UW FASHION for KIDS

here we go:

the lucky winners of the Suwan Palm X-mas draw Jim (14) and Ilona (12) from Sweden are our latest merman and mermaid!

as soon she was in the water, Ilona showed a great deal of confidence and remarkable aquatic skills

on the other hand, Jim took a little longer to feel at ease in the water...

here's Ilona again in her first outfit just 5 minutes after the start of the shooting session!

eventually Jim started enjoying the results I was showing them from the display of my camera and switched to a more confident attitude...

take 2: glamorous look and outfit for the young Ilona who (in my opinion) has a future in the model/fashion business, check her out!!!

take 2 for Jim: sporty look, "mean" face and a stunning result

brother and sister together, love this one!

Swedish teen Muay Thai underwater DJ... don't you see them everyday???

parents were delighted, kids had a lot of fun, I was very pleased with the final results...

stay tuned for more!

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Charity Calendar 2011

YEAH! Something I had been planning for a long time but didn't had the chance to do it...

Combining my passion for underwater fashion photography and charity.

During the "passion for fashion" event

passion for fashion LINK

I proposed to the "Phuket Has Been Good To Us" foundation to make a calendar with some of their kids.

They answered positively to my proposal and set the date for November 6th (last saturday) by also sending 2 teams of 3 volunteers and 4 kids (age between 8 and 11); total 6 adults and 8 kids. While setting all trade accounts for Kompas,

kompas web site

we started asking some of the big names in the diving industry if they wanted to have a supporting role into this project by sponsoring us. After some negotiation with few candidates, we opted for Siam Diving Enterprises sponsorship (8 Mares rash vests and 8 Ocean Dynamics snorkeling sets + covering the costs of the first set of printing).

Mares charity calendar 2011 promo

WOW! We (Kompas & PHBGTU) were so happy for their generosity.

Our sponsor is also willing to distribute the calendar nationwide (Phuket, BKK, Lanta, Khao Lak, Krabi, kho Tao); accordingly, we NEED more sponsors to be able to print more sets of calendars.

There's an e-mail hotline for pre-booking, donation and sponsorship:

phuketcharitycalendar2011@gmail.com


Anyway, back to the shooting session:
In less than 2 hours the 2 teams came, the kids changed into several outfits, we took as many pictures as possible and, as if by magic,  we had excellent material for the calendar.

underwater paparazzi with one of the kids from PHBGTU foundation

Consider that with so many people in the pool (younger kids needed direct supervision) and very little time to plan and organize, the number of good shots was massively decreased by "obstacles": legs, arms and bodies popping into the background, closed eyes, lack of synchronization, masks not worn in the proper way... several kids had no prior experience with mask and snorkel (we had to show them how to wear it, use it and clear it... in those very 2 hours for the shooting!)

Once done with the session, we rushed back to our HQ to process and select the pictures. By late night (or early sunday morning if you will) we had the "winning" 12 months and few additional pictures for postcards, calendar cover and back cover.

here few of them:

8 years old princess with one of the PHBGTU volonteers

mares charity calendar 2011 for Phuket Has Been Good to Us Foundation

"dreamy fairy"

mares charity calendar 2011 for Phuket Has Been Good to Us Foundation
"strike a pose"

above and below, my personal favorites...

mares charity calendar 2011 for Phuket Has Been Good to Us Foundation
"clown"

We've also posted a video of "the making of" on youtube with the hope to increase awareness:

MAKING OF video

for more information on "Phuket Has Been Good To Us" foundation, please refer to the link below:

www.phukethasbeengoodtous.org

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Passion for FASHION

On September 12th 2010, ANDARA resort & spa held a fashion show to raise money for the children's foundation "Phuket has been good to us"

My partner Kaye was one of the models, I was the officially-unofficial photographer...

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scroll down to view and/or download a pdf file I made with some other shots and a quick summary of the event...


Passion for FASHION

soon more fashion shows and more charity!

With love,

Adriano

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Thanks!

I feel so touched!

some of my hardcore fans (yes I do have fans, you gotta problem widdaht?) are making pages on fb as an appeal to get my account restored!

remember my very first post on this blog? it was about me without access to fb

http://adriano-photo-addiction.blogspot.com/2010/06/birth-of-my-photoblog.html


anyway, I doubt it will work as they are tiny specs in an ocean of pages and mails... yet the thought is brilliant and very touching....

this is one of the picture they posted with the appeal in several languages....

at the same time, still on fb, my n.1 partner/supporter/fan has set up a page to promote the Underwater Fashion project, note that on already printed promotional material there's a reference to fb....

so this page was vital!!! THANKS Kaye! you really are my one and only pool gangster!!!


gimme time, once the website and the blog will be ultimated (couple of week or so), I'll make my come back to the mass.... and it will be unlimited wetpixel for ALL!!!

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