Back when I was still in Shanghai a fellow blogger and makeup artist Sian Lidgate contacted me about writing for this upcoming Scottish fashion magazine and blog her and some photographers were creating. I thought this was a really great way to get some more international exposure so of course I jumped at the idea. At the time I was planning a trip to Beijing and a night at the Peking Opera which I thought would be a great topic for my first article.
They held the article for a few mths b/c they wanted to wait for the printed version of the magazine to come out. Unfortunately, that's been postponed a little bit longer but they have published my article on the blog and I can't wait to see it in print!
So check out my article for P O S E D Magazine & Blog!
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Showing posts with label Beijing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beijing. Show all posts
Monday, September 21, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
Art Directors - Sometimes They Just Mess Things Up!
So I'm back from Beijing and I had an amazing time! I'll write more about that in another entry w/ lots of fun pics and all that! Can you believe I head back to Canada in 1.5 wks!!
Anyway, I'm on a bit of a roll right now! Got another editorial out which is cool. Unfortunately, it would have been a lot cooler IMO if the art director would have just taken Todd's original layout he proposed and published that. Sometimes I feel like art directors feel they just need to make it look like they are doing something and therefore they go and change the order of an editorial and overall just make it so much weaker! Like if they just published what the photographer suggested they aren't doing their job or something!? I find this happens a lot in Asia and many of them just don't quite get fashion or styling quite yet...very frustrating. They actually cut my fav. image from the whole editorial. It was suppose to be the opener and again IMO was WAY stronger than the opener they used (it's okay just not opener material IMO). I really wish they would have used the opener Todd suggested as it would have looked great in my book esp. as the opener...or even just published it in the editorial somewhere else. I'm still going to actually get this pic I like printed for my book b/c I just think it's a hot pic.
This was definitely an eye opener for me to realize just how important putting certain pics in a certain order really affects the flow and story of an editorial. When I saw the order that DestinAsian had picked I was kind of thinking...really this is the editorial I was expecting so much more...it's kind of just okay. Then I saw the order/images that Todd suggested and I couldn't believe how much stronger the editorial was just b/c the pics were in a different order...I don't know it just looked so much better. Anyway, here is the editorial. I'm also including the pic they didn't use that I actually really like! Just a reminder you can click on the pics to see them in larger size - or just visit my website :)
Kind of wish this pic and the other B&W pic were in colour just for my book you know...the B&W looks great don't get me wrong it's just you know I'm thinking about me lol!
This is the pic Todd and I wanted as the opener! I think it sets the mood so much better...and it shows off my work more ;)
Anyway, I'm on a bit of a roll right now! Got another editorial out which is cool. Unfortunately, it would have been a lot cooler IMO if the art director would have just taken Todd's original layout he proposed and published that. Sometimes I feel like art directors feel they just need to make it look like they are doing something and therefore they go and change the order of an editorial and overall just make it so much weaker! Like if they just published what the photographer suggested they aren't doing their job or something!? I find this happens a lot in Asia and many of them just don't quite get fashion or styling quite yet...very frustrating. They actually cut my fav. image from the whole editorial. It was suppose to be the opener and again IMO was WAY stronger than the opener they used (it's okay just not opener material IMO). I really wish they would have used the opener Todd suggested as it would have looked great in my book esp. as the opener...or even just published it in the editorial somewhere else. I'm still going to actually get this pic I like printed for my book b/c I just think it's a hot pic.
This was definitely an eye opener for me to realize just how important putting certain pics in a certain order really affects the flow and story of an editorial. When I saw the order that DestinAsian had picked I was kind of thinking...really this is the editorial I was expecting so much more...it's kind of just okay. Then I saw the order/images that Todd suggested and I couldn't believe how much stronger the editorial was just b/c the pics were in a different order...I don't know it just looked so much better. Anyway, here is the editorial. I'm also including the pic they didn't use that I actually really like! Just a reminder you can click on the pics to see them in larger size - or just visit my website :)
Kind of wish this pic and the other B&W pic were in colour just for my book you know...the B&W looks great don't get me wrong it's just you know I'm thinking about me lol!
This is the pic Todd and I wanted as the opener! I think it sets the mood so much better...and it shows off my work more ;)
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Toronto, Mumbai, Beijing - Oh My!
