Some Selfportraits..

Ok have to admit the first 2 images posted were not self portraits, just ones Rory shot the same evening which I rather liked so thought I would include them in this blog (Don't say I'm not good to you).

I managed to figure out how to use the tripod (its only taken me like 2 years to learn) but to be fair to myself the old one wasn't working so always sat on a wonky slant. I find it really difficult shooting myself, I had to use a big bit of cardboard so I knew where the focus point was then had to switch to manual focus and try to stay in the same position as the cardboard was, another problem was the tripod wouldn't go high enough to get me in so I had to "erm" make myself shorter by no tip toes and bending my knees a fair bit which isn't the most attractive of positions when viewed further out. Plus I am so used to making myself as long and tall as I possibly can so having to do the opposite with my lower half was strange.

Its pretty cool though being in complete control, moving the lights when I wanted to and the camera although was a pain in the backside running back and forth to press the shutter, tell you what it was a good work out though so I'm not complaining too much :-)

In other random news I have lots of exciting projects coming up soon including shooting a video with someone in a few weeks time who is a fantastic videographer/photographer, will be something a little bit different for me. I've also started going through my dental treatment, I broke a little bit of one of my teeth about 2 months ago and after 6 years of being afraid of the dentist I managed to go in for a checkup. Sadly I think the dentist knows I was only desperate to get the annoying visable tooth fixed so she has started filling the other ones first. I hate being out of control of bodily functions its one of the things which excels my anxiety - I was physically shaking for the first half an hour and refused to get the injection (then quickly changed my mind after 5 minutes of drilling). Anyway I was a brave girl and managed to get 2 fillings. Now I'm not so scared of the 6 I still have to get, although there is also an extraction on the cards which I'm going to avoid like the plague! Next appointment is in 2 weeks so I have my fingers crossed she can fix my broken tooth so I can smile properly again :D

Time for bed, work in the morning ahhhhh

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Sleeping pattern is a wonky again!

Everytime I have trouble sleeping I see it as a perfect opportunity to post on my blog, I suppose its because at 4am-5am during the week every body else is asleep and its often when I feel the need to talk the most, maybe its because I feel like it wont be live listening as I type so its almost like nobody is listening.. Who knows?

I spotted another few comments recently on some of my images, thankfully this time the posters didn't feel the need to say I looked like a holocaust survivor they just said I looked horrible and anorexic. I used to respond politely telling them that for my height my weight is average but I have given up trying to educate rude little idiots who feel the need to sprout bullshit whenever they feel like it. My new reply to them is "fuck/piss off", if that makes me seem like a bit of a bitch then so be it :-P I eat like a horse, I have a fine body which I am finally happy with.. I'm not going to start putting on unnecessary weight just to please a few chubby chasers :D

Anyway thats my little rant out of the way - feel better for it already!

Last weekend I had my old chum Billy over AKA Monkey Twizzle, I honestly can't remember how many shoots we have had now but I know this one was well overdue - it had been over a year since we worked together and I bloody missed his shenanigans. Nobody else would turn up to my flat with an ikea lamp/ about 5 really old cameras/ bits of ribbon / shreaded pieces of cardboard and leave with a charity shop £20 wedding dress! (We went for a spot of shopping).

I always have trouble when selecting images from shoots with Billy, often they are pretty "abstract/different" to my norm, half of the time I can't even make out what is in the image but look at the overall shape. we spent more time mesmerised by the shadows I was creating on the wall than taking pictures- When working with Billy I let myself go into some mad trance - like a dance, all my guards are let down and I just go with the flow of whatever we are aiming to get.. Sometimes there is no aim. On shoots there are times when I have to hold back and not get too carried away in the moment and end up doing a pose or expression which I would hate to see on someones portfolio but with Billy there are no limits. Always an incense smoking in the background and some weird music accompanying the shoot.

I hate the fact I am getting older, that i'm closer to 30 than 20.

I want to model forever and I know I wont be half the model I am now in 10 years time and that thought depresses me so I can't dawn on it too much. I am getting more into photography now but the passion I have for modelling wont ever be replaced.

I think I have another 5-6 years in me.. Still 5/6 years is not a long time and when your having fun time goes even more quickly.

ahh

On that note, Im off to bed..

Enjoy the shots :D

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Another day at The Cutting Room

Eeeeeek

I think maybe we possibly spend too much time hanging out at the cutting room..

