Newstand Alert: Women's Running

My Women's Running cover with US Softball legend Jennie Finch hits the stands today! I shot this 50th Anniversary Issue cover late last year, a few days before the ING NYC Marathon that she was running in.  It's a nice glimpse into some of the fitness lifestyle type of work that I sometimes do that I don't have a section for on my website. Check it out:

ph: J.Weber

Soft Porn...

If you want so see some shag rugs mixed with soft porn references, head on over to Fantastics Mag to view my new story...

Preparing for your Big Day

A story on Bridal Makeup & Products for the 'Big Day'

Las Ondas Mas 'Sexy'

Makeup for a story that I did for one of my regular publications on sexy curls for the summer....

Red lipstick

...NEVER goes out of style. Like, EVER. Here's some stuff I did for a story on red/bright lips:

Golden rings & Pretty Things...

Shooting and having fun on an otherwise empty afternoon...What else to do but fill it up with some jewelry, a model & some makeup???

Ismini & MetroDaylight

Here's an excerpt from a looonnng day (and night) playing around at a recent shoot:

The Setting:

The Goods:

a plethora of sparkly things and clothes with metallic accents & details...

and shoes with sculptural details although there really is no explanation required for the above picture...

this sort of looks like my closet...

The Girl:

(and the makeup...)

Giving the side-eye...

above are examples of the proper way to take advantage of a cyc

captures...

and me mixing the perfect shade of pink on the back of my hand...

Carousel de Beaute...

Sometimes you just have to say yes when a booker sends you a girl as special as Kristina K. You know that the opportunity to shoot them again is going to be slim, more likely ebbing on the side of none. At 16, she's already shot for Japanese Vogue and Calvin Klein. A week after we had the opportunity to shoot her, her agency made her Conde Nast exclusive...

Kristina K.'s agency polaroids

We knew going into it that we wouldn't have enough time to shoot her for hours on end but fun could be had nonetheless...We spent a few hours together and had a bit of playtime before she had to run off to have a casting with superstylist Katie Grand.

Kristina donning pailletes

and other girlie accoutrements...

Check out the story Carousel de Beaute featuuring Kristina in the March 2010 issue of Boho Magazine:

I'll update with these images on my website soon, but for now, peep some behind the scenes coverage...

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Dots...& Dashes---

I actually shot this last month, but wasn't able to get around to sharing it until now...I'm sure I'll have several of these makeup (no pun intended) posts...Time sure get away from me when I'm busy working...

My favorite outtake of Anna Z from an upcoming editorial shoot entitled "Cold Yet..."

Light, Pretty & Lush...

Lena is a Gypsy...done modern day, with some vintage inspired twists. Erin the stylist pulled a gorgeous Spring 2010 color palette comprised primarily of beiges, blush, nudes and grays mixed with some strategic metallics. Top it off with amazing shoes tons of accessories like headscarves and vintage inspired jewelry and then I finished it off with some succulent, uber feminine soft and pretty makeup...Even though a last minute curveball came our way (last minute model change and me hunting for parking for over an hour), it all came together perfectly!!!

Lena before the 'Gypsy Glam'

Lena after...(I kept it light and pretty and lush)

Anyone that knows me and is familiar with my work knows that I love skin. I had to go back to my roots on this one. The clothes, the mood, the location and the lighting were all the perfect backdrop for me to make the focus of this makeup the skin...

Newstand Alert

Brides Magazine Nov./Dec. 2009 issue. I have the beauty story in the back of the magazine: A lovely 6 page spread on translating the newest bridal trends in makeup. I shot this one a while back, but am only able to share it now. The nail biting can now stop since its currently on newstands. Below is an excerpt from a fragrance story that I did for the same issue...

The entire beauty editorial "From Runway to Your Day" can be seen in its entirety on my website.

The sun sets at 20:43...

...and that was around the time that we had to take our first shot. Planning for a nighttime fashion shoot is always fun and usually involves first checking The Weather Channel. Take: Guy Fawlkes, a bit of Clockwork Orange meets fine & dandy gentleman, Interview with the Vampire, Jack the Ripper and sprinkle in a bit of that dude from the movie Powder and you get a visual of exactly what we were after for my latest mens editorial shoot...I don't know what was more fun for this shoot: doing the makeup & grooming or driving the location van around the dark abandoned streets of NYC not being able to see out of the back window because of the stylists clothing rack...

