Gretchen Rossi - Real House Wives of Orange County

 

Gretchen Rossi - Real House Wives of Orange County

The Gretchen Rossie shoot took place in New York and is published in Linger Magazine. I regrouped with JPO Concepts of New York for the location. The actual location is in Soho and named Prince Street Penthouse, with a name like that it’s a must have. We incorporated the rooftop patio area and utilized the skyline view. I promised myself every time I could shoot on a fire escape as a nod to Karl Lagerfeld  I would so we tagged it (minus the scissor lift). The building entry has a beautiful set of doors and with the stunning Nika gown as suggested by the mua Jami Svay this scene was perfectly sexy. Then we hit the street to “grab a cab”. Shooting the cab was a blast. I have never laughed so hard ‘with’ a subject, it was fun. 

This shoot team was a group of artists coming together to create a final look. With that said it really was a shoot with artists, Gretchen is one too. Not only was she nice but has a fun artistic vibe. Many thanks to everyone for a great day and to the shot team for sharing your beautiful work. I promised myself to keep blogs short 'so' below you will notice a few b&w images plus a shoot video to be released. Thank you for viewing and again many thanks to everyone.

Gretchen Rossie | www.gretchenchristine.com

Bravo | Real Housewives of Orange County

Location | JPO Concepts | Prince Street Penthouse | www.jpoconcepts.com

Makeup | Jami Svay | www.jamisvay.com

Gowns | Nika | www.nikaformals.com

Wardwrobe | Damara Altman | www.embellishedbydamara.com

Hairstylist | Yajaira Daniel | www.yajairadaniel.com

Photo | Erin L. Hubbs | www.erinlhubbs.com 

Publication | Linger | Linger Magazine

* Extra exciting news - Gretchen posed for one of my photo series (not shown) and you know I could not resist shooting a few in black and white. The roof top lighting/skyline, the stunning Nika Gown with all the glamour of Hollywood in New York it felt natural... additional b&w are shown in the shoot video.. 

  








































Again thank you to everyone.  

Directions USA

Directions USA

I had the privilege of working with talent from Directions USA for the NIka ad in Seventeen Magazine. 

The model for this shoot was Kelsey Childers and the makeup artist was Jami Svay. The professionalism from 

the talent of Directions USA and my contact was outstanding. 

The exciting news for me is they mentioned me in a blog post and a couple of tweets in early January. I have to confess this is amazing news. Directions USA provides talent to the largest fashion events/designers/publications in the world and I’m simply flattered my name made the list of credits with them. 

Many thanks to the talent Kelsey & Jami including my contact with Directions USA.

Seventeen Magazine & ME !!!!!!!!!!!

Seventeen Magazine Print Ad for Nika 

Seventeen Magazine & ME !!!!!!!!!!!

Seventeen Magazine & me .... Yes three images were chosen to run in the Special Edition of Seventeen Magazine for Nika. Considering I rode into a national fashion ad with this gown I have to admit it has taken over the #4 spot on my Gown Crush list and that we have a brief sorted past. This Nika gown and I like magazine covers too so its a winner! What the interesting part is this gown just works well. It seems to fit its subject like a glove, has fun movement, great weight and the textures are pleasing to the touch. It also comes in a shorter version and is just as playful (see outtakes below). 

I confess I'm excited to be in Seventeen Magazine and not just one photo but three it's just so unexpected. We did it ......yes we I'm all about team members. Many thanks to everyone (see below, insert laugh) who worked hard & had fun creating the final image set. Being able to work closely with a client the designer of the gown to achieve a visual goal is a dream. Then throw in a team of artists to bring the beauty side to life... its simply a creative comfort something very special.... I prefer to make photo shoots look like magic to skip discussing the planning, setup, hurry up & wait, tear out, processing and deadlines. Truthfully the magic while working and having the final product make the work of photography vanish its funny how that works. 

