Southbank Centre Photo Session | Mia

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July 3, 2011

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Now on to the fabulous Mia’s photo shoot. Mia is a poet/comedian. I have it on good authority that she does amazing/really fricken funny performances. While we were in London, I tweeted out that we were looking for a place to stay in Surrey the night before Sarah and Gus’ wedding. Mia kindly responded offering up her own house! We told her we’d do a photo shoot if she wanted in exchange. Sadly, we ended up not being able to stay with Mia and her roommates but we DID do the photo shoot anyways! It was a gorgeous day. We revisited the SouthBank Centre for the photo session. I looooove this place for pictures. I could shoot at least ten sessions there and still find new backdrops and interesting lines to use.

I’ll put up a link to Mia’s website once it’s up and running so you all can watch videos and see how funny she is for yourself!

Love. Her. Hair. Want it.

It was a windy day but I think that hair flying everywhere adds to Mia’s modelsque look.

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  1. LOVE all the bright colors, her hair and gorgeous smile!

    Comment by Molly — July 4, 2011 @ 6:02 am

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    • Bright colors + hair + gorgeous smile = one of my favorite sessions yet!

      Comment by kyle — July 4, 2011 @ 11:38 am

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  2. Thank you so much! I am so pleased with the pics!

    Comment by Mia — July 4, 2011 @ 8:19 am

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  3. Mia and those bright back drops definitely complement each other. Beautiful!

    Comment by Rita — July 4, 2011 @ 8:26 am

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  4. Gorgeous pics!
    Cool stories you have with all this travelling.

    Comment by max — July 4, 2011 @ 11:48 am

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    • Max, we are really lucky to be able to meet so many cool people! Only problem with all this traveling is that we never hang out with our friends in Chile :)

      Comment by kyle — July 4, 2011 @ 12:33 pm

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      • speaking as one of your friends in Chile, I would say that is definitely the case. Hope to catch up with you guys sometime!

        Comment by eileen — July 4, 2011 @ 1:29 pm

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        • I know, it’s been way too long! I’m back in August and actually here for more than a week so we’ll catch up then! Hope you are doing well Eileen.

          Comment by kyle — July 4, 2011 @ 1:37 pm

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  5. Mia, you’re gorgeous! The colors are so fun too.
    Good luck getting the newsletter off the ground. It’s enough for me to stay on top of content for the blog – I can’t imagine adding extra on top of it! Sounds like it’ll be a good place for some more focused photography discussion though.

    Comment by Emily — July 4, 2011 @ 12:06 pm

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    • Emily, I know, but the majority of people wanted once a month, so I can handle that. And then I feel like I can use it as a place to answer questions that I get via email but don’t necessarily want to respond to on the blog. Hopefully it’s useful!

      Comment by kyle — July 4, 2011 @ 12:59 pm

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  6. Very interesting and colorful locations. great set of photographs.

    Comment by Darko — July 4, 2011 @ 12:27 pm

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  7. So awesome! Love the juxtaposition of colors in every shot – makes Mia really pop out in every single frame. I’m also jealous of the hair..

    Comment by Leo Druker — July 4, 2011 @ 12:45 pm

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    • Thanks Leo! I can’t take credit for the awesome backdrops or the awesome hair, but they were fun to photograph, that’s for sure :)

      Comment by kyle — July 4, 2011 @ 1:00 pm

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  8. I love all the colors. Great job!

    Comment by Thomas Lester — July 4, 2011 @ 1:40 pm

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  9. Wow – what a wonderfully colourful and vibrant shoot. You have captured this lady’s smile, personality and beauty just perfectly.

    Comment by Graeme Crawford — July 4, 2011 @ 2:11 pm

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  10. WOW !! This woman is SOOO photogenic !!! She’s gorgeous and your pics only enhance her beauty !! Great shoot!!!

    Comment by Fned — July 4, 2011 @ 3:01 pm

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    • I know, the camera loved Mia!

      Comment by Kyle — July 5, 2011 @ 4:02 pm

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  11. LOVE THESE! They really have an awesome spirit to them.

    Comment by Heather J — July 4, 2011 @ 4:58 pm

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  12. beautiful session kyle. i love how u used all those available colors. beautiful work!

    Comment by derrys — July 4, 2011 @ 7:12 pm

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  13. Fabulous! And yes, her hair is awesome. my hairly doesn’t look nearly so awesome on windy days.

    Loved the use of the signs. Smile indeed!

    Comment by Deidre — July 4, 2011 @ 7:22 pm

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    • My hair does not look nearly that awesome on windy or non-windy days. Sad.

      Comment by Kyle — July 5, 2011 @ 4:04 pm

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  14. I. WANT. HER. AFRO. Power to the fro!

    Comment by Oneika — July 4, 2011 @ 10:07 pm

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    • And she knows how to work it!

      Comment by Kyle — July 5, 2011 @ 4:04 pm

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  15. Her shirt, her smile, her eyes, that wall and the contrasts! Wow. And those shoes! And I’m a subscriber to your newsletter! (Hello from Denver International Airport, where, judging by the exclamation marks, I really, really need to sleep…)

    Comment by Roxanne — July 4, 2011 @ 11:06 pm

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    • Ahhh, Roxanne, I hope you can get some sleep ASAP! And I hope that you got to wherever you’re going with no trouble!

      Comment by Kyle — July 5, 2011 @ 4:05 pm

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  16. what lovely funky happy pictures with wonderful use of gorgeous coloured backgrounds. would love to have a play with the camera in that location too.

    Comment by Alan Hutchison — July 5, 2011 @ 4:47 am

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    • Thanks Alan, it was a really cool place for a shoot!

      Comment by Kyle — July 5, 2011 @ 4:05 pm

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  17. AHHH i love her hair. Those colors. It’s perfect, you are perfect for her. Perfect perfect!

    Comment by jessica lorren — July 5, 2011 @ 6:18 am

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  18. Wonderful colors. Love that closer shot of her in front of the vent. Great job.

    Comment by Jim Murphy — July 5, 2011 @ 7:57 am

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    • That’s one of my faves from the session too Jim!

      Comment by Kyle — July 5, 2011 @ 4:05 pm

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  19. Love these, Kyle!

    Comment by Steve Koo — July 5, 2011 @ 8:44 am

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  20. Great use of locations and colors!

    Comment by Becca Dilley — July 5, 2011 @ 9:38 am

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  21. Okay, the location is amazing and so is Mia! Awesome job.

    Comment by Leah Muse — July 5, 2011 @ 11:01 am

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  22. Agree and agree! Thanks Leah!

    Comment by Kyle — July 5, 2011 @ 4:07 pm

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  23. she has a great smile! i really wish I saw lines like you do, Kyle. Freaking awesome as usual

    Comment by alexbee — July 5, 2011 @ 6:54 pm

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