One of the briefs that I got from Elaine Kwong, Editor of The Malaysian Women’s Weekly, was to shoot the cover girl with her hair up in a ponytail. Our challenge was to produce a picture that was stunning and one that can “balance” the page in terms of the “head” space. Too sleek a hairstyle might result in a very empty looking upper half of the magazine. So we played with air blows to create volume and movement at the same time. Top photographer, Kimmun of Threesixty, played around with different angles and this was the chosen shot. Makeup artiste Cindy Hor did an amazing job with the look, choosing to work with neutral tones.
To balance a “simplistic” or minimalist do on the makeup and hair, I decided to give Malaysia’s Queen of Jazz, Shiela Majid, a textured dress. It fit her beautifully. Shiela was a pleasure to shoot as she certainly knew her angles and worked well with Kimmun.
This is Shiela’s second cover for The Malaysian Womens’ Weekly. Sheila first graced the MWW cover 10 years ago – amazing beauty until today! The editorial team chose to have Shiela on the October 2010 cover to celebrate their 10th year anniversary.
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