Anyway let me keep this amazing news short and that's only because it has a shelf life of "display until 4/13/12" so I'm going to have fun with it.... yes and why not so stay tuned and laugh with me as I turn my blog and tumbler into a more visual journey with this as a kick off. Yes in 2012 less words more visual facts in blog posts and a move to just tumbler... Lucky you!

Thank you to the team listed below for allowing me to use your talents to achieve one of my goals.... 

Designer: Nika / Niki Kapoor

Model: Ms. Kelsey Directions USA

Makeup Artist: Jami Svay Directions USA

Hair: Larry D. Webb 

Publication: Seventeen Magazine 

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The Beauty Full Guide - Oh yeah I made a beauty book

I made a beauty book, Yes my photo sure did. I have to be honest it's just a photo I took backstage during a fashion show and not my face.  I mean look at this photo me no makeup sitting beside a makeup artist who paints face for celebrities and stuff at her book release... hahah Yeah I'm chapter 10/ask Jami Svay in her book titled The Beauty Full Guide.

I often find when shooting models dolled up it takes this team of people/artists to make them pretty. This team of people work very hard at making a crisp line, prefect everything, and no flyaway hair.. how they do this I have no clue but I love to watch this art go down. Just imagine creating a master piece in chalk on a sidewalk and then having to hose it all away... Oh No Please can we keep it, put a gold-star on it, and put it on the fridge.....

A few year back I started a personal series titled "Artists Working'. I just could not help myself. I adore watching artists working and found a way to do this w/o looking like a weirdo..  What I have found when working it's so important to stop and show some respect to artists who work on their craft but I'm really watching as a fan of artists. I mean these people work so hard on the perfect line, crisp hair  and when a model cracks up during a shoot I so hope to snap that too... it's just amazing what it takes before the model is trotted out in-front of the camera as candy. I often notice these artists have unique body posture. intense face expressions and my favorite is when they actually bites their tongue YES it happens and I know the art trance hit them... its just great to observe and dream of being them painting perfect face and create hair art BUT I know better I just push the button once the master piece is delivered... yeah its a dream and I'm so grateful it's mine.....

Thank you Jami Svay for having me in your book...

photo:Larry D. Webb 

A life long long ago

In one of my  past lives I was a video girl. I actually use to teach audio/video/studio.  I can break down a million dollar camera and not think twice except did I drop one of those tiny screws, I will tear apart broadcast equipment/electronics w/o fear, shake a  lens until it works again or to confirm it's really broken. Ok let me clarify with approval I did those things... my house rule is buy the warranty.With a deep sigh of denial when asked about video I have to tell the truth it's not really my thing but could be....
When approached by celebrity makeup artist Jami Savy to shoot video for her .... I stopped, listened and explained a bit of my background. The assignment was to shoot a promo video for her backstage during the Oscar de la Renta. Ok so YES YES and Really Yes I will do it and thank you!!!! The assignment was heaven and then to understand her look and feel of a crazy Isaac Mizrahi 'unzipped' I thought 'I got you'.... You desire a true handheld look so no sticks or mono pod sounds perfectly painful and I'm on it..

The great news is I also was granted permission by her production department to shoot anything I like both video and stills. So with this opportunity I took full advantage and shot stills too..... knowing the actual value of what I have being 'exclusive' video ( THANK YOU JAMI) and stills I/we/the team has a plan and have to sit on this visual candy for now. Yes it is killing me to not put it out but it's what happens a lot. I shoot things and have to sit on them sometimes for years it's just how things work... Good news is Jami is also using two images in her book titled The Beauty-Full Life.... also posted here... but otherwise everything is on lock-down....

Many thanks to Jami Savy for asking me to shoot for her. It was an amazing experience where I could be free to shoot all the artist hard at work producing such a beautiful high fashion show... Just to stand in a room with racks of beautiful clothing lightly blowing in the wind is breathtaking and to turn a corner to see all the artist working was well exhilarating and for that I can't thank Jami enough..... Thank you Jami for one of the best shooting experiences I've ever had!!!!!!!!

video stills for fun

book images