July 2011
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Lara Jade
New work with Lara Jade (www.larajade.com)
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Dove's Truth with the True Beauty Campaign
Does everyone remember Dove’s True Beauty campaign? It is where they took a stand and proudly announced that women are beautiful as they come.
If you don’t remember, here is a reminder:
The Mission Statement:
”Dove’s mission is to make more women feel beautiful every day by widening the definition of beauty and inspiring them to take great care of themselves. Dove...
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New beauty concept work with art director and photographer Charlie Wan:
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Acts of Kindness
A good friend of mine, photographer Bryan Anderson of http://www.beautyinart.com/, recently did something amazing. I will let the pictures and videos speak for themselves:
Bryan writes, “Inspirational project with Bill the homeless guy that is an example of how close we all are to losing everything. Others have lost hope in him but he has not.”
wardrobe: Vico Puentes , Hair: Zeb...
Fitness Work - Culture Fisica Magazine
New fitness work of fitness model, Matus Valent (http://www.matusvalent.com/), shot by Drew Santos for Italian fitness magazine, Culture Fisica.
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Via Salzburg
I recently had the pleasure of retouching some promotional work for Via Salzburg for their 2011/2012 season. Shot by Richard Dubois, you can also see the work on the main page in their banner and throughout the wesbite:
http://www.viasalzburg.com/
As a fan of their work and classical music as a whole, this was fun to be a part of something to this extent more so than standard fashion work.
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Doctors Take a Stand Against Retouching
Warning: Jeans ads may be hazardous to your health. The American Medical Association voted at its latest convention to adopt a policy to “encourage advertising associations to work with public and private sector organizations” to discourage airbrushing or retouching in advertising, “especially those appearing in teen-oriented publications.”
A number of high-profile...
Retouching Classes
Word has gotten around. Due to overwhelming demand regarding details on my one on one classes and the experience, I made a page detailing everything included. Take a look. It’s finally open to the public.
http://solsticeretouch.tumblr.com/teaching
Hasselblad Acquired by Ventizz Capital
“Professional camera manufacturer Hasselblad, a storied company based in Sweden that’s wrestling with the transition to digital photography, has been acquired by Ventizz Capital Partners.”
What does this mean for our industry?
“Furthermore, we plan to develop Hasselblad cameras to appeal to a wider circle of ambitious photographers”
It means potentially more...
