We lose ourselves in
the things, places and people we love. Every time a camera captures a kiss
between a bride and a groom, it is actually catching the process of two people
losing themselves in each other.
Somewhere on a hill, a San Francisco Wedding Photographer
is now taking pictures of a man and a woman that are completely lost in the
love they feel for one another. The man and the woman are future husband and
wife. The camera is now looking at the bride, but the bride is looking in the
eyes of her groom. That is how the magic happens.
The wedding
photography makes the moments become the little prisoners of love in frames.
Those prisoners are kept there because they hold on to the important things in
people’s life. And believe me the moments are happy to be there because that is
what matters in life. The photographer is the one that is responsible for
captivating moments and for showing your wedding just the way it is. Those responsible for the wedding are you, your hubby and your guests. This is not the burden for you; it should not
be a heavy weight on your shoulders. What you get to celebrate is love and
there is nothing to be happier about in this world, than about this feeling.
So make it perfect because you can have the most beautiful dress in this world,
you can have the best champagne, the sweetest cake and the ugliest dresses for
your bridesmaids but you need to lose yourself in your hubby, in your emotions
and let it be amazing. There is no better photograph than the one that it is
made when you are not paying attention. For example, the photo where you are
dancing like one of the back up dancers of Missy Elliot in her heyday, or
the picture where your most annoying cousin is eating cake with her mouth full. Some things are simply hilarious and we should never stop them from
being like this. Also, the photo where your future husband looks at you with
love and kindness and he does not know that he is being photographed is a
priceless thing. That picture one day can save your love.
There is no greater
feeling than the feeling of getting lost in the person you love. So you better
listen to Daft Punk and
Pharrell Williams and lose yourself to dance, to love and to that wedding
strawberry cake.
I know its seriously corny (for me anyway) when I hear the whole "2000 and this, my year of that". The bumper stickers, the church crusades etc, they make me laugh but its actually quite deep.
People hold on to and believe so strongly that a new year washes away the debris of the old and brings new blessings, and this year, cliche or not, I am tapping into that anointing and claiming 2014 as a great year.
2013 was a rollercoaster.....like something else. I went through a whole gamut of emotions, I think it was probably the most eventful year of my life and I'm so glad its over.
I'm not one for resolutions but I definitely need to change up a lot of things in this year, one of them finally, hopefully starting to take exercise and healthy eating seriously because Lord knows my digestive system is a trashcan. Taking up a lot more opportunities and not letting my personal life encroach on my professional. Taking control of my life and my future and not just mutely going along with anyone else's plan for me. Removing myself from poisonous situations instead of blindly nurturing them. Reducing my gossip blog intake, especially Nigerian gossip blogs...reading stories and comments trashing most likely innocent people has to be a surefire way to invite negativity into your life. I like a good natter as much as the next person but I've OD'd on trash talking, enough of that.
Finally, strengthening my relationship with God. Its getting better but we're not quite there yet. Operation God Will You Be My Bestie is in full swing this year.
Blog wise, this year has been on an amazingly ridiculous scale and I have been granted some fantastic opportunities and worked with some amazing brands.
I'd like to thank Olori Hair Care, Frockit Rockit, Jakeala, Elsie Vintage, the amazing organizers of Social Media Week Lagos for having me on their panel, Dasiko.com, QM Lounge, Bazaar Restaurant, Modern Day School of the Arts Lagos (MDSA), American Express, Isme Shapewear, Metrogypsie.com, New Look, Things Nigerians Love, Maksins Hair, River Island, AislePerfect.com, The Red Outlet, E&E Events Management, Multichoice Nigeria and Hairven Hair Products.
A super special shout-out goes to Uche Pedro and Ijeoma Ndekwu for being just awesome awesome people and supporting TWP from the get go. Latasha Ngwube for being a big sister and a fab mentor on navigating these mean fashion streets, Stella of jadore-fashion.com for being my blog bff and real life friend, Tabia Princewill of Guardian Life Magazine for giving me another outlet for my crazy (I know I've been slacking Tabs, promise to do better!) My friends turned sisters who read TWP and RT and all that instead of just making appropriate noises when I try to talk blog stuff.
And a massive shoutout to Tewa Onasanya of Exquisite Magazine and EVERYBODY (including my sainted mama who voted fifty-eleven times) who voted for me to win the ELOY Most Promising blogger/Online Editor of the Year. Winning was totally surreal, like extremely...I don't even know.....just amazing.