Top photo: "Raw": Matthew prepped to take on the night

Bottom photo: "Ready": Matthew "on set"

Dujour Mag, the Vintage Issue Continues...

Here is Taylor.... She's from SoCal....Well, actually for the purposes of this shoot, she's from the 1960's....

...She's our model who will be wearing all sorts of vintage yumminess in an editorial fashion spread for DuJour Magazine's Vintage Issue. Dujour makes me think of pink, and glitter, and curly-q cursive; girl-ishous-ness in every way:   Tutu's, tea parties, cupcakes and satin...Oh, and let us not forget pink as in lipstick, which she will be sporting a lot of. Taylor was the perfect modern day Brigitte Bardot.  Have a looksee....

Kim Weber for The Gloss Magazine: She Wears the Trousers

Makeup: Kim Weber for www.kimweber.com using Make Up For Ever

The March 2009 issue of The Gloss is out on stands now. I got the cover plus an 8 page spread on the inside featuring a spring trouser story on the lovely Karolina B. which you will remember the behind the scenes shots from the "In A Blank Space" posting not too long ago. I will post the cover shot here, but to see the rest of the story in its entirety, go to my website under Most Recent.

In a Blank Space...

All of the pre-production and prep came down to this. Today was shoot day. We shot in a beautiful, airy and open stark white loft studio. Today was all about the trouser: Wide leg, cropped, ankle length, harem fluidly moving ones. Linen ones, silk jersey ones...A plethora of pants pants pants (and fabulous accessories to coordinate)!!! Our model, Karolina from FORD was a real pro and goodness could this girl move (yet another reason she was cast!) Not only did she have a strong book, and the rest of the specific criteria that we were looking for, but she also had amazing close cut, short hair!!!! (To be honest, we knew she was our girl the second she left the casting). The cool and laid back vibe of the day was foreshadowed when she came skipping across Hudson Street a bundle full of energy at 08:40.

We had 9 different shots to do, so, after Allison the clothing stylist finalized the looks, Hikari the hairstylist and I decided to change up the hair and makeup every third look. The hair went from softly sculpted and girlie, to kind of modern- spiky-messy (don't dare call it punk) and ended in a lovely modern slick, slightly 20's inspired style. I took the makeup from soft in the earlier shots and gradually intensified it as we progressed. It was definitely about a slightly stronger eye created with a sooty antique gold (more of a brassy undertone as opposed to a yellow)loose shadow, soft velvety skin, a sherbet colored sheer lip stain and a face sculpted with Shu Uemura Luring Powder (gosh do I love that stuff). In the later looks I added lower lashes to add to the drama and a flesh colored kajal pencil to enhance the wide eyed look...You can see a bit of the progression via some select, yet crude behind the scenes photos:

Come on in and have a seat...

Just one of the many pairs of accessories that I drooled over throughout the day; These Giuseppe Zanotti shoes (above) were amazing, and according to the model, also surprisingly comfy!

Hello lower lashes....

Above: Karolina in random behind-the-scenes shots...

Wrap it, ship it, Platinum...Day is done at 15:53 . We wrapped 1 hour and 6 minutes ahead of schedule.


I think this is one of my favorite fashion shoots that I've done in a long time....It's definitely different than any of the current work that I have. I'm happy to have explored with the team and come up with something different, ethereal, pure and dreamy...I can't wait to see the final edits in glossy form! Once again, kudos to the entire team for a job well done! I'll update with tears when I have them!

xx!
-K

Just another day in the Park

Combine my favorite friend and photographer with an amazing girl, and the usual kick ass all girl styling team that I'm a part of, and you end up with the images seen below. This was an off the cuff, kind of spur of the moment last minute fall fashion story on spec. Thank goodness that the weather and the sunlight was super cooperative. These images are too gorgeous for me to keep them to myself so alas, I will share a few selects with you....