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Mon 26th Dec 2005
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9800 - 9874 Yarra Girls
Verity: What a fine bunch of lasses! I think it took longer to pick what
the girls should wear than it did to film it. I can't remember
whose brilliant idea it was to play this game, but whoever it was
should be thanked because the girls loved it. Actually I think it
was that scoundrel Nico's idea! Four girls, that means 8 legs, 8
arms, and 8 hands, lots of clothes to come off and even more
fingers to do it with. I don't now how Abby managed to stay
focused, there must have been limbs flying all over the place! Then
there were 4 naked hot girls, frolicking around together - how on
earth does she stay focused?! The girls were all having a lot of
fun and then all hell broke loose. Well, not really, but Lilly got
her period and was a bit distraught afterwards. I took her off to a
nearby (not so glamorous) toilet and fixed her up but she
didn’t want to do anymore. Poor thing felt really embarrassed
about it. I told her that it had happened to lots of other girls in
the past, and I think that helped, but she had lost her playful
spirit by then. Apart from that hick-up it was a really fun shoot!
9875 - 9893 Abrielle
Verity: This shoot was all over and done with in no time and that usually
happens when either the model is tired and hard to work with or
Abby is! Abrielle and I discussed ideas for her video, and as she
is naturally quite artistic, we both thought a video of her drawing
herself would be great. It’s a bit of a hit or miss idea but
I’m confident she did a great job. Inventive, creative,
imaginative, these are the best words to describe our artsy-craftsy
Abrielle. Ooh, and quite mysterious. She doesn’t like to give
too much away too soon, but in the end she reveals all, including
her very own personally designed tattoos, which, like her, are bold
and beautiful.
9894 - 9910 Aslinn
Penny: Aslinn was hilarious. We did the shoot at her mum’s house.
It was so funny because Aslinn’s family were all in the
living room during the shoot. So I had to chat with them and
distract them while Verity was trying to make a sexy vid in the
bedroom. Aslinn’s a very vivacious girl. It’s great to
work with models that obviously enjoy being filmed.
Verity: Aslinn impressed the hell out of me with her hacki sack skills.
It's a shame that when I shot her the light was disappearing, as
the last footage might not be that great! She was so chuffed about
getting paid because a few days earlier she was supposed to work,
but her car broke down and she couldn't refill it because she had
no money. I've never seen a model so happy; she earned every single
cent, all twenty of them.
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Mon 26th Dec 2005
| News
9800 - 9874 Yarra Girls
Verity: What a fine bunch of lasses! I think it took longer to pick what
the girls should wear than it did to film it. I can't remember
whose brilliant idea it was to play this game, but whoever it was
should be thanked because the girls loved it. Actually I think it
was that scoundrel Nico's idea! Four girls, that means 8 legs, 8
arms, and 8 hands, lots of clothes to come off and even more
fingers to do it with. I don't now how Abby managed to stay
focused, there must have been limbs flying all over the place! Then
there were 4 naked hot girls, frolicking around together - how on
earth does she stay focused?! The girls were all having a lot of
fun and then all hell broke loose. Well, not really, but Lilly got
her period and was a bit distraught afterwards. I took her off to a
nearby (not so glamorous) toilet and fixed her up but she
didn’t want to do anymore. Poor thing felt really embarrassed
about it. I told her that it had happened to lots of other girls in
the past, and I think that helped, but she had lost her playful
spirit by then. Apart from that hick-up it was a really fun shoot!
9875 - 9893 Abrielle
Verity: This shoot was all over and done with in no time and that usually
happens when either the model is tired and hard to work with or
Abby is! Abrielle and I discussed ideas for her video, and as she
is naturally quite artistic, we both thought a video of her drawing
herself would be great. It’s a bit of a hit or miss idea but
I’m confident she did a great job. Inventive, creative,
imaginative, these are the best words to describe our artsy-craftsy
Abrielle. Ooh, and quite mysterious. She doesn’t like to give
too much away too soon, but in the end she reveals all, including
her very own personally designed tattoos, which, like her, are bold
and beautiful.
