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First Photo in For ss2012

I woke up this morning with a message from Sergio that he had finished the first photo and wanted me to check it and make sure the lighting and feel of the shoot was conveyed as I had wanted.  Well it is, and I’m very excited to show you the first photo that is completed.

Once again I feel so lucky to have an arsenal of talented friends I can call on.  Allow me to introduce them:

Sergio is a Spanish photographer who lives in Madrid and works with some great magazines like Cyan, Doze and El Duende who now we are on my third lookbook together. Laura Lashley on make-up who I’ve known for some time when I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar (literally) and Alexis modeling who I recently met when I began working at Marlow & Sons.

Alexis was a professional ballet dancer who trained at S.A.B and when I told Sergio this (though we were messaging all of this information) I knew his eyes were lighting up instantly imagining the direction of the shoot.  Something I see a lot in his photos and that I’m drawn to is his use of movement and to have a professional dancer at our disposal was a very exciting prospect.

So without further ado here is the first photo!  I’m also super excited to be using a lot of colour in my bags for the first time, but more on that later…

Sunday Cartoons

The Muppet Show was always a highlight in the cartoon lineup on the weekends as a kid, while I don’t think they translated well in the movies the show clips even as an adult, still make me laugh.  Particularly Animal, the Swedish Chef and Miss Piggy when she was karate chopping anybody.  I was looking around on youtube and found Alice Cooper (!) had been a guest star – was their nobody that Jim Henson couldn’t make child-friendly?? As it’s Sunday and it’s the morning I thought it appropriate to give a little Sunday cartoon action…

 

 

Fotoshop by Adobé

This video is right on point timing wise, I was just talking with Sergio yesterday (the photographer from my shoot) about what images we’re going to use for my lookbook and how I want it to look.  We both like images to look as untouched as possible but also changing little things here and there to make certain angles pop.  It’s a really interesting side of photography for me and if I had the time I’d explore it further, in the mean time I’m leaving it up to the professionals…This video is a spoof of how to achieve flawless skin and sample size weight without calorie counting, thanks Refinery29 for the beauty tips…

Instagram 4 eva

My T-Mobile contract finally ran out and I switched over to AT & T for a shiny new iphone.  First downloads? Angry Bird/Skype/Facebook (duh)/twitter and INSTAGRAM holy crap I love it! I mean I love taking photos and the quality of the camera on the iphone 4S is pretty magnificent.  Nothing will replace my canon g11 but for having something on hand that’s small and lightweight, it is so fantastic.  Even Annie Leibovitz thinks so – read what she thinks HERE

Anyways, this is a suggestion that you should follow me around the city via my iphone…search for me on instagram, my user name is @reiddamnit  Here are some of my favourites of the week:

K is for Kelly

k IS kelly! Photo taken by Sergio de Luz

cuidado

blue crush

k.r. for eva

 

(wish my) Style Like U Interview (would be like this) with Sophie Assa

Stylist/designer/creater Sophie Assa.  Love her closet.  All of it

Eat Your Greens – ah Okay!

If only…photography by Wendy van Santen

“11″ Round-Up

Man oh man it’s been super busy these past couple of weeks.  We shot my SS12 lookbook which I can’t wait for you to see, big shout-out to Sergio de Luz, Laura Lashley and Alexis Ostrowski and to Marlow & Sons for letting us shoot in their gallery space.  It  was a lovely way to end 2011!

If I take a second to breath and reflect I can say without a doubt that has been an amazing year for me professionally and personally and in a bittersweet goodbye – here is my ‘year that was’  tribute, cue lights and music…

This little girl rants why girls toys have to be pink, Mattel are you listening??

hahaha, loved this definition

Found Hedi Slimane’s blog this year – amazingness in black & white

Anna Della-Russo, who always looks like she’s having a whale of a time

These super cool recycled skateboard stools by Deckstool

There are a couple of seasons of Fame on Hulu and I just finished watching it, I.need.those.dance.moves…

I had the pleasure of meeting Katherine Lowe and Isaac Hindin Miller both are from New Zealand and both are producing fantastic blogs that remind me I  should take more photos.

I just got an iphone before Christmas and I’ve since become addicted to Angry Birds…friends? what friends??

Portlandia = amazing

My trip home to see family and for once having a great camera to document it

Tacos! Specifically Fish Tacos from Rockaway Tacos, oh how I miss you!! I would bike 15 miles each way to eat and sun myself at Rockaway Beach, roll on summer…

My first press in print – super proud moment with Brooklyn Magazine

What a year! Looking forward to all that 2012 brings, happy new year everybody!

 

 

Shooting

Well, it’s that time of year again and I’m due to shoot next Thursday for SS12.  As a precursor of sorts I assisted on my photographers (Sergio de Luz) shoot.  He has a talent for building teams out of thin air…Nei Cruz in make-up, Laura Lashley doing hair, twin sisters Elissa and Shaunna styling and Jorge and I in charge of the reflectors…it was shot on the U.W.S. and perfectly fitted the clothes that were pulled from heavy hitting Haute Couture houses like Ferragamo, Chanel and Louis Vuitton – about the closest I’ll ever get to wearing such amazing clothes…

From what I had the chance to see in between shots the photos are going to look spectacular.  Below is model Alexandra who gave all the girls major hair envy! All photos from her portfolio.

Happy Birthday reid.damnit

Today is the official reid.damnit birthday – my good friend Rudj pointed me in the direction of Etsy all those years ago and I thought, hey, why not.  It’s been a fun ride ever since! Quote BIRTHDAY at checkout for a 25% storewide saving, including already discounted items! Yeah!!