First off just want to say I'm sorry, I've been a bad blogger as of late :(
Okay now on to the fun stuff! First I CAN'T believe I'm headed back to Canada in 2.5 wks...CRAZY!! I'm definitely ready to get back and I'm already so pumped about contacting all sorts of great photographers, models, stylists and setting up some exciting shoots. I really miss doing creatives...you can't really do them here b/c of the whole styling situation that I've talked about before...it's very frustrating when all I want to do is create!! Also need to get my book fully together again and start knocking on those agency doors. I think I'm ready...or at least I hope I'm ready. I should have 4 editorials coming out in the next mth or two also which is cool!
A friend of mine who is a wedding planer in Toronto also told me she has a lot of weddings coming up in late Summer/early Fall. She's Chinese and deals w/ a lot of Chinese clients at the hotel she works for and they keep asking her do you know a makeup artist that can do Asian makeup...umm yes she does lol! So hopefully I'll get some bookings out of that.
Also I don't think I've mentioned this on here before but I have plans to head out to Mumbai, India for work either this upcoming Oct. or Jan. and work there for a few mths (date is still a little up in the air). I was actually suppose to go this last Jan. but it was very complicated to do a work visa as a Canadian in China going to India and I wouldn't have gotten out there till 1.5 mths after originally planned so I decided to wait until I could do it right...plus I need to save some more money again ;) .
Talks of this all started when I asked photographer Troy Moth about his time assisting in India. He gave me the name of his photographer friend - Colston Julian. Who I just contacted on a whim more just to you know introduce myself and maybe learn a thing or two about working in India. This photographer couldn't have been nicer and was so willing to help me out w/ so many things over there. So really excited about this future prospect and I think it could be really exciting and way better than Shanghai to be honest!
So now on to Beijing! I've booked myself a little mini trip for next weekend to Beijing! I figure I only have a few wks left here I need to get out and do what I can b/c honestly who knows if I'll ever be back in China again. I'll worry about the money when I get back to Canada I guess lol...plus I've been living like a pauper for mths now I think I deserve a little enjoyment (yes I have to justify things...I do the same thing w/ shopping ALL the time lol). So yeah I head there on Fri. Booked myself some tours for Sat. and Sun. (Great Wall, Forbidden City etc) and what I'm most excited about I've booked a ticket to go see some Peking Opera. Okay now what's really cool is I've arranged to go early and watch the performers put on their makeup...and I can take pictures and everything! How cool is that!?!
Okay now on to the fun stuff! First I CAN'T believe I'm headed back to Canada in 2.5 wks...CRAZY!! I'm definitely ready to get back and I'm already so pumped about contacting all sorts of great photographers, models, stylists and setting up some exciting shoots. I really miss doing creatives...you can't really do them here b/c of the whole styling situation that I've talked about before...it's very frustrating when all I want to do is create!! Also need to get my book fully together again and start knocking on those agency doors. I think I'm ready...or at least I hope I'm ready. I should have 4 editorials coming out in the next mth or two also which is cool!
A friend of mine who is a wedding planer in Toronto also told me she has a lot of weddings coming up in late Summer/early Fall. She's Chinese and deals w/ a lot of Chinese clients at the hotel she works for and they keep asking her do you know a makeup artist that can do Asian makeup...umm yes she does lol! So hopefully I'll get some bookings out of that.
Also I don't think I've mentioned this on here before but I have plans to head out to Mumbai, India for work either this upcoming Oct. or Jan. and work there for a few mths (date is still a little up in the air). I was actually suppose to go this last Jan. but it was very complicated to do a work visa as a Canadian in China going to India and I wouldn't have gotten out there till 1.5 mths after originally planned so I decided to wait until I could do it right...plus I need to save some more money again ;) .
Talks of this all started when I asked photographer Troy Moth about his time assisting in India. He gave me the name of his photographer friend - Colston Julian. Who I just contacted on a whim more just to you know introduce myself and maybe learn a thing or two about working in India. This photographer couldn't have been nicer and was so willing to help me out w/ so many things over there. So really excited about this future prospect and I think it could be really exciting and way better than Shanghai to be honest!
So now on to Beijing! I've booked myself a little mini trip for next weekend to Beijing! I figure I only have a few wks left here I need to get out and do what I can b/c honestly who knows if I'll ever be back in China again. I'll worry about the money when I get back to Canada I guess lol...plus I've been living like a pauper for mths now I think I deserve a little enjoyment (yes I have to justify things...I do the same thing w/ shopping ALL the time lol). So yeah I head there on Fri. Booked myself some tours for Sat. and Sun. (Great Wall, Forbidden City etc) and what I'm most excited about I've booked a ticket to go see some Peking Opera. Okay now what's really cool is I've arranged to go early and watch the performers put on their makeup...and I can take pictures and everything! How cool is that!?!
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