It took quite a while, but we were finally able to get our hands on the angelic Francia Marie! Her exotic looks, captivating eyes, and all-natural 32C cups on a slender, five-foot body (we love boobies, you do the math) caught our attention immediately, so we knew we had to try and get her to shoot with us. Must be the half-German half-Filipina genes, because most girls don’t look this good without paying a hefty fee to the local plastic surgeon.

A shoot was originally scheduled about two years ago, but Francia took a year-long hiatus from modeling to concentrate on some different projects, including fight choreography, acting, and producing music. We thought she had forgotten all about us until we received a follow-up email a few months ago. Naturally, we jumped at the chance and started working out a  schedule with her.

We get a lot of flak here for mostly doing glamour shots involving half-naked ladies, so for Francia we wanted to prove that we’re not one-trick ponies here at Madlight Media. Our shoot took us through the amazingly diverse landscape that Downtown L.A. provides, in an effort to find a location suitable for a fashion look.  We settled on the train yard and a rooftop location in the heart of Downtown, but it was no easy task; fending off bums, police officers (for “trespassing”), and security guards while trying to just get a few shots in- but it comes with the territory when shooting guerilla style. Although we spent a lot of time getting chased around more so than getting any shooting done, it was easy to get great pictures thanks to Francia’s amazing ability to look natural all the time. Most importantly, she was a blast to work with, fun, and genuine with her conversations.

So was the two year wait worth it? We definitely think so, and we hope you do too!

If you’d like more of Francia Marie, visit her website at http://www.wix.com/findfrancia/marie

*Special thanks to Carlos Gonzalez for the location scouting, Mikhail Nava for doing the heavy lifting, and of course Francia for being game and following us through our misadventures that day. Also special shout out to the Urth Caffe in the Arts District for having the best turkey burgers ever made and being a cool rendezvous spot. And the officer who allowed us to continue shooting despite our trespasses.

Photographer: Dave Luong

Makeup/Hair: Francia Marie

Assistants: Carlos Gonzalez, Mikhail Nava 

Coming in only about three months late, a set that should have been posted for Valentine’s Day! We figured though that people would appreciate the real life angel that Christine is, regardless of the time of year! After numerous delays (and frustrations) in trying to find a model for the shoot idea, we were almost to the point of obliterating a certain photographer/model networking site by shoving our keyboards through our monitors.

Through some divine intervention we were finally favored some attention in the form of Christine King. Christine is the type of girl that most guys only dream of- long slender gams, a down to earth personality with an emphasis on having fun and living life to the fullest (perhaps too much emphasis), capable of producing seductive stares that stop you in your tracks, and most importantly- a connoisseur of cars. Yes, this girl can actually tell you the difference between a B16A2 and a B18C5, has built her own LS/VTEC Civic, and currently rides a kitted BMW 5 series slammed on some fat-lipped rims. She also thinks Black Ice air freshener is better than the squash Air Spencer, which unfortunately, we disagree with

We don’t know about you readers, but any girl that probably knows more about cars than we do and is blessed with an all-natural body to die for is what we would consider a match made in heaven.

Once again, many thanks to Christine for being game to the pin-up style shoot, and Heidi Pacifico for always hooking it up with her excellent makeup and hairstyling work (and her boyfriend for putting up with having to sit in a humid studio for over 4 hours haha)!

Photographer: Dave Luong
Model: Christine King
Makeup and Hairstyling: Heidi Pacifico
Location: Studio OC, Fountain Valley, CA

P.S. Title inspired by that damn song that I listened to for 2 days non-stop while editing pics And props if you can figure out the exclamation point reference!

Madlightmedia.com presents to you Cindy, another stunning model from the sunny shores of Southern California. Although currently residing in SoCal, she was born and raised in Belize. We were lucky enough to have been able to do a shoot with her, especially with our very tight schedules and hers. One sunny day, we headed to Malibu, CA to meet up with Cindy to do a beach shoot. This was a few hours before we were headed to Vegas. We knew we were spreading ourselves thin, but once we met Cindy, we knew all the effort we put into waking up early for a morning shoot was worth it. Cindy is a very down to earth person, dorky enough to engage in conversation with dorks like us. But once she was in front of the lens, she morphed into modeling mode, where you can see the passion and ferocity she gave with every pose. She was brave enough to face the cold weather in nothing more than a green bottom at times. Thanks again for working with us Cindy. We hope you had fun and like the images as much as we did. More pictures of Cindy after the jump.

Photographer: Mikey Yan

Assistant: Nathan Cruzado, Ahiya

Makeup, Hair, Clothing: Cindy

Location: Malibu, CA

Madlightmedia.com presents to you Kelly Cirieco, a model from sunny Southern California. You’ve probably seen her as one of the fangirls of Alvin in Alvin and the Chipmunks movie sequel. She’s also been on TV, music videos, and does promotional work as well. It was fun working with her, since she was very easy to direct. She can also pull off different looks, from the girl next door, to a hot bikini model, all the way to a more serious fashion look. She’s also friends with Michelle Anderson, another hot model who has graced our pages. Thanks again for working with us Kelly! We hope you success in your future endeavors. Sorry if it took us this long to put this up. More pictures of Kelly after the jump.

