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Brianna

December 22nd, 2011

Brianna is from New York and thankfully our schedules were such that we could shoot right before she left Los Angeles. I worked with my regular team to set up a fashion story which we shot down at the LA river. The following image actually isn’t from the editorial but something random and extra we did at the end of the shoot. When we started shooting, both Brianna and I mentioned how amazing it would be if she could just get all the clothing wet. Obviously this was not going to happen while she was wearing the clothing the stylist pulled BUT she had this sheer yellow shirt in her car and so at the end of the day she threw it on and laid in the water. Spontaneity and the willingness to play are two of my favourite qualities in a model.

Brianna Michelle

I’ll be posting some images from the actual editorial in the next few weeks.

Makeup CHELSEA ALLEN
Styling JA’NIYA WALKER
Model BRIANNA MICHELLE (Photogenics – LA)

It’s Winter

December 12th, 2011

It’s winter in southern California and to mark the ever so slight transition in the seasons, I decided to start building a lifestyle portfolio. My first attempt was a collaboration between my MUA, Jeannie Bolet, and I. The story is about four gals who wake up and spend a cold day hanging out at the beach. I have resisted shooting lifestyle for a while but this was a great experience and Jeannie and I are already planning at least one more (hopefully two) shoot before 2011 comes to a close. You can see the full story in my portfolio – some extra images are after the cut.

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Danielle

December 2nd, 2011

Last week I had a last minute test with Danielle. We went out to the beach and climbed around on some rocks.

Lulu

November 29th, 2011

My newest muse…

Lulu - beauty

Natalia

November 6th, 2011

A few images from a recent test shoot with Natalia from Pinkerton. Hair and makeup by Brittany Sullivan.

Angelina

October 25th, 2011

It’s been a busy couple weeks. I photographed M83 for the cover of WHOA magazine’s January 2012 issue (so it will be a while before I can share those images), shot a fashion editorial with a visiting stylist, worked on some lighting tests for a music video, and had a handful of test shoots. One of those tests was with Angelina. Not only did it mark her first photo shoot but she is also the youngest model I have photographed. Working with her was awesome though and she has a haunted look about her (in photos) that I really love.

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City and Colour

October 11th, 2011

IT’S OUT!
My first (commissioned) magazine cover (for WHOA magazine) – and not only that but I got to photograph a musician whose music I love – Dallas Green (City and Colour).

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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.

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

September 14th, 2011

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.

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.

contact info

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

fstopinertia – photography of angela marklew