9894 - 9910 Aslinn
Penny: Aslinn was hilarious. We did the shoot at her mum’s house.
It was so funny because Aslinn’s family were all in the
living room during the shoot. So I had to chat with them and
distract them while Verity was trying to make a sexy vid in the
bedroom. Aslinn’s a very vivacious girl. It’s great to
work with models that obviously enjoy being filmed.
Verity: Aslinn impressed the hell out of me with her hacki sack skills.
It's a shame that when I shot her the light was disappearing, as
the last footage might not be that great! She was so chuffed about
getting paid because a few days earlier she was supposed to work,
but her car broke down and she couldn't refill it because she had
no money. I've never seen a model so happy; she earned every single
cent, all twenty of them.
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Mon 19th Dec 2005
| News
9704 - 9739 Dominique & Olivier
Verity:Woahhhhhhh! Never in a million billion years would I have thought I
would be watching a couple going at it for a sex shoot for the
internet. How? What? Where? I didn't really know what to do with
myself, I wasn't exactly about to 'lend a hand'! Abby was getting
REALLY hot and sweaty so I kept going to the bathroom and wetting a
flannel for her and keeping her hydrated with gallons of water. So
anyway, here I was trying to stay calm, when there's these two
horny Frenchies going at it, and I'm getting quite turned on
watching. It's alright, I didn't start panting and drooling, I just
got the giggles and no one noticed. Olivier was actually the one
that turned me on the most, which kind of surprised me, but I'm not
going to tell you what I was actually thinking!
Vid Dude: Jamie and I were given the task of recording the video of these
two, and it was... weird. One, they were both French, and we don't
know a word of it. Only Olivier could speak English of any useful
amount, so it was a struggle for either of us to be understood
sometimes. Two, I had not seen the stills shoot, so didn't know
what I was supposed to emulate. But I figured that we'd make it up
as we went along anyway. How can you go wrong, really? Three, we
were stuck in a tiny hotel room, so had very limited places we
could put the cameras and us and them. We managed it, but it was
not great, we kept getting their backs and bums most of the time.
And four, Olivier had a problem with the dry heat - it caused
nosebleeds. We had to stop twice midway through because of them,
which was not fun for anybody. We did the best we could, and the
finished video looks great, but it was not exactly ideal
conditions.
9740 - 9764 Raina
Verity: Sometimes it can be a bit of a task finding your way to a model's
house, especially when they live in a huge apartment block! If you
are not sure of the apartment number and you sure as hell don't
want to knock on their neighbour's door with a truck load of camera
gear in your hands! But finding Raina's place was easy peazy! When
Abby and I both heard the sound of music, giggling girls and the
smell of incense, we instantly knew we had the right place. We got
there, the front door and all the windows were wide open and our
eyes were bombarded by this great big sea of colours. It was hard
even spotting the model as she was dressed so brightly, everything
blended in! I was so upset when I called Raina a few days later and
she said she wasn't up for doing a video; she’s one of those
really fun, bubbly, interesting girls that would have been a
natural at it! And her two hot flatmates that I was talking to
during her shoot didn't call either! It's not that often that you
go round to a models flat and you get to hang out with her
seriously hot lesbian housemates.
9765 - 9799 Patricia
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Mon 19th Dec 2005
| News
9704 - 9739 Dominique & Olivier
Verity:Woahhhhhhh! Never in a million billion years would I have thought I
would be watching a couple going at it for a sex shoot for the
internet. How? What? Where? I didn't really know what to do with
myself, I wasn't exactly about to 'lend a hand'! Abby was getting
REALLY hot and sweaty so I kept going to the bathroom and wetting a
flannel for her and keeping her hydrated with gallons of water. So
anyway, here I was trying to stay calm, when there's these two
horny Frenchies going at it, and I'm getting quite turned on
watching. It's alright, I didn't start panting and drooling, I just
got the giggles and no one noticed. Olivier was actually the one
that turned me on the most, which kind of surprised me, but I'm not
going to tell you what I was actually thinking!
