Reina Swimwear Photoshoot - Behind the Scenes

Reina-Swimwear Photoshoot, originally uploaded by cplus51.

The day started off at 6:00 am with a LOT of coffee. The location was at a park by the water in the south end of Scarborough. We started hair and make-up at my house, but had to finish on location so as to make the best of the morning light. I think mostly everything went according to plan except for a slight insect problem - crazy biting ants that crawled EVERYWHERE, including my models! Anyways, here are a few shots of the preparation process. Credits are listed at the end of this post. P.S. Reminder, in case you missed my previous post, the full set of photos from the shoot can be found on my Flickr page here

Scouting out the location the night before

The team that made it all happen! Our make-up artist, Jen somehow escaped the wrath of my lens but needless to say was a vital part of our operation. Also, special thanks to my sister, Yvonne, who spent the day being the make-up, hair AND photography assistant.

My friend Crystal helping us out with some hair teasing.

Just had to include this one! :) Kam, after an all nighter out at the Toronto Jazz Festival

Credits: Make-up by Jennifer Lo.
Hair by Sora Won.
Wardrobe by Marievefrom Reina Swimwear.
Models were Roxane Bryce, Chynna Murphy, and Kam.

If you are interested in working with anyone of these talented individuals, please email me for their contact information.

Reina Swimwear Photoshoot

Reina-Swimwear Photoshoot, originally uploaded by cplus51.

Photos from the Reina Swimwear Photoshoot are up on my Flickr! Click here to look at the full set. Check back soon for more about the day of the shoot and behind the scenes photos.

Juzd Private Party

Earlier this year, I covered a Juzd Private Party where they had a fashion show to launch their new collection. Looks like they've ended using a lot of my photos throughout their website as well as the header images on their blog! Anyways, they've put up a collection of my photos from the night on the photo section of their site or you can always go to the Juzd Private Party set on my flickr. Here's a few of the ones they ended up using (except for the last one) but I've added that because I like that spotlight shining through behind him :)

I have a busy weekend coming up, a swimsuit shoot and a windsurfing competition! Well, I'm not a contender, but I will be following closely with my camera in a boat to take photographs of the windsurfers. Should be fun...check back for those photos.

Kolor Shades "Hollywood" Launch

Kolor Shades Photoshoot. Love her look here.

Did a photoshoot for Kolor Shades last week to help the launch of their new product Hollywood Shades. The photoshoot was at Century Room on King St. West but we ended up using the streets and back alleys for backgrounds and borrowed some bartender's motorcycle! Dude was on his way to work at Devil's Martini when we swarmed him with our crew of models and begged to use his bike, how could he say no? Anyways, had a fun night working with some amazing models. I love working with models who are willing to try out different poses and experiment with me (eg. climbing up poles, fences, walls, garbage disposal bins, bathroom stalls!) They did it all with not one word of complaint! Makes my job ten times easier! Thanks you guys!! Anyways, here are a few of my favourites. The rest of the set can be viewed on my flickr set for Kolor Shades Photoshoot here

A day with the girls

Sora at work

Aside from weddings and events, this is the first 'on-purpose' shoot of the year. On purpose as in, a shoot for no reason other than to improve my photography skills and build on my portfolio. Hopefully I can keep myself motivated to do more of these this year. Already I see a few things that I need to work on, number one being, I MUST take the time to adjust camera settings. Shoot. Adjust. Shoot. Adjust. I know this, yet I don't know what it is about having someone standing in front of me, waiting on my instructions, waiting on me. I get scared to take my time. I guess there's always room for improvement. Anyways, more importantly, I did get in a few decent shots and I had a great time doing it. Yay. Enough talking tho.

Models were Upi, Harpreet, and Arti. Make up - Jennifer Lo and hair - Sora Won. Thanks ladies for a really fun shoot! I've posted some shots of the pre-shoot prep as well as one or two of my fav shots.

tools of the trade

more tools

makeup'n

Arti

Harpreet

Upi

The full set can be found on my flickr page under the SJV Series I set. As always, any critiques or comments...leave your mark.