One morning in Paris

It's strange how some days go. One minute you're getting up at 6.30 in the morning, a little later you are on the train to Paris to enjoy a walk in the sun through the Parisian streets only a few hours later. As grumpy and tired I was in the morning, that's how lighthearted I was when walking the streets. I had enough time so decided to do everything on foot in stead of taking the metro.

Around noon I arrived at the hotel where I was going to shoot with Julien Sunyé. As usual it was great working with Julien. He did a few testshots to see how he wanted to approach the location and to check light and angles, and we were ready to start. We shot a few setups on the balcony of the hotel, which had a great view of the Eiffel Tower. It was a beautiful day, which was a bit of a challenge with the sun playing hide and seek behind the clouds. We ended up with great shots!

A little later I was back in the Parisian streets with a little time left for sightseeing, to hop back on the train home a few hours later. What a great day!

On tour: Central EU tour - heatwave edition

My Central EU Tour was perfect!

Day 1: 12 July 2015 
(Brussels - Paris)

Driving from Brussels to Paris.


Day 2: 13 July 2015
(Paris)

Short bridal shoot in a field just outside Paris

Photographer: Kitty Cohen

Day 3: 14 July 2015
(Paris)

Great studio shoot with Bruno Photo. I am SO looking forward to the photos. The light was just amazing. Here is a BOC to show you what I mean.

BOC of Bruno Photo

Day 4: 15 July 2015

(Paris)

Tourist day ^_^

Enjoying a day off in the city center to visit some of my all time favorite places in Paris and have diner at Montmartre.

Day 5: 16 July 2015

(Paris - Stuttgart)

Long drive from Paris to Stuttgart. The weather is so hot, but the landscapes are amazing! Check these farmers at work :)

Day 6: 17 July 2015
(Stuttgart)

Half day shoot with Brian Cann. We shot lots of outfits, I am so happy with the results. Again, really looking forward to the results.

Here are a few BOC's I just randomly picked :)

And a few finished shots ^_^

Day 7: 18 July 2015

(Stuttgart - Zurich)

Short drive to Zurich and enjoying the view so much!

Day 8: 19 July 2015

(Zurich)

Shooting with Donerstern today. The shoot almost got canceled because he and his wife were expecting a child and his wife went into labour that morning. After speaking to the midwife, she obligated her husband to go along with our shoot. A little girl was born the day after ^_^

Here's one of the looks we shot. Straight out of the fifties! 

 Photographer: Donerstern

Day 9: 20 July 2015

(Zurich)

A day of for long walks in the forest. My lovely girl and I enjoyed our day of so much! Look at her smiling ^_^

Day 10: 21 July 2015

(Zurich - Black Forest)

On my way home but not before a long stop in the Black Forest for an art nude shoot. No photos to share about today yet. The Black Forest is so amazing! Did I mention how much I can appreciate a beautiful landscape?

Day 11: 22 July 2015

(Stuttgart - Brussels)

Time to really go back home. This was one of my best Europe trips so far! I think I will do a similar trip in October. Keep an eye out for the traveling notice ;)

Yerbury and Paris Boudoir

I went to Paris last week to shoot with Kitty and Bruno Cohen, and Faye and Trevor Yerbury. We stayed over in Kitty and Bruno's house, which was lovely. Kitty is a very good hostess and the house was beautiful and full of possibilities.

After a short break (me and my husband had been driving all morning), we started with some lingerie shots in the basement studio, which was very interesting because of the beautiful stairway. They also had the entire studio covered in white vinyl, which gives this nice glow.

Photo: Kitty Cohen

Next we tried some underwater photography in the pool. Luckily I had practice because it is not an easy thing. I love this shot! <3 For more, check the Paris Boudoir Photographers' Facebook page.

Photo: Kitty Cohen

I had my haircolour changed to ash blonde the day before, which was perfect for a twenties styling. Faye professionally finger waved my hair and did an excellent job on the make up. Here are al the SFW photos I got so far. Then we went outside and I got to pose with Titi. He wasn't a very patient model, but luckily I had patience for both of us. He is very sweet and beautiful though. ^^

Photo: Trevor Yerbury

We started walking around the garden and bumped into this egg-shaped chair which was very versatile, but not everything we did was SFW. Make sure to check Trevor's Facebook timeline for more ;)

Photo: Kitty Cohen

When we returned to the house, I threw Kitty's silk robe on and curled up on the ice bear pelt on the couch. You'd think that ice bear skin would be softer, but it is quite rough. Kitty had told me that morning that the ice bear used to be in the zoo and died of old age. She got it from the zoo's museum when they no longer needed it. You must admit that it looks beautiful! I love how every shot looks so different but is still the same.

Photo: Faye Yerbury

Photo: Faye Yerbury

Photo: Kitty Cohen 

 Photo: Bruno Cohen

Kitty, thank you so much for inviting me!


Kitty: http://www.the-paris-boudoir.com
Bruno: http://www.studiobrunocohen.com

Arles - Rencontre International de la Photographie

It has been a while since my last blog. I have been very busy traveling, modeling, designing and working. I have been to Puglia, Italy to model for a workshop for Pascal Baetens and went to Arles for the 'Rencontre International de la Photographie', also with Pascal Baetens. I can show you a preview of Arles, but haven't received all photo's yet.

Paris weekend

It has been rather quiet during the holidays. I was happy to enjoy a week off without modeling, sewing or photography.


But now it's time to get back to work, and how! Location for the first shoot of the year: Paris. Is there a better way to start? First we did a boudoir shoot in a beautiful hotel room, to go on to the Eiffel tower for a few more shots. Unfortunately, the weather was drooly  - the beautiful curls in my hair got messed up, make up ran out, it was cold and I felt miserable - so the outside shots didn't turn out as planned.

The hotel room was at the 3 stars George Sand hotel in Courbevoie. I don't know if this was the actual house of George Sand or that the hotel was only named after her. The entire hotel makes you feel like you returned to the nineteenth century. Though we had one of the smaller rooms of the hotel, it looked really nice:

Here is the result:

And some shots I made in the city: