Magazine shoot in Tobago and site updates

I finally got around to fixing the news / home page so now it'll be easier for me to update. All the older posts have been archived with the true date of the original posting in their respective titles.

So I'm heading to Tobago tomorrow with Gianna Barcant (my MUA) for 3 days to shoot for a magazine. After that it's straight to Margarita for a friend's wedding. I've never been there so I'm doing my little research right now. All I know is there's a lot of sand and boob jobs are cheap.

I'll also be heading to New York in early June, but I will have more info on that closer to then. Again, I've never been there and the last time I saw anything remotely connected to NY was footage of an alien eating a camera guy . So maybe I shouldn't walk with my camera....

Here are some recent images from my work with Scorch magazine and other clients:

ps: Anyone plays Bio Shock? Cause I'm loving it my WoW account expired so I'm pwning disfigured ppl instead of lvl 1 deer.

(11.4.08) Commissioned Work and Folklore project continued

(11.4.08) Commissioned Work and Folklore project continued

Two shots from yesterday's session with Emma, one from my work with Emmaloochie jewelery (nothing to do with previous Emma), and my Soucouyant photomanipulation for the Trinidad Folklore set.

(6.4.08) Commissioned Work , Interviews and Projects

(6.4.08) Commissioned Work , Interviews and Projects

I HAVE A SITE??? Ok I haven't updated in almost a month because I haven't had a chance to sit down and do so. However, when I do "have a chance" I opt for my bed. So here's a little bit about what has gone down these past few weeks. I've had a lot of private commissioned work, I did a charity event for Brian Lara's Pearl and Bunty foundation at Zen, and I've been hired to do some pretty big upcoming campaigns. Oh yeah, I also did a live interview on TV which I didn't realise was live until 5 minutes before it started. I got to say 'crackhead' on national television. I'm also working on a few personal projects of mine, first one being a Trinidad Folklore set. I'm doing my interpretation of a few characters from the local folklore, and I'm having a fun time with it. Been meaning to do this since August of last year, but that's just me being a procrastinator. These are only a handful of the many shots I have recently done. Please visit my Deviantart account for extended gallery. My email is also up and running again!

First piece of my Trinidad Folklore set: Mama Glow

If you could be anything, what would you be?


Curiousity...
(model: Christianne Steel)

Kelly from music group 2Ntrigue


Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
(model: Christianne Steel)

(12.3.08) Commissioned Work and EMAIL PROBLEMS

(12.3.08) Commissioned Work and EMAIL PROBLEMS

PLEASE READ IF YOU HAVE BEEN EMAILING ME AND NOT GETTING A RESPONSE:
The server that I'm on has been moved and there are a few bugs with the emails. I'm receiving messages but senders have been told that the delivery has failed. I can't send out emails now until this problem is fixed. Please message at lauraferreirastudios@gmail.com for the time being.

Some images from my shoot yesterday with Danielle. Done in studio then way up the winding road and into Fort George, an historical site with a number of green canons. In Trinidad we have this thing in the sky that slowly moves around and takes our money. You'll see that one in the first picture. Please click on the image to see a bigger preview. There are some small details worth watching.

I'm slowly evolving into a surrealist, and I'm pretty happy for the change.

(7.3.08) Easier way to see new work

(7.3.08) Easier way to see new work

I'd love to upload every single thing that I do here, but it is a bit of a hassle. So I'd direct you to my page at Deviant Art, I'm constantly uploading new shots, and there is a lot of work there that you've probably never seen, including my slightly horrendous first shots I ever took.

Some more shots from my sessions with Christianne Steel, and one more of Kerri (the green mask). All makeup done by Gianna Barcant.

