Soccer Fever

No I am not a real soccer supporter. Yes the only players I know are half naked in my inbox. I like to see it as 30 days of activism. Soccer fever is definitely contagious, I want to be at the next World Cup in Brazil (na na na na na na na naaaaaaaa). I want to be a tourist and not have daily routine and work interfering with the intense vibe felt all across the country at the stadiums and fan parks.

South America, Soccer, Samba, Stavvie... its meant to be

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Never leave your kit unattended

I once made the mistake of not packing my kit away before my nieces came to visit. Little girls + unattended makeup = mayhem!

A year later and I still cannot get the kiss marks off my pillow cover, and to think we use products like this on our faces! I'm surprised none of my models have grown a twin in a lip or sprouted an extra head...


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French Twist

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Thou shalt not steal

I was working on a shoot for the Wine Laid Bare competition with Robert Russell and Myla Radicchia (spelling?). Essentially the aim of the competition is to shoot an implied nude and somehow incorporate wine into it, the proceeds go to a Breast Cancer charity. So the tog had some wine chilling in the basin and a jug that he was using to refill or empty the model's glass depending on the angle of the glass in the shot.... I walked past the basin and naughty ol me decided I deserved a sneaky swig of wine...
*looks around to see if anyone is watching*
*takes a long sip of vino*
BLEEEEGGGGHHHHH!!!
The tog had diluted the wine with a lot of water!! Apparently diluted wine photographs better.
So gross.
*spit spit spit*
Thou shalt not steal.


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Fab nails are the new black

Is this a wedding or a tea party?

The bride, the bridesmaids, the mother of the bride, the mother-in-law and even the hairstylist were drinking tea as if it was going out of fashion. The staff at the venue had to go to the venue across the road to ask for more tea bags, and we had only been there for about two hours! I had visions of the staff member returning empty handed and being faced with an angry mob (not very weddingy at all): "More tea, more tea, MORE TEA!!". And they say coffee is addictive


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Behind-the-scenes: the not-so-glamorous life

People who don't work in this industry often imagine it to be very glamorous; they imagine bright lights and big names dripping in glitz and glam! Once in a while it is. But more often than not you are leaning against a door to keep it open in the hopes that it will help create that one perfect shot. Thank goodness for sms/facebook/twitter/(insert boredom alleviating cellphone application here)

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