Vid Dude: Jamie and I were given the task of recording the video of these
two, and it was... weird. One, they were both French, and we don't
know a word of it. Only Olivier could speak English of any useful
amount, so it was a struggle for either of us to be understood
sometimes. Two, I had not seen the stills shoot, so didn't know
what I was supposed to emulate. But I figured that we'd make it up
as we went along anyway. How can you go wrong, really? Three, we
were stuck in a tiny hotel room, so had very limited places we
could put the cameras and us and them. We managed it, but it was
not great, we kept getting their backs and bums most of the time.
And four, Olivier had a problem with the dry heat - it caused
nosebleeds. We had to stop twice midway through because of them,
which was not fun for anybody. We did the best we could, and the
finished video looks great, but it was not exactly ideal
conditions.
9740 - 9764 Raina
Verity: Sometimes it can be a bit of a task finding your way to a model's
house, especially when they live in a huge apartment block! If you
are not sure of the apartment number and you sure as hell don't
want to knock on their neighbour's door with a truck load of camera
gear in your hands! But finding Raina's place was easy peazy! When
Abby and I both heard the sound of music, giggling girls and the
smell of incense, we instantly knew we had the right place. We got
there, the front door and all the windows were wide open and our
eyes were bombarded by this great big sea of colours. It was hard
even spotting the model as she was dressed so brightly, everything
blended in! I was so upset when I called Raina a few days later and
she said she wasn't up for doing a video; she’s one of those
really fun, bubbly, interesting girls that would have been a
natural at it! And her two hot flatmates that I was talking to
during her shoot didn't call either! It's not that often that you
go round to a models flat and you get to hang out with her
seriously hot lesbian housemates.
9765 - 9799 Patricia
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Mon 12th Dec 2005
| News
9600 - 9632 Susie Redux
Susie: It feels a little strange writing something about my own shoot,
but I’ll give it a go. I had never done a solo video before,
which Verity didn’t know, and thus was super-hard on me! She
expected that I knew how to do everything for video already, like
‘frolicking’, which just wasn’t the case! But I
had a really good time anyway, and I can’t wait to see the
finished product. I got to talk lots about skydiving and the first
time I was shot by Abby (soooo long ago!) and we all know how much
I like to talk! Doing the stills shoot was fun too, having Cass and
Jamie sitting right next to me was hilarious-all the yoga moves I
attempt in the shoot (ok, there’s only about two) were
Cass’s idea. It was pretty funny having Abby shoot me again,
I felt very nostalgic and a little silly to be honest! But it was
all in the name of keeping the members happy, and a bit of a laugh
for the AW team! And this is definitely the last EVER! I mean it
this time!
Jamie: Poor, poor Susie. Verity made her leap around like a loony for
half an hour until her bum was sweating. Abby made me go in there
and beat her up a little. I didn't want to hurt her, so I didn't
push her hard - but then she stole my skirt! It's alright though -
I got her back when she was doing the photos with Abby, and made
her lie in the grass. We were shooting in a field next to this
bunch of cows; now, a cow's life mustn't be very interesting,
because they all lined up along the fence and watched. Every now
and then one would try and mount the other. Anyway, they were
weird!
Verity: It's weird how the shoots where you don't really get to know the
girls or the shoot ends up being really short are the ones which
are easier to write about than the ones where you work with the
girls! I'm sorry Susie, I guess we should just face the facts, you
don't like me and I sure as hell don't like you. Ha ha! As if!
