Sky Is The Limit!

Setting up a photoshoot in a simple balcony with a clear sky must feel very unglamorous!

Well! the only way to find out is to simply put the theory to test!

  

My verdict : couture glamour and clear sky is a super blend! 

         Photographed by Hussain Jian

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Austin Powers, Carnaby Street, Mary Quant Minis, What is missing?

A: A Pucci Dress

I love the free-spirited and adventurous looks of the 60s era and what better way than to marry two famous brands of that period Austin Powers and Pucci.

For this photoshoot you can also see we used Carnaby Street in the background, a pyschadelic shopping full of funky boutiques selling Pucci prints and Mary Quant minis.

                                         Photographed by Hussain Jian 2005
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Power of Minimilasm

                                               Photographed by Hussain Jian
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There are many approaches that you can use in photography that focuses on clothing, but going with a Minimalist background is sometimes a wise choice. For fashion photography, the goal is to draw the eye to the best qualities of a garment. A viewer sometimes can be distracted by an excessively elaborate backdrop on the picture. Excessive detail in the background can also be a problem when some feature of it might be unappealing to the viewers, which then makes the clothing less appealing by association. However, the potential value of a Minimalist background should never be underestimated and I was surprised to see how alive the details appeared allowing the clothes at the center of the picture to shine.

Tropical Rainforest Dubai!

If you have a tight budget, (well that means thumbs down travel) and determined to shoot an Amazonian rainforest theme, what do you do?

Well I kept asking myself many times driving around Dubai city for days figuring out how I will execute this task!

Dubai has neither that type of climate nor the rainforest we needed. Until I found the perfect location;

Believe it or not it turned out to be the ground floor lobby of Grand Hyatt hotel in Dubai.

After several trial runs, with the help of the amazing team and the maverick Hussain Jian we were able to keep the glamour of the evening wear and crystal body make up in what appeared to be an exotic place. The photo release in 2005 was so original kept the audience guessing what a treat she had. It turned out to be the most demanding of them all but I wouldn't become out of the box thinker, had I.

Photographed by Hussain Jian.

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