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but yea... to tell you the truth, I'm kind of angry at Ayu. I learned to accept myself through Ayu but after seeing her tamper with her already extremely beautiful self, I'm losing the Ayu magic and reevaluating my values. Last edited by octolina; 10th August 2009 at 08:33 AM. |
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Even if she expression is the same in all shots, she still looks damn hot
That's all though lol. |
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Okay. i like the outfits (as pretty much always) and i like her hair in the last pic. But i'd like to know who's that girl. I'm starting to miss the ayu that looks like ayu. I'm really tired of the dead looking ayu. At least i can a look at all the pictures, unlike that gross pic from the S Cawaii photoshoot @cutieismylife: that gif is funny, but u forgot this: It's also the same expression from the sunrise cover. Go figure. I love the nails tho lol
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Last edited by naxxo.licious™; 10th August 2009 at 08:44 AM. |
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i would like to see more variety in facial expressions, but she does still look really beautiful...
love the gif ! >.< Thanks for these! and thanks for the textless ones!
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I'm feeling worse and worse about Ayu. Not so much her music (though I've been sad a few times about that, too), but her image is really starting to be...not in my taste anymore. I swear by my entire estate that she got a nose job right before the NEXT LEVEL PV, and her photoshoots are looking less and less glamorous. She doesn't have an image that she can say is "Ayu" anymore. In the past you could be like, "that's an Ayu photoshoot," but now... I don't know what she's trying to do. Look super super young? She looks like how she did when she was 17. She can't try to look like a teenager anymore. It's getting almost disgusting. What's weird is that she's trying to look super young in most of these, but looks super old obaa-san like in the second photo. On the bright side, it doesn't look like she used as much photoshop this time around. That makes me really happy.
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Her photoshoots went downhill after the summer CD DATA for glitter, haha. -sigh-
Last really good one imo was the one Sweet issue that she had the rainbow outfit in, and the Cawaii that Leslie Kee shot in 2008 with her MW hair. Lately, I've kind of just been tuning out her magazine shoots because of how different they've gotten in the last year or two. I remember when she used to have 3 different photographers shooting her [ND CHOW, some guy who works with Harper's Bazaar, and some other notable photographers..] and not just.. Kazuyoshi every.. single.. time.. sometimes I hope that I'll look at the "PHOTOGRAPHER" credit and not see him, but.. -tears up-.
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Last edited by truehappiness; 10th August 2009 at 09:05 AM. |
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At least Kazuyoshi didn't shoot the latest Vivi issue~
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He did.
http://www.avgvst.com/photographers/ks/profile.htm Here is his portfolio.. when Beyonce popped up, I was thinking.. NO. It appears he also did the recent Mirrorcle World / GREEN / Zest SPARK CM photoshoots too.. does Ayu think he's a genius or something? http://www.avgvst.com/photographers/...5HondaZest.htm ...huh.. http://www.avgvst.com/photographers/...cket_index.htm http://www.avgvst.com/photographers/...over_index.htm
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Last edited by truehappiness; 10th August 2009 at 09:16 AM. |
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Well, to be honest... I do think he's not a very good photographer, and he's a bad director... But like, I don't think that everything is really his fault. I mean, I'm sure I used to blame everything on him sucking, but not EVERYTHING he's done has been bad... And I can't really blame him for Ayu's face suddenly looking so weird. |
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oh god he did...well at least the vivi photoshoot wasn't that bad...well just because ayu wasn't looking straight into the camera...
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Not everything's his fault, but I do think that after he stepped in, things took a turn for the worse.
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Thanks for posting the scans! But this time I have to agree, I don't like those pics. Her face looks same in every pic. But I love her nails and outits.
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I wonder if she saw herself in the mirror ? ! oh ! god ! i hate those pictures ~~!
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None of these were shot by him. Yