Week 5

Hello everyone,

It's time for a new post and so marks the passing of another week in NYC.  It's hard to believe that I've been up here for over a month! 

First off, I'd like to make a correction to my previous post.  Last week I stated that Berthold, a fellow Fusion model, would be leaving for Tokyo this week when in fact he's off to London for fasion week there and will then by flying to Tokyo sometime in March.  I apologize for the mistake.

This week I honestly don't have many details worth telling.  It was a roller coaster ride of a week weather wise.  Cold weather with a temperature in the 30s accompanied by snow flurries have swooped in on the NYC area after having teased us with a few days with temperatures in the 50s and 60s.  Doesn't Mother Nature have a sense of humor?  The warm weather and blue skies were extremely nice and allowed for me to comfortably explore both Brooklyn and Manhattan for the first time.  Although the hopes for long term warm weather were diminished almost as soon as they came it was a much needed break from the frigid cold we've had here.  During the warm weather one of my roommates, Garrett, and I went for a walk around Brooklyn.  There's a ton of shops and parks to explore in our neighborhood along with a great view of the Manhattan skyline so it's a lot of fun to walk and sight-see.  While on this walk he and I happened upon a couple walking their cat, yes that's right their cat.  A man and woman casually strolled with their cat resting on the man's shoulder.  The cat acted fine for a bit but saw people walking dogs and decided to take hold of the man's shoulder which caused problems.  Pretty funny, eh?  Some other, more morbid, news occured here as well.  A man killed 4 people and injured 4 more with knives earlier this week.  Two of the murder victims were the killers ex-girlfriend and the ex-girlfriend's mother.  The killer has been found and arrested so at least he's off the streets but my heart goes out to the families affected by the murderer's actions. 

In the modeling world things haven't heated up yet, a break from my cold snap has yet to happen but I am sure it will.  I had a minimal amount of casting calls this week but did have a photoshoot with a photographer named Ryan Mikail.  He is a talented young guy around my age that was fun to work with.  We burned through 6 or 7 looks in 3 hours and got some really amazing shots.  He was the type photographer that let the model do their own thing and made small suggestions once in a while as we moved along.  We worked well together as a team and I should have the images in a week to a week and a half so I'll be sure to share them.  I'm also excited about seeing the finished product from the previous two shoots I've done as well as the web commercial/fashion show invitation that I did with Mjolk Homme.  I should have those images and the commercial in a week also(but we'll see).  One more point of possible interest is that my agency, Fusion Model Management, has created their own blog where they'll detail everything that goes on with them and their models.  We(models) have been asked to submit "behind the scene's" images of us on casting calls, jobs we've booked etc.  If you're interested in keeping up with the blog the site is: http://www.fusionmodelsnyc.blogspot.com/

As much as I hate to say it, that's about it.  I know, talk about boring! Ha!  I'll be sure to keep everyone posted as things begin to develope and my career progresses.  Take care and be sure to look for next weeks post.

Austin