Remember Now

Set in Saint Tropez, the short-film follows Pascal Gregory, Elisa Sednaoui, Baptiste Giabiconi, Jean Roch Pedri, Leigh Lezark, Freja Beha, Magdalena Frackowiak, Abbey Lee, Karolina Kurkova, Marie-France Giabiconi, Jake Davies & Sebastien Jondeau as they embark on a wild night of partying.

This is the full-length English version of Karl Lagerfeld’s “Remember Now”  introducing Chanel’s Cruise Collection 2010/2011.

Great to watch if you are into fashion and beautiful models or are looking for inspiration like me. Enjoy!
XOXO
Becky

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Last Sunday I went early to St. Pauls to meet two girls. We had organized a shoot for that day, and I was hoping everything would go as planned and secretly I was also hoping I could have a good amount of time and more than one location. Maelle and Natascha are both models but Natascha is also a make up artist, and a good one. She really helped out a lot on the shoot and they were looing amazing. The theme was suposed to be very summer like with short dresses and Dior Autumn 2010 style big hair. Well they really did a great job with the hair and styling! I really Recommend everyone to work with these two, they are amazing, not only as models and make up artist, but also as persons!

We did two different locations; near St. Pauls and near the horse guard parade, a lot of diferent outfits but I haven’t edited out all the best yet, but soon I will hae the pictures up. For now, here are some behind the scenes and some of the best images from that day. Once again I’ll say it: I loved working with them and I really look forward to doing another shoot with them!

It really was a lot of fun. A lot of guys came up to us when we were behind the horse guard parade when we were doing a certain shoot which included a bra, high heels, leather jacket and jeans, they even asked to pose with the models, and who am I not to let them? =) Overall It was a great day and I really learned a lot from it.

Of course I won’t only talk about myself, so here I have a link for you. I was contacted a few days ago by a dutch photographer and I looked at his portfolio, and I just really found it amazing, especially the butterfly images and the stardust images, It really gave me a lot of inspiration for upcomming shoots, so here is the link, please go there, it is really worth the time =)

There are a lot of shoots coming up so visit me for new updates once in a while

xoxo
Becky

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My life has been a bit of a chaos this week, it started out bad and now it is actually perfect, I can’t say a lotabout it yet, but I am very happy and that for the first time in a long while. My life is going good, one moment I don’t have any job at all and am desperate to find something, because no body replies to my aplications, the next moment everyone wants me to work for them, which is actually great =)

I got to know a lot of new people this week, some who I really respect a lot and I also found out something people say is true; “if you really want to get somewhere, because you love it and want it badly, you get there on a certain moment, the only thing you have to do is want it very badly and work very hard to get there”. I may have finaly got where I wanted to go, but I also know that I still have to work hard, because opportunities will fly away as fast as they came, and I have just got to get on the train, get my foot in the door and hope the door doesn’t close at me.

Taking risks is something very few people do but the ones that aspire to get there will take every single oportunity to get somewhere. That’s why I don’t turn down chances, be they small or large, because even one that looks small the first time I spot it, can turn out to be a huge life turning one.

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Becky

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Ooowh, I’m so happy today! My day started out quite normal, just like every day, waking up because of the sound of people drilling the floor of the building next to me and checking my email. I got a comfirmation for a shoot this sunday, and everything is going acording to plans =)
I talked to some people I know in Portugal, to schedule shoots and trips and stuff, 12 days in Portugal isn’t a very long time, at this moment I’m already almost over booked :s But still thing went normal, nothing special .. Until I opened my email around 6 =)

I had aply to got a major fashion event tomorrow in the centre of London, you can only get in with invitation, and only people with good credentials will get the invite, and I thought, I would like to try it,  there are a lot of people out there who find that you need to be a bit older to be serious about your job, especialy in fashion, but I’m serious about what I do and because of my age I work double as hard. Well I guess they liked my portfolio, because I got the invitation! So tomorrow I’ll be going to the  Urban Life Magazine – Fashion & Media Industry Night. Yes, I am really happy and I really hope I meet some new talented people who have the same ideas as me and maybe we can work something out =)

But that was not all. I aplyed a few weeks ago to be part of the photographic team of the Leeds end of summer fashion show, It is for benefit and I really wanted to do this, even though it might not pay, I will learn new things and I’ll see a new place, I have never been outside of London in the UK and I would really want to see more so this would be a great oportunity. And guess what? Yeah you already guessed it didn’t you?!? Sneaky! I got the job =D In august I’ll be going to Leeds to The end of summer fashion show!! And I’m part of the official photographic coverage!!

