May 05 2009
Helsinki
As soon as I landed in Helsinki and put my mobile on again, there came a storm of sms messages from friends, wishing me a great travel around the world… so THANK YOU guys! I’m unfortunately unable to answer to all of you. Therefore a big thanks this way!
It was kinda hard to keep my eyes open, after 3 days (in a row) of partying. As I left the airplane I also needed a cigarette, so I didn’t leave the airport at once but I went to the airports smokers area. I felt tired as hell.
Things I just don’t buy
Boarding at Schiphol, Amsterdam, was horrible! Although I was an hour ahead, I’ve checked at Finnair within 2 minutes.. I still had to stand half an hour in the row waiting (almost missed the flight). Customs, control, security measures and stuff, they say… and I wonder whom are they protecting with all that procedural crap? And from whom? I don’t think it’s me they care about. They were unnecessarily bugging me in stead.
Well anyway, I decided NOT TO BUY anything at the airport, certainly not in “See Buy Fly” shop. All political, monopolists, terrorism, manipulation crap…. Screw them!
The food and coffee in the airplane, provided by Finnair were fairly good.
Helsinki looked good and large. Somehow the city made me think of Belgrade, only Helsinki is a bit cleaner and less crowdy. A perfect place for a photoshoot. :)
The photoshoot in Helsinki
The photoshoot was planned for the next day (Sunday), just a day after my arrival and another one was planned for Tuesday. However, Sunday afternoon during the shoot, I planned one more shoot with the same photographer (Ville) for the next Thursday.
Credits
Photographer: Ville Paul (www.villepaul.fi)
Model: Gini (www.modelmayhem.com/428016)
Both were doing a great job, the photographer and also a model. As the matter of fact, they both rock!
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| Model Gini 1 |
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| Gini 2 |
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| Gini 3 |
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| Gini 4 |
Because of Gini’s hair color and the shape of her face, I decided to accent her cheeks a little bit extra. I used Mineral Powder (Gold) of Max Factor to accomplish just that.
May 6th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
He eikel, gaat ie. Hou je het wel vol 6 maanden zonder foute kroegen?? xx
May 7th, 2009 at 1:53 am
He kreng…. zonder kroegen zou het nog wel kunnen (in buitenland hebben ze immers ook kroegen!), maar zonder jou- en je pimp wordt ‘t wel lastig.
May 7th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Hey Alexje,
Leuk om te lezen over Finland, je 2e buitenland shoot (na “ons” Duitslandshoot). Mooie foto’s, en prachtige make up hoor :-)
Succes met de andere shoots in Finland, en ook veel pelzier nog daar.
Groetjes, Diaantje ;-)
May 7th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
he alex jammer dat we geen afscheid hebben kunnen nemen in scheiwijck, helaas gemist,dus hierbij go for it!!
May 9th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Leuk om hier je reisavonturen te kunnen volgen. The journey has begun! Gave shoot zo te zien. Mag je in Finland nog wel roken in de kroeg?
May 10th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Hi Alex just to say hallo and so to see you have made good contacs in finland keep it up and you’lll hear from me again soon.Love galina
May 12th, 2009 at 11:07 am
Alex, mooie shoots heb je al gedaan.We blijven je volgen via de site. Veel plezier en groeten aan de asbak!
May 12th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
@Diana thanx sweety!
@Noëmi, I’ll be also back! ;-)
@Michael, thnx! No, you’re not allowed to smoke in the most pubs in Helsinki.
@Galina & JP, thnx a lot. Greetings (also from Ashtray).
July 18th, 2010 at 10:07 pm
Very dramatic effect. Good job!