March 7, 2010
[Vintage Shoot]
Now that the Olympics are over, I'm once again in the look out for work. Well... I guess really it hasn't stopped and I doubt it ever will unless I win a million dollars. But even then I don't think I would stop looking.
Yesterday I met a girl in Chinatown to do a vintage-esque type shoot for her magazine she is planning on starting. I waited outside Tinseltown as at this point I'm still a bit iffy about Hastings where we were going to shoot.
The girls were running late with make up and wardrobe so I sat out in the sun for a good hour and people-watched. So here I am, minding my own business when this elderly chinese man appears a foot in front of me. One step closer and he would have been invading personal space. He stood there with his hands behind his back like all asian chinese men do and smiled. I looked up.. then looked back down to my book.. then did the re-look and found that he was still staring at me. WELL! lol. I said hi and he just continued to smile. He then knodded his head as if in approval and gave me the thumbs up then went along on his merry way. I thanked him not knowing what he was so happy about. At least he was happy! :) I think he liked my hot pink hair! :P
When we finally made it out to shoot, we walked along the Chinatown streets and shot along the nice red fences and gates. Eventually we made it out to Hastings, "Hoboville". Out of all the times I've been down Hastings, I've only ever been on bus or in a car. And if I was to actually be on Hastings, it would be to catch a bus so I'd just be stationary at the bus stop. But as sketchy as it looks with all the homeless and drug addicts, it's actually a nice area to be around. We even had our own hobo body guard check out what we were doing. When you're there and you don't have a giant CTV or GlobalTV camera around they're completely fine it! Just a buncha art students hanging out in the downtown eastside taking high fashion photos. Lol Erm. They get to see some pretty girls and it doesn't involve taking their photos! The hobos were extremely nice and friendly.
Posted by jme at March 7, 2010 10:33 AM