South America

Well I'm back in Melbourne from my trip to South America.
It really was the most amazing experience ever. The main reason I went was to do some volunteer work with kids in Brazil but I made sure I had a little time to travel before hand to see the rest of the continent.
I spent my 21st birthday and new years eve in Buenos Aires, went sandboarding and Inca trekking through Peru, stayed with a local family and toured Bolivia, spent a day sleeping at the border stuck in Chile, loved every minute, every steak and every Malbec of Argentina, lazed on the beach and drank cocktails in Uruguay, partied at Carnival, hang glided and hung out at the beach in Rio de Janiero and finally went up to Salvador de Bahia to do my volunteer work.
In Salvador I worked in a Favela with underprivileged kids who I really fell in love with during my time there.
I had a class of 6 and 7 year olds who, though a little wild at first, really turned around and became angels! Hopefully I taught them something or at least just gave them a little extra attention that they needed. The worst thing in the world was leaving these kids! I didn't realise they would have such a big impression on me but, though I will always adore Melbourne, I definitely left some of my heart in Brazil!

Urban Project VIP Night

Well this was a really nice change from runway and photo shoots! I was booked as a model for a VIP night for Urban Project by Josua Andreas. I had to change outfits every half hour or so and walk around getting my photo taken, drinking free champagne and eating yummy free food. As the VIP night was in the store I could also look around at all the clothes.
Eating, drinking, shopping and modeling all at the same time? Awesome!
The other models and I had heaps of fun trying on all the outfits to wear! If we were cold we could simply pick a beautiful leather jacket off the racks and put it on over our outfit because everything we wore just had to be from the brand.
At the end of the night the designer gave us all a dress to take home which was so nice.
I love my job! Haha.

Electric Release and Cover Shoot

Well 'Electric' is officially coming out on April 27th so get ready and keep checking the VHP website and Project Sunday for more details on downloading it.
Here is also another random frame taken in the shoot for the promo picture attached to 'Electric'. This shoot was completely spontaneous, had been planning to spend the day in the studio and doing interviews for Project Sunday, then after a bit of work it was decided to go out and shoot to see if we could get something from it. So here it is!

Singing Shoot

I felt like a prom queen/rock star in this shoot haha! I wore one of my favourite dresses and had a microphone as a prop. It was actually fun shooting with the mic cause I could get tangly with the chords and sit on the box etc so was easier to be creative than if it's just you and a blank screen. I pulled all the pins out of my hair as I was driving home thinking that it would look normal again, but when I looked in the mirror I looked like a poodle because of all the hairspray haha.

Beach Shoot

This shoot was amazing! Even though it was so cold I would not have been surprised if the ocean froze over, I managed to suppress the shivering and shoot some beachy shots with up and coming photographer Chelsea Sipthorp. Was really fun working with a female photographer for once as usually I work with men behind the camera. At the end of the shoot we went into some long grass which was cool, not just because I felt like some kind of African lion haha, but because the grass was like a blanket and it was sooo warm compared to sitting half in the ocean.

Lloyd Ross Shoot

This was a really cool shoot! Got to do some fun different looks and the photographer and make-up artist were both really laid back and great to work with. Must say I'm a fan of Lloyd's signature lighting techniques. My favourite look was probably the old school bikini one. Check out the photos for yourselves.And on set behind the scenes...