Anyhow Jade (the redhead other than me) was well prepared so we were all striped up to the max for this shot. Jades hair was done by the mighty talented Sandy who is like the grandmaster of the cutting room (well I like to think so anyway), Bex's hair was done by Nickie and I had the awesome Zara doing mine!

Obviously photograph is by my better half Rory, there was 6 models including me on Sunday so it was a bit of a mental day. The headshots of the models are for competitions so they have been given a higher editing priority than the ones of us 3 fooling around :(

I have tried editing a couple up though just to easy Rory's strain of doing it. We shot our first band last week too which was pretty exciting!

www.thecuttingroomperth.co.uk

Such a talented bunch of people in there, and all very friendly!

In other news though I done my first proper seminar yesterday at Damian Mcgillicuddys fashion fusion event held at Loxleys. It was rather exciting and the pictures looked shit hot so looking forward to seeing them. Big thanks to my ultra talented MUA June Long who made me look awesome. Was so nice to see some friendly faces and thanks again to Barrie and his gorgeous other half Fiona for dropping me off home.

http://www.modelmayhem.com/726729 -

I recommend June very highly as an MUA/Hairstylist she is out of this world :D

Anyway I think thats all I have to say today, I have the nephew coming over tonight and need to update my diary and fill in the blank dates. I have been saying yes lots recently and not putting things in the diary so I officially suck, its a shame I cannot afford someone to do all this for me then I can concentrate my time on actually modelling..

Ahhhhh

<3

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Shoot for Makepiece!

Well a few weeks ago I was asked to go down to Todmorden to model for the eco Knitwear company Makepiece. What an honour it was getting to wear their beautiful pieces for their Autumn/Winter 2011 collection! I was sent some images but will keep a lid on them just now until I get the "thumbs up" for publishing them, here are some out-takes by Rory who was my handy assistant for the day.

Such a beautiful part of the UK. Although the names of the little villages were pretty amusing. Next time I am travelling down that way I'm soo going to get pictures with every village signpost although I can imagine that would mean me posing by street signs every 5 minutes!

Aww how I love England!!

I will post the actual pictures sometime soon hopefully

If you fancy being all cosy and wearing some beautiful ethnic knitwear please check out their website, absolute quality and very unique designs!

www.makepiece.com

Chrissie xx

Phil Winterbourne

Well it was a last minute arrangement really but I finally got to work with Phil a few weeks ago. I was mainly going down to shoot for something else (I will talk about that in the next blog). So it was a perfect opportunity to sort something out with Phil, ofcourse we only had a days notice so I loaded up the suitcase and we winged it! I have been a fan of Phils work for awhile now, so glad he started shooting again as he is super talented and an all round lovely bloke.

To see more of Phils work check out his website =

www.philwinterbourne.co.uk

My furry jacket even got a little airing (I have hardly taken it off since I got it).

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Back to the comfort zone..

Not exactly a white wall, its more like a grey'ish blue kind of wall really. Anyhow Rory was going in to shoot Jade for Nickie. I was officially the reflector holder for the day but I didn't actually hold it once, apart from carrying it from our flat to the salon :D

I have had limited experience doing fashion alongside other models but thought Jade and I would compliment each other well so put myself in the salon seat and had Nickie give me a new do. I only had the clothes on my back for these shots so they are somewhat limited, apparently my boots are not all that photographic :-) nor is my christmas cupid bra mum got me recently in a sale haha.

Jade was awesome, Nickie was awesome and Rory was awesome. It was just a afternoon/evening filled with awesome!

I got to wear my new furry coat :D its not been off since Saturday when it arrived!
Jade and I :D
again, this time jade gave me a little loan of her leopard print leotard :D it looked pretty funky (if i do say so myself).. Horray for working with other models and not looking like a big heifer!

Ok I took about 6 or 7 shots that day, kinda couldn't help myself.. Here is my shot :D

I know I need to work on my editing but hey, I will learn all that someday!
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Ze Cutting Room! Jan 11

Well as Nickie has some competitions coming up we all had another day/evening where we just shot as much as we could really. It was a challenge for Rory lighting-wise to light a large setting rather than just a model and white wall. I must admit I thought the hair/clothes and everything else was fab but we were more productive the last time we all shot together just using a white wall. Time for us all to get out of our comfort zone me thinks.

There is more to edit from this shoot and we done a little set outside the salon too..

(Sorry im almost rushing now, got some things to do today)

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