Eyelash Extensions Instructional Video

My client Aesthetic Video Source does instructional videos for beauty professionals around the world. I've worked with them for a few years doing the stills for the videos. You could say I get quite the beauty education seeing and being apart of the process. Putting eyelashes on takes FOREVER and a day! One eye lash at a time. Wow. It literally looks like surgery or what I would imagine the attention to small small details would be. My favorite lashes are the multicolored ones. So fun! The girls have 2-3 weeks of beautiful lashes before they must get fillers.
Eyes are truly fascinating and beautiful. Each person's eye is a sea of color & dimension. I have photographed numbers of eyes in my day. Pigeons People. In pigeon racing the colors of the eye, circles and so on mean different things about the bird. The Pigeon racing connoisseur can tell if this bird is a breed to be a champion bird. How funny would it be if humans were scaled the same way. This one fine Bird(girl). I guess you could call me a pretty bird specialist. Ha Ha :)
I love the crew. We have a great time. One of guys was drinking Pepsi with Tobassco and claimed that was happiness. No, no no thats Cokes claim.



















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Eyelash & Beauty Photography by Cass Studios Natalie Cass www.cassstudios.com

Model Portfolio Nique Eastman

This was shot all in one fruitful location. This model Nique is a personal trainer/ Pole dancer and wanted to expand her income source with modeling. It was a fun shoot.
















Model Portfolio Photographer Salt Lake City Utah Natalie Cass Cass Studios

Sundance Film Festival 2009

So it was fun and a lot of foot work covering the festival. Park City turns into this different place, parking is impossible, people are everywhere looking to spot any celebrity. While I'm running around assignment to assignment all over the town. I covered movie premiers, panels, parties, & forums. I only saw a handful of movies that were very interesting. This short film Rite was so beautifully done and so creepy.







When I did see a celebrity on the street it was utter madness that helped with spotting. There is a swarm of people, paparazzi, teens running after this person to see them. That's gotta do something for your ego. It was more interesting for me to watch this swarm then to be a participant in it.
I did meet alot of very interesting people from around the world. The epic of story telling is obviously the underline theme of the festival but I think people get far to caught up in the hype. In between assignments one night I hung out with this Band Dolphin City and they were alot of fun. Good music. They had a number one fan there making out with each of them.



The inauguration was going on during the festival. Sundance had an event on main street that people attended. That for me was one of the coolest things I covered. The whole nation is watching. People are emotional. Times are changing.





So would I do it again? Yes, I actually will want to be on the side of submitting a film. I already have my speech suedo ready (saw SO many). I would also have a few more things in my tool belt. I do know what to expect now.

Salt Lake City Utah Photographer Natalie Cass, covering The Sundance Film Festival. Website www.cassstudios.com

Model Portfolio Utah

Here is a recent model portfolio I did for actor/musician Anthony Green. He is currently rehearsing for Phantom of the Opera. His voice is amazing, very talented.

Waiting for Forever

This is a recent film I worked on in the Salt Lake Valley as the set Still Photographer. It was a 23 day shot which feels like 46 days because of the hours you work by the end. As a set photographer I have accepted my role as "in the way" " in the reflection" "in the eye line". It feels like walking on egg shells which naturally one my talents isn't grace so this was something I had to be hyper conscience about. The Director James Keach is one of the most kind directors I have worked with. If there was simply no room for me and they wanted stills James would run the scene again for me which startled me the first day. I'm used to ninja gorilla style PR photography on set. So that was refreshing. I guess thats the price you have to pay for movie lighting.
By the end of the shot I am physically, mentally exhausted and highly emotional. A long day is now reference to a 19 hour day! A few days before the end, we were doing this daddy dying scene and I had a difficult time being there comfortably. The acting was so natural that I got all chocked up and had to walk off set. I've never had that experience on set. After the shot it takes me a few weeks to adjust back to real time with the normal rhythm of my life.

The story is interesting. The lead Will Donner is in his pajamas the entire film. Which makes life easy for wardrobe! His character is endearing as you follow him along. Tom Sturridge is a fun actor to watch when its his moment. All in all we had a talented dynamic crew & fantastic cast.
The film is about young man Will Donner (Tom Sturridge) who's happily unemployed and heads to Hollywood to spend the rest of his life with a 25-year-old actress who also happens to be his childhood girlfriend Emma Twist (Bilson). Nikki Blonsky and Blythe Danner have also been cast in the film. The film is directed by James Keach.
The website is not live that I am aware of. This is the IMDB link that will have data when data is available.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1296898/

Photos by Utah Movie Photographer Natalie Cass, website www.cassstudios.com.

Red Canyon, Movie releases

Out of thousands of photographs from this movie they chose this one for the cover. This image was shot inside this cave that was simulating a meth lab in southern Utah in the middle of nowhere. Did I mention this movie changed my life in the retrospec that I will never be the same. Anyone that worked on that film is bonded for life. When asked about the experience one's eyes look up and over and they get lost in trying to explain the Loco experience in the desert. I can't watch scary movies after working on many. Ahh...
The movie is at different film festivals right now.

Here is a preview:

Utah Movie Photographer Natalie Cass

American Mall, MTV movie

American Mall- the newest musical produced by the producers of High School Musical and MTV. The film was shot completely in Utah at the Provo Mall of all places in the middle of winter. The movie is about a girl who wants to follow her dreams as a musician or follow the practical path of business that her mom recommends. Along the way she meets this hunk who falls in love with her. He gets distracted by a lovely lady who can make all his dreams come true.
The first day of set I got stuck in a blizzard and was a few hours late. I along with a few other photographers did the production stills for American Mall.
It was fun working on set. During lunch I would grab some of the camera guys and play with the musical instruments. It didn't sound that fantastic but it was a fun time.

American Mall premiered on MTV Aug 11th, DVD's available on Aug 12th.













Here is a music video that was created that was fun. It's funny that this 3 minute music video was a 16 hour day. This song is permanently embedded in my sub conscience.




To find out more about the film please visit the website http://www.theamericanmall.com

Utah Movie Photographer Natalie Cass http://www.cassstudios.com