Fashion, Swimwear and Culture editorials

Sydney, CBD, Covid-19

4/13/2020

So what is the one thing you cannot live without? Your partner, favourite food, going to the movies, or is people. Stop and have a think about it for a second.

When you take away what you enjoy the most then your life tends to stop for a bit before you can kick start it again. So with Covid-19 killing a lot of our things that we use to enjoy. We then need that reality check. What I am saying here is that when we all went into lock down and started worrying about how we were going to pay the rent, bills and everything else that we need to survive. I think that we didn’t think about what we needed the most that will get us out of this lock down without losing your bearings or another way of putting it would be your mind. And for me it’s people, yep that’s right people.

I know that without people I am nothing, without people my photography doesn’t exist because a photo is not a photo till someone looks at it just like a book is not a book till someone reads it or a dresses is not a dresses till someone wears it.

So how important are people? That’s a really weird question, everyone needs someone without a doubt. People can be a real pain in the butt, but if the world ended tomorrow and you were the only person left on this earth. What would you be lacking the most? For me it’s people.

These images were taken about 2 weeks ago on a Sunday. Most of the places would of normally be humming with people. But the day I was there, there was hardly anyone. Making it feel very eerie and somewhat lonely. One of the results of the lock down in Sydney.

Here’s to me and everyone else hoping that this virus will be stomped out and never seen again.

Enjoy.

There is Always a

Tomorrow

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Bronte Beach

3/29/2020

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Well as you all the know the world is in a spot of bother with this Covid-19 virus. I for one never thought it would get this bad as did everyone else. But on saying that the world governments are working as hard as they can to get this under control. I don’t even think the governments of any country where prepared for what was going t happen. I know I wasn’t just like the millions of other people around the world.

The one thing that has come to mind that has really stuck in my head when-ever I have spoken to anyone about the virus, and that they have all agreed too is

A: We are in this together big time not one person is not going to make it out of the Covid-19 untouched by it, not by any means and

B: I also don’t think that any of us have experienced this sort of out-break of semi panic. Well not this generation anyway, and I am pretty sure the next generation won’t either as there will be massive steps put in place to make sure that it won’t happen again or if it does we will have plans in place to make sure the out-break will not be anywhere near as bad as the Covid-19 virus.

So to sum this little blurb up. I really hope we can get this under control soon as I would like to get back out-side and shoot what-ever the hell I want to shoot as I always have done. On a side note these shots from Bronte beach in Sydney, was the last time I was able to really pull together a set of images for LaMode magazine. Which sadly will have to be put on hold for a little while. Or maybe I will be able to shoot one last Culture editorial before Sydney goes on lock down. And if we do, the list of things I can do is going to be very long indeed.

Enjoy Keep it RAW.

Keeping it RAW

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Nevena Tepic

3/8/2020

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Mind over Matter.

Why are we so obsessed with our body’s

A bit of a odd question isn’t it? Is it a health thing or is it image thing? You know the saying “if you have a healthy body you will have a heath mind”. But do we train to impress other people or do we train to impress our self? I think the answer to that is split right down the middle.

We see it in the media all the time, a celebrity taking a selfie and posting it on Instagram and then everyone going nuts over it, if you are on Instagram check out Jenifer Lopez profile. I think she is a classic example of someone keeping them self in shape. Jenifer is 50 years old and doesn’t look any older than 30. Which I have to admit is pretty dam unreal for someone that has had a kid and is still trucking big time in the entertainment industry.

I think we train to look good for our self, first and foremost. But then again who doesn’t?

For most of us we love to show off our body when we get the chance regardless where we are and what we are doing. The beach is a place that a lot of people like to do this, I personally love going to the beach when I can but crinch when I look around and see what is on offer and some of the eye candy that is around. But training is not for everyone as you know and it is hard work to maintain a really good body. I think as we get older we tend to not too not worry to much about our body’s and focus more on our minds more than anything else.

Because our minds will give us more of a work out than our body’s when we reach a certain age.

Enjoy "Mind Over Matter"

Photographer-Geoffrey Chuah
Makeup artist-Vetity.G
Model-Nevena Tepic
Swimear-TJ.swimwear, Midnight swimwear, Khongboon swimwear

Two piece by TJ.Swimwear

Two Piece Swimwear by TJ.Swimwear

Two piece by Tj Swimwear

One piece by Midnight swimwear

Two piece by Khongboon

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lucy Baddeley

2/12/2020

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Is fashion art or is it an extension of the photographer’s vision. That is a question that has been burning for a very long time, and please mind the pun.

I think every photographer would like to be called an artist in their own right, regardless what genre or style they shoot, I know what I try and convey in my pictures is to tell a story with in each picture I take for LaMode. And in doing so, in the series of images that I put together it projects a story to the reader, with the help of the clothes that the model is wearing of course or in this editorial for LaMode, the swimwear.

So is fashion art, my answer to that question is no. Fashion now a days is so commercial that it is leaning towards a more commerce direction e.g selling clothes online is something of a billion-dollar industry now a days, but that is just a small part of it.

You will notice that some of the amazing clothes that you get to see at the different Fashion Weeks around the world get so watered down that they can sometimes be unrecognisable by the time they reach the shops online or in store. That is because the designer is trying to make a statement, a little bit like me with LaMode in some ways. But not to get side-tracked, the photographers vision is something that is helped by the clothes that the model wears to create a story that is not only eye catching, but also cinematic and theoretical at the same time. So to rap this little blurb up, I ask you this question. Do you dress to make a statement or do you dress for yourself. Food for thought enjoy ….."This is What Love look Like"

Swimwear-LilandEmm
Model-Lucy Baddeley@Viviens
Photographer-Geoffrey Chuah

This is What Love looks Like

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Hyde Park, Sydney, Australia

2/3/2020

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Where Art Meets Art

Have you ever walked around in your backyard and thought how lucky you are to live in the place that you live in? Well I don't think about that every day I wake up, but I do think that I am lucky to live in Sydney and be able to live in the city that I do. Not only is it close to the beach but, if I ever needed to get away from the concrete so called jungle I would be able to jump on a train and walk down to Hyde park and clear my mind and recharge and get ready for whatever I want to be ready for. Which is usually prepping for a shoot or coming up for new ideas to shoot for LaMode and or for a client.

I was brain storming one day and thought I have never done a editorial on Hyde park, so here I bring to you the top 30 images that I shot just after the new year. Again it is all in black&white and unedited just to show you, my reader that you don't have to throw everything into photoshop and change the contrast and brightness on every photo that you shoot.

So here I bring to you my art side of my photography: Where Art Meets Art