De midtown para a Rússia

Como todo mundo sabe, o metrô de Moscou é um dos mais bonitos do mundo. Já o metrô que me leva a Brighton Beach, a Rússia local, está longe de ser uma Brastemp. Mas o que fazer? Pelo menos sei que em 1 hora chego de midtown a esse que é um dos bairros étnicos mais característicos de New York.

quer dizer: tá russo

Estive lá hoje. E repetiu-se a sensação de que a viagem não acontece apenas no espaço mas também no tempo: uma espécie de volta à infância. Primeiro, por causa da língua, com a qual ainda consigo me fazer entender. E segundo, por causa dos cheiros. O que me faz chegar ao objetivo de minha ida ao local: comprar algumas arrobas de pelmeni, um dos pratos russos com os quais cresci.

Ocasião em que, obviamente, aproveitei para demonstrar meus vastos conhecimentos do idioma de Tolstoi.  Até que desta vez não fui mal, pois só não consegui me lembrar da quantidade (alguém aí sabe como se fala doze em russo?).

Enfim, pra quem se interessar, Brighton Beach fica no Brooklin, pertinho de Coney Island. O bairro já foi chamado de Little Odessa, graças à grande concentração de ucranianos. Com o tempo, aos ucranianos juntaram-se russos, poloneses, armenos, turcos, e outras etnias. São poucas ruas, a principal delas se estendendo embaixo de um big worm (quer dizer, de um minhocão). Além das inúmeras lojas de alimentos e dos letreiros ilegíveis, o que caracteriza o pedaço é a poluição visual.

Lá em cima, o trem; cá embaixo, o maior vai-e-vem.

Pra fugir dessa man-made-ugliness, basta andar duzentos metros e encontrar o mar. E se por acaso você estiver com saudade do Guarujá, Brighton Beach não só tem praia como também calçadão. Mas o que vale mesmo a visita, apesar da feiúra do bairro, são os restaurantes étnicos – vários deles recomendados pelos  mais respeitados guias do gênero.

Guarujanovsky

Aqui eu ia emendar um comentário recomendando a famosa peça de Neil Simon que acabou de voltar para a Broadway: Brighton Beach Memoirs. Como disse, ia recomendar. Depois de uma semana, a peça desse monstro sagrado do teatro americano saiu de cartaz… Agora, se você tiver mesmo interesse, só alugando a versão cinematográfica de 1968. Ou indo ao local onde tudo aconteceu.

Pra terminar, uma informação familiar: a beneficiária principal desta minha incursão a Brighton Beach aterrissa em NY dia 25 de dezembro (tal qual Papai Noel). Quer dizer, a filhota, também fanática de pelmeni, vem passar as festas comigo. Se ela não ler esse blog, o pelmeni vai ser uma surpresa. Se o ler, a surpresa vai ser minha: sabendo desde já da iguaria, imaginem o apetite com que ela vai chegar…

Last month I collaborated with Vault49 to photograph some cool 3D illustrations.  Here is the series.   I love the 3 Dimensional look.  My part in the process was pretty small.  It mainly consisted of controlling the feel of the shadows, managing the depth of field…and getting some super high resolution quality, so all that illustration detail would pop.

If you click on the first shot, then you will go to the series on their website.

You see all my beautiful gear.  The Hasselblad H3D 39 Megapixel with 150mm lens, and one of my Canon cameras (my other Canon probably took the shot!).

Me on a ladder.

Link to Vault49’s blog:

http://www.vault49.com/blog/2009/11/03/iso-lion/

and the series on the website:

http://vault49.com/#/graphic:1233/iso-lion:1687

If you want to see more of my work with Vault49, click here for Mina Cvetkovic, or here for Taylor Warren

Thanks

Michael Creagh

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O tradicional floco de neve da Swarovsky

Não há mês que eu goste mais de New York do que em dezembro.

Primeiro de tudo, porque as temperaturas são baixíssimas  (não este ano, porém!) e a cidade toda se ilumina para a chegada do Papai Noel. Sim, eu sei que é para a chegada dos turistas com seus polpudos cartões de crédito – mas um pouco de ilusão não faz mal a ninguém, certo?

