It's Not About Pretty

Photos Ian Logan I finally had some time off from styling shoots and took a week long break over the holiday to skateboard through the south.  Got to experience some great locations, have a lot of fun, and remembered that it’s damn cold skating through intersections at 7 AM when you have wind chill going on.  (You tend to forget that living in California most of the year). Now it’s back to work and working on estimates, pulling wardrobe for upcoming shoots and making each shoot a success. Now it’s back to work, cranking out estimates, pulling wardrobe for upcoming shoots and making each shoot day with my clients a success. Happy New Year and here’s to a great 2017! Save

The photo I created for my social media channels to announce the NYX Snapchat takeover NYX Cosmetics announcement on their Twitter page for the Snapchat takeover A little teaser of what was to come… I did a Snapchat takeover awhile back for large beauty based group called BeautyCon,  it went so well & I had such a great time doing it, I knew I wanted to do more. So I reached out to NYX Cosmetics (a young and hip brand of cosmetics under the Loreal  umbrella)  to see if they’d be interested in having me take over their social media at the Vans US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, which is THE biggest surf/skate summer party of the year. The women’s skateboarding event within the US Open is called the Vans Park Series, and it is a very important qualifier for the Pro and AM skaters that want to make the championships in Sweden. Only 10 girls will qualify out of a field of 36+  so nerves run high. After getting the green light from NYX via email, we set up a m...

Another awesome shoot as creative director and stylist for Nux Apparel. Could not have asked for a better team of people and an amazing client who literally let me run with it as far as models, locations, set ups, props, crew, video team, and vision. Dream shoot all the way around. Hope you enjoy the BTS video – I always find those to be the most fun! Behind the scenes video of the Nux Athletic Apparel shoot for the Fall 2016 Lookbook. Creative Director & Stylist: Cindy Whitehead Photographer: Ian Logan Video & Editing:  Colin Clark Make-Up: Gillian Whitlock Hair:  Krista Baxter Models: Kym /Nous   &   Dounia / Next Model Management

Cindy in 1980 at Marina Del Rey Skatepark Local coverage about Cindy’s Induction to Skateboarding hall of Fame Photo of Cindy by Israel Santana                              Photo via video from Joan Jett     Some of my days are about styling, and some involve skateboarding. I’m proud to announce that on May 13, 2016 I was inducted into the  Skateboarding Hall of Fame. The awards ceremony  was held  at the City National Grove in Anaheim, California, and I was extremely honored to have legendary rocker Joan Jett  agree to do my introduction, which encompassed her views and mine, on female empowerment.     OG Pro skateboarder David Hackett and Nor Cal skater and well known photographer Bryce Kanights, also gave intro’s on my past & present skate history. My acceptance  speech included a message for future generations of girls out there.   Huge thanks to Joan Jett, Kenny Laguna, Blackheart Records, and Greg Oliver for Joan’s awesome video...

Photography Ian Logan   It always starts with one piece of furniture that you scored on sale… Next thing you know you are totally revamping your entire living room to make the new piece fit perfectly, and look good with everything else. I blame this one on H.D. Buttercup’s Warehouse sale. I had almost gotten out of there free & clear, when my husband spotted a comfy living room chair we just “had to have”, luckily it had a “sold” sticker on it so we dogged that bullet. But right after, I spotted a small couch/love seat for an unbelievable low price, and I knew it had to come home with us. I fully believed it would fit in the spot of an antique chair we were planning on getting rid of, but I was a bit off on that – to say the least. The good thing was, it forced us to really re-think how we viewed our living room. We had been working with the same configuration of furniture for many years, and it was getting a bit boring, to say the lea...

    Huge thanks to Grind TV for featuring my work with Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word on their site this past week for International Women’s Day – that was a huge surprise and so very nice to be featured alongside of Olympic Skier Lindsey Vonn, Pro surfer Sally Fitzgibbons and Olympic snowboarder Hannah Teter. You can read the entire article on the GrindTV site HERE    

  I loved getting a chance to write another article for the  espnW website . This time I covered Christin Rose’s new photo project She Plays, We Win, that showcases girls ages 7-15 doing the sports they love. You can see all the girls photos and their inspiring quotes over at espnW . These girls skateboard, surf, do rodeo and even drive race cars. Pretty cool subject for me to get to cover!