Feeling Sketchy: Tina Leung

My mother, artist Geetha Balakrishnan, can doodle in five minutes and come up with something fun. While waiting for a call, she did a pen sketch of my gorgeous friend Tina Leung. Why? Just cause.

Prestige Hong Kong: The September Issue with Jon Kortajarena

Prestige Hong Kong: The September Issue with Jon Kortajarena.

Photography Oliver Yoan

Production Alex Aalto

Styling Hannah Beck

Hair and Make-up Oscar Alexander

Prop Styling Karina Valentim

Styling Assistant Hannah Shams

Lighting Dragos Czinjepolschi, Anne Marie Serian and Kes Kestutis Zilionis

Check out my chat with Jon K at  PrestigeOnline.com 

Meanwhile, Behind the scenes:

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Aaaaaand its a wrap...

After the longest, hottest day of the year, where we shot Fall/Winter 2018 in the streets, studio and stations [you'll see!] of balmy Hong Kong, this incredible crew did the most amazing cover shoot for Runway, by Prestige Hong Kong.

That's relief and exhaustion and joy of a job well done. Photographer Dino Busch, stylist Bhisan Rai, model Yana Vilkina....  joyful to work with.

Back in 2008, after a particularly horrific shoot working with one of the b****iest stylist known to mankind, had a self-imposed rule of only working with fun, kind, generous and talented people.

This lot are not only gifted, but the loveliest to work with.

Until next time/shoot/on set lols...


Rama

Behind the Scenes of a Jewellery Shoot in Hong Kong

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On set. With Lenka Korbova. Leo Mendez. And this awesome crew - esp one of my favs Megumi Sakine, who is one of the best make-up artists in the world. Lenka (now Lenka Oshry!) and I've worked together on projects for years of course....

Argentinian model Leo Mendez jumped in for part of a shot - deeply grateful for him helping out. 

Waiting on Set... with Dino Busch

Since I started working with Dino Busch, who is very Type A meticulous (and German), he lands early on set, is prepared and ready to kick off on time, every time. However, 90% of the people we have shot (when its not fashion) have been late on set. I think our record thumb-twiddling once was four hours as the person we were doing a feature on missed a boat or flight or something....

So while we wait, the crew gets up to their own little antics and posing. Not for the faint of heart his biz...

Artem Ansheles: The most famous Russian in Hong Kong? Indubitably!

This Russian export shows us what hard work really is!

Check out my chat with the most famous Russian in Hong Kong here. 

Portraits by Yana Vilkina. Fellow Siberian. And my fav! 

First Person: Loui Lim: Photoshoot, Profile and interview with the Scion of the Seas

Loui Lim in Tom Ford

“We just launched a ship, Genting Dream, in November. It can accommodate up to 3,000 guests with 1,200 rooms, so it’s really a floating luxury-destination resort,” says Loui Lim, the distinguished looking young gent who faces the camera with blue-steel ease. His calling card reads “Vice President – Brand Strategy, Marketing & Communications”, of Dream Cruises, a company owned by his family, and where his brothers also work. Hence the aquatic spiel.

He didn’t just sail into the family business. Lim has had a multifaceted career and education, with an undergrad degree in architecture from the University College of London, before switching to business management for his master’s at Imperial College London. Trace further back and Lim reveals, “I was on an art scholarship in boarding school. So I’m very, very passionate about art and painting.”

Which explains his stint at an interior-design company, two years in oil and gas and two in investment banking – all rich past experiences he’s brought to inform his current role, too. “I was very involved in selecting the art works and the materials and the finishes, just to give it that next level of sophistication for the new cruise lines.  My father thought it was important that I be all-rounded in different subjects. Combined with my architecture background, I feel like that’s really given me the various tools that I need in my current position. Not just in branding, but later on, when I’m ready to take on a larger role in the company.”

More at PrestigeOnline

Loui Lim in Tom Ford, Dolce & Gabbana and Sandro.

Words: P.Ramakrishnan

Portraits: Olivier Yoan

Published in Prestige Hong Kong. August 2017