Dear blogreader, I need to appologize myself for not writing to you for such a long time. The reason for that was an rupture, the stay in the hospital and af course the regeneration time. But now I am a hundret percent fit and we can start in the adventurous summer. There will be photoshootings with new celebrities in Los Angeles and models on the beach and in the desert. First we are searching together with the advertising agency z-works the new Burger King Face in Swiss and Austria. Are you a part of the contest? My agent Sonja Kuba is by now in London to operate at full stretch for my exhibition which will start in October in The Air Gallery this year.
As I heard that we will photograph Kaya, a singer of the Pussycat Dolls, I was very excited. A really beautiful woman with a great voice and a perfect charisma what can you more expect as a photographer. We met Kaya in Los Angeles in the Beverly Hills Tower Hotel. Kaya Jones was till 2004 a member of the Pussycat Dolls. She did leave the group to work on her own solo music carreer. She released her first single and the music video "Hollywood Doll" in July 2009. Also she contributed two songs for the Hollywood Blockbuster "American Pie". Now 2010 she will release her new album!!
Kaya did came to the set with her publicist and agent. From the very beginning we had the feeling for knowing each other since a long time. She had a really great charisma and a unblemished face. Nelly started with the make up and the hairstyling. I asked Kaya of course how many time she has for the shooting and she told me as long as you like. That sentence of course you like to hear from stars like Kaya. So I thought a little bit about the sujets and told then my assistants to build up four different sets. We had a lot of fun while we are photographed. At the lightdirections we used some different typs on the one hand very complicated and elaborated but also with a lot of natural light and California Sunbounce. Kaya is very professional like she is moving at concerts and the charisma she shows on stage the same she had at the shooting on the set. Today my pictures are on her new website and we were all very contented after that day.
At the next time I will tell you more about my shooting with the new Hollywoodstar Roger Cross, which played in the movie "TRANSFORMERS".
See you soon
Yours Manfred
15.Juli 2010 | 
Manfred Baumann | 
Meine Agentin Sonja Kuba ist zur Zeit in London wo die Vorbereitungen für meine Ausstellung im Oktober in The Air Gallery bereits auf Hochtouren läuft. 