A prova dos 9: chegou o Natal!

Sou apaixonada pelo velhinho gordo, com roupas vermelhas e bochechas idem. Eu coleciono Papais Noéis (existe o plural?!) de todos os lugares que visito. Minha Árvore de Natal só tem Papai Noel – de todos os tipos e materiais possíveis – e, para combinar, os presentes embaixo dela são todos embrulhados em vermelho e branco.

Luzinhas

Então, eu dizia, a cidade se veste, se maquia, se perfuma… enfim, se prepara para a chegada das festas. Como uma anfitrioa vaidosa, pronta para receber gente do mundo inteiro. E bota gente nisso: 47 milhões de pessoas passam por aqui todo ano, sendo que a concentração maior acontece durante o Natal/Reveillon e o Thanksgiving,  E eu ando pelas calçadas (ou o que sobra delas) feliz como uma criança, a admirar as luzinhas.

A propósito de se vestir...

Bottom line: concordo com quem acha lindo o outono em NY. Concordo também com quem acha a primavera maravilhosa. Mas o inverno – principalmente quando ligam o interruptor – é imbatível.

I have been wanting to watch 2012 The film for atleast a week and u know what I could not. Ask me What I was doing and I would say intantly nothing! Then why was I incapable I would say Lazy and too fed up.

Now comming to the question of 2012 I really feel I would not believe any such thing. Like Kalam said ‘there would be many changes that would be happening in 2012 but its not the end of the world’

I was reading this interview with saif regarding kurbaan and I really felt he was honest and the thing regarding his personal opinion of converting after marriage I vote for it. But you know what I also think on a second thought its not feasible unless and until you are very very understanding. When I say you it is two of them the couple.

Click here to watch the vid interview

Rajeev Masand: Have Kareena and you spoken about her converting to Islam if and when you decide to get married?

Saif Ali Khan: Not really because I would never want her to. That is the trouble with religion really it expects conversion. I don’t buy or believe that any more. I think it’s good that the government has – unless I’m misinformed about the law – amended it to include it in the Special Marriage Act. If and when we do get married no one has to change his or her religion.

Rajeev Masand: Your family would be comfortable as well if she chose to continue her faith?

Saif Ali Khan: Certainly. And so they should be because it’s such a personal thing. I mean if you wanted to take someone’s daughter and make him or her into Muslims or say someone wanted to convert me into a Jain, my mother would be worried. You must be loyal to your home.

Well then now I have one more movie waiting and the list increases by the day. For some reason I just wanted to also watch NEWYORK. I hated the realistic movies or offbeat cinema. For there is too much reality. ANd I am not against that kind of cinema but I personally would not like to watch them for the simple reason that we watch a movie for a small relaxation and why would we pay and cry.

What: Seminar “The rise and fall of arts districts in New York City based on rent and art price data“ by Harvey Molotch (New York University)

Where: Università Bocconi Milan, 26 November 2009 at 12.30 p.m (room N38, via Bocconi 8 )

Costs: Participation is open. The seminar is organised by the Department of Institutional Analysis and Public Management.

Info: www.unibocconi.it

Source : http://freeaafia.org/

Still thinking about New York and how must it look in the fall. Is the Broadway Boulevard covered in leaves or not? Cause there may be no trees on Broadway Boulevard. I wouldn’t know that…

All these thoughts about New York and I’ve never even visited it. That’s just hilarious!

Never been at the Empire State Building or at the Madison Square Garden. Never been anywhere in New York…never been to New York.

They keep talking about it all-day-long in Seinfeld: about the baseball matches, about writing scripts about nothing, about just taking a cab downtown.

I guess it’s better than nothing…I could even say I know New York, even if I’ve never been there…

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Here is one more shoot of the beautiful Alina Vacariu.  This one is a little patriotic.  I have a lot more photos from my shoots with Alina, from pretty to fashion to sexy.  They can be seen “Almost Nude”, “Fashion” , “Fashion 2″ and “Wig”.

Enjoy!

Michael Creagh

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ಡಿ ಪಿ ಸತೀಶ್

ಸುದ್ದಿ ಸಂಪಾದಕ, ಸಿ ಎನ್ ಎನ್ ಐ ಬಿ ಏನ್, ದೆಹಲಿ

ಫರೀಧ್ ಜಕಾರಿಯಾ ಪ್ರಪಂಚದ ಅತೀ ಪ್ರಭಾವಶಾಲಿ ಪತ್ರಕರ್ತರಲ್ಲಿ ಒಬ್ಬರು. ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಸಾಪ್ತಾಹಿಕ ನ್ಯೂಸ್ ವೀಕ್ ನ ಸಂಪಾದಕ, ಜಕಾರಿಯಾ ನಮ್ಮವರು. ಮುಂಬಯಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹುಟ್ಟಿ ಬೆಳೆದವರು. ತಂದೆ ರಫೀಕ್ ಜಕಾರಿಯಾ ಹೆಸರಾಂತ ವಿದ್ವಾಂಸರು ಮತ್ತು ರಾಜಕಾರಣಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದವರು. ತಾಯಿ ಫಾತಿಮಾ ಜಕಾರಿಯಾ ಸಂಡೇ ಟೈಮ್ಸ್ ಆಫ್ ಇಂಡಿಯಾದ ಸಂಪಾದಕರಾಗಿದ್ದರು.

ಅಮೇರಿಕಾದ ಅತಿ ಪ್ರಭಾವಶಾಲಿ ಪತ್ರಕರ್ತರಾಗಿರುವ, ಫರೀಧ್ ನ್ಯೂಯಾರ್ಕ್ ವಾಸಿ. ನ್ಯೂಸ್ ವೀಕ್ ಸಂಪಾದಕತ್ವದ ಜೊತೆ ವಾಷಿಂಗ್ಟನ್ ಪೋಸ್ಟ್ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಗೆ ಅಂಕಣ, ಸಿ ಎನ್ ಎನ್ ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಚಾನೆಲ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ಪರೀಧ್ ಜಕಾರಿಯಾ ಜಿಪಿಎಸ್ ಎನ್ನುವ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಜನಪ್ರಿಯ ಕರೆಂಟ್ ಆಪೇರ್ಸ್ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮ ಕೂಡಾ ನಡೆಸುವ ಪರೀಧ್ ನಿನ್ನೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಸಿ ಎನ್ ಎನ್ ಐ ಬಿ ಎನ್ ನ ನವದೆಹಲಿಗೆ ಕಚೇರಿಗೆ ಬಂದಿದ್ದರು.

ಪ್ರಧಾನಮಂತ್ರಿ ಮನಮೋಹನ್ ಸಿಂಗ್ ರ ಅಮೇರಿಕಾ ಭೇಟಿಗೆ ಮೊದಲು ಅವರ ಸಂದರ್ಶನ ನಡೆಸಲು ಬಂದಿದ್ದ ಪರೀಧ್ ಜೊತೆ ಅನೌಪಚಾರಿಕವಾಗಿ ಮಾತನಾಡುವಾಗ, ವಿಷಯ ಪತ್ರಿಕೋದ್ಯಮದ ಭವಿಷ್ಯದತ್ತ ತಿರುಗಿತು.

ಹೇಳಿಕೇಳಿ ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ಪತ್ರಿಕೋದ್ಯಮ, ಟೀವಿಗಳ ವಿಷಯ ಫರೀದ್ ಗಿಂತ ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿ ಗೊತ್ತಿರುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ ಮತ್ತೊಬ್ಬರಿಲ್ಲ.