Well, I hope you like me?! This shoot was made so easy for me, not
because of the model being co-operative but because of great light
and lots of space to shoot in (if you hadn’t noticed we are
in a field!) That's not true, Susie was the best! We did some
serious editing for her video, she ran around that field for nearly
40 mins! She told me her boobs hurt, but being flat chested I had
no sympathy for her whatsoever. Then Jamie came along and stole the
limelight (Get her Suz!). Those two are always competing for
attention! Well, this is Suz's video so I think SHE deserves all
the attention!
9633 - 9682 Suzy B
Millie: Ah, the terrifying trial day! This, as it turned out, was not so
terrifying after all! Except for Abby telling me to work the tripod
camera, so Verity could do the flecky board and sound….I
think. There was a lot of equipment that day that I never heard of
before, let alone seen! We got stuck in really bad traffic on the
way home, so Verity took me out for an extended lunch. Mmm, kebabs.
Verity: It was Millie's first day out on shoots and the lucky thing got to
help me out, yes me! She was actually more of a help than I would
have imagined, it was really hard with the wind howling and the
water just about everywhere I stood, to concentrate on what was
going on.
9683 - 9703 Rose M
Verity: Rose was still high from her 18th Birthday a few days before the
shoot. At the start of the shoot they were both in fits of giggles,
but neither of them knew why (that’s what they said anyway).
When they wouldn’t stop laughing I was a bit suspicious they
had been smoking some ‘wacky-backy’ before the shoot
but they assured me they just found the whole situation rather
amusing. Maybe they were just high on nerves! As we handed her pay,
she said she was going straight to McDonald’s…great
taste Rose!
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Mon 12th Dec 2005
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9600 - 9632 Susie Redux
Susie: It feels a little strange writing something about my own shoot,
but I’ll give it a go. I had never done a solo video before,
which Verity didn’t know, and thus was super-hard on me! She
expected that I knew how to do everything for video already, like
‘frolicking’, which just wasn’t the case! But I
had a really good time anyway, and I can’t wait to see the
finished product. I got to talk lots about skydiving and the first
time I was shot by Abby (soooo long ago!) and we all know how much
I like to talk! Doing the stills shoot was fun too, having Cass and
Jamie sitting right next to me was hilarious-all the yoga moves I
attempt in the shoot (ok, there’s only about two) were
Cass’s idea. It was pretty funny having Abby shoot me again,
I felt very nostalgic and a little silly to be honest! But it was
all in the name of keeping the members happy, and a bit of a laugh
for the AW team! And this is definitely the last EVER! I mean it
this time!
Jamie: Poor, poor Susie. Verity made her leap around like a loony for
half an hour until her bum was sweating. Abby made me go in there
and beat her up a little. I didn't want to hurt her, so I didn't
push her hard - but then she stole my skirt! It's alright though -
I got her back when she was doing the photos with Abby, and made
her lie in the grass. We were shooting in a field next to this
bunch of cows; now, a cow's life mustn't be very interesting,
because they all lined up along the fence and watched. Every now
and then one would try and mount the other. Anyway, they were
weird!
Verity: It's weird how the shoots where you don't really get to know the
girls or the shoot ends up being really short are the ones which
are easier to write about than the ones where you work with the
girls! I'm sorry Susie, I guess we should just face the facts, you
don't like me and I sure as hell don't like you. Ha ha! As if!
Well, I hope you like me?! This shoot was made so easy for me, not
because of the model being co-operative but because of great light
and lots of space to shoot in (if you hadn’t noticed we are
in a field!) That's not true, Susie was the best! We did some
serious editing for her video, she ran around that field for nearly
40 mins! She told me her boobs hurt, but being flat chested I had
no sympathy for her whatsoever. Then Jamie came along and stole the
limelight (Get her Suz!). Those two are always competing for
attention! Well, this is Suz's video so I think SHE deserves all
the attention!
9633 - 9682 Suzy B
Millie: Ah, the terrifying trial day! This, as it turned out, was not so
terrifying after all! Except for Abby telling me to work the tripod
camera, so Verity could do the flecky board and sound….I
think. There was a lot of equipment that day that I never heard of
before, let alone seen! We got stuck in really bad traffic on the
way home, so Verity took me out for an extended lunch. Mmm, kebabs.
