What I'm upto next week??

For the next five days starting on Sunday next week, I'll be styling a shoot and video for Emirates airlines. We will be shooting aboard the A-380 craft, focusing on the different classes, amenities, and passengers. A team made up of 4 different photographers plus their assistants, 3 wardrobe stylists plus 2 assistants, 2 make-up and hairstylists plus one assistant, 3 production people plus an assistant, and 43 different models that were cast from ordinary people (ranging from ages 4 through 40's), 3 different creative directors, and 8 Emirates airlines staff members.......should be quite a challenge filled with lots of excitement.....looking forward to it!

Last week.....

I see.....

Bubble Wrap Couture

And more to come on that note;))

Sponsored shoot: Van Cleef and Arpels + Chloe for Haya MBC Magazine!

What a great birthday present!!!

Worked on a fabulous shoot for Van Cleef & Arpels and Chloe....styled together! It was for Haya MBC Magazine. And the best part, it was art directed by me!!! I was very happy to work closely with the PR and marketing reps here in the Middle East, and to use their recent collection pieces in an outstanding editorial.

One of my fav's

A shot on the screen

Shot in the Cigar room at the Address Hotel Marina in Dubai, this place gave a dramatic feel to the story. It's dark, old English countryside setting, brought about the strong colors of camels, tans, and dark olives of the recent Chloe fall 2010 collection, paired up with the ravishing signature diamond clovers and floral jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels. Did I mention that their long clover necklace cost AED 400,000 (equivalent to 108,902.80 USD)??

Clover Necklace from VC&A

Militza from Bareface

We shot with the stunning Militza from Bareface....a tall and stunning Serbian beauty. Hair was done by the talented Tonee Robeiro, makeup by the awesome Zahra Kadom (I love working with her!), and story was once again shot by lighting fanatic Hussain Jian. Editorial is due to be published on the 2nd of September!

Sizzle the summer...The booker's blog @ Bareface!

Just wrote a great article for the summer's new trends @ my agency's blog. Check it out:

http://thebookersblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/sizzle-this-summer/

Hoping to write more for them....and for myself:))

Oil of Olay-White Radiance Cream Campaign.

Today, I worked on an ad campaign for Oil of Olay-White Radiance Cream, a client for Saatchi & Saatchi. It was an exciting projected, booked by my agency in Dubai, Bareface. The model, Sara Powell (repped by Next Models New York, and Modelwerk Hamburg), was flown in from Germany. The team was comprised of the talented Dennie Pasion from Bareface, who did hair + makeup, and photography was by Alexa Singer, also from Bareface and just flew in from Cape Town for the project, and who by the way was a top South African model in the 80's featured on the covers of Vogue 16 times back then. Assistant photographer was Jay Jayendran, and Bareface producer Gemma Beecher. Campaign shot to follow soon:)

Alexa Singer

Model: Sara Powell

Team at work!