Whip It Good

An interesting day at the salon.

Models: Chanon Finley & Ana Chentsova

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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

Shot for Arsenic Magazine by Steven Williams

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 - 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.

Through The Glass with Alyssa Julya Smith

A few selections from a shoot I did with Alyssa Julya Smith last year for Arsenic Magazine.

Shooting with Cynthia Chavez

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

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.

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.

My Model Wish List - Constance Jablonski

The latest addition to My Model Wish List is French model Constance Jablonski. Since starting her modeling career in 2006 she's done campaigns for Victoria's Secret, Estée Lauder, Ralph Lauren, Fendi, Dolce & Gabbana, H&M, Gap, Calvin Klein, Barney's, Nine West, and many more major fashion brands. She's also been featured in Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, Vanity Fair, V, and Revue de Modes.

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.

Sneak Peek . . .

Here's a random selection from the shoot I did with Arsenic Magazine yesterday:

Lenka by Steve Shaw

Featured on Esquire Network's How I Rock It (tv.esquire.com/shows/how-I-rock-it) Model: Lenka Hasova / MUSE Video: Jim Dziura Photography: Steve Shaw Stylist: Maya Krispin Makeup: Carola Gonzalez Hair: Sienree Music Provided by: Jingle Punks Special Thanks to: Rufus Burnham / The Camera House www.thecamerahouse.com

From the Archives - Danielle Trixie

I haven't posted anything on the blog in awhile so here's an old shot from the archives of Playboy/Penthouse/Hustler model Danielle Trixie. I did a quick shoot with her at her place in Dallas, TX a few years ago when I was passing through town. This was probably the fourth or fifth photo shoot I had ever done. This photo is far from those you'd find in Penthouse or Hustler and as usual there are no touchups.

A Deeper Kind of Sex

Back in August of this year I was up in Venice Beach working on a project with Arsenic Magazine which they've titled "A Deeper Kind of Sex." I was shooting stills for the project while Director/Writer Scott Burns (Bourne Ultimatum, Contagion, The Informant) directed the video. The video features models Tatiana Dietemen, Alyssa Smith, and Shay Maria.

From the original post on the Arsenic Magazine site:

The objectification of women: can't live with it, and can't sell billions of dollars of material items without it. It has warped a generation of men in all sorts of diabolical ways and has turned young women against food, each other and themselves. And yet here we are, confronted daily with our own appetites for youth and beauty and sex with access to an infinite internet receding into the darkest and most fascinating places. Sam Shepherd once said,

"In the middle of a contradiction, that's where you want to be."

This is where these images find all of us. - Scott Z. Burns

My Model Wish List - Mila Ryzhkova

I just discovered Mila Ryzhkova in a photo set by Ukrainian photographer Alex Kolodyahzni for Next Door Model Magazine and really liked her look. I don't know anything about her, but thought she was worth a spot on My Model Wish List.

My Model Wish List - Mona Johannesson

Mona Johannsesson is a Swedish model that I wasn't too familiar with, but stumbled upon her this morning while looking for new models to add to My Model Wish List. She's done a lot of work for Vogue, JC Penny, J. Crew and other brands. I think she looks amazing and would love to have an opportunity to work with her someday.

Italian Contemporary Style. Model Mona Johannesson shot by Stefano Galuzzi in Venice. Where else?