Yes this all means I’m just really happy. And this is what my Calendar looks like at the moment

Here is some more inspiration for you guys I was having course at the time this was made by my mentor Mário Principe. I really like his stuff, and I’m very glad I worked with him, couldn’t have found a better teacher or a friend. Thank you Mário & Melissa for everything =)

xoxo

Becky

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Shoots keep popping up and I have got a lot of work ahead of me. I love photography, especialy fashion photography, I just love looking at the pictures afterwards and learning new things, trying new concepts, and that’s what keeps me going at this moment.

I look around every day to find new things, new models to work with, new concepts, new locations, and what someone always told me, is that your visual education is the most important tool you have as a photographer, and he is right. The first time I had to do a shoot I honestly didn’t know what I was doing, I had to do it all on my own, but I learned so much of it, and I’m grateful for getting that chance, if everything at my course had been easy, than I would never have learned of it. Now I do know how to contact models and agency’s and where to get clothes, how to put the lightning, and even though I don’t have any lightning equipment at the moment, I do now know how to work with natural light because the same person also told me that natural light is te best light there is because you can do so much whit it, you just have to try it out and find out how it works.

I’ve been roaming around for inspirations for shoots and there is one blog I always have at the top of my fashion recourses which is fashionphotographyblog.com, Melissa always places something new and this time again she didn’t stop to amaze me. Looking at shoots is just so important because you can see how the pictures are taken. Here is her new video, I absolutely adored it and it is certainly worth watching!

Tomorrow I have a shoot with my first ever male model, the shoot will take place in the centre of London and I’m really anxious but I have met him before and I really feel good around him. This is going to be a very nice day, so whenever I can I will post the images.

xoxo
Becky

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So I know I have only been in London for a month, but well, I kind of miss my parents a bit and my pets and my sister and I just want to calm down and get new energy, besides, I’m only 19 years old so I have the right to long for my mom and dad xP

So from the 12th untill the 24th of June I’m going to Portugal, I’ve already got positive responses for photo shoots from 3 persons and I’m just gonna have a lot of fun =) I’m also doing some shoots before going back to Portugal.

It’s only going to be a short time but I really do need the time out. I’m also going to take a trip with my car trough the Alentejo, southern Portugal, who knows, maybe I’ll even get to the Algarve a bit. I just really want to calm down a bit and take a LOT of pictures as a remembrance.

These are some pictures of the Portuguese Alentejo, taken by a dear friend of mine, O Maltês

I’m also going to start out a project for up and coming fashion designers, make up artists, body painters, models and the likes, I’m still doing the starters on it but if thinks work out as supposed to, than It will be a lot of fun and certainly a lot of people will get more exposure with their work =) But I’ll tell you more about that as soon as possible =)

xoxo
Becky

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I’ve been living in London for more than a month now and I simply love it. This has certainly been one of the best times in my life up until now and I am really not regretting my move here, though I must admit that, as I’m also a human being and only a 19 year old girl, far away from her parents and friends and people I know, I really miss my home in Portugal sometimes where I have my parents, my friends, my sister and of course, my pets. I miss MY two little dogs Nana and Tootje, of course I miss the rest of the gang as well, but I really miss my two dogs who’m I’m very fond off.

