LFW, Model Mayhem and more..

Sooo.... I went to LFW for the first time this weekend and I loved it!! I hope I organise myself better in September and get to go for longer and to more shows. Didn't help that I got lost and that I missed the jazzkatze show that the lovely Krishan Parmar got me into.. But a lovely bouncer let me in to the next show! :D

I also watched a show where Claudia Polo's hats were showcased.. She's a lovely girl that I met last week who makes fair-trade accessories. She's in Ecuador at the minute getting her next collection ready.. looking forward to seeing it!

I managed to squeeze a night out with one of my best friends and also spent a lovely day with make-up artist and beauty writer Ami Streets (including some beautiful mandarin sorbet at Patisserie Valerie).. It was awesome to catch up with her, it's been a while since we last saw each other and we definitely need to shoot together again!

I found an amazing jewellery designer too.. I really really want to shoot her pieces. Email sent, so fingers crossed now!

I didn't take my camera this time, so I only have extremely blurry phone images of the whole weekend, so I'll spare everyone's eyes and keep them safely locked away..

I've also decided to give ModelMayhem one more chance.. It's definitely not what it used to be, and some of the messages I've received on there have been preposterous.. But I've also found some hidden gems in the past.

So I uploaded a load of new images, got rid of old ones and taking the messages with a pinch of salt!
Here is the new page: http://www.modelmayhem.com/357031

And one little image to brighten the post:

 

Model: Francesca @ Boss Model Management

MUA: Sian Faulkner
@ park studios
© garazi photography 2010

Garazi xx

Nicola - Behind the scenes and new studio shots

This is probably one of my favourite shoots of this year so far. I love shooting with Nikki, her face is a delight!!

I really want to do more hair photography this year, so this was a great starting point. I also want to use my white backdrop a little less and start making sets etc. This was a little experiment.. I made three different colourful translucent backdrops that worked in conjunction with one another. I'm really awful at crafts but was extremely pleased at the results!!

Here are the final shots:

 

Model: Nicola W
MUA: Katy Smart
Hair: Martin Bland
@ park studios
© garazi photography 2011

And here are some of the behind the scene shots including the set-up and everyone at work:

 

Plus a couple sneaky shots of how the studio is coming along (with my overly pink dresser!):

Nicola - pure skin

Just realised I never put this story up!

I shot these images in September, it was the first shoot in the new studio.. I wanted to try the new space out, as all studios are different and I wanted to get to grips with this new one!

Nicola got in touch a couple weeks previous to that, wanting to collaborate. Nicola is a photographer so I thought she wanted a photography collaboration, but she's done modelling in the past and this is what she was after! I couldn't say no to her lovely lips!

I decided I really wanted to do some close-up beauty and as I was going through a brown and beige phase we went for an extreme natural look, using just foundation colours and light nude pinks and browns. Becky did all the make-up with her airbrush.. which was a fun experience.. I ended up with a blush leopard print patch on my arm!

 

Model: Nicola White
MUA: Becky Hunting

@ (new) park studios

© garazi photography 2010

Vivienne

I got an email from Vivienne about a month ago. She's a gorgeous girl from Cape Town who is signed to Grace Models. Last year I shot Onya from Grace Models while I was in South Africa.. A familiar face from Birmingham that I bumped into on my first night out in Cape Town!

Vivienne told me she was going to visit Europe for a month and wanted to book a little portfolio refresher shoot. It turned out to be my first 2011 shoot in a very chilly studio! All I wanted throughout the shoot was to go back to Cape Town to sunbathe and shoot amazing models in amazing locations.. Oh well! At least we injected some colour into the shoot to make up for the grey Brummie skies!

We shot some natural beauty shots and then went OTT with colour to show off Vivienne's tan.. Enjoy!

Model - Vivienne @ Grace Models (SA)
Make-up - Becky Hunting
@ (new) park studios
© garazi photography 2011

Camilla pt.2

So... I've been itching to show these images, but had to wait until they were published! And can't wait to get the printed version :D

These were the main part of the beauty shoot with Camilla from Boss Model Management. I'd been wanting to do a nail shoot for a while and these deep colours were perfect for winter. They have been published in Bahrain Confidential (who has the loveliest editor!) which in the UK can be found at Harrods.

I also found out today that an image I took for Diva Hair for last year's L'Oreal Colour Trophy is being published in a couple mags this month and next month. Need to get hold of them now! And it's also got me itching to do more hair shoots this year.. Hair is a nightmare to retouch, but I do love shooting it!!

As for the studio, I'm going on a massive shopping trip to get bits and pieces soon, and I'm hoping I'll have stunning piccies of it in a month or two. It is a little chilly here in the winter, but most studios are! The great big windows are worth it too :D

Garazi xx

Make-up artist: Sian Faulkner

Hair stylist: Martin Bland

Model: Camilla @ Boss Model Management

Photography: Garazi

@ park studios, Birmingham

Camilla pt. 1

Camilla is a lovely model, a complete pleasure to work with! And I had a lovely team for the beauty shoot with her. Sian Faulkner did the make-up and Martin Bland sorted out all hair issues!

This is pt. 1 of Camilla's shoot, a nice natural shot and Sian Faulkner's article for Lifestyle Monthly (December).

Make-up artist: Sian Faulkner

Hair stylist: Martin Bland

Model: Camilla @ Boss Model Management

Photography: Garazi

@ park studios, Birmingham

 And a couple of behind the scenes shots.......

On another note... studio is slowly coming along! Today I put the clothes rail together, but need more clothes on the hangers!! And there are now plans for a changing room.. And I'm hoping to finish painting my dresser soon, so all my mags can live nicely together :D

Garazi xx

Ellie and Olivia @ Adage

I am trying to post as much as possible but life seems to get in the way all the time. Today's images are over a month old now!!
I had a mad week shooting when I moved to the new studio to test the new space and the amazing natural light available with the huuuge sexy windows. These images are not a set, rather a collection of images that helped me find what I wanted from the studio.

The models were the lovely Ellie and Olivia from Adage (thanks to Tracie and Leah). Such sweet girls! Since shooting the TWINS story I was looking forward to doing another double beauty shoot.
Liv and Ellie look very young and fresh, so make-up artist Becky got the airbrush out and did the most incredible natural make up with light eye colour.. and we just set the fan free on the girls hair.

I used a lot of available light and these were the results: