Lisa Vanderpump is a British restaurateur, philanthropist, author, actress, and television personality. She is known for her appearances on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Vanderpump Rules, and ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. Vanderpump and husband, Ken Todd, have owned 26 restaurants, bars and clubs in London and Los Angeles, including The Shadow Lounge, Bar Soho, SUR, Pump, and Villa Blanca. She was a dream to work with. We arrived at her house around 8:30 to the welcoming of her two swan. Entering the house, you will meet the rest of her pets, six or so dogs ranging from golden retriever to her Pomeranians Giggy. We prepared all of the clothes, lights and locations before 9:30 and started working. Look one was next to a gorgeous mirror in her bedroom against the light pink painted walls. We quickly moved Lisa downstairs and shot from overhead to capture her entire living room and her next dress. The overhead show off the chandelier, a few coffee table books and some candles, but what it does not show you are some of the framed photographs on the tables and shelfs. There were some of the most adorable photos spread throughout the living […] Read More
2015 Colourist of the Year, Courtney Greenday, photographed by B.A.pictures. An annual competition open to the students, staff, and stylists from our nationwide network of cosmetology schools and hair salons, TONI&GUY Photographic Awards has aimed to recognize the best cosmetology work every year since 1996. Entrants submit photos to compete in one of a number of award categories. This year’s categories include: Student – Total Look, Student – Cut, Student – Color, Student – Men’s, Student – Makeup, Student – Fantasy, Best Academy Student Team, Cut, Mens, Color, Total Look, Editorial, Makeup, Avant Garde, Best Salon Team, Best Academy Team, Best Art Team, TIGI Colourist of the Year, and Hairdresser of the Year. Read More
Corazon de Vida (CDV) is a 20+ year US 501c3 non-profit organization providing life-changing support for orphaned and abandoned children in Baja, Mexico by funding local orphanages, providing quality of life improvement services and investing in the children’s future by funding higher education. Through our life-sustaining program we provide monthly funding for the orphanages under our care. These orphanages give abandoned children security, nutrition, shelter and access to a reliable education. We also fund scholarships for teens aging out of the orphanage system to continue their education. We provide consistent, monthly support to 10+ orphanages, housing over 700 children. Our university program currently has 45+ past orphanage residents in college or technical school, and serving as role models to their younger ‘siblings’. OUR MISSION We are on a mission to break the vicious cycle of poverty from perpetuating child abandonment. OUR BELIEF We believe that every child’s life is valued and holds the same potential, excitement and opportunity as any other life. It is up to us to work together to make sure our care transforms into each child’s hope for the future. Read More
Somewhere in the alluring confines of Italy circa 1490 Leonardo Da Vinci sketches the Vitruvian Man. An illustration of ideal human proportions based on the geometric interoperations of an ancient Roman architect named Vitruvius. It was exactly this type of indefectible integration between art and science that made the conceptual advancements of renaissance era enduring to this day. What has changed is the scientific understanding of the human body and its physiological capacity to be propelled greater than the mathematical principles of what Da Vinci thought ideal could be. Read More
Día de Muertos. Two years ago I had the pleasure of living in Mexico City during the 1st of November which oversees the celebration of Dia De Los Muertos. An odd and perceptively dark celebration to outsiders. It is a tradition that can be traced back to the very first indigenous people that originally occupied Mexico City, better known then as Tenochtitlan, some 3,000 years ago. Read More
At birth everyone begins with a clean slate and an unbiased relationship with the world that surrounds us. Slowly over time while we mature we are positively (or negatively) influenced by our given surroundings and the people closest to us. While these influences are crucial for survival they may begin to derail our identity from the true impulses that were meant to define us and our actions. Read More