So a few weeks ago I told you guys I moved into my new house, but I never show you pictures, well, as I have some time on my hands now, here are the pictures *.*

Well that’s the inside. I am sitting in the living room at that black couch on the right on the moment actually =P It’s quite nice living; My kitchen is bigger than the one we had in Portugal so I don’t mind when we are with 5 or 6 persons at the same time in that place, and it is nice because I actually like to cook, I do the most cooking in this house and wall I love to do it because I don’t have a lot to do anyway, as I’m at home most of the time, besides, we than eat what I like to eat xP. My bedroom doesn’t have a lot of space but I manage. It has a little cupboard/closet near the window where I can put in all my clothes so yeah It’s fun. I actualy don’t spend a lot of time in my bed, that is, if I’m not sleeping or reading. I also have a nice view from the front

Ok so this is the view from my house, It’s quite nice, we have a little kinder garden and I live in quite a big complex, it’s a nice place to live, normally people stop their music after 10PM but it does happen that they start at 1AM and don’t stop until day break, which is not very nice, but hey, you’ve got to live with it. Yes the person in the images is me, the first one is moments before I sign the contract and move into my house, the second is still the first day but I got my first shoppings to make diner for my dad, Malik and myself .

I get along very well with my flatmates, they are both just a few years older than me, and we have something in common with each other, be it one thing or the other but the most important thing is that we respect each other. People sometimes ask me if I get along with my flatmates, because they get along with theirs. But it is a simple thing; you just got to respect each other. From the first day on we divide chores, and everything goes as planned. We go shopping once a week in the weekend to get food for the whole week, sometimes I cook sometimes they do. We get along, fine and I’m really happy with my flatmates and my flat, couldn’t have wished for more =)

xoxo
Becky

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Well as you can see kiekeboo.net is having a huge make-over! I’ve been very much active in the networking field lately, someone once told me that my biggest tool are my sites, and I must agree on that one, though I find some forums and social network applications like Facebook and Twitter also very good tools for this, my site’s are also very important. I’ve been busy on becky-photography.com the past few weeks to put up my portfolio, and now it is time for this site to get up to date =) What I’m going to post on here will not always be about my work as a photographer, and that’s exactly why I didn’t put my official portfolio on here. I just hope it gets better =) For now, this is what I have and It will be more updated =)

Just an image of my before & after =)

xoxo Becky

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UPDATE:

These are quotes from my Facebook page

We have a new flatmate called Jenny and she’s really nice, she also likes photography and I think we may be able to learn something from each other. I’m also looking for that job, but i’ll get there =)

Oh yeah I’m going to show some of my clothes that I bought the past week (I love them really =) but I’ll have to take pictures first

xoxo
Becky

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Hello =)

Everything is going here as planned, better even. I don’t have a job but i’m confident i’ll get one. Being a foreigner in a big city means that a lot of people want to take advantage of your situation – you’re running low on cash, you need a job – but i’ve decided that i’d prefer to take some more time, living on little money if needed for a bit longer, than get a job in which i’m abused, which pays almost nothing for what you put in it.

Last couple of day’s i’ve survived on 0 pound, yeah, that’s right ZERO, but happily for me I don’t need a lot to survive =) Tomorrow finally I will have a bit more room to move I hope =)

After a lot of hours full of working, editing and choosing just a few out of thousand’s of photograph’s, I was able to make a pick and build my portfolio. The site is now open, have a look around if you can, because Becky-Photography.com has opened its doors to the world. =)

I’m quite a bit proud of my little work and I hope others like it too =) I’m trying to get my name out there, yes, I’m still young and I have a lot of time ahead of me, but it isn’t easy to get into the fashion business,  let alone become a fashion photographer, but i’m doing my best. I try to take the most out of every chance I get and doing my best at what i’m good at, I honesty don’t want to look back at my life, say, in 10 years and regret the chances i had but didn’t take, it’s a huge opportunity  to move to London on my own and having 6 months to find a job, that’s why i’m making long hours and work hard, because i’m not someone who’ll quit just because she’s a bit scared of the cold water though I must admit that I did and still do get cold feet sometime’s and than the only thing I want to do is hop on a plane and get as fast as possible back to my momy, dady, sister and friends.

xoxo
Becky

Have you ever regretted not doing something you’ve got a chance to do?

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