Snow White’s Apple
Posted by Samantha Laura Kaye in 2011 Events, Alternative, Inspiration on October 14, 2011
“Snow White” and I have a few things in common – we both have red lips, pale skin, black hair – (ok mine is arguably brown but naturally black) both frolic in the forest, sing to animals and have terrible luck with apple’s.
This year I’ve managed to have a macbook pro stolen from under my table while I ate dinner at a restaurant, an iPhone4 smash and grabbed from my car (insert additional window replacement cost) and two Saturday’s ago my second iPhone4 – this one a 32gig model – was stolen from my handbag in a London club…
The frequency of stranger’s referring to me as Snow White coupled with this recent “apple curse” (through cruel twists of fate, circumstance and my own stupidity insurance has not assisted me with replacing any of these products) as my nearest and dearest are calling it has led me to do… [ Read more ]
Kutiman
Posted by Samantha Laura Kaye in Thursday's Theme Song on October 13, 2011
One of the coolest things I have come accross on Youtube is Kutiman.
Kutiman is a musician, composer, producer and animator from Israel – but he is best known for the magic he weaves through Youtube.
Kutiman takes youtube clips that strangers post on the internet of themselves singing, playing instruments, making what you may consider to be music, or what you may consider to be noise – and then weaves them together, composing new songs, using the clips he has spliced together to make a spliced music video for his song – showing you where his sounds are coming from and giving you a little taste of the story behind them.
I’m going to give you three of his videos – the first is one is my current obsession this Thursday and feels a little like Portishead ~ [boys might want to start with the second or third videos… [ Read more ]
Deep Blue – Rick Nunn – Project 50
Posted by Samantha Laura Kaye in 2011 Events, Modeling, Test Shoots, Tips and Tricks on October 11, 2011
Remember that awesome photographer doing that awesome Project 50 thing I told you about yesterday? Well not only did he shoot me for day 11, but he also shot me for day 12.
Rick ordered an “o flash” online and decided I was a good test subject for his first shoot with it.
An “O flash” or “ring flash” is a ring of light that fits around the lens of the camera. Here is a picture to illustrate.
As you can see, the o-flash can be attached to the camera which makes it a popular choice for photographers at festivals or on the move as they do not have to carry bulky softboxes (those big square boxes on stands covered in sand bags and often with wires connecting to a generator or plug point) or beauty dishes (those big satellite looking lights.)
The advantage of a… [ Read more ]
Rick Nunn – Project 50 – Milk & Honey
Posted by Samantha Laura Kaye in 2011 Events, Lady Kaye, Modeling on October 10, 2011
50 photographs – over 50 consecutive days – all shot with a 50mm lens = Project 50. 100% awesome.
Rick is one of my favourite photographers, though he regards himself as a designer with a passion for photography rather than a professional photographer. If you take a look at his Flickr and his website you might take my side and view him as the camera wielding guru I do.
2011 sees Rick working on his third project 50, and I was lucky enough to be invited to take part as the subject matter for day 11.
You can view this photograph really really big here. There is also a wicked video which he does for each photograph where he goes through the lighting setup he uses and as a result of being in day 11 you can see me briefly making an appearance in said
Mask Making in London – Halloween Prep
Posted by Samantha Laura Kaye in London, Tips and Tricks on October 9, 2011
This Tuesday, if I was not driving out to Nottingham to watch Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler *insert smug grin* I would be attending the mask making workshop being hosted by Cabinet of Curious Creatures as part of the Hendricks lecture series.
The Cabinet of Curious Creatures are a magical indulgence of imagination and creativity and have travelled the UKs festival scene delighting the masses for quite some time.
“This specific workshop will focus on creating individual Halloween based creatures encouraging you to delve into the darkest corners of your soul. You will be making 3D bespoke structures that you will then decorate using a wide variety of sumptuous materials to help facilitate the birth of your forthcoming creature.”
- Sounds pretty good to me – and at only 12 pounds it is very affordable.
