The company launched its Vertu Signature Touch smartphone (pictured) earlier this month, and it costs between $10,000 and $22,000, depending on how you customize it.
So what makes Vertu's smartphones so expensive? The company claims it's all about the materials it uses.
All of Vertu's smartphones are handmade in England, according to the company's website. Vertu handwrites its signature on each phone to show it was created by a single craftsman start to finish.
The phone's casing is made of natural-grain alligator leather and grade five titanium alloy, which Vertu claims is two-and-a-half times stronger than stainless steel but is still light.
The display, made of sapphire crystal, can reportedly withstand the weight of a "200g ball bearing dropped from a height of one metre," according to the company.
Vertu has teamed up with Bang and Olufsen for the speakers in this device, claiming its camera is certified by Swedish camera manufacturer Hasselblad.
Other than its appearance, the Vertu Signature Touch doesn't seem to be much different than your average smartphone.
The phone comes with a 4.7-inch 1080p display and a 13-megapixel camera and runs on a 2.3-GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, the same chip you'll find in today's flagships like the Galaxy S5 and HTC One M8.
It's unclear exactly what accounts for the differences in price. Specifically, Engadget reports the prices range between $10,300 and $21,900, while The Wall Street Journal reports the black alligator version costs $14,100.
Vertu does mention that buyers can choose different designs and colors. You can get your name or a phrase engraved on the phone.
Vertu's Signature Touch smartphone is unfathomably priced for the everyday user, but it's not the most expensive phone in the world.
Luxury gadget designer Stuart Hughes recreated the iPhone 5's chassis with solid gold and embedded a rare black diamond in the body. Hughes' iPhone 5 sells for an unimaginable $15 million.
How NOT to Pose Your Models
My cousin sent this link to me a little while ago and I thought I'd share it here. Now I'm not one to give advice on how to pose models, in fact on my shoots I let the models handle the initial poses and I might have them make minor adjustments from there. If they're good professional models they tend to have an idea of what looks natural and comfortable. Anyway, the only advice I would give is to NOT pose your models like this:
NSFW - Old Shoot with Eufrat
Some old shots I did with Jana a.k.a Eufrat:
March 2011
October 2011
Fall In Lust
My beautiful friend and amazing model Gabriella just launched her new website www.fallinlust.com. If you like great photography and appreciate beauty then you should definitely check out her site. Gaby and I have shot a few times and have become great friends over the years and I'm really happy to see her website come to life because I know how much work she's put into it. Check it out!
Shooting with Cynthia Chavez
Model: Cynthia Chavez | instagram.com/missbolivia20 | twitter.com/MissChavez20
Photographer: Steven Williams | instagram | twitter | facebook | tumblr
William Painter On Set w/Arsenic Magazine
I was able to snap a few shots with the models sporting the very awesome William Painter's during yesterday's shoot for Arsenic Magazine.
Models: Jesse Golden & Cynthia Chavez
Behind the Scenes - "Spring Fling" for Arsenic Magazine
I was in LA yesterday taking photos for Arsenic Magazine's "Spring Fling" photo shoot. This shoot was more fun than usual because my good friend/photographer Janet Vuong was hanging out on set shooting some behind the scenes stuff. She also let me borrow her Nikon D800 and play around with some of her lenses as well. I'm definitely feeling the need to upgrade soon. Here are some of the behind the scenes shots, I was able to snap a few of Janet as well.
Models: Jesse Golden & Cynthia Chavez
MUA: Daniela Grasso | www.danielamgrasso.com
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.
Photographer Spotlight - Julia Skalozub
Julia Skalozub is a Czech photographer that has shot for numerous publications worldwide, most notably Playboy, Volo and FotoVideo. I first saw her work on the photography portfolio website 500.px and was really into it. I would love to be able shoot at her level and work with the magazines she produces content for on a regular basis.
Sneaking A Peek at Chanon
Model: Chanon Rosefelt-Finley
Photographer: Steven Williams
Client: Arsenic Magazine
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Chanon Finley
Model: Chanon Rosefelt-Finley
Photographer: Steven Williams
Client: Arsenic Magazine
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Arsenic Magazine
I finally have a bit of free time to go through images from my most recent photo shoot with Arsenic Magazine which took place on January 2, 2014 in Los Angeles, CA. I'll post more shots later.