‘ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಗಳ ಭವಿಷ್ಯವೇನು. ಟೀವಿ ಚಾನೆಲ್ ಗಳ ಭವಿಷ್ಯ ಏನಾಗಬಹುದು. ನ್ಯೂಸ್ ವೀಕ್ ನಂತಹ ಸುದ್ದಿ ಸಾಪ್ತಾಹಿಕಗಳ ಮುಂದಿನ ದಾರಿಯೇನು ಎಂದು ಹೇಳುವುದು ತೀರಾ ಕಷ್ಟ. ಸುಮಾರು ನೂರು ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಕಾಲ ಪಾಲಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಬಂದಿದ್ದ ಪತ್ರಿಕೋದ್ಯಮದ ವ್ಯವಹಾರ ಮಾದರಿ ಕಳೆದ ಹತ್ತುವರ್ಷಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ತಲೆಕೆಳಗಾಗಿದೆ. ಹಳೆಯ ಮಾದರಿ, ಜ್ಞಾನ ಮುಂತಾದವೂ ಯಾವ ಉಪಯೋಗಕ್ಕೂ ಬಾರದಾಗಿವೆ. ಆದರೆ ಮುಂದೆ ಯಾವ ಮಾದರಿ ಅನುಸರಿಸಬೇಕೆಂದು ಯಾರಿಗೂ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ.

ಓದುಗರ ಮತ್ತು ಟೀವಿ ವೀಕ್ಷಕರ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ ಕನಿಷ್ಟ ಹತ್ತುಪಟ್ಟು ಜಾಸ್ತಿಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಆದರೆ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಗಳ ಆದಾಯ ಕುಸಿಯುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಪತ್ರಿಕೋದ್ಯಮವನ್ನು ಲಾಭದಾಯಕವಾಗಿ ನಡೆಸುವುದು ಹೇಗೆಂದು ಮಾತ್ರ ಯಾರಿಗೂ ಗೊತ್ತಾಗುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ. ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ಉದಾರೀಕರಣವನ್ನು ಹೇಗೆ ಎದುರಿಸಬೇಕೆಂದು ಪ್ರಪಂಚದ ಯಾವ ಪತ್ರಿಕೋದ್ಯಮಿಗೂ ತೋಚುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ ‘, ಎಂದು ಜಕಾರಿಯಾ ಮಾತಿಗಳಿದರು.

ನ್ಯೂಸ್ ವೀಕ್ ನ ನೇರ ಪೈಪೋಟಿ ಇರುವುದು ಟೈಮ್ ಮ್ಯಾಗಜೀನ್ ಜೊತೆಗೆ. ಪ್ರಪಂಚದಾದ್ಯಂತ ಸುಮಾರು 5 ಕೋಟಿ ಜನ ಓದುವ ಟೈಮ್ ನಂತರದ ಸ್ಥಾನ ಸುಮಾರು 3 ಕೋಟಿ ಜನ ಓದುವ ನ್ಯೂಸ್ ವೀಕ್ ನದು.

ಈ ಎರಡೂ ಮ್ಯಾಗಜೀನ್ ಗಳ ಪೈಪೋಟಿ ಮುಗಿಲು ಮುಟ್ಟಿದೆ. ಕೊನೆಯದಾಗಿ ಕೇವಲ ಒಂದೇ ಒಂದು ಮ್ಯಾಗಜೀನ್ ಇರಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯ ಎನ್ನುವ ರೀತಿ ಈ ಹೋರಾಟ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದೆ.

‘ ಮುಂದೇನಾಗುತ್ತೋ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ. ನಾವಿಬ್ಬರೂ ನಮ್ಮ ವಿನ್ಯಾಸ, ಶೈಲಿ, ಸುದ್ದಿಯ ರೀತಿ ಬದಲಿಸಿದ್ದೇವೆ. ಟೈಮ್ ತುಂಬಾ ಹಳೆಯದು. ನ್ಯೂಸ್ ವೀಕ್ ಹೊಸದು. ಸೆನ್ಸೇಶನಲ್ ಸುದ್ದಿ, ಬೆತ್ತಲೆ, ಅರೆ ಬೆತ್ತಲೆ ಪೋಟೋಗಳಿಂದ ಯಾವ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಯ ಪ್ರಸಾರವೂ ಏರಿಲ್ಲ. ನನಗೆ ತಿಳಿದಿರುವಂತೆ ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಸಂಬಂಧಿ ವಿಷಯ ಬರೆದಾಗ ಮಾತ್ರ ನ್ಯೂಸ್ ವೀಕ್ ಪ್ರಸಾರ ಏರಿದೆ. ಈ ವಾರದ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾರಾ ಪೇಲಿನ್ ನ ಆಕರ್ಷಕ ಪೋಟೋ ಹಾಕಿದ್ದೇವೆ. ಇದರಿಂದ ಬಿಸಿ ಬಿಸಿ ಚರ್ಚೆ ನಡೆಯಬಹುದು. ಆದರೆ ಪ್ರಸಾರ ಏರುವ ಯಾವ ಲಕ್ಷಣವೂ ಇಲ್ಲ ‘ ಎಂದು ಜಕಾರಿಯಾ ನಕ್ಕರು.

