Wednesday Inspiration: Emily Gualdoni

Emily Gualdoni is a photographer in Chicago with a lot of versatility. Emily does Bridal, Fashion, Beauty, and so much more. Not only is she extremely talented behind the camera, but she has a beautiful and sweet personality.

We got to work with one of my most FAVORITE stylists in Chicago, Marta Cebrat-Czernik. I love working with Marta because she brings so much passion, drive and originality to each shoot.

Here are a few shots we did last Friday. It only took her 4 DAYS to edit the pictures!! That's a pretty good turn around. Photo editing that takes less than one week makes me so happy!!

The look was Dark and inspired by a few editorials I've seen in Vogue. It was all about contrast: pure blacks & pure whites. I wanted the makeup to compliment the jewelry, not over power it.
I used:
- Black glitter eyeliner by Sephora and black sand to create the eyes
- Face & Body Liquid Foundation Shade Ivory 20 from Make Up For Ever to give the models a creamy, even, brighter skin tone
- Silver Dusk Loose Powder by M.A.C. to give their skin a luminescent glow from the waist up
- MAC Cheek Color in "Sweet As Cocoa" for contour

Model: Sarah Uchison
MUA: Andrea C. Samuels
Hair: Anita Arsova
Jewelry: Marta Cebrat-Czernik
Photographer: Emily Gualdoni

















Model: Megan Graveline
MUA: Andrea C. Samuels
Hair: Anita Arsova
Jewelry: Marta Cebrat-Czernik
Photographer: Emily Gualdoni









Model: Lauren Mulford
MUA: Andrea C. Samuels
Hair: Anita Arsova
Jewelry: Marta Cebrat-Czernik
Photographer: Emily Gualdoni








And here's a video of us working on this shoot!

Chicago Photo Shoot with Emily Gualdoni from Logi Productions, LLC. on Vimeo.

Ruby Yo! FIRE IT UP Music Video

I was told about this film project by multi-talented visual artist
Kaori Nik.
She's an up and coming rising star in Chicago and she's a very cool lady. Nik let me know about the makeup opening and she was in charge of whippin' the hair. The video shoot went so well. It was FUN!! I really had a good time for 10 straight hours!! Everything went by smoothly and at a pretty fast rate.

Ruby Yo!
is sooo sweet and sooo nice! She has the most gorgeous cheek bones that I have ever worked on. Her song got me pumped up and helped me snap off on her lovely face. Ruby Yo, Kaori, Lindsey (assistant hairstylist) and the whole 'Fire It Up' team was looking SO FIERCE after I handled my business on their faces. I thanked the producer, Qadree Holmes, over and over again for the amazing opportunity.
He was great to work with!

Here are a few Behind-The-Scenes photos that Kaori Nik & Lindsey took as well as photographer Anthony Aicardi.

Enjoy!


Ruby Yo!



FIERCE!



On Set with the 'Fire It Up' Girls: Kaori Nik, Ruby Yo, & Nicole Duran



Ruby's Stylist, which is also her brother, Javier Camacho, did a superb job on all the garments and accessories!



Doing touch ups :)



Making sure Ruby stays HOT for the cameras...



Noel Spence a.k.a. Girl #2. She was such a sweetheart! I used Sephora's glitter eye liners on her lower lash line to create an 'anime' eye effect on her eyes.



Eric Almond, The Director, with the Fire It Up team watching playback.


Myself & Kaori Nik Cheesin.



So her brother, Javier, mentioned "Pastel!" for her next lip color. I grabbed the white lipmix, then the red lipmix, then the yellow. That word made me think of an orange creamsicle within 30 seconds. She literally had 2 minutes before she had to go on set, and that custom made MAC pastel orange lip color POPPED on camera.



Kaori Nik styling Ms.Ruby!



Myself with Assistant Hairstylist Lindsey Howard.
She was sooo sweet!



Ruby with her Ruby Lips.
I used Make Up For Ever's Rough Artist lipstick in Moulin Rouge($20), red glitter from Michael's Craft Store ($4) and Scarlet Swarvoski crystals($20) to create the lip color!