Meet the person behind the headshot

I have had so many wonderful people in my studio  for a headshot, or what I call a corporate branded shoot.  I though it would be nice to show them off here. Also because many of these people are the heads behind some amazing businesses. Some of them may actually be a business that you could benefit from. Read their books, do their training, join their leaning platforms or simply just be inspired by them.

If you sit there thinking you are in need of a headshot yourself, please do check out this page for all the info your need or simply call me now 9754 1759

Ellie Sakrezewski

Many of you will recognise Ellie as she is the makeup artist working with me on most of my sessions. Ellie has worked in the fashion and beauty industry for over 25 years. She travelled all over the world doing working with beauty, but finally fell in love with Singapore and decided to stay and set up her salon The Big Blow in Cluny Court.

Before becoming a mother to her son Otto, Ellie had a successful career as a makeup artist and hairstylist from London and Paris to Sydney and Tokyo. She has worked with some of the biggest names in the fashion and music world such as Alexander McQueen, Issey Miyake and David Bowie. Her works have appeared in Vogue, Marie Claire, ELLE, Harpers Bazaar and Cosmopolitan and she worked closely with Mr. Shu Uemura while living in Tokyo before coming to Singapore in 2001.

Dr. Sairupa Krishnamurti

Dr. Sairupa is a Canadian Licensed Naturopathic Doctor working at City Osteopathy and Physiotherapy in Singapore. She is also an Ayurveda Practitioner and loves developing personalized & nurturing treatment plans with patients that emphasize self-care. She believes holistic medicine supports an individual and their families to live in their highest vitality. Sairupa is passionate about fertility, pregnancy and paediatric care and has been so inspired by her own beautiful (and hilarious) 4- year old girl.

Elaine Friedlander

Elaine Friedlander is the founder and CEO of Nüwa. This is is a professional membership organisation for artists and professionals working within the arts and culture sector. Nüwa aims to inspire and connect their members to each other, and to opportunities within the arts sector and beyond. It is also an organisation that also strives to affirm the role of artists in society by sharing best practice, guidance and insights amongst our members, and advocating on their behalf.

Nüwa holds regular networking events for people in the art and cultural sector. They also host a series of talks and other projects. As a member myself, I highly recommend going to one of Nüwa’s events, I have made an amazing group of artists though these group

Francis Grobler

Franziska  is the founder & CEO of Jadeways Solutions. She works as a Business Consultant & Trainer for a variety of brands.

Jadeway Solutions help business to streamline their marketing, sales and customer service approach in order to improve return on marketing investment.

Franzeska offers a range of of services such as marketing strategies, webdesign, branding and training. So if you need to know more about social media strategies, Google Analytics training and Google Add training, Franzeska is your lady. You can find out more about her services here.

Mary

Mary Barrett and I am the founder of Butterflymango. She provides coaching for Senior Executives, team leaders and entrepreneurs. Her training consists of, amongst other things, leadership, mindset, coaching and team communication.

Toni Estrella

Toni is the author behind the book ‘Comatose”, which is a book that follows the lives of four strangers who are trying to cheat death. A link between lucid dreaming and comas leads to unexpected alliances in a life-threatening race for survival. An interesting book that is written based on dreams that Toni had over a period of eight years!

Elaine Friedlander  – Founder of Nüwa

Let me introduce you all to an amazing lady: Elaine Friedlander. She is not only a very good friend of mine, she is also one of Singapore’s top female entrepreneurs. She is the founder of Nüwa, an amazing network for artists within Singapore. This makes Elaine a leading figure within the Singapore art world. Besides, she is an amazingly fun and clever lady. Oh and she also has three small kids a no helper! Yes she is a wonder woman:-)

Nuwa is a truly amazing organisation that ties together all professional artists in Singapore in an incredible network. Elaine and her staff arrange frequent talks and networking events all over Singapore. In record time, Elaine has established a rapidly growing network of artists from a diverse range of fields from opera singers, to painters and jewellery makers. She even has a job database for artists and people in the cultural sector. 

Random circumstances – a friendship is made

About 6 years ago my family and I went for a brunch at the Saddle club. It was a hot day, but as usually the kids wanted to play on the playground. As I stood there panting in the shade with my 2 month old in my arms, I looked across the playground. There I spotted a heavily pregnant woman climbing up and down the slide with her kids. My initial though was to look away. Don’t make eye contact! I though it was an act of insanity to climb up and down the slide with that bump in that heat. No no not for me!

Minutes later said insane lady wobbled across the playground and said hello! That was the beginning of our friendship. 

We found out we were neighbours and our daughters were more or less the same age. Just days after our first meeting we were hanging out as best friends. Kids played together and I did Elaine’s maternity images followed by newborn portraits of her third child. I am not going to share those portraits here. They are Elaine’s personal images. However, here is a couple of some recent headshots I did for Elaine. These shots were a pleasure to do, simply because I know Elaine so well. It is always easier to do someone’s portrait  if you know their personality a bit. 

As you can see, the only way to portray Elaine is as the smiley warm colourful person she really is. 

 

 

You never know when you meet again

It was with great sadness I left Elaine behind when I moved to the UK with my family just 6 months after meeting her. As things sometimes go, we lost touch, as life in the UK was rather busy with three small kids and very little help. Meanwhile Elaine was as busy in Singapore with three small kids and no help:-)

When we moved back to Singapore late 2017, I messaged Elaine (same number as usual:) telling her we were back and ready for a coffee and a 4 year overdue catchup!

We met up with al the kids (now 7 of them between us). It was as if we had seen each other yesterday. We certainly didn’t look or feel four years older. Hanging out like the good old times. 

The only thing that had changed were our topic of conversation! We had both moved from the yummy mummy stage to the business woman stage.  Now both entrepreneurs with each our company. No more chats about potty training, weaning and sleepless nights. We still don’t sleep at night, but now it is not due to the kids, now it is due to our work and businesses:-)

Business ladies

Whilst I had been away Elaine had started her own company Nüwa, which is a professional membership organisation for artists and professionals working in Singapore’s arts and culture sector. Nüwa aims to inspire and connect people within the arts sector and beyond. Nüwa also strives to affirm the role of artists in society by sharing best practice, guidance and insights amongst artists. Members can enjoy regular networking events and talks witch take place through out Singapore. 

It truly is an amazing organisation and Elaine deserves a lot of respect for solely setting it up and managing now a rapidly growing organisation, whose members span from painters, to opera singers, TV presenters, authors and illustrators. 

It is true to say Elaine is a hidden gem. She has been such an inspiration to me. First in my journey as a mum, (Elaine juggles kids, cooking, cleaning and general organising whilst having relaxed conversations with anyone), to my journey as a business owner (Elaine organises events, speeches and networks like there is no tomorrow)

I hardly ever advocate anyone or anything. But if you are an artist  or someone with an interest in Singapore’s cultural sector, do check out Nüwa’s website there is so much to gain from being a member.

Elaine Friedlander – you are a star! An inspiration and an amazing friend.