ಅವರ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿ ಟೀವಿ ತೀರಾ ಹೊಸದಾಗಿರುವುದರಿಂದ ಇನ್ನೂ ಕೆಲವು ವರ್ಷ ಬೆಳೆಯುತ್ತದೆ. ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಪ್ರಾದೇಶಿಕ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಗಳೂ ಬೆಳೆಯುತ್ತವೆ. ಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೊರಬರುವಷ್ಟು ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಗಳು, ಟೀವಿಗಳು ಬೇರೆಲ್ಲೂ ಬರಲ್ಲ. ನಾನು ಪ್ರತಿ ಸಲ ಬಂದಾಗಲೂ ನಮ್ಮ ದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೊಸದಾದ ಯಾವುದಾದರೂ ಇರುತ್ತೆ, ಎಂದು ಜಕಾರಿಯಾ ನಕ್ಕರು.

ಅಮೇರಿಕಾದ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರಿಂದ ಹಿಡಿದು, ವಿಶ್ವಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಮಹಾ ಪ್ರಧಾನ ಕಾರ್ಯದರ್ಶಿ, ಚೀನಾ, ರಷ್ಯಾ, ಬ್ರಿಟನ್, ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸ್ ಗಳಂತಹ ಬಲಾಢ್ಯ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರ ತನಕ ಎಲ್ಲರ ವೈಯಕ್ತಿಕ ಪರಿಚಯ, ಪ್ರಭಾವ ಇರುವ ಫರೀದ್ ಜಕಾರಿಯಾ ನಡೆ, ನುಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇನ್ನೂ ಭಾರತೀಯತೆ ಮರೆತಿಲ್ಲ. ಸದಾ ನಗುಮುಖದ, ಪ್ರೀತಿ ತುಂಬಿದ ಕಣ್ಣುಗಳ ಜಕಾರಿಯಾರಂತಹಾ ಪರ್ತಕರ್ತರು ಭಾರತದ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆ. ಜಗತ್ತಿಗೆ ಭಾರತದ ಕೊಡುಗೆ. ಹೇಳುವುದು ಮರೆತೆ, ಅವರ ವಯಸ್ಸು ಇನ್ನೂ ಕೇವಲ 45!

Way back in June I told everyone that I had a new Alina Vacariu shoot and posted the 1 shot directly below.  Many of you have written patiently waiting as I bragged it was hot!  For the record, I was waiting as well.  Alina and I selected our favorites, the agents got involved, we all traveled to different places, worked a lot….time flies.  The good news is the agents didn’t cut anything and we got some beautiful natural light shots of Alina.

Here is the shot I posted back in June.  Alina and I have shot together a couples and you can see some more fashion and beauty photos here and here.

Here are 3 very similar shots of Alina Vacariu almost nude.  Not that you need me to say it, but I was there.  Alina is beautiful in person; sexy.  We had a really had time choosing a favorite.  Any thoughts on 1,2,or 3?

(click photos to make a little larger)

For those of you who are tech photography junkies like me, the lighting was just simple window light behind Alina and whatever light was bouncing around my studio.  I shot with my Canon 1DS Mark III at ISO1600 (It wasn’t as bright as it looked!) at 1/125 sec at F1.4 on the Canon 85mm 1.2 lens.  This is part of my natural light series.

Enjoy!

Michael Creagh

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Awesome day! We took some teens from Vineland, NJ to see NY for the first time! They seen and experienced many new thing! Mental barriers were destroyed that day!

http://www.getoutthebox.org/

” A nonprofit for at-risk youth”

Hey Supporters Join our facebook cause page @ http://apps.facebook.com/causes/383281/77128247?m=7d205f0f and Invite your friends!!

http://www.youtube.com/getoutthebox1

I am excited to post some of my work in the actual environment it appears.  I hope to get some more store shots in the next weeks as it is in loads of stores.  There is a whole add campaign behind the photos.  So far I have the 2 store shots, the catalog and the website.

Above you can see my photo behind the mannequins (Click to enlarge).

When I shot the photo, I never considered it would be wrapped around a circular beam!

You can see all the photos and some of the credits, etc. in the previous post.

http://michaelcreagh.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/mademoiselle-hk-campaign-photos/

thanks!

Michael Creagh

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I posted the lead shot from the Mademoiselle HK shoot back on the 5th, but I am finally able to post the entire series.  I will also post some more shots in the upcoming weeks of the campaign itself.  I just got in 2 snapshots of the photos all blown up in the stores.  I will try to post them tomorrow.

Martha Hunt from  Next Model Management…. which besides being a model I love  (you saw her twice before in my Susana Monaco shoots; Black & White and Balloons and Shadows), it was also a really timely choice for the China and Hong Kong market.  She was just on the cover of Chinese Vogue at the end of the summer, right before our campaign hit China.

Makeup by Yuko and hair by Wesley from the Wall group.  The styling was by Marcell Rocha of Workgroup.  We shot it in my Manhattan studio with Hasselblad H3D 39 Megapixels and Profoto lighting.  I changed up the lighting a little bit, sometimes playing with more shadow versus sometimes using spotlight in the back.

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50 Cent doesn’t make empty boasts. When the Queens rapper proclaimed, “I Run New York” on “I Get Money off his third LP, “Curtis,” he meant it wholeheartedly.

Still, the general consensus is that Jay-Z rules the big apple. But, to let 50 tell it, there’s only one king and he’s not from Marcy. During an upcoming episode of “Food for Thought: Conversations with 50 Cent,” the media assassin, Harry Allen simply asked, “Why is Jay-Z widely considered king of New York, and not you?”

“There’s not another artist in New York City that generates more interest than 50 Cent,” Fif told Allen. “If we go international, Jay-Z is Beyoncé’s husband. He became more popular and relevant based on the work that Matthew [Knowles] made Beyoncé do.”

In addition to Allen, the episode also features Hot 97 radio personality Angie Martinez and sports journalist Stephen A. Smith holding conversations with Fif on a wide range of topics, including his epic SoundScan showdown with Kanye West, what he learned in his relationship with Vivica A. Fox, his new CD, “Before I Self Destruct” and his income drop according to Forbes Magazine. Serving as interviewers, Allen, Martinez and Smith also held conversations with Jay-Z for the series’ premiere back in September.

In related news, 50 is set to co-host 106 & Park with Rocsi for a three-day run starting this Thursday (November 19). He’ll then return the following Monday (November 23) and Tuesday (November 24).

“Food for Thought: Conversations with 50 Cent” premieres Thursday November 19 at 7:30 PM on BET.

Thanks to B.E.T.com 

My Take  50 got a lot of balls i love it he’s good for hip hop

I just read an interesting article on the Daily Beast listing the 10 most valuable models.  I thought I would share.  Click the image below to go to the article on The Daily Beast.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-11-15/most-valuable-models/?cid=hp:mainpromo4#

On a side note.  I am still kicking myself for missing an opportunity to photograph Miranda Kerr years ago.  I wanted to.  I always thought she would be big and adored her look.  I just didn’t have the right project when I had the chance.  Then the opportunity passed.  What a shame.

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this is you and this is me. I have naturally blonde hair and you a little on the mousey side. We are sisters.We meet up once a year.

“I like your outfit sis” says Jacky .

