Stills of Life

Full time model, Luciana Cid, emotionally opens up her past of being bullied during middle school to high school, learning from industry lessons, failures, mistrust, earning a business degree, falling in love with a good man, and our humorous curiosity on why numerous attractive women enroll to Arizona for college.

Model, actor, event lover, Summer Le shares her life’s chapters from moving to America from Vietnam, being a creative artist, revealing misconceptions about her, experiencing harrassment from men, and her personal, signifcant goals within her passion.

Director, writer, and actor, Kate Surinskaya, shares her personal journey from Russia to Los Angeles to be a fulltime filmmaker — especially her deeply, emotional short film, Parallels, after losing her mother at a young age.

Part 2. Isaac talks about photography, his father/son trip, and what his perfect day would be.

Model with two college degrees, Maci Ryder, rocks her name, removes the book cover, and opens up about her journey to becoming a model, the sacrifices and guts, her surprising willingness to fly to Istanbul and why, how to protect yourself as a young model, her view on OnlyFans, and her ongoing hindrance of scoliosis, but nothing will stand in her way.

Man of mystery, Isaac Yi, opens up about his discovery of mechanical engineering, his crucial decision to become Christian at UC Berkeley, the values and compassion to serve on a mission’s trip to Thailand, his emotional chapter of losing his mother in 2015, and sharing his thoughts and perspectives of the challenges of Christian dating.

Established fashion stylist, Carlee Wallace, reveals a glimpse into her cosmopolitan background on fashion design, taking positive risks, sacrifices, gutsy decisions, her take on artists' fear, and a surprise twist on what car she drives for a 6 ft. tall woman.

Model turned actor, Isabella Brenza, reveals her creative passion of narrative storytelling, love of badass characters, the endless hustle, the question of committment, sacrifices, her favorite film, her decision for being nude in ‘Euphoria,’ the differences between modeling and Onlyfans, and her wonderful time on ‘Rebel Moon.’

Fashion stylist, Amia Serrano, recounts her journey from an admin lab job for the government in New York to achieving her blissful passion for the fashion industry. She shares what it takes, how to become a stylist, how to resolve conflict, and why sincere relationships are important to her.

From Mexico to Los Angeles, Michelle Reyes chased her dream as a creative digital artist for multiple clients, brands, managing expectations, always learning new lessons, challenging skills, and planning her future empire of creative domination.

Fashion photographer and director, Michele Laurita, relives, shares, and educates her incredible, cosmopolitan life of being an artist, the importance of business terms, love of Profoto, professional expectations on set, and some wonderful stories of shooting high talent!

Ukrainian model, Solomia, emotionally reveals her horrifying experience of waking up to the Russian invasion, the distant bombings, sirens, fleeing to safety to her friends’ basement, saying goodbye to her husband who became a soldier that same day, and her voluntary efforts to help her home country, Ukraine.

The ongoing journey continues as Frankie opens up about the future challenges and humble blessings of another mission trip, financial aid, his legacy or none, and his ambitious hospitality project goals. Stay tuned for the post-credit’s scene where Frankie surprises me with a thoughtful gift from Thailand.

Location manager, Jeff Shepherd, expresses the crucial significance of being a location manager for films and television. From Michigan to UCLA to Hollywood, Jeff shares some memorable stories like surviving the LA riots, the big quake, and the art of dealmaking and negotiating property owners for securing settings for films and television.

Ever wonder what it’s like to be an agent in a talent agency like CAA? Creative artist, Lingie Park, shares some great anecdotal stories about working in the fast-paced, tremendous world at Creative Arts Agency for many years, his accomplishments, what kept him up, challenges, the partnerships, and his next chapter of his journey into creating stories of his own.

From hospitality management to sommelier to all around chef, Frankie Rodono knew early in his life that he had a servant’s heart which led him to his calling to fly to Thailand to serve, teach, cook, and guide dozens of underprivileged but enthusiastic kids and teenagers for 11 months. We also share our love and sadness for Anthony Bourdain who had a major impact on our lives. Towards the end of t...

Film director, Jason Nguyen, is a creative director for Westbrook Media who has directed social content for Will Smith, Alicia Keys, and many others. Jason opens up about his lifelong passion of genre films, guilty pleasure movie, his review of ‘Emancipation,’ newfound superpower of Muay Thai boxing, and his ambitious goal for 2023.

Still photographer and car enthusiast, Eddy Chen, openly shares a glimpse of his journey of his highlights, difficult obstacles, negotiating, the true value of stills for marketing, importance of usage rights, and a touching story of working with The Weeknd for HBO’s ‘The Idol.’

LA Model, Ezenwa Ilabor, opens up about being bullied while growing up, working in the corporate advertising world, living in multiple places as a sense of adventure like Ghana and Oregon, and her newlyfound passion for modeling.

When I met Jaelynn for a photo shoot, I thought she was Kate Bosworth’s double or decoy or both. We had an animated chat about her life as a model, transitioning to Los Angeles from Indiana, the MeToo movement, her long-term plans, and potential acting goals!

Producer and writer, John Trefry, divulges the significance of a film producer, his philosophy on diligence vs. luck, how to pitch scripts to executives, working with his sister, how to resolve conflict with difficult people, and the thriving nature of fatherhood and making movies. 21. John Trefry Billy Moon ‘5150’ Directed by Denzel Whitaker. Written by John Trefry and Denzel Whitaker. Starring J...

Filmmaker turned clothing designer, Jason Poon, opens up on losing both his parents at a young age, what it’s like growing up without them, his resurgence to film directing, love of street photography, connecting with artists, finding romance, and he may launch his own podcast.

Billy and Palonia gush, nerd, and geek out on 'Stranger Things' and how they dream to be part of season 5. Spoilers included so beware.

Model turned creative designer, Palonia dishes on the modeling life, what teens don’t know, her love of films and the 80’s, the hard life lessons, and L.A. being quite a character itself.

Film director, Soma Helmi, describes her passion for science fiction and making movies. Would she direct James Bond? Tune in to find out.