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Hotel Rooms

October 10th, 2011

Back in September I was contacted by Atlanta-based makeup artist, MiMi Johnson.  She does a blog feature called “I’m Inspired” – which is essentially a video interview – and she was coming to LA and wanted to feature me!  Despite the fact that being on camera makes me nervous, I agreed – and we even planned to do a quick shoot together as well so I brought along one of my all-time favourite models – Alexandra Mathews.  MiMi was staying at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood and so instead of bring along a ton of gear, I decided to “get inspired” by whatever the room held (it’s a good thing too, because security at the Roosevelt is insane!).  This hotel room was like any other – there was nothing remarkable about it – so I knew that I wouldn’t be focusing on the surroundings – luckily there was a large window letting in a fair amount of midday light – which helped me blow out the backgrounds.

Alexandra - Roosevelt Hotel - black and white

More photos after the jump and check out the interview on MiMi’s blog.
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Kate / Brandon

September 14th, 2011

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Genevieve

August 18th, 2011

I am obsessed with freckles right now.  So, when I saw Genevieve’s photos, I just had to shoot her.  I wanted to keep the makeup clean to show off Genevieve’s skin, so the shoot became all about the hair.  We decided to do 2 different looks – curly hair and straight hair – and I also wanted to use fans to move the hair around and make the beauty story a little more dynamic.  Unfortunately, we couldn’t quite achieve the image I had in my mind with the wind sources we had available, so I had to learn to do some light compositing to add extra hair in.  Luckily, a good friend of mine, Josh Ross, walked me through the basics via iChat.

Genevieve - curly hair - wind

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Whitney

August 3rd, 2011

From a test shoot with Whitney (Pinkerton LA)

Whitney - black and white portrait
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The MUA Workshop

July 27th, 2011

One of my long-time MUAs, Veronica Lane, periodically runs a Makeup Artist Workshop.  Here are some of my favourites from the students in the June 2011 Beauty class.

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LAPD K9 dogs in PDN!

July 13th, 2011

If you check out the August Issue of PDN magazine (specifically page 69), you’ll see two images from my series of portraits of the LAPD K9 dogs.  The rest of the images in the issue are amazing – it’s nice to be in such good company!

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Shannon

July 6th, 2011

I’m trying to shoot more lifestyle-like work.  A little more candid, people smiling and laughing – basically more commercial friendly work I guess.  This was my first attempt.  I didn’t quite hit the mark with the lifestyle aspect but I’m happy with the results.  Plus, it’s the first time I’ve shot at the beach (and I’ve lived at the beach for 5 years, since I moved to California)

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Une Prin(t)cesse Naturelles

June 2nd, 2011

At the beginning of May my team and I got together to shoot a fashion story inspired by all the prints we are seeing currently.  Jessica (signed with Q model mgmt in Los Angeles) was our model and it’s hard to believe she’s only 16!  Big props to my crew for hiking up long hills with all their gear…here are some outtakes from the editorial…

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John

April 28th, 2011

A couple images from a recent test shoot with John (Envy Model Mgmt)

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Marley

April 12th, 2011

About a month ago I did a test shoot with Marley (from Envy Model Mgmt).  We grabbed a few outfits and hiked to a pine grove in Griffith Park.  As much as I love pre-visualizing a shoot and then making what I see in my mind a reality, I also love going out into the world with no plan…because that is when magic happens – like this shot (which was one of my favs of the day)

Marley in the grass

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about me

A Canadian, Angela is a photographer that lives in Venice Beach, California and has driven from one end of the continent to the other three times in one year. She once flipped her car ten times and used to test explosives for the government.

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angela marklew
angela@fstopinertia.com
310.913.5268
venice beach, ca

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