“Thanks” says blue . “Im not really feeling the lace cuffs any more…and i think you should trash the neckscarf ,you know you are 12 years older than me and your just bringing attention to your neck “…

Back in new york city .(skyscrapers and all…)Jacky started to get a sniff of the haskins on offer…

“Listen we really need to talk …I have to have them . Its of National importance.Dont you understand I will loose the will to live if i dont have them ….”Meanwhile in devon.. “la la la la I am jus tgoing to sort out and look at my BIG collection of Haskins..Which ONE will i give her,just ONE.. Oh i think I may know…” “Gosh ive just got sooooooo many ..but I think i can give just ONE away …oh what a nice kind lovely sister I am breaking up my collection…”“PLease give me TWO…You can have one of my limited addition drawings…AND its as big as a billboard.(but not as big as my phone)(or me )“Oh god ,Not another one , i have a drawing already ,and its big ,you know my dolls house is starting to look a little cluttered .”And you want TWO !”“And these TWO?, But they are my FAVourites..I love the girl on the chesterfield..oh dear , i just ccant decide”“eney meany miney mo ….Oh Iknow what i will have after all…..”” you can have these two if you  can give me ALL THE POLAROID FILM (UNUSED!) IN ALL THE WORLD, ALL YOU CAN GET YOU DIRTY HANDS ON  …”…………hello hello jacky…are you still there???  ….  MEANWHILE ,knocking at  Jackys office door…Is next seasons knit research ,ready to be drawn into 300 different ideas…..

THE END (phew)

(first published on jackyblue 20/01/2009)

I came across some photos of Edyta Zajac on Supermodels.nl and thought I would add my own shot of her here.  This was the second time I photographed her.  The first was for an editorial years ago which I will have to track down.  This shot surprisingly is from an old Susana Monaco catalog before the re-branding.

Edyta is one hot Polish model.  Super sweet.  I haven’t spoken to her in quite some time.

The shot was done at my old place in Brooklyn.  The wall are covered in painted canvas to look real.  I used my Hasselblad H2D-39 megapixel;  ISO200 with an 80mm lens on a tripod, F2.8 with a slow 1/15sec.  I mixed natural light with maybe a KinoFlo Diva light….At least I think it was.  It has been too long and I don’t always mark down my lighting!

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I contributed to a “How To” photography book on lighting secrets.  It is in book stores now.  I picked up a copy at Barnes and Noble in Union Square the other day (I couldn’t wait for the publisher to send me a copy).  The book is by Author/Photographer Rick Sammon.  He has authored dozens of photography books.  Here is a link to his very successful photography blog; http://rickrawrulessammon.blogspot.com/.  He wrote this book with another colleague of mine, Vered Koshlano.  Vered and I worked together years ago and I was excited to find out that she was partnering up with Rick on this.

Rick contacted me after the Digital PhotoPro article, and asked if I wanted to do a small chapter.  I am pretty excited as I haven’t worked on any how to books in past.   The chapter is on the beauty of black and white.  It takes 5 of my most known photos and I give an important point or two on how to achieve it.  The book is not all fashion, but a wide variety of portrait, beauty and glamour techniques on location and in the studio.  I started reading my copy and might be taking a look at some of the other techniques I am not using.

Here is the link to buy the book on Amazon.com.  There is a nice discount on the site.

http://www.amazon.com/Studio-Location-Lighting-Secrets-Sammon/dp/0470521252/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1247685695&sr=8-15http://bit.ly/ISxN7

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Welcome to Newyork. Listed are the few places in Newyork

1) Statue of Liberty

2) Times Square

3) Grand Central Station

4) Brooklyn Bridge

Image by oosp via Flickr

The Great British fried breakfast, as found in London cafés, airport restaurants and English bars in tourist areas, is fast becoming the trendy way to start your day in New York, according to the New York Magazine. They describe it as a

classic full English breakfast, consisting of bacon, eggs, sausages, tomatoes, mushrooms, and lots of toast

However, the UK newspaper The Guardian doesn’t agree:

Are New Yorkers traducing the name of our national breakfast? Can it be a fry-up without a fried slice, toast under the egg and a big plate of chips on the side?

We can only hope that Gordon Brown and Barack Obama manage to see eye to eye on such a delicate issue; perhaps a breakfast meeting is in order?

Original article

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