Fashion, Swimwear and Culture editorials

Street Mix

9/28/2015

So I finally get to share this shoot that I did about 3 weeks ago, with you guy's. All denim, black & white and colour and on the street, what more could I ask for???? Never one to turn down a chance to shoot some of my favourite stuff, and what made it even better was that I shot this whole story in the my own hood.....yep Redfern. Not to much to say this week as I have so much that I am working on that I would rather let my work speak for it's self. Enjoy "Street Mix"

Photographer-Geoffrey Chuah: www.gcphotography.net
Stylist-Andrea Jey
Make-up&Hair-Natasha Puri
Model-Brie Turton

Street Mix

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Katherine part 2

9/22/2015

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Silver Sonic part 2

The thing for shooting for LaMode is that I sometimes have endless ideas and not enough time to fit it all in. So this is the reason for part two of Silver Sonic........There were so many amazing shots here that I couldn't resist doing a second post.

In the first part of this editorial two weeks ago I chatted about the model and how I went about shooting this story. This time around I am going to have a quick chat about fashion concepts in the industry and how and why we sometimes do it.

So when you flick through a fashion magazine and see a certain style of editorial and think how and why did they come up with that, I am going to tell you now that it' not always the fashion editor's idea or the photographers idea but a clash of two minds coming together and creating the story. I say story as I know every fashion photographer would like to be called a story teller. I know I always try and shoot with a cinematic feel with my editorials for LaMode.

I always think I get what I want as I do follow my concepts and ideas that I create before the day of the shoot. If you watch this video on "Mario Testio" ( if you don't know who he is) Google him and find out. You will see he works very closely with his team or client to achieve the results that he wants. I suggest that you watch it after you check out this editorial as it's around 45 minutes long, but you get what I am on about after watching the first 5.

Moving along I do have shoots in the oven so to speak. So watch out for those in the coming weeks ahead. And with Spring upon us say tuned for the swim month coming up. Till next week

Credits
Photographer: Geoffrey Chuah
Stylist: Erin Carroll
Make-up and Hair: Tracy Terashima
Model:Katherine Kuhl@IMG Models
Intimates: Christie Nicole
Jewllery Designers
EnemDesign & Six The Label

Jewelry by Enem Design
Intimates by Christie Nicole

Jewelry by Enem Design
Intimates by Christine Nicole

Jewelry by SixD The Label, apart from the necklace by Enem Design
Intimates by Christine Nicole

Jewerly by SixD The Label
Ring by Enem design
Intimates by Christine Nicole

Jewlery by Enem Design
Intimates by Christine Nicole

Jewlery by SixD the Label, apart from the drop necklace by Enem Design
Intimates by Christine Nicole

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Bundeena Part 2

9/13/2015

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Twilight

I love shooting late in the afternoon when I am in Sydney. The light that time of the day is sometimes a little tricky to work with as it can cast some pretty hash shadows, but used to your advantage you can shoot some moody sometimes ciniamatic images. The ones below were shoot around 4pm so thats when the light was starting to go down.....and has you can see they are not only moody but in some ways striking and a touch bold. When I shoot my culture editrorials I usually shoot in black and white and don't retouch them in any shape or form so it gives them a journalistic feel to them.

Moving along Bundeena in my opinon is one of Sydney's hidden treasures, about a hour away from the city and then a 25 minute ferry ride from Cronulla. This ride can be a bit choppy but it's worth it when you get there!!! If you like to spend the day at the beach with hardly anyone in sight then this could be the place for you if not enjoy Twilight.

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Katherine

9/6/2015

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Silver Sonic

When coming up with concepts and ideas for shoots not only for LaMode but for clients and other magazines, you don't always use the first idea that pops into your head. This wasn't the case for Silver Sonic. I have been dying to shoot a jewelery story for a long long time but I have never really had the chance or the resources to do it. So when this opportunity arose I grabbed it with both hands as I knew that I may not get another chance to shoot a story with this concept. What I am really trying to say is that when you get the products and intimates that you want, plus one of the of the hottest new girls in town at the moment - you have a recipe for some pretty amazing pictures...

Looking amazing when you wake up is one thing but to look down right gorgeous is another. That's what my vision was for this shoot. And when you have a model like Katherine, that in itself isn't hard to do. When she walked through the door I said to myself "WOW", standing at 5'11 and an a ex ballerina, she made shooting her so much easier that it really needed to be. Cruising from shot to shot I don't think at any stage of the shoot we had any problems, aside from moving the lights around to get the effect that I wanted (you see I was using tungsten). Everything just fell into place... After 3 weeks of planning, sourcing some amazing locally produced jewelery, gorgeous intimates and casting the right model... We came to this point "Silver Sonic".

Photography: Geoffrey Chuah
Stytlist: Erin Carroll
Make-Up&Hair: Tracy Terashima
Model: Katherine@IMG Models
Intimates: Christine Nicole
Jewelry: Enem Design & SixD The Label