Doors open at 6pm, the workshop commences at 7pm and it is all… [ Read more ]
Weekend in Post It’s? Stay tuned – it might happen
Posted by Samantha Laura Kaye in Weekend in Pictures on October 7, 2011
A very sad thing happened this weekend – my Iphone4 – the second uninsured one this year – was stolen. Firstly, let me say that I actually did try to insure this second one, but as I have thrown away the box and cannot find proof of purchase Barclays will not be paying me any money…
so I think that until the Iphone4S comes out this may become a weekend in collage, or a weekend in post-it’s – but from last weekend I managed to rummage some photographs from facebook and surrounding friend’s iPhones – so here’s the best I can do [and yes, this is why you're reading it 4 days late]
When the clock struck 12 and Friday officially came into being I had delicious chocolate and peppermint deep cleansing goodness spread on my face and on the face of my darling friend Sherrie. (I was visiting her and her… [ Read more ]
FHM’s 89th Sexiest Woman in the World
Posted by Samantha Laura Kaye in 2011 Events, Competitions, Editorial, Lady Kaye, Lingerie, London, Modeling, Personal, Test Shoots on October 6, 2011
FHM South Africa came out with their 100 sexiest women in the world list earlier this year…. and much to my shock and disbelief I was on it!!
Thank you to Rio for bringing me a copy of the magazine, all the way from South Africa so that I could scan in the above photograph as well as the whole page:
Yep – I beat Ke$ha, Selena Gomez, Britney (99 – she barely made it this year), Kim Kardashian, Eva Longaria and a coupe of people I’ve never heard of. I had never entered a beauty pageant before or any sort of competition like this – but thanks to a series of online votes from the interwebs at large I was honoured with an official sexy stamp which I find puzzling, amazing, delightful and with a history of childhood bullying and low self esteem, a tad bizarre.
Thanks… [ Read more ]
What the Water Gave Me – You’re a Wolf
Posted by Samantha Laura Kaye in Thursday's Theme Song on October 6, 2011
There have been two songs haunting me this Thursday. Last week I gave you an amazing video linked to an awesome song – I thought I’d give save the video amazement I have in my quiver for next week and alternate this week with a video that is haunting me simply for the music’s sake.
The First is “What the Water Gave Me” – from Florence and the Machine’s new album – which was seconded by the amazing Karen Churchless who you may or may not be lucky enough to know.
The second song which I’ve been haunted by and have been playing to death is a little older.
“You’re a Wolf” by Sea Wolf came onto my playlist via a soundtrack… I’m sure a lot of you have heard it, but I’m hoping that one of the amazing DJ’s who read this blog (I can think of… [ Read more ]
Barbie gets inked with the launch of Tokidoki Barbie
Posted by Samantha Laura Kaye in 2011 Events, Alternative, Wishlist on October 4, 2011
We’ve all seen customised Barbie’s made by independent creatives, some of you might remember the Barbie-knockoff Spice Girl Dolls which were released with tattoo’s where the popstars were publicly known to harbour tattoos, but this Barbie is an official Mattel Barbie Doll – the first one in history – to be sold with tattoos.
Launching on October 8th at the TokiDoki Santa Monica store and will be sold for $50.00. Designed by Simone Legno, she has a modern (I can’t claim it to be fashionable, many would argue it’s very 2007) A-symmetrical silvery pink bob, leopard print leggings, silvery glittery shoes with black painted toes peeping through and a cluster of tattoos peeking out from her baggy heart and cross boned t-shirt.
She also comes with a pet that the official release phrases as her “cactus friend.”
I think she is absolutely adorable and would love to own… [ Read more ]
Boudoir Shoot with Noel Tosefsky – Round 1
Posted by Samantha Laura Kaye in Lady Kaye, Lingerie, Modeling on September 30, 2011
I’ve been slacking off on blogging shoots – and although many of you probably “like” my facebook page ~ thank you for the support – I’m really honored ~ and have probably seen many of the images I’ll be posting over the next few weeks, I think that a lot of the images on the page deserve a place on the site. I can honestly say I have learnt something with every shoot I have done, and I am so grateful for the wonderful people I have been privileged to work with.
This shoot was Neal’s first boudoir shoot. I met Neal through Robyn early 2010 and through twitter and the #27dinners we became friends.
Neal enjoys taking photographs, and I enjoy being in photographs so he decided to bring me on board to tackle his first boudoir shoot and first shoot with someone there with… [ Read more ]
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