Hello everyone!
I apologise for such a late post here, I have had so much on and to be totally honest the days I’ve had free I haven’t even felt like working or being on the internet. Instead of jumping straight into work I’ve been discovering more about my health, which was quite poor last year and has left me feeling very exhausted and not being able to handle stress very well.

2009 has been a good start for me, it’s very refreshing to start a new year with a positive. I went straight into it with a project called ‘Lax Project’ which is a combined photography project with my boyfriend Luc Coiffait (you can see his work at www.flickr.com/lcoiffait). The theme is basically ‘fashion in abandoned places’ and we travelled around the UK (Wales, Scotland, Newcastle & Birmingham) to get to some of the most interesting abandoned locations.
I have a backlog of a few thousand photos to go through and the beginning of the project can be seen on our flickr page – www.flickr.com/photos/laxproject. I have been quite busy with everything so therefore haven’t been editing the work. On the other hand Mr Luc has been busy editing and his can be seen so far on the flickr page above.

I have just returned from a week trip to London where I stayed with my friend Anna (you may know her as a model from some of my work). Her and her husband Nat were kind enough to let me stay with them.
We did two shoots for Lifescape Magazine (fantastic eco-friendly health magazine) where I shot two editorials and two covers for the upcoming months.
The first shoot was in Hartwell House just outside of London, the location is a stunning mansion that has also been transformed partly into a spa. Anna was the cover girl and model for this shoot, Sandra Bermingham was the fantastic MUA and we borrowed clothes from a beautiful vintage boutique.
We got to stay in the luxury ‘Lee’ suite whilst we were preparing for the shoot and we had room service for our breakfast! The staff all made us feel very welcome and all of us involved can say it was one of the best shoots we’ve been on.

The second shoot was in Radlett, London. We had Vershana modelling, Sandra doing make-up and we had a designer ‘Baruch’ (upcoming designer that has some fantastic clothes). We shot around the train station and surrounding areas, playing with the natural light that was pouring through the tress. It was a perfect set up for a summer editorial!

London was a good experience for me, I managed to meet a few good contacts on the way too. We went to dinner with Roberto Aguilar (www.photoaguilar.com) at Eight Over Eight, a beautiful Asian restuarant in Chelsea. (highly recommended by the way!)
Lifescape magazine brought a few good contacts my way – watch this space!!

I am testing for Lavazza coffee over the next few weeks so I’ll be very busy but please keep an eye on my blog and my flickr for new updates very soon!

Lara.