Drink, Eat, And Be Merry
Partner : Endy Wong
Canon 5DMarkII 1/200sec F10 ISO200
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f4 USM L
Flash Light: From the right with Gel
Reflector : Nil
White Balance:AWB
Lightroom 4 & CS5 touched up
Tokyo (東京 Tōkyō, "Eastern Capital"), Tokyo Metropolis (東京都 Tōkyō-to).
left alone
Model: Mirei Shumiya
agency: Createur
You are left alone.
Model: Mirei Shumiya
agency: Createur
postprocess: I cropped left side a bit.
You stare at me.
I take your photo for us.
Confident
model: Mirei Shumiya
agency: Createur
She has very good impressive eyes.
Becasue she has confidence in her future.
And I firmly believe that.
Pepper Jay Productions recently featured Actress Model Ina-Alice Kopp, Photographer John Michael Ferrari, Fashion ...
Models Best Friend International Model Actress Ina-Alice Kopp – High Fashion Kubuki Geisha Edgy Avant-Garde Pin-Up
International star Ina-Alice Kopp teams up with Photographer John Michael Ferrari, Fashion Designer Boa Tranchi, and Make-Up Artist Nelly Recchia to create a new kind of pin-ups ... edgy avant-garde geisha.Ina-Alice Kopp is an accomplished actress with stage, film and TV credits from Europe and China. Ina-Alice was drawn to the High Fashion Kubuki Geisha Pin-Up theme of the shoot. Los Angeles-based, Austrian actress, Ina-Alice Kopp recently wrapped the 30-hour biopic, “Departed Heroes” (Mandarin title: “Yuan Qu de Fei Ying”). The exotic love affair between Ina-Alice Kopp and Zhu Yawen and the epic battle scenes have won the hearts of fans throughout China.
Photographer John Michael Ferrari specializes in painting photographs with light, including hot lights a la old black and white movie era in his Hollywood California studio and experimenting with new types of shoots. As a photographer and director of photography, John has worked with many of the top models and up and coming filmmakers of today. His photography graces CD covers (i.e., “Minor Matters,” for Peoples Republic) and movie posters (i.e. “Redemption,” for Agenda Pictures).
Make-Up Artist Nelly Recchia usually works for the music industry, for fashion editorials, and run-ways. Born and raised in France and multi award winner in International makeup and Body Art competitions, Nelly Recchiamoved to Los Angeles where she is collaborating on music videos, editorials, commercials and fine art photography with Katy Perry, Dita Von teese, Kelis, Static X, Marilyn Manson Britney Spears, Vogue, Wired magazine… just to name of few. Nelly approaches every face as a canvas. Nelly also has a great understand of how make-up has to adapt to new technology.
Ina-Alice approached fashion costume designer Bao Tranchi to design something for her. for this High Fashion Kubuki Geisha Pin-Up shoot. Bao loved the idea and enjoyed putting together a costume to turn Ina-Alice into a Kubuki Geisha doll. The costume was personally designed and created by Bao Tranchi. Bao combined the original theme with edgy and avand-guarde.
Drink, Eat, And Be Merry
When thinking of China, foreign tourists might imagine the magnificent Forbidden City or the winding Great Wall, women sashaying in embroidered cheongsams, and young men studying calligraphy. But for many Westerners, China is primarily experienced through the delights of Chinese food.
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The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World, a four-part documentary series based on the West Lake Restaurant in Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, reveals modern China through a restaurant's daily events.
In 2008, a BBC manager visited Guangdong Province for a meeting and ate supper at a local seafood restaurant. It was there the manager thought of producing a documentary about Chinese food, sending a British director to film at local restaurants.
Although a great deal of time was spent filming, the desired product failed to materialize. BBC then found Chinese director Chen Weijun, whose documentary Please Vote for Me was nominated for an Oscar in 2007.
"I happened to see a report about the West Lake Restaurant, awarded the largest Chinese restaurant in the world by the China Records, the Chinese Guinness World of Records. So I told them we should film at a restaurant like this," said Chen.
West Lake Restaurant
Opening its doors in 2004, the West Lake Restaurant occupies 58,000 square meters. Its grandiose architecture imitates ancient Chinese imperial buildings, from the lakes to the walls. The restaurant has a capacity for 5,000 customers and has 1,000 employees, including 300 chefs distributed in five kitchens. The staff is managed as a mini troop, lining up every morning to sing songs and recite synchronized mottos together. Chen said this gigantic restaurant epitomizes modern Chinese society.
"There's a saying that 'people regard eating as the most important thing, close to heaven.' At a restaurant, we deal not only with dining, but with important matters like contract signing. What happens at a restaurant reflects society. Ideas about business, marriage, morality, education, and other important matters are all talked about here. By examining this restaurant and its patrons, you can even see the huge change in people's material wealth from the past to the present."
"The BBC thought [the concept of filming at the restaurant] was a good idea, so we worked on it," said Chen, who spent over 100 hours at the West Lake to film the documentary.
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