colourful hong kong

earlier this year i shot for london based mag "magpie darling" with a great photographer, valentina, who is also a vogue italia contributer. while in town she wanted to shoot something capturing the character of the streets of hong kong and the pops of colour surrounding the neighborhoods.

the shoot turned out great and was published today! check it out below.

photographer - valentina pezzo

stylist - me

hair & make-up - christian merz

producer - cheryl rodriguez

fashion assistant - bianca kirn

production assistant - rebecca hardman

model - gabriela m

for additional shots check out the full story at www.juancarlosaquino.com

california dreamin'

earlier this year sylvè colless, an amazing photographer from australia moved to hong kong for a short stint, while she was in town we got together and immediately clicked and had the exact same vision of the type of shoots we wanted to do. i say exact because when we met up to talk about a concept, we showed up with the exact same reference shots.
the thing with hong kong is that it is a city that has a reputation of being so shiny and new, it has a very clean cut fashion aesthetic which is very different to that of sydney,  so when the opportunity came along to do something a lot more casual, we both jumped.

it was such a sticky, humid day when we shot, props to chen yu. she's a lovely girl and did an awesome job having to be decked out in knitwear for the majority of the time.
the shoot turned out great, and was published yesterday with hong kong's post magazine.

check out the feature below with a couple of extra outtakes.

photographer - sylve collessstylist - mehair & make-up - ryan wing lifashion assistant - bianca kirnmodel - chen yu
original shoot "by the board" found in hong kong "post magazine" - 02/09/12

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the other day i had the pleasure of shooting with a great photographer and make-up artist from europe. valentina and christian, who are only in hk for a quick visit are touring around the city, and somehow still managing to fit a shoot in basically everyday they are in town! it's very impressive.

the duo have produced work with amazing publications like vogue italia! so when asked, i jumped at the opportunity to  produce a shoot with them. we shot around the streets of sheung wan and central, it was a great experience and i have no doubt the final shots will look amazing, our model gabriela was dope too, a lovely girl with killer eyes, she was good fun.

valentina is so quick when shooting too! somehow i managed to squeeze in a few behind the scenes shots of gabriela, i love seeing the contrast of a models personality when in between shots. check them out below.

the shoot is to be published by a london mag, so if you're there when it's out, send me a copy!

photographer - valentina pezzostylist - mehair & make-up - christian merzfashion assistant - bianca kirnmodel - gabriela meninproduced by cheryl rodriguez