A week before returning to Manila, I booked a job in Los Angeles for, yep you guessed it, Avon again!  I was booked for 2 days, and wow, was it an experience.  Since I’m the only model for that job, it was for a perfume campaign, I had my very own personal trailer.  In all the years that I’ve been modeling, I have never experienced my own trailer.  Even in New York, our shoots there don’t really use trailers.  I felt like a Hollywood movie star.  Haha!  Here are some photos of my trailer:

Day 1 was shot in Malibu Beach.  The last layout was on the actual beach and it was dusk already.  The crew had to set up real fast because the light will go out soon.  This was me posing while waiting for the crew to finish setting up the last layout.  You can see the people working behind me.

Since it was already fall season that time in the East Coast, it was freezing in California.  But since we were shooting for the Spring campaign, I had to wear sheer and short summery dresses.  In short, by the time I was done, I was shaking due to the cold.  I had to compose myself because I was still shooting and my body would start shivering and shaking all over.  But over all, everyone commended my work since they said I was such a professional in doing my job.  After we wrapped up the first day, the stylist rushed to me and covered me with a bathrobe.

The picture above is how it actually looked like with all the man-made set up and light crew.  Below is how it actually looked on screen, through the photographer’s lens:

But of course this is not the final layout chosen.  I just took a picture of the screen as the pictures were downloading.  So that was Day 1 of my shoot.  We had to ride on the trailer to go back home to the city.  Here is my comment riding on a trailer, IT WAS DIZZYING!  I had such bad motion sickness riding that thing,  I guess it was because I rode while I was facing the back.  By the time I got to my limo service, I was so nauseous.  Unglamorous indeed.

Day 2 was on Huntington Garden in Pasadena.  It was similar with the first day.  Three layouts per day and whole day.  For Day 2, the hairstylist had to trim my hair.  But even if he had to trim it, my hair is still waaaaay long. Day 2 finished earlier.  When the photographer said, “It’s a wrap!”  Everyone clapped and cheered, especially me.  It was two long days.  I had to wake up at 5 in the morning and finish late in the afternoon.  By the time I get home, it was night time already.  But it was well worth the experience.

This is my last layout.  As usual, taken from a computer screen.  You can even see the “little Ana’s” on the side.  Haha!

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