Stars and the night sky

Woman have always had a fetish for everything glitzy and shiny and Sonja Henie, a Norwegian Olympian said it well – “Jewelry takes people’s minds off your wrinkles” is particular true for women. And therefore a jewelry shot without a woman is like taking picture of night sky without stars.

Dance with water

This is a shot made for Physio Radiance Paris.  Water is an interesting subject and one that signifies life, and an indispensible element in cosmetics. 

Water as a subject is interesting to shoot because water is everyday experience, you can’t do wrong, but to create a final image with the right form of water that combine well with another object – in the case here the brush aluminum cosmetic canister, is somewhat a challenge – requiring right movement of water, right angle of the product and right light shaping on both the water and product to have the separate object works in harmony, like dancing.

Reality

It is an awful truth that often nice images were done for the benefits of the viewer than the actual crews involved in the production, except for the commercial rewards.  However, the process can be entertaining itself but could mix with lots of hardships.

Shooting in desert is no fun business, not only it is hot from the top – the sun, but more so from the bottom – the sand.  The model could present herself enjoying the environment but the fact that desert is not a residential choice tells the truth, and sometimes it is just difficult to even keep the eyes open.

Similar to fashion works that a striking poses are often physical demanding and all the while maintain the facial expression request from the photographer.

Is the picture telling lies?  Not really.  It is just reality.
Shot in Taklamakan Desert, China.

Between the lines

A recent shot for jewels, something fun, and something less conventional.

The shot was in fact made after the work was done but often it is those relaxed, unguarded moment that made the best picture of the day.

Little Black Dress

This is an image shot for a fashion label dedicated to little black dress, an otherwise rather straightforward shoot.

However, common sense would suggest such short skirt is indeed very attractive, and sexy, but perhaps difficult for the woman who wears them to be capable of making moves – yes, sexy and safe moves, something doable, but something needs to learn.

And the final image portraits the dress of certain sexiness – the reason to be short, but the motion blur also suggests woman who in such dress is also meant to move!

A Simple Portrait

This is a shot made on one of my favorite model, Jenna.  I have worked with her many times that she has became very relaxed in front of the camera with me, which is appreciated.
The shot was made during the production of Romrawin Campaign, a skin and beauty client and require the model with total relaxation and she just did it.
Shot with Hasselblad H3D-39II + HC 100/2.2.

Kitty Lover

A recent work shot at Studio SOTA 50, for Hello Kitty,  a cult icon, and is growing up along its fans.
The production was set up to cater ranges of personalities of end users, to grow its brand image beyond common recognition, and of course the ultimate goal is continue to sell - by associating its fan with the icon and discarding age.
The shot was in fact relative easy because the creative idea and image design has done most of the works and shall be credited more - to the mind behind the production - Kanjana Chaiwatanachai.
Shot with Phase One P65+ on Hasselblad H2, HC 50-110 lens, Profoto lights.