And the biggest, the very biggest shout-out to my super TWP readers, you guys have made me laugh and cry this year and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for supporting me. The personal ways you guys have touched my life has been beyond and I'm so appreciative. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
From my family and myself, I wish you all a very happy new year.
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Date: Sunday, 22nd of December, 2013
Time: 2pm
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Nothing says subtle sexy like a flash of skin and after eating healthy and logging all those man hours at the gym, showing it off without going full on skank is almost a prerequisite.
A bit of toned midriff here, a flash of thigh there, impressive clavicle action peeking out….maybe even a bit of side boob. Covering up while letting a bit hang out is the new black.
The best designer representation of the classy with a side of elegant trashy trend is definitely Cushnie et Ochs.
Cushnie et Ochs Spring 2013 RTW
The design duo of Carly Cushnie and Michelle Ochs are the undisputed masters of the game of form-fitting silhouettes and cutout detailed frocks.
Carly Cushnie and Michelle Ochs
Hollywood is here for these geniuses, and celebrities from Alicia Keys to Ashley Madekwe have been seen in their creations.
Alicia Keys
Ashley Madekwe
As usual we bring it down home to show the Nigerian designers who are constantly bang on trend and re-inventing Nigerian fashion constantly.
The front runner of architectural avant-garde designs has to be Meena who has interpreted cut-outs beautifully in ways that still stay true to the trend while taking into cognizance our more conservative leanings.
Meena’s collection for the Lagos Fashion & Design Week 2012 runway was a smorgasbord of elegance and understated sexiness.
Nigerian celebrities have proven to be stalwart fans as is evidenced by stylist; Ezinne Chinkata and milliner; Ene Maya Lawani showing up and showing out in Meena cut-outs.
Ezinne Chinkata
Ene Maya Lawani
The designer herself; Uju Offiah, in a Meena original.
With all these minute flashes of skin, it is clear the cut-out is having its sexy little moment.
Hectic does not even begin to describe my life recently, Q4 is winding down and I'm more stressed out than poor Miley's Tongue.
*sidebar, don't you think Gene Simmons is somewhere saltier than a TUC biscuit that Miley has appropriated his tongue sticky-outey swag? I definitely think so*
Anyway what I've been doing to de-stress is reading A LOT, Amazon is about to gift me some shares because I have invested my earnings in that company. Watching a lot of movies and tv and just generally being the biggest couch potato once I get off work each day. Honestly its being a while since I gbesoke'd or komole'd or anything of that nature.
Unfortunately my quiet life is about to be a thing of the past because Wedding Season has officially begun and from this weekend, I literally have multiple weddings and events each weekend until 2014. I'm looking forward to the festivities a bit because its been a while since I shook my tail feather, but at the same time I'm going to miss my squashy couch, oversized t-shirt, ac, internet, Kindle, tv and remote control.
Its been real guys, see you next year.
During this delicious down time as I said I watched a lot of stuff and hands down one of my favourite movies of the year was 'Crazy, Sexy, Cool: The TLC Biopic.'
If you follow me on Twitter you're probably tired of my relentless raving but when I tell you that these girls did the damn thing I'm not even joking. The nostalgia was too real throughout the entire movie, I was singing along, hollering at my computer screen, crying with them. Like...I never knew TLC went through so much. I was really young when they came out so the whole Left-Eye burning her boyfriends house or Chilli's relationship with Dallas Austin, even T-Boz's sickle cell was completely above me. All I knew was that they were cool and I had to have pink silk pyjama's like they did in 'Creep'
*and I got the pink silk pyjama's too, shout out to my Aunty Rose*
And the resemblance was uncanny, well that is where Drew Sidora and Lil' Mama were concerned, Keke Palmer so did not make a good Chilli. Chilli is small, petite, really fine-featured and Keke was all taller than the rest of the girls and heavy boned (compared to Chilli), I just didn't buy her as Chilli. Lil' Mama and Drew though......whoooooo chiiilleeee *in my best Nene voice*, those girls were FIRE.
Like I forgot I was seeing them, Lil Mama in particular became Lisa Lopes, it was so uncanny it was freaky sometimes. She was soooo good. I am still shocked because she had become a bit of a punchline but I was so happy she used this movie to shut everybody down because the girl can act. I was so impressed. Drew Sidora was amazing too, she reminded me why T-Boz was my favourite member of TLC, too cool for all the schools. I LOVE T-Boz's gravelly voice and though Drew didn't have the bass down pat I thought she did a phenomenal job.