Verity: It was Millie's first day out on shoots and the lucky thing got to
help me out, yes me! She was actually more of a help than I would
have imagined, it was really hard with the wind howling and the
water just about everywhere I stood, to concentrate on what was
going on.
9683 - 9703 Rose M
Verity: Rose was still high from her 18th Birthday a few days before the
shoot. At the start of the shoot they were both in fits of giggles,
but neither of them knew why (that’s what they said anyway).
When they wouldn’t stop laughing I was a bit suspicious they
had been smoking some ‘wacky-backy’ before the shoot
but they assured me they just found the whole situation rather
amusing. Maybe they were just high on nerves! As we handed her pay,
she said she was going straight to McDonald’s…great
taste Rose!
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Mon 05th Dec 2005
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9487 - 9491 Rachael M Redux
Mille: If I still went out on shoots, I would want them all to be like
this! I got to spend the day with Abby, Verity and Jamie, as well
as Erin, and her besty Cassidy. Once I stopped staring and Erin's
hair, eyes, and boobs, I started taking pictures and staring
through a lens instead! They let me smoke inside, and Abby got us
all drinks. Lovely.
Verity: The one thing about this girl is....the size of her bosom! Susie
agrees she has some of the biggest knockers on the site! She even
reckons they are bigger than hers. That's big! She also has a very
high libido; all she talked about was SEX! How much she loved it,
how much she'd had in the last few days, etc, etc. Again, the
clothes were killing me, there were just so many of them! When we
turned up at Erin and Cassidy's place there were a group of guys
and girls sitting around outside, smoking what didn't look (or
smell like) cigarettes. We did about six trips from the car to the
house with all the gear, the guys outside looked pretty interested,
they didn't seem to be going anywhere in any hurry. Erin's bedroom
was on the ground level so anyone walking past could have looked
in, so I offered to hook up some sort of curtain device but all she
was "I don't care who sees my tits" and opened them up as wide as
possible.
9507 - 9539 Erin and Cassidy
Millie: The last time I was out on a shoot with Abby and Verity, we were
also shooting two blonde Canadians - talk about history repeating!
We somehow managed to end up on the wrong street, wondering why we
couldn’t see our lovely models and, I'm sure, making a very
professional first impression... But all is well that ends well,
and while I can't speak for the rest of the team, I certainly had a
good time. For backpackers, these two had some nice digs - maybe
that’s why they prefer to be classed as 'travellers' instead.
Either way, they had some great stories, mostly about crazy German
women! And are so in love with our beautiful city, they don't want
to leave - lucky for us.
9540 - 9541 Rochelle and Shae Redux
9542 - 9560 JessieLea
Verity: I was a bit distracted in this shoot, someone at Jessie
Lea’s home had been baking and there was a hot banana cake
that had just come out of the oven, and although I’m addicted
to chocolate and anything with chocolate in it, banana cake is my
all time favourite desert. JessieLea had literally just got back
from Thailand a few days before the shoot, so if she was at all jet
lagged she did a great job of hiding it, she still had a healthy
glow and was fully alert. By the contents of her rucksack she
brought along to the shoot, she had obviously not only gone to
Thailand for the sun, sea and…. but to stock up on some
cheap “authentic” clothing and accessories. She had
bought herself some lovely turquoise jewellery with shells from the
sea which looked great against her golden skin. All matching too.
Millie: Watching JessieLea take us through her exercise routine left me
feeling...incredibly unfit! I was most impressed, not only with her
fitness, but her entire personality. The quintessential girl next
door, Jessie was friendly, funny and extremely easy going. I also
noticed her entirely too cute fashion sense as she showed as
possible party outfits. But with a body like hers, how could she go
wrong?
