OMFG - No Make-up on Camera?!

What would this blog be without a little self-promotion dear blogees? I did a shoot a couple weeks ago with Toronto-based photographer Gobhi Theivendran and it turned out really well! Gobhi was really easy to work with and the vibe on set was relaxed and comfortable. It was a no make-up shoot, so all you lovely people get to see my unmade face and how I look about twelve without eyeliner...not a bad thing in the modeling world but pretty hilarious otherwise. Blame it on being Asian. An old agent of mine used to say "Asian and black don't crack!" And thank goodness for that! I had a shoot the other day with another model who was sixteen. Yes, sixteen. I was a whole third-grader older than her and, while amused that she was worrying about things like how to smuggle alcohol to her semi-formal (been there girl, vodka in water bottles and you're good to go, am I right?), I'll admit I was satisfied in knowing my shelf-life has yet to expire. Anyways, here are the shots from the no make-up shoot! We went for a grimy yet still fashion-y vibe. Enjoy and look out for many more pictures to come...x

Fantastics. OMFG.

And one more publication from the online magazine Fantastics. Shot by the wonderful Jake Roseberg..we actually went to high school together! Small world! I had a great time on set with Jake and the rest of the lively crew. A positive atmosphere always makes for great photos! Here's one shot, but check out the link for the full story.

http://www.fantasticsmag.com/node/3335?fp=last

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Modeling. OMFG.

So I mentioned in my first post that I'm a part-time model. Let me clarify this statement by saying I'm very part-time...almost part-part time if there was such a thing. Let's put it this way: I was pulled aside while drunk out of my mind at a nightclub when I was 19, went into the agency hungover the next day and have been taking it as it comes since then.
I've been in an off/on relationship with the industry ever since. It's a hard world to be a part of, especially as a young woman. You go to castings, get compared to others and are dismissed at the wave of a hand...it's basically a career where you wonder what's wrong with you. The maddening world of modeling has been put under a microscope especially as of lately with the apparent suicides of top models Tom Nicon and Daul Kim and I can sympathize with some of the pressures they were surely going through, although I'm not nearly as accomplished.
That being said, it is what it is, and I continue to part-part time model knowing that. On a happier note, after agency-hopping over the last year, I've found an amazing agency -- Dulcedo. They're my mother agency and I love the mutual respect I get/give from them!

The last shoot I did was earlier this summer with the lovely Erlinda Goldie. Along with hair and make-up by Flo and styling by Jamie Rae, we created some beautifully romantic images despite the flash hail that kept on (quite literally) raining on our parade. Here are a few shots from it..!

Enjoy! x