Thursday 18 August 2011
Recent posts to Lookbook.nu :)
Desperate attempt to conceal recent lack of updates by posting random Lookbook.nu photos :)
Sunday 7 August 2011
Weekend Photodiary
Tuesday 2 August 2011
Pandora's box
It's been an exhausting day today, deal flow very much swung between feast and famine. There was relief as the resolution of the debt ceiling wranglings finally came. I found it incredible that even at the eleventh hour, 26 members of the Senate still managed to vote against the legistlation, with the alternative being a US default(!).
Still, the fix is in and we can finally go down to the pub. There I meet one of my friends who was quietly celebrating some serious profit - he had been short Pandora stock (Danish jewellery maker) since May! I never saw the appeal of Pandora and their silly looking charm bracelets which also happen to be enormously overpriced for a mid-market brand. At the time I was telling him while shorting pandora he could go long the luxury high end and the low end in the same industry. I feel that in the follow up to a recession consumers tend to drift away from the middle ground. This guy was so stubborn and so sure of his view that he didn't even bother hedging with a spread position. Pandora share fell more than 65% in one day and much to my disdain he is seriously considering taking the rest of the summer off.
Still, the fix is in and we can finally go down to the pub. There I meet one of my friends who was quietly celebrating some serious profit - he had been short Pandora stock (Danish jewellery maker) since May! I never saw the appeal of Pandora and their silly looking charm bracelets which also happen to be enormously overpriced for a mid-market brand. At the time I was telling him while shorting pandora he could go long the luxury high end and the low end in the same industry. I feel that in the follow up to a recession consumers tend to drift away from the middle ground. This guy was so stubborn and so sure of his view that he didn't even bother hedging with a spread position. Pandora share fell more than 65% in one day and much to my disdain he is seriously considering taking the rest of the summer off.
Monday 1 August 2011
Mirror's Edge Wannabe (and failing miserably)
After meeting two awesome photographers randomly, I went to hang out at their studio. The two of them had planned some shoot and the model failed to turn up. They both looked at me rather suddenly. Next thing I know: the make-up artist walked straight over and started shaving my eyebrows!
I'm so used to directing everyone else that it's almost counter intuitive to model for others. It turned out to be a good laugh nonetheless. And tons of flour was thrown all over the studio.
Below is what Bob referred to as the "wild baker look" :)
I'm so used to directing everyone else that it's almost counter intuitive to model for others. It turned out to be a good laugh nonetheless. And tons of flour was thrown all over the studio.
Below is what Bob referred to as the "wild baker look" :)
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