Review of The "Ugly" Girl's Guide to Modelling on Indiebration.com

There is a great review of my book on how to model without an agency, The "Ugly" Girl's Guide to Modelling, on Indiebration.com, where it is currently one of the Editor's Picks!

>>Click here to read it!<<

I was really pleased that the reviewer, Rick Hudson, noticed the time and effort that was put into the book's presentation; I always wanted it to be a beautiful piece in itself that would look good on a shelf or strewn around a lounge coffee table or tossed on the silk duvet of a boudoir. Practical AND stylish, that's what I like!

I was also happy that Rick highlighted The "Ugly" Girl's Guide to Modelling's total frankness. I don't beat about the bush, make things up to make myself look good or give daft or obvious advice that anyone could find repeated dozens of times online already. I wanted the book to be an honest and well-informed voice, over everything else, and actually useful in giving girls who read it the edge- both people at the very very start, starting from nothing, like I did, and people who are much further along, making a full-time living from freelance modelling but kind of wanting to take it to the next level now. That's who my book is for :)

>>Order your copy of The "Ugly" Girl's Guide to Modelling here. It's only £12.99.<<

NOW TAKING BOOKINGS: Anita De Bauch presents "The Jewel of the Southwest" Somerset Photographic Tours & package "holidays" inc. optional transport & accommodation

Photographer: Stephen Perry

I ended up taking a bunch of photos of potential shoot locations in my local area of Somerset (boring story re: flaky photographer that I won't go into just now), and decided to put them to good use for photographers who would like to shoot in this beautiful area of the country, by making them into a little brochure you can print at home (safely downloadable pdf here!) and offering ...a convenient package deal including optional transport from London/ airport transfers and overnight accommodation for any photographers coming from far away!

You might even be able to rope in my friends Roswell Ivory and Madame Bink, if you're quick! E-mail contact@anitadebauch.com now.

Just click the pages to see a larger version:

Photographer: Tim Pile

Photographer: Dirk Glassly

Photographer: Stephen Perry

Photographer: HK Studio T

To get in touch re: booking your Somerset Photographic Tour, e-mail contact@anitadebauch.com ASAP as they are selling out fast!

To see more of my snapshots of some example locations we could use, click here :) I will keep adding to this Pinterest board as and when I discover new places.

And yes... we can stop off for real Cheddar cheese and scrumpy cider if you want ;)

Have a great Easter weekend! I'm off to enjoy a cup of organic mulled cider by a bonfire under the full moon and a blanket of stars. I love Somerset ♥

Anita x

#Handcuffs for #FetishFriday, by Jamondo. @BareSknBeauty

I thought I'd share this rather fabby photo from the Stephen Perry workshop I mentioned in my last photo blog :) I did the hair and makeup and Steve orchestrated the wardrobe. This shot was taken by Jamondo- thank you for letting me share it in my blog :) All my skincare is by Bareskin Beauty.

I'm back in London on a two week working trip atm, before flying out of here for a two week modelling tour of Singapore. Then it's back to London for ten more days of shooting, then back to the depths of Somerset to snuggle my bald cats and recover a bit ;)

My book, The "Ugly" Girl's Guide to Modelling, hasn't been released yet as my editor got snowed under- it's a long story but rest assured that it's because she's the best ;) Once she's done I can get on with designing the interiors of the book, which I'm really looking forward to! It's going to be like a beautiful, secret, feminine book of modelling success.

On the plus side, I have been told by my publisher that the e-book version will not only be available on Kindle, but also on iBook, Nook, etc. Handy for reading while you're on the train to a shoot ;)

I also have a new, and brutally honest, interview out, here, which one aspiring model has already told me has inspired her :)

#NakedSundays with Stephen Perry and Burberry

WOOHOO! IT'S SUNDAY!

... is what this picture seems to say.

I was modelling for a workshop with lovely Stephen Perry at The Photo Studio in Kent yesterday, so it seemed appropriate to post our latest photo :) Apologies if you've already seen it on my homepage.

The workshop was really productive and I'm already seeing some of the fetish fashion and nude shots we took, including some with "rain", which was fun!

I'm also happy because I invested £3.49 in one of these bad boys and now I can have raw veggie noodles whenever I want.

YEAH

Hair fashion shoot for Robert Owen Haircutters with Fabulously Fetish and Bareskin Beauty

Hello, faithful blog readers! I have so many photos to post from shoots and general travels in the UK and US that there are far too many for just one post :)

I was shooting in New York for ten days, flew back to London straight away for two more shoots, then got sick for four days (just a cold but I was laid up in bed and looking at the laptop screen made my eyes hurt >.<), then it was back to photo and music video shoots and trying to catch up on emails! So I haven't really properly updated here for like a month >.<

Thanks for keeping up with me on Facebook and Twitter (if you are), but as we all know, the blog is the place for *extensive* photo set publishing and rambling details ;)

So I'll be catching up on what I've been doing in upcoming blogs:

1. I have a cover and 14 page interview and pictorial in BeDeSeMe magazine :D
2. I shot with lots of lovely people in New York and New Jersey, met Dita Von Teese, and found time to do a bit of tourist-ing and vintage clothes shopping too :D
3. I shot a combined Bo Ningen music video and fashion film for Nowness with Marie Schuller, Head of Fashion Film at Nick Knight's SHOWstudio (and director of Oyster), which I believe is out 5th May :D

I also have some fab new photos from a hair fashion shoot that I did with Andrew McMeekin and his team at Robert Owen Haircutters in Norfolk last month. I know people always say this,  but this was a truly wonderful day with a wonderful photographic team. Thank you Andrew for specially ordering in my vegan lunch- it was much appreciated ^_^

Please click the images for larger versions:

I did the makeup and wardrobe styling- the dress is inspired by Rita Hayworth's scintillating gown in Gilda (1946) and my shoes are by Fabulously Fetish :) Skincare by Bareskin Beauty.

I think I've answered all my emails now, just need to dig through my Facebook inbox and reply to those messages!

I have already found time to post this week's #NakedSundays shots though, which are by Stephen Perry: 

http://anitadebauch.tumblr.com/post/81868876400

x

Stephen Perry on the beach

I have some more photos from the third and last location of my day shooting with Stephen Perry: Folkestone Beach! I did all the styling :)

I just won a vintage 1950s Avonware baby pink butter dish on eBay. Yep!

My goat's butter will look better in this than in its current plate-under-an-upturned-bowl setup. I stopped buying margarine recently on the basis that it sucks. I guess if I wanted to really stay faithful to the 1950s in my kitchen, I would use my new old butter dish to store cow's butter, but then I would probably also be beating my wife and not allowing black people into cafes, so I guess a little judiciously applied modernity here and there can go a long way.

Bye!!

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Stephen Perry in the boudoir

I have some new boudoir shots from my productive photo shoot with Stephen Perry! For this set, I made the styling more classic and timelessly glamorous to suit the luxurious location.

Shoes by Fabulously Fetish

Well, things certainly have been crazy in my world since Oyster was released! It seems a lot of people are noticing it, which is wonderful news. For example, at the moment I'm in the process of arranging not one but two photo shoots, one in Monte Carlo and one here in London, with a super-famous fashion photographer whose name I won't disclose just yet, but I promise that you would recognise some of his photos if I posted them, even if you aren't in "the industry"! He has shot hundreds of supermodels and fashion celebrities, from Erin O'Connor to Dolce & Gabbana to Dita Von Teese, and after seeing Oyster he decided he wanted to shoot me!

The Monte Carlo shoot will probably be in October since I will be in Europe anyway then, modelling for boudoir and fine art nude workshops in Malta. I am very excited to be working with him and we are already putting together ideas for looks. The results will be published in books and possibly as an editorial in a certain well-known fashion magazine as well ;)

Don't worry, I will keep you updated! I'm so excited to share every step of the journey with you!

Love, Anita xo

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Anita De Bauch vs. Stephen Perry

Here is that raincoat photo I promised you!

I had some excitement earlier this month when I was shooting all day with the great Stephen Perry on location in Folkestone. I felt like we really "clicked" and "got" each other straight away, which is a nice feeling to get when you've only just met :) You might have seen a teaser image from the shoot on Twitter or Facebook... this is the full image that I wasn't allowed to post on the social networking sites ;)

One of the many great things about working with Stephen was that he was happy to let me style myself, which on this day resulted in me wearing my Burberry mack a LOT. There is just something special about being naked inside a Burberry mack! You should definitely try it if you haven't already! Failing that, there will be more photos of me having fun being naked in my mack coming soon, which you'll be notified of right away, since I'm sure you've subscribed to my blog by now!!

I hope you had a great Easter weekend with lots of chocolate, hot cross buns and perhaps a bunny girl or two! Our friend Dan Hubbert whisked me, my boyfriend, Zehra, Madame Bink and Bink's little dachshund, Major, away to a secluded Gothic lodge in Devon for the long weekend. It was a lovely idea for catching up as he recently moved from London to Stockholm, and we've missed being able to hang out whenever we feel like it! Sometimes it seems like everyone I know lives or is moving abroad!

Anyway, after three nights of fun in the countryside with friends and feeling very refreshed, I spent a couple of days shooting up north and in the southeast, including a full day shooting latex and bondage videos and stills, mmmmm, a whole day in latex and bondage! Hopefully I will be allowed to share some of the photos in the De Bauchee Lounge over on anitadebauch.com, once it's up and running! In the meantime, you can still buy my 8x10s, limited edition postcards and signed coffee table books in my Shop, all of which feature my full colour latex photos! There is nothing like having real, physical memorabilia in your hands to keep forever! Or that's what I think, anyway.

I'm back in London for lots of shows and photo shoots during Alt Fashion Week this week, which is free entry, so I'll see you there tomorrow (I'm walking for One Eyed Designs)!

Love, Anita xo




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Innuendo

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Remember I said in December that I was making a video in Singapore with Ukay Cheung, Sinapore's leading fashion photographer? Well, here it is!! I hope you like it! It's an artistic film about women's struggles for equal rights in Singapore, with tightlaced corsetry representing male dominance and female submission...

I'm so excited to go back to Asia this winter! I plan on visiting Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and maybe more! Asian photographers are brilliant. The weather is always amazing, the people are so friendly and hospitable, the food is delicious and the cultures are fascinating... I can't really describe how it feels to be there but I always feel so relaxed and laidback. I think I'm looking forward to Singapore most for the food, beach and seeing the friends I've made there during my previous Asian Tours; Hong Kong to see Hannah Ashlea, who's living there with her boyfriend for a couple of years- she just moved and we have lots of shopping and wine-drinking to be catching up on, I think! And Tokyo for the amazing food, culture, huge variety of architecture, modern and traditional fashions, the tea ceremony... I went there for the first time in December and just fell in love. I didn't want to leave!! So I am very much looking forward to returning.

Today was spent shooting for the first time with a real photography icon of mine, Stephen Perry, in a great outdoor location in Folkestone. He called me yesterday morning and asked if I'd be interested in popping over and shooting with him today- I was like, hell yes! He's photographed lots of celebrities but my favourite section on his website is called "Peepshow"- check it out! He is one of the people on my secret wish list of photographers that I want to shoot with "one day". Well, today was that day! I hope to be able to share the photos soon. They're a combination of fashion, nudes, and fetish too, if you want to see it ;) I love fashion-orientated fetish images that are full of fetish innuendo!




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