On tour: discovering Singapore

Slowly recovering from my jetlag from Singapore. I wanted to share these photos I got from Singapore with you. Can't share them all just yet, because some are scheduled for publication and I haven't received all photos yet.

Photographer: Alfred NG

BTS from a crazy shoot day

Photographer: Eyes Photography
Bikini's: Bikini Me

And some really cool Back of Camera's from the last minute shoot I did with Kenneth Fong on the last day. I'm really looking forward to getting these babies when they're finished!

Workshop: Venice

Pfew, haven't blogged in a while. Means I'm very busy!

Let me update you on my Venice trip.
I loved Venice. The city and the delegates were lovely and I really enjoyed meeting Zoi and catching up with Faye and Trevor Yerbury. I was modeling for Gordon McGowan this workshop.
Only downside was that we had to get up at sunrise, so we could capture the city without tourists. It was very cold so early in the morning, which unfortunately limited posing possibilities.

Nevertheless, here are a few stunning photos. Haven't received a lot of photos yet, but I have found a few online already.

Photographer: Gordon McGowan

Hair: Faye Yerbury

Photographer: Gordon McGowan

Hair: Faye Yerbury

Photographer: Kitty Cohen

Dress & hair: Faye Yerbury

On tour: Chicago

Day 1 (Thursday 19)
A lot of "getting" was done.
Getting up early. Getting on a plane to Chicago, Illinois. Getting from the airport to the hotel. Getting into bed.

Day 2 (Friday 20)
I am very much jet lagged at the moment, so I woke up at 6am local time, which was fine because we had to get to the venue by 8am to prepare for the show on Sunday. The 'Candy Pop' collection will be on the big stage, headlining on Sunday at the "America's Beauty" fair. Lot's of dying, washing and brushing my hair until it looked perfect again. We also had rehearsals today and I must say that the choreography looks smashing!

Day 3 (Saturday 21)
All models have a day off today, so we went shopping. Bought some cool tops and fell in love with Frozen merchandise at the Disney Store. I just might go back there and buy everything Frozen related they have.

Day 4 (Sunday 22)
The day of the big show. It was a stressy day, but we did well. I was so nervous, you wouldn't believe it, but we nailed the choreography and poses on stage.
Lot's of people wanted to take photographs and touch our hair when we walked around on the fair.

After the show and fair, Sara and I had our first shoot in Chicago. Photographer was Dallas Brown, who works mainly with film and polaroids. This was my first real shoot with Polaroids, so it was an exciting experience. Great way to really get this modeling trip started!

Day 5 (Monday 23)
Woke up early again to a snowy Chicago. It's so pretty but so cold!

Today I had to model at a workshop with William De Ridder. In the afternoon Sara and I were supposed to shoot with a local photographer. He messaged us that he had left home for our hotel, but he never showed up. No message so far as to why he stood us up. I hate no-shows!

Day 6 (Tuesday 24)
Last day at the Sheraton Hotel. We slept in and checked out right on time. Went for some more shopping - I bought 3 really cute panties at Victoria's Secret in bright colours. I really need more bright colours in my wardrobe in stead of the usual black.

After a very bumpy taxi drive to our new hostel, we arrived well and settled in our new room.

Day 7 (Wednesday 25) - Day 11 (Sunday 29)
I have a few days off now (thanks to more cancelations, wth is wrong with this place? -_- ) to do some tourist stuff and more shopping. Yay! Always look on the bright side, I guess. :D

Let's start with going to the movies. Cinderella it is! My first time in an American movie theater. It's a little different from what we're used to in Belgium. No subtitles, beautifully decorated theater hall and the system to buy snacks is more complicated.

Because I haven't talked enough about food yet, here are some more food pictures of the FODMAP friendly food I prepared:

Day 12 (Monday 30)
Video shoot time! Stoptime 341 Productions.

Day 13 (Tuesday 31)
We had a shoot with Emspace, that was absolutely amazing. I love the way he uses light to create art.

Day 14 (Wednesday 1)
Time to pack our stuff and fly home! In retrospect, in Europe I never had this many cancelations and flakes in a whole year, as I had here in one week, but had a great time nevertheless. I enjoyed seeing more of the city in stead of working all the time. Bye Bye Chicago! Thank you for giving me a great time!

On Stage: The Hair Project 2015

Last weekend was the bi-annual fair for hairdressers in Belgium; The Hair Project. I was one of the models for William De Ridder's "Candy Pop" collection presented on stage during a spectacular live show. Not only was I a model for this collection, I also designed and created the 4 dresses worn during this live show and the photoshoot.

Enjoy the show:

On tour: The Netherlands mini-tour

Last month me and Sara Scarlet did a mini-tour through The Netherlands, where we had the opportunity to work with several fantastic photographers.
Already got some really cool photos from our trip

Photographer: Jacco Breedveld

Photographer: Josefien Hoekstra

Publication: Gold Lust

I have a cover, interview and spread in this months Kirameki Mag issue. :D

I got the opportunity to give an interview for this magazine, so we shot an editorial to go along with the interview. The theme was "Gold Lust". Photographer of service was Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde and Maria Kleopatra provided make up and styling on set. We got gold lingerie to shoot from luxe brand La Chaton Bottée and I made a headpiece with golden flowers and branches for Noire.

This is how you end up on the cover when you were only promised an interview:
Somewhere along the shoot, we worked on beauty portraits with gold jewelry. We wanted to do something different with the jewelry, so Maria Kleopatra arranged the jewelry around my face. Because expression is key for head shots, I decided to jokingly stick out my tongue and lick the jewelry so it wouldn't be in front of my eyes anymore. It's not something I really thought about. It just happened. It just happened to look really cool too. Off course, Kirsten - being amazing as she is - delivered this photo perfectly and there it was, our cover photo.

We did quite a lot of sets, I think about 7 or 8. Apparently Kirameki Mag liked them so much that they did not only give us the interview and the cover, but also an 8 pages spread. I am over the moon! ^_^

Buy your copy here: http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/869622

Workshop: Decay

A few weeks back, I modelled for the "DECAY" workshop by Gunther Frans in Liège. We were shooting in an old, abandoned fort. The location was perfect, but the weather was terrible. It was cloudy and very cold (4°C). I had to get warm again between every set. Nevertheless I had a blast!

We did a steampunk set first. I was a bit reluctant at first, because I had seen so many beautiful steampunk outfits and I thought mine would never be as beautiful. So I tried to give it more of a fashion vibe. I'm pleased with the result.

The last set was a set with a big dress and lots of baby powder. We made the dresses then and there with big cloths and a corset. We had 3 people throwing baby powder from the top to create a dreamy fog (I smelled like baby for a week) It was terribly cold, but it was all worth it! The result looks stunning!

Photographer of all photos in this blog is Gunther Frans, MUA is Eline Van Gils.

Publication: The Darkest Season

I'm published in Jute Magazine :)

Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde was the photographer and Maria Kleopatra did make up, hair and styling. The shoot was so much fun! I always enjoy working with Kirsten and Maria is so talented! ^_^

And here are some of my unpublished favorites.