Plus Evan Ross as Dallas Austin....weak performance but *whew*
Everybody involved in this movie deserves some ice-cream and fat cheques because they pulled out all the stops. Peep the trailer below.
Fire up your torrent, do whatever you have to do, but if you were a TLC fan, you have to see this movie.
Oh and TLC have a new song 'Meant To Be', that's already on heavy rotation on my iTunes. I won't put up the video here because its already in the movie and if you see the video first it might spoil it for you but the song is so awesome and so vintage TLC and my baby T-Boz sounds like her vocals were pissed on by angels.
My only other pet peeve with the movie besides Keke Palmer not being an authentic Chilli was Keke's hair not giving us authentic Chilli baby hair. Now we all know Chilli's baby hair is the Queen of Baby Hair. Her baby hair is what lace-fronts were modeled on and they're still reaching but I don't know what kind of dime-store wig they put on Keke, but the hair just looked aged. That really annoyed me, I felt like going after her with gel, edge control and a toothbrush every time she appeared on screen.
I saw people making noise about how a Destiny's Child biopic would be fire but, hand on heart, I love Beyonce Knowles like a sister but there is no way in hell the true story behind Destiny's Child will be told because the Knowles family will be all over that movie. It'll be told solely from the point of view of Beyonce, and maybe Kelly if she's lucky. This TLC movie showed ALL their flaws, disappointments, wins...everything.
A Destiny's Child movie would just be a longer version of 'Life is but a Dream'
Oh and I had to drop this video here, a lot of people have forgotten this song but its one of my favourite TLC songs and videos.
All you need is a stripper pole, baby oil and some fishnets.
Also, I saw this Volvo commercial recently and without a shadow of a doubt Jean Claude Van Damme is a beast and Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Statham, Chuck Norris, Mr. T, Bruce Willis.....hell even Liam Neeson will just have to deal.
Oh. My. Freakingoodness!
*fans self*
*wipes sweat*
How do you just assume such a chilled position while hanging onto life by a thread? Really?
I mean Liam Neeson can save you from international paedophiles, but can he do splits between two several ton trucks driving backwards?
The Fashion Protégé is an amazing opportunity for any aspiring Fashion Designer to kick start a successful career in Fashion and that is why we are extending the submission deadline by a week!
The new submission
deadline is Monday 24th
November 2013 at 23:59 GMT.YES!
That leaves you with One Week & 120 hours
to get your MultiChoice inspired design cut, sewn and ready for submission via
any of our three entry methods!
We don’t want anyone to
miss out on becoming Africa’s Next Big Fashion Star!!
Can’t Submit Via Any of Our 3 Entry Methods? Then join us for Open Auditions on Thursday, 21st
November 2013 at The Sparkle Hall – 24 Joel Ogunaike Street, GRA, Ikeja. 10am
Prompt!
Come with your
MultiChoice inspired masterpiece and be ready to briefly explain how design is
inspired by MultiChoice!
Don’t Wait Up! Apply Now
or Join us for Open Auditions!
About MultiChoice presents the
Fashion Protégé
As MultiChoice celebrates its 20th anniversary, the show
has been created to nurture and promote the next generation of Nigerian
creative talent. The Fashion Protégé is a 5-episode Nigerian reality
television series that will air on DSTV’s AfricaMagic.
The Prize
•N1,000,000 (1 Million)
•British Council Trip to London Fashion Week
•Mentorship by a renowned Nigerian designer
•International Fashion Trip
•Cover feature for DSTV Magazine
•Special Feature Interview on BellaNaija
•Feature in a Top Fashion Magazine
•Lookbook by a Top Photographer
APPLY TODAY!
How to Enter : Read all there is to know about MultiChoice Nigeria
• Design a piece inspired by MultiChoice Nigeria
• Create your masterpiece (you
can enlist a tailor if you don’t have sewing skills)
• Take a photo of your
piece, write a short note on the MultiChoice inspiration and submit via any of
the 3 entry methods.
• Spread the word! (Twitter, Facebook, BBM, Instagram)
Entry MethodsThere are 3 ways to enter. You can choose ANY of the
methods. You do not need to apply via multiple ways.
1. Via email –
entries@ng.multichoice.com | Photo must be accompanied by a short explanation
of how design is inspired by MultiChoice Nigeria.
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