Photoshooting in Saigon, Vietnam, with Thai Pham

Hello everyone !

 

First I would like to apologize on the delay for the articles currently. My job kept me
really busy with a LOT of overtime (even weekend-wise), and I had to focus on survival
functions like sleeping and eating.  

 

Today I have at least some time to keep you updated, and I would like to show you one of my last photoshootings in date: My shooting in Vietnam, with photographer Thai Pham, who works for Elle Vietnam. (https://www.facebook.com/ThaiPhamPhotography)

 

The shooting took place in Ho CHi Minh City, on another sunny Vietnamese day. It was about 30 to 35 degrees, and I was kind of struggling to keep the makeup fresh throughout the day between every session.

 

 

  

 

 

I had 3 different outfits on the day, and me and the photographer went to 4 or 5 different places. We were moving from place to place by using his Vespa, and left the clothes in some of his friends places nearby before walking around for the shootings. 

 

 

 

I have to say that I really enjoyed the great experience with all the people I met

during the day on the streets, on the markets (very friendly and honest), and the fact of being

on the road, surrounded by a few other hundreds of people on motorbikes going along the way

(traffic in Vietnam is really heavy, and mainly created by motorcycles as they are cheaper

to buy, and get less taxed than the cars).

 

 

 

 

The heat was making the whole sessions very tiring, but every single place was very particular and wonderful, and it was properly enjoyable to be able to do a shooting in a country where the culture / habits are so different from Western Europe. 

 

 

 

 

I survived mostly on cakes and coconut juice during the whole day (which I cannot complain about: on the contrary I loved it!) and came back home in the evening to my friend's place, exhausted but with my head full of dreams !

 

 

Thai Pham always found very interesting angles for the pictures and had very good ideas in terms of editing the pictures colours/shades after the shooting. a BIG thanks to him !

 

This definitely was one of my best experiences so far,
and I really hope there will be many more like this !

 

For any comments or advice, don't hesitate to write at lillyss2011@gmail.com , and if you liked the photographer's pictures, you can also contact him through the link I gave you !

 

See you soon for another fashion treat !

Ballerina Photoshooting at the Somerset House/Courtauld Gallery

Hi everyone !

Now that we are down into a new year full of interesting things to come,
I would like to start with one of the first modelling opportunities I had in 2013:

A very talented photographer, Paul Chambers (www.paulcphotography.co.uk ), proposed me to attend a ballerina photoshooting session within the Somerset House, at the Courtauld Gallery. I was obviously not difficult to convince as I really like doing ballet so it's always a pleasure for me to do it during shootings, I knew that Paul does good work for having worked with him before,
and the location looked simply amazing ! 

The full team was composed of four people: Paul, Laura and me (the models), and Nickie (the makeup artist). We had to prepare a lot in terms of the different ideas for makeup, outfits and poses to create on the day as the building’s architecture was very specific and we had to adapt the ballerina theme to it.

 

 Regarding the clothes, we managed to get a very satisfying set thanks
to the dancewear brand Sansha (www.sansha.com ) in Covent Garden, whose Store Manager
kindly agreed to let us borrow two outfits for the shooting.

The preparations started at 10am in the building with the hair and makeup makeovers.
It took each of us nearly 2 hours to get ready as the first hairstyle was a hair-down one,
I was getting so impatient because I wanted to start the shooting ! (even though the makeup artist, Nickie, was doing a wonderful job, well worth waiting for)

 

     

                                                                                                                  Black tutu skirt from Sansha

For the first set of pictures, we had long tutus / dresses and hair-down.
Paul managed to find quite a few nice angles to make creative pictures using the interesting architecture
of the library, by playing with lights and contrasts.

      

                                                        Black pointe shoes from Sansha

I started the first shooting session in the library of the Courtauld Gallery – most pictures were nearby windows, sometimes at a higher level and it could be difficult to maintain balance with the pointe shoes. But I am very satisfied with the result and it was well worth the risk taken !

 

   

Black pointe shoes from Sansha

  


 

The second set of pictures was done in the main hall of the Courtauld Gallery.
For this one we used the short black and white tutus from Sansha, for a better contrast
as we were both on the pictures. We had either similar or opposed positions, in order to create scenes or movements, and then we also did pictures one by one.

 

 

 

 

The movement pictures were the most interesting ones to make as the effect is usually more impressive, but they were also the most challenging ones to make as the main hall's floor was quite slippery.

 

 

                                                 

                                                    
                               Black & white tutu skirts, white leotard and black pointe shoes from Sansha

The shooting finished at 5:30 in the evening, and a few days later
we received the wonderful pictures from Paul.

 

     

                                                                                                                 Black tutu skirt from Sansha

          

Black & white tutu skirts, white leotard and black pointe shoes from Sansha

This was another interesting experience for me, which definitely motivates me to do further modelling !

I will do a few reminders of the last Milan Fashion Week as the next one approaches, with the shows of Salvatore Ferragamo and Marni ! Coming soon on my blog, so check out for any updates !