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BLACK AND WHITE AND BLUE -

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ADVICE - or why i am so bad at, but so learning about, patience.

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things are starting to turn here.

i am beginning to see signs that this new career will take off,

and it's exciting and promising.

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but i had to learn,

that i had to learn.

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that picking up the camera,

was not as powerful as finding the crew,

and learning from them.

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after all,

with any re-invention,

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my portfolio of print

is pretty stellar at this point,

and my resources are bar none,

top of the tier.

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plus, i not only love it,

i rock it.

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and my new reel

(in a few weeks i'll unleash it)

is a whole new world.

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but i had to be ready

to say to the world,

i don't just WANT to do this,

i've put in my time,

i've honed my craft,

i've humbled myself,

and i know my shit.

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patience has always been my bugaboo.

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but tim is better by far at it than i,

and we learned this year together,

we pushed hard,

and he helped me grow.

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a bad, but nonetheless relevant,

story illustrating this.

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i saw these shoes eight months ago online,

as part of a limited blah blah blah collaboration.

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gray ballistic nylon?

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quiver.

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one month ago,

we walked through opening ceremony,

and tim walked up to me holding them,

and said

"these look like you".

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i'm not sure if it was just him knowing me TOO well,

or a very materialistic universe

pushing my "see, you have to WAIT for the good stuff, and it WILL come to YOU."

button.

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and recently, working with bradley garlock,

and insanely talented art director and set designer,

i passed along this picture as flower reference:

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bradley,

god bless him,

locked onto the white poppy.

obsessed about the white poppy,

discovered that they are killer rare and were out of season.

and said,

"fine,

we just have to find a job to work on

that's when they're IN season.

we HAVE to use them somewhere."

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i took that as a good career sign.

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different kinds of porn - late june 2010 edition

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sorry to have kept you waiting . . .

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this month's edition focuses on finds across the internet,

with a heavy influence on things you just wish you could SEE,

let alone own . . .

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ARCHITECTURAL PORN

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i find myself drawn this month

to structures that have a more monunmental feel

elements that strike out into nature

and create their own way with light

and their own sphere of influence:

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there's a sense of serenity

but also something ominous.

i like that.

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HANDBAG PORN

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things this month

that carry our things

every month.

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so, for myself,

some weathered leather carrier for my ipad

(the new obsession)

and a bottega shagreen billfold,

s'il vous plait:

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for my girlfriends,

let's turn to this boy,

alexander wang:

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who gets youth,

and built the perfect purse in his latest collection,

one party "lady",

one part "rebel".

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or, the classic route,

from an hermes sponsored horse show:

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and no,

there's not much cooler than a mary poppins umbrella and a kelly bag.

except MAYBE,

a crutch and brace not stopping you from leather pants,

and a cropped mink.

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PORN I CAN'T GET OUT OF MY HEAD

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the best kind,

obsessive porn.

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the lumix GF1

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in limited edition white.

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mais oui.

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the elle kylie minogue out of focus cover.

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brilliance.

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the celine color blocked boot from spring

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and the balenciaga gray alligator block shoe

from fall.

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divine.

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BEHIND THE SCENES : learning hair perfection with serena radaelli -

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sometimes you get to work with masters in their craft.

sometimes you're lucky enough to befriend them.

and sometimes, they share their talents with you,

simply because they decide you should know things.

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i am lucky to have a friend,

serena,

who is like that.

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she recently took me on a two day tour of the world of hair on film,

how to capture,

better light,

better move,

better . . . well, how to make it the hair

that we all want in our dreams.

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yes, even me.

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every set up was an art director's dream,

every detail attended to by my crack beauty team:

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i call them "the lion the witch and the wardrobe"

because they make magic all the time,

and make me look like aslan.

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our talent was alexandra pappadopolous,

a young student who has only been at this for about two months,

and whom i clicked with in a casting session.

quite the find.

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please note, 

serena was always up with the talent or checking her work on the monitor.

the ringleader at work.

manacop and jo?

dashing in to save the day when summoned.

bic?

hugging the stairs.

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in the end?

well, you can see a bit here,

but wait til you see the film . . .

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