Archive for May, 2009
Old Is Beautiful
In photography, old is beautiful. Now you probably thinking, “You’re just saying that because your old! We all know that people are most beautiful when they are young.” Yes, there is certainly beauty in youth. But I am talking about things: buildings, [Read More]
Fashion Terms: Empire Waist
The empire waist dress is a kind of dress where the waist line is raised above the natural waistline, often right below the bust. It creates an illusion of length and camouflages a bottom heavy figure or thick waist. Empire is a originally a French word so is pronounced [Read More]
I Saw Her Standing There
When he saw her standing there, our roving street-fashion photographer could not help but take these motor drive-style shots of this attractive young lady out shopping. The model is 17-year-old Aljona who is wearing a clean white designer T-Shirt with ties in the front and [Read More]
Easter Egg in Slide Show
An Easter egg is a hidden bonus feature of software that is undocumented. You have to discover it. It is kind of like the opposite of a bug. Well I just discovered an Easter egg in our slideshow widget which you see running at the top of the right side bar titled [Read More]
How I Roll
For fashion model Rita, life is a skate in the park. On a sunny Sunday afternoon Rita likes to strap on a pair of inline skates and tear up the pavement. She is wearing de rigeur skating attire: black capri tights and a baby blue empire top with three-quarter length [Read More]
Reinventing Polaroid Instant Film
ENSCHEDE, the Netherlands. Dutch scientists are trying to reinvent one of the miracle technologies of the 20th century: the Polaroid instant film. Polaroid stopped producing instant film in 2008. Polaroid film had many uses. Over the decades hundreds of millions of family [Read More]
Euro Casting 2009: Tanulka from Bohemia
Introducing Tanulka. She has 18 years old with brown hair and eyes. Tanulka is from Bohemia in the Czech Republic. She is still in school, but is able to make a living part time working as a model. She has many friends and likes to keep in contact with them using her mobile [Read More]
Alexa Traffic Rank
On the right-hand sidebar, just below the blogroll links, we added an Alexa traffic rank widget. According to Alexa, for the last three months lagunabachbikini.com is the 8,082,109 ranked site measured by traffic. We are right behind Luigi’s Sub & Pizza and just [Read More]
Long and Peachy Tube Skirt
Fashion model Tanulka stands in the doorway to her bedroom modeling a peach ankle-length tube skirt. She has on a white cross-your-heart top with spaghetti straps over a black bra. On her feet are white open-toed 4-inch stiletto heels. She lives in an old building in the [Read More]
New Feature: Live Chat
Yesterday we added another new feature to Laguna Beach Bikini: live chat. If you click on the StudioCam link in the menu bar above you will go to the page with the webcam. Below that is the live chat window. Just type in your name or handle and your can start chatting as a [Read More]
Should Actors Work for Deferred Pay?
Aspiring actress Sarah B. asks: I am an newcomer to Hollywood, having recently moved here from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. I have been taking acting classes and submitting headshots for independent films. I recently auditioned for a small independent feature and was offered a part. [Read More]
Model Sues Hollywood Agency for Sexual Battery
Los Angeles–A Vancouver fashion model, actress and beauty queen has filed a $10 million lawsuit against International Creative Management, a top Los Angeles talent agency. In her lawsuit, 23-year-old Claire Robinson alleges ICM and agent Jack Gilardi exploited her and [Read More]
Our Digital Photography Workflow
Someone asked me about our image processing workflow, so I thought I would write a few words about our digital photography post-production for still photography. I am not an expert on post-production or image processing, but this is what we do here and it seems to work [Read More]
Live Webcam from Studio
We added a new feature to Laguna Beach Bikini: a live webcam. Just click on the StudioCam link along the top menu bar to see a live image from photo studio. This is not a live video feed. Only still images are captured every so often like once per minute. When you go to the [Read More]
Leather Bomber Jacket
Yaro is modeling a rugged, brown leather bomber jacket and denim short-shorts. Guerilla girl, hard and sweet A military man would love to meet The general scratches his belly and thinks His pay is good but his company stinks Guerilla girl, hard and sweet A military man [Read More]
Inline Skating with Rita
Rita is a fashion model that believes in the benefits of exercise and fitness training. She likes to get regular exercise and stay active. She also makes a habit of going to the park for inline skating. So we went out late in the afternoon on a busy weekend to a public park [Read More]
Going Down to the River
I’m a-going down down down to the river And there ain’t nobody gonna have to hold my hand I’m a-going down down down to the river Gonna bury my troubles in the river bottom sand –Buck Ownes & the Buckaroos Anna is down by the river late in the [Read More]
The Smell of Fixer in the Morning
I love the smell of fixer in the morning. It’s the smell of… …Kodak black & white film being processed in the darkroom. OK, I haven’t actually smelled any fixer since about 1997 when I sold my Omega 4×5 D-3 enlarger. But Black & White [Read More]
Norwegian Wins Eurovision Song Contest
A young Norwegian lad won the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. The annual contest, now in its 54th year, was televised live from Moscow on Saturday night. Rybak is a singer and violinist from Nesodden just outside of the Norwegian capital Oslo. Twenty five contestants from [Read More]
We Promised Her A Rose Garden
Aya from Kazakhstan poses in a rose garden in Prague. Then Lynn Anderson sings her country music hit I Never Promised You A Rose Garden on television. [Read More]