Something a bit different

(28.2.08) Commissions, Pirogues, and Good Times

(28.2.08) Commissions, Pirogues, and Good Times

I'm trying to remember what happened after my last update... I have a bad memory so I rely on my little notebook to remind me of jobs, events, people's names, yadda yadda. Ok yes, I had a few client shoots including one for the third issue of Scorch magazine, as well as a "breather" shoot that I did with my good friend/favourite MUA Gianna Barcant, and old friend/favourite Trini model Christianne Steel. I also attended the Miss Tnt Universe/World gig at Zen thanks to Peter Elias. It was very entertaining and I met some very cool souls down there, including (now remember I said I have a bad memory) Anthony, a photographer based in England (you're probably reading this so I hope I got that right!)

Scorch shoot was done partly in a fishing village in Carenage and partly on a yacht in Chaguaramas. Fishing village was the more interesting one as we had to ask this guy (we'll call him Curtis, he looked like a Curtis) to borrow his pirogue. Well, the entire village ended up watching this poor model in her skimpy bikini try to get comfortable on the bow of this pirogue which was dry-docked and covered in bird shit (I can say shit on my site) Well I thought it was pretty funny, made me remember just how much I'm glad not to be a model.

Shot Gianna (makeup artist) in a red mask I bought on Ariapita Ave. Next day Christianne joined us and we spent the entire day making her look more like Audrey Hepburn, photographing her, and testing out my new set of lights. I prefer natural lighting still because I know what I'm doing when it comes to that. I honestly need to get used to these artificial lights, I feel like a noob.

I just looked up at the monitor and realised how much I typed. I feel like a Blogger. Here comes more length to this update, the shots that I just spoke about (excluding Scorch).

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(18.2.08) Commissions

Last shot from Toni's session as well as another self-portrait I did on my birthday.

And something that has absolutely nothing to do with me, my work or this site...just makes me laugh.
(a lot)
thanks Ranelle.

(17.2.08) Magazine Interview and Commissions

(17.2.08) Magazine Interview and Commissions

I'm the cover story in today's Trinidad Express Woman's magazine. Here are some shots from my session with Kerri, Alexis, Rocks Frocks and Cocktails, as well as a self-portrait I did for my 23rd birthday. It's all downhill from here! As a birthday present to myself, I ordered a set of lights...so look out for the first test shoot that I do with them. I've got a lot of ideas running around in my head, and I think that the first set I do will be conceptual self portraits (just to get a feel for artificial lighting when I'm so used to natural).

(9.2.08) Commissions and Post-Carnival pains

(9.2.08) Commissions and Post-Carnival pains

More from my session with Toni as well as new shots from yesterday's shoot with 'Rocks, Frocks and Cocktails'. First time I did a shoot whilst feeling like death. Played Carnival earlier this week and I'm paying for it with a cold and what feels like a broken hip. I still have my red band from my section on my wrist, I've been too lazy to cut it off.

Have many shoots lined up for next week so I'm stocking up on the meds, plus it's birthday time on Monday so let's hope I feel better so I can blow the 23 candles out. More updates to come soon, as well as a revamp of this front page. Been meaning to make a php blog but been too busy. Since the page is about a mile long now I've got to get around to it. *cough*

(7.2.08) Facebook Page added

(7.2.08) Facebook Page added

I made a Facebook Page here so that everyone who's a member of the site can be easily updated on new shoots and information. For those who haven't joined Facebook yet, I salute you, and you can also check the page since you don't have to be signed up to view it.

(1.2.08) Magazine Interview and Inspiration

(1.2.08) Magazine Interview and Inspiration

Last Sunday I was the cover feature of The Trinidad Guardian's Woman Wise magazine. Story is here. Please laugh at then ignore the half asleep drugged up picture of me, I didn't know I was going to be photographed (and splashed across the cover :S ) I've been listening to a lot of music by an artiste named Origa and I'm feeling a bit inspired to do some anime type shots. Her song 'Rise' inspired this one. I want to take a short break from commissions and go back to my artistic roots and tra la la. After all, it's what got me here in the first place.

(23.1.08) Scorch Issue 2 and Commissions

(23.1.08) Scorch Issue 2 and Commissions

The second issue of Scorch is out and here are some of the shots I did. Scroll down a bit into last year and you'll see the story of how that shoot went. Got some more from my session with Alexis.