9561 - 9565 Marigold
Millie: My second shoot and I loved it. Marigold is an extremely funky
girl, and her room was awesome. I have to admit, I think I spent
more time checking out the furnishings than the model! Until the
anatomy lessons began - then I learnt a thing or two, including
where my stomach actually is! By the end of it, I couldn’t
decide what I wanted to do more: Move in, or steal her wardrobe!
9566 - 9580 Lauren K
Verity: Although I didn't actually go out on this shoot, I know this
lovely lady a little more than I do most models. It's a weird
relation but I guess you could say she's a friend of a friend. She
would sometimes pop into the office once in a while and I'd always
get to hear her latest feminist thoughts etc. She's always dying
her hair, one week it would be black, the next red and one lucky
time I got to see it pink, that was my favourite. She once said to
me that people were a lot nicer to her when she was blond...I know!
I am one!
9581 - 9599 Penelope
Verity: I couldn't get over how tall Penelope was, I must admit she made
me feel quite small, but that's my issue not hers! I also love that
name to bits. I was seriously impressed with her French speaking,
it's not fair that some people can develop accents really easily
and others can't! Abby was totally taken aback by Penelope's I.T.
knowledge, I tried to join in and pretend I understood what they
were talking about, but computer technology really isn't my forte,
I got as far as U.S.B and then they lost me! Abby was so impressed
by her she asked what I thought about giving Penelope a job. I
thought about it and saw nothing wrong with the idea, plus I can
practice my French with her. Yay!
Penelope: Now here’s an interesting little exercise. I have been asked
to write a backstage rave about my first shoot as a model for the
site. That was more than seven months ago! Thinking back it puts a
little smile on my face to consider all the things that were going
through my head at the time of the shoot in view of what I now
know. I remember speaking to Millie when I first rang up after
seeing the advertisement on a scrappy piece of paper on a cork
board in a dinky second hand clothing store in the city. As soon as
she mentioned the word “Internet” I thought thanks very
much but I’d rather keep my dignity if you don’t mind.
However, she explained that this was nothing like anything else out
there and that I should at least come in for an interview and see
for myself. I didn’t think I would have much of a chance of
being shot anyway as I have big hips and small boobs but I thought
I may as well go and have a look. I waltzed in the door in heels, a
mini skirt, lots of eyeliner and pearls to be interviewed by the
lovely Bea. She showed me the site and asked me what I’d be
interested in doing, which ended up being just about everything!
The day of the shoot finally arrived and I rocked up to the office
knowing only that I was spending the day “on location”
and doing both a photo and video shoot.
Freaking out time had to wait as Verity strides into the waiting
room, shakes my hand and leads me out the door before I have time
to pick up my bag. We arrived at the location which turned out to
be Vivienne’s house. When I saw her I was pretty sure I was
in the wrong place. We were so completely different – as you
can see from the pictures – that clearly someone along the
line had made a mistake. Verity picked out an outfit for me and I
went to get changed in the bathroom. A deep breath into the mirror.
You’re here now. Don’t worry, they’re really
nice. Just whatever you feel comfortable with. No regrets. And off
we go! What do you mean I have to do video first? “Sure, no
problem.” Oh boy. I was expecting things to be a little more
stylized, a little more fake, and a lot harder. It was quite
surprising once I started to find myself giving away all these
really personal things about myself. Verity was really easy to talk
to but I suppose the most encouraging thing was how much she had to
stifle her own laughter. At least she thinks I’m funny - oh
shit, what if she’s laughing at me? By this stage the whole
giving a damn thing was exhausting. I made a decision during the
video to get over myself and have a good time. I was a bit
disappointed at not being able to climax for the camera, but what
can you do? By the end of the video I was loving it. I
couldn’t wait to do the stills. I chewed her ear off,
pestering her with questions about her photographic equipment, and
her training, and the company etc. I had been complaining during
the shoot that it’s so hard to find photographic related work
in Melbourne. She said I was being ridiculous and that
there’s always assistants work going somewhere. I told her
she needed to get out more because the reality is no one is
prepared to give anyone a break these days. She just looked at me
and said, “Well, we have an opening if you’re
interested, smarty pants”. So we did a little interview in
the car on the way back to the office and I just so happened to
have a resume with me. I left dancing in the street literally
– luckily I was in Fitzroy so people thought it was normal.
