Backstage Omikron

Hitting the streets tomorrow is the latest issue of Omikron magazine, featuring a cover story we shot of the actress Elia Ioannidou. It was nice to do a pretty shoot with some of the new spring collections. oh so bright! oh so floral! oh so not my style! but oh well, it can't all be vomgirl related ey?  

pretty spring shoes

some dresses and some art and whatnot

Elia Ioannidou 

spot the photographer

just some few thousands worth of diamond earrings, what of it?

hubba colour 

pretty kitty 

mmmbackstage

I think it's been rather a long while since I've done a photo-shoot related post, so here we go. This serves mainly to remind you that I actually do work and don't just spend my time jet-setting to far-flung places and being generally amazeballs. A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of shooting the actor Marios Demetriou for the upcoming issue of Omikron Magazine. It was a fun shoot as we got to be really random and outlandish and not the usual pretty/styley/perfect/posey. I had two lovely friends helping me out as extra's, and they got into character so well, as did Marios who took to his villainous role with exceptional ease. I was also blown away by my make up artist of the day, Crystal Michael, who I had the pleasure of working with for the first time. She really brought the characters to life and complemented the styling perfectly. Also, I found a giraffe. So that was cool too. 

Hope you enjoy the pics and check out the full shoot in the next Omikron

Metamorphosis Project

Here are some more shots from the cool aging project I have been working on for Omikron Magazine. I'm so happy with the finished shots, you will have to wait till the magazine is out to see them, but here is a little taster. The personalities we shot were all so helpful and got so into character, it was really nice to see their enthusiasm for the project and it made it even more worthwhile for the rest of us.

This is actor Andreas Georgiou 

This is TV personality Christina Demetriou. 

This is actress Marina Filippidou

This is actress Maria Ioannou

And of course, on the side...we have a little fun which always helps the hours in the studio go by faster!

The lovely Tanya

 Rocking out in the awesome Borsalino for Max&Co hats -

Monkey vampire! 

Stellllaaaara!

I am totally against double-denim...but he is rocking it. 

little weird old lady...(not one of our actresses)

see what I mean? 

And then I went mentalcakes on my face...

Peace&Love&YouthfulSkin

This is NOT about Ryan Gosling...

In case anyone is still reading this blog, after the OBSCENE amount of Ryan Gosling featured yesterday let's go for something a little more normalsauce today, yeah?

Recently I have been thinking about aging, due to the fact that I have been working on a cool project for Omikron where we take some known faces from tv/media/society and use mad awesome make-up skillz to age them...you know...just for shits and giggles.
So one of our subjects, sitting there having her make up done, is discussing the clothes with me and looking pretty worried about it all. I guess in her mind, us aging her meant that we would dress her in a shapeless, tasteless sack. Obviously, as soon as I whipped out the gorgeous Dolce and Gabbana outfit, her fears were allayed. But it got me thinking about her reasoning; does she feel that aging implies one loses their style, their identity, their poise? I feel the total opposite, surely as you get older you become more confident in who you are, self assured and generally KICK ASS? Now, that's not to say that I am thrilled at the thought of wrinkles, sagging and well, the inevitable- death, but I am willing to see the positives there too.
I know I definitely can't wait to be old enough that it is completely acceptable to act totally bat shit crazy, and people just roll their eyes and whisper to each other that you should be committed to a home.

Another bonus - free travel in London for over 60's!

Annnnddd lets take a look at some pictures while I am still somewhat compos mentis.

Minnie makes her first trip to Dolce

The aging process in action

backstage shots

Minnie enjoying the sun in the studio

She is just too cute 

Monkey falls asleep on the job. Lucky Minnie is on the ball

More Minnie Loving! 

So then after shooting, I thought the best way to celebrate my youth was to go out and party my pert(ish) backside off... so I did... and here are my lovely friends at the end of the night, little worse for wear but delightful anyway!

And then I continued my excitement for life and all its awesomeness while walking Minnie and taking in my neighbourhood. There is something so simple beautiful about blue sky, green trees, and bougainvillea. And you know me and nature are only on so-so terms...so this is a big deal for me to admit to - But I really do love it.

 And this is just GROSS (but at least he is smiling)

 Peace&Love&LittleCookedPigs!