Italian Vogue Video shoot-behind the scenes

Here are some pics from behind the scenes on our Italian Vogue video shoot...it was shot over two days in studio..that Lambo wouldn't fit through my studio's doors, so we shot the car segment at Bathhouse Studios.  The car sitter was nice enough to drive me into the studio for a dramatic entrance..a choice I instantly regretted as I awkwardly wrestled my way out of the car from my near fetal position in the passenger seat, losing my shoe in the process.

new H20 story for Marie Claire China

hurtin' for a squirtin'

So, When Marie Claire China asked me if I wanted to go do a watershoot in the Bahamas, I was like...YEAH!!!
But then, when they were like.."ok, please shoot in next four days" I was like..."Huh?!"
Needless to say, we didn't make it to the Bahamas on this one, but my studio in midtown Manhattan had an exotic feel that day...I just imagined that the diesel exhaust wafting into the window was from colorful fiberglass motorboats, and the squealing of the wheels on our tech cart were Dolphins calling my name...
This is just a preview pic, the story will be out next month.

you shut yo mouth glitter lips!

Glitter lips...that was the nickname my friend and I gave to his little brother's friend, who, aside from wearing (inexplicable) glitter lipgloss, was a totally normal looking little redheaded kid...So that's: short red hair, freckles, cargo shorts, glitter lipstick...on a 12 year old boy...
This is not him, by the way....

butterfly potion

MIRRORS from AMBER GRAY on Vimeo.

new BEAUTY montage

AMBER GRAY | BEAUTY | DIRECTORS SHOWREEL from AMBER GRAY on Vimeo.

sneak peek...new Maire Claire China with Patricia Schmid

So excited to work with the amazingly beautiful Patricia Schmid for Marie Claire China...
this is just an outtake...but I just loved the mood and feel of it.
We shot video of this too, which is even more interesting....

Eat the Cake, Tina!

Ok, so "Let them eat cake!" would have been the more obvious title,
but you don't know what it's like coercing models to actually eat cake...

New BTS video shot on our latest Marie Claire China editorial

We had a lot of fun shooting this story in a bakery after-hours and then in studio
with dozens of pastel colored cakes (real & fake..

BEWARE: You might get the diabetes just watching this thing.

beauty icons in Marie Claire

We shot this story for Marie Claire magazine (China) and it is about beauty and style inspirations from decades past. We eventually agreed upon Bettie Paige, Penelope Tree, Jerry Hall, Maddona (80's version, and Courtney Love. The magazine is distributed throughout China, and I don't think the editors really "got" my initial suggestions of Mrs. Roper, Kelly LeBrock circa Weird Science, Grace Jones, and Jo from Facts of Life. All the shots feature the same model, who (to me anyway) looks like a different girl in each pic. All the clothes and jewelry are from current collections...nothing vintage at all.

Marie Claire waterworks

Marie Claire Beauty

My good friends (Dave Tibolla (makeup artist) and Rodney Hall (stylist) worked on this exhibition with awesome photographer Guillermo De Zamacona.

If you are in NYC, please come check it out.

INFO BELOW

Project Monarch
Photography Exhibition by Guillermo de Zamacona


April 20-29, 2010
Opening Reception: Tuesday, April 20, 7-10pm

Come and enjoy the natural wonder and ephemeral beauty of the monarch butterfly ritual and its imminent demise in this wonderful exhibitions of photographs by Mexican fashion photographer Guillermo De Zamacona. The aim is to raise awareness of the dangers the Monarchs face with the increasing deforestation of their habitat.

Milk Gallery
450 W 15th St (at Tenth Ave)
Chelsea, NYC
212-645-2797

Subway: A, C, E to 14th St; L to Eighth Ave