The hardest part was having to go home and keep all this excitement
from my sister who I live with. I started work with AW six days
later.
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Mon 05th Dec 2005
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9487 - 9491 Rachael M Redux
Mille: If I still went out on shoots, I would want them all to be like
this! I got to spend the day with Abby, Verity and Jamie, as well
as Erin, and her besty Cassidy. Once I stopped staring and Erin's
hair, eyes, and boobs, I started taking pictures and staring
through a lens instead! They let me smoke inside, and Abby got us
all drinks. Lovely.
Verity: The one thing about this girl is....the size of her bosom! Susie
agrees she has some of the biggest knockers on the site! She even
reckons they are bigger than hers. That's big! She also has a very
high libido; all she talked about was SEX! How much she loved it,
how much she'd had in the last few days, etc, etc. Again, the
clothes were killing me, there were just so many of them! When we
turned up at Erin and Cassidy's place there were a group of guys
and girls sitting around outside, smoking what didn't look (or
smell like) cigarettes. We did about six trips from the car to the
house with all the gear, the guys outside looked pretty interested,
they didn't seem to be going anywhere in any hurry. Erin's bedroom
was on the ground level so anyone walking past could have looked
in, so I offered to hook up some sort of curtain device but all she
was "I don't care who sees my tits" and opened them up as wide as
possible.
9507 - 9539 Erin and Cassidy
Millie: The last time I was out on a shoot with Abby and Verity, we were
also shooting two blonde Canadians - talk about history repeating!
We somehow managed to end up on the wrong street, wondering why we
couldn’t see our lovely models and, I'm sure, making a very
professional first impression... But all is well that ends well,
and while I can't speak for the rest of the team, I certainly had a
good time. For backpackers, these two had some nice digs - maybe
that’s why they prefer to be classed as 'travellers' instead.
Either way, they had some great stories, mostly about crazy German
women! And are so in love with our beautiful city, they don't want
to leave - lucky for us.
9540 - 9541 Rochelle and Shae Redux
9542 - 9560 JessieLea
Verity: I was a bit distracted in this shoot, someone at Jessie
Lea’s home had been baking and there was a hot banana cake
that had just come out of the oven, and although I’m addicted
to chocolate and anything with chocolate in it, banana cake is my
all time favourite desert. JessieLea had literally just got back
from Thailand a few days before the shoot, so if she was at all jet
lagged she did a great job of hiding it, she still had a healthy
glow and was fully alert. By the contents of her rucksack she
brought along to the shoot, she had obviously not only gone to
Thailand for the sun, sea and…. but to stock up on some
cheap “authentic” clothing and accessories. She had
bought herself some lovely turquoise jewellery with shells from the
sea which looked great against her golden skin. All matching too.
Millie: Watching JessieLea take us through her exercise routine left me
feeling...incredibly unfit! I was most impressed, not only with her
fitness, but her entire personality. The quintessential girl next
door, Jessie was friendly, funny and extremely easy going. I also
noticed her entirely too cute fashion sense as she showed as
possible party outfits. But with a body like hers, how could she go
wrong?
9561 - 9565 Marigold
Millie: My second shoot and I loved it. Marigold is an extremely funky
girl, and her room was awesome. I have to admit, I think I spent
more time checking out the furnishings than the model! Until the
anatomy lessons began - then I learnt a thing or two, including
where my stomach actually is! By the end of it, I couldn’t
decide what I wanted to do more: Move in, or steal her wardrobe!