Photographer: Mikey Yan

Assistant: Dave Luongsi

Makeup, clothing, hair: Kelly Cirieco

Location: Malibu, CA

Meet Erin Siu. She’s not your typical model, because she is batshit crazy. Nah, we’re just messing with you Erin. But definitely, this isn’t your run of the mill Madlightmedia shoot. For once, we tried to go all artsy fartsy. We’ve also never brought a full size mirror to a location shoot, especially if it was a beach shoot. Too bad it didn’t make it in the end. 7 years bad luck? I doubt it, especially with the images we got from the shoot with Erin. Not sure if we achieved the look that we were going for, but we’re pretty happy with the results. Erin seems to be pretty happy as well, right Erin? All in all, it was a fun shoot, and as always, its nice to meet a new person dedicated to their art, especially if that new person treats you out to froyos every once in awhile. Here’s to Erin and her quest to break it into the entertainment biz and to become a kickass breakdancer and bartender. 

Photographer: Mikey Yan

Assistant: Dave Luongsi

Makeup, clothing, and Hair: Erin Siu

Location: Malibu. CA

Don’t you hate it when you play phone tag with a girl you’re trying to get ahold of? But you can’t blame the girl though if she’s as busy as Loren and Jamie Burgos. These sisters probably have their schedules packed. I have to say it took a few good months before this shoot finally went through. With the help of Facebook, (thank God for social networking sites =P ) a date was finally set and what was initially set to be a photoshoot in the Philippines ended up being set in sunny SoCal. For those that don’t recognize her, Loren is a beauty queen who won the title “Mutya ng Pilipinas Overseas Communities” last 2008 and can be seen in several commercials aired on local Philippine TV, namely ads for Globe Telecom, Mcdonald’s, Lucky Me, Ginebra San Miguel, and Sunsilk to name a few. Her sister Jamie is a model in her own right and has been modeling in the US too while juggling this with college and work. The shoot went down on a bright sunny afternoon near the Valley, a few hours before a Laker game. With the help of their cousin Monica in the makeup department, the shoot went by without a hitch. Later on after wrapping things up, we all ended up at the sisters’ home to celebrate Jamie’s graduation and to watch the Laker game amidst great food. Unfortunately, we couldn’t stay that long since me being the usual crammer, hadn’t packed yet for the trip back to the Philippines. Until next time perhaps? Anyway, more pictures after the jump.

Models: Loren Burgos, Jamie Burgos
Makeup Artist: Monica Corpus
Photographer: Mikey Yan
Assistant: BJ Lopez
Assistant Image Editor: Katrina Mondejar
Location: San Fernando Mission

July 4, 2009 -<warning-gratuitous use of Depression era slang awaits>

EXTRA! EXTRA! What’s the story, morning glory? Well, just in time for the celebration of our nation’s independence, we’ve got the scoop on a barn burner that’s sure to flip your wig! We’re talkin’ about none other than Nicolette Lacson, grandstandin’ for all the fellas coming home from V-J Day! With her smoldering kisser, killer gams, and captivating glims, Nicolette has us hep cats wantin’ to hoof it to some boogie woogie with the bugle boy from Company B! For our pictorial, Nicolette is togged to the bricks in some peachy threads courtesy of Uncle Sam, and the swellest of swell bikinis from her own bikini line, Lollime™! Now if that doesn’t blow your top, then you’re all wet, Jake!

Before we introduce you to this dame, I just want to give a hootin’ holler to Nicolette for being the cat’s meow!
Happy 4th of July everyone!

For more information on Nicolette or her Lollime bikinis, please visit:
www.nicolettelacson.com
www.lollime.com

Technical info:
Model: Nicolette Lacson
Makeup Artist: Heidi Pacifico
Photographer: Dave Luong
Slaves: Mikey Yan, Ben Chan
Equipment: Canon 5D, Canon 24-70mm f/2.8, Canon 70-200mm f/4
Lighting: A strange mix of Profoto and AlienBee gear. Modifiers included a beauty dish, strip light, small softbox, large reflector, and a bunch of grids.

It’s been about a year since we last saw Krista, but it seems appropriate that these pictures are just posted now to coincide with the beginning of summer. (or end of summer depending where you’re at) Dave and I were lucky enough to have met this fine lady and schedule a photoshoot with her. Surprisingly, this shoot almost fell through, but thanks to a few missed calls and some miscommunication, we managed to get the shoot going. We all met up at Laguna Beach and chit chatted while setting up.  We found out that Krista was actually a co-owner of one of those infamous Vietnamese Coffee shops that we all know and love here in So Cal.  Krista also does her own makeup, so after a little prep work and with a little help from some Grey Goose vodka provided by Dave (meanwhile…!), Krista was  refreshed and ready to strut her stuff in front of the lens. And boy, was she good at it. After a grueling three hours braving the cold waters of the beach, it was time to call it a wrap. We were all a bit hungry, so we headed to the nearest pizza parlor.  To celebrate, we snuck in the remaining vodka to enhance the flavor of our drinks and pizza. After a few hours of banter (does flipping your cup upside down at a coffee shop REALLY mean anything???), we called it a night. Unfortunately, instead of us treating Krista out for dinner, it ended up the other way around, us being the cheapskates that we are. Thanks again for the free pizza. We promise it’ll be our treat next time. =P

More pictures after the jump.