9566 - 9580 Lauren K
Verity: Although I didn't actually go out on this shoot, I know this
lovely lady a little more than I do most models. It's a weird
relation but I guess you could say she's a friend of a friend. She
would sometimes pop into the office once in a while and I'd always
get to hear her latest feminist thoughts etc. She's always dying
her hair, one week it would be black, the next red and one lucky
time I got to see it pink, that was my favourite. She once said to
me that people were a lot nicer to her when she was blond...I know!
I am one!
9581 - 9599 Penelope
Verity: I couldn't get over how tall Penelope was, I must admit she made
me feel quite small, but that's my issue not hers! I also love that
name to bits. I was seriously impressed with her French speaking,
it's not fair that some people can develop accents really easily
and others can't! Abby was totally taken aback by Penelope's I.T.
knowledge, I tried to join in and pretend I understood what they
were talking about, but computer technology really isn't my forte,
I got as far as U.S.B and then they lost me! Abby was so impressed
by her she asked what I thought about giving Penelope a job. I
thought about it and saw nothing wrong with the idea, plus I can
practice my French with her. Yay!
Penelope: Now here’s an interesting little exercise. I have been asked
to write a backstage rave about my first shoot as a model for the
site. That was more than seven months ago! Thinking back it puts a
little smile on my face to consider all the things that were going
through my head at the time of the shoot in view of what I now
know. I remember speaking to Millie when I first rang up after
seeing the advertisement on a scrappy piece of paper on a cork
board in a dinky second hand clothing store in the city. As soon as
she mentioned the word “Internet” I thought thanks very
much but I’d rather keep my dignity if you don’t mind.
However, she explained that this was nothing like anything else out
there and that I should at least come in for an interview and see
for myself. I didn’t think I would have much of a chance of
being shot anyway as I have big hips and small boobs but I thought
I may as well go and have a look. I waltzed in the door in heels, a
mini skirt, lots of eyeliner and pearls to be interviewed by the
lovely Bea. She showed me the site and asked me what I’d be
interested in doing, which ended up being just about everything!
The day of the shoot finally arrived and I rocked up to the office
knowing only that I was spending the day “on location”
and doing both a photo and video shoot.
Freaking out time had to wait as Verity strides into the waiting
room, shakes my hand and leads me out the door before I have time
to pick up my bag. We arrived at the location which turned out to
be Vivienne’s house. When I saw her I was pretty sure I was
in the wrong place. We were so completely different – as you
can see from the pictures – that clearly someone along the
line had made a mistake. Verity picked out an outfit for me and I
went to get changed in the bathroom. A deep breath into the mirror.
You’re here now. Don’t worry, they’re really
nice. Just whatever you feel comfortable with. No regrets. And off
we go! What do you mean I have to do video first? “Sure, no
problem.” Oh boy. I was expecting things to be a little more
stylized, a little more fake, and a lot harder. It was quite
surprising once I started to find myself giving away all these
really personal things about myself. Verity was really easy to talk
to but I suppose the most encouraging thing was how much she had to
stifle her own laughter. At least she thinks I’m funny - oh
shit, what if she’s laughing at me? By this stage the whole
giving a damn thing was exhausting. I made a decision during the
video to get over myself and have a good time. I was a bit
disappointed at not being able to climax for the camera, but what
can you do? By the end of the video I was loving it. I
couldn’t wait to do the stills. I chewed her ear off,
pestering her with questions about her photographic equipment, and
her training, and the company etc. I had been complaining during
the shoot that it’s so hard to find photographic related work
in Melbourne. She said I was being ridiculous and that
there’s always assistants work going somewhere. I told her
she needed to get out more because the reality is no one is
prepared to give anyone a break these days. She just looked at me
and said, “Well, we have an opening if you’re
interested, smarty pants”. So we did a little interview in
the car on the way back to the office and I just so happened to
have a resume with me. I left dancing in the street literally
– luckily I was in Fitzroy so people thought it was normal.
The hardest part was having to go home and keep all this excitement
from my sister who I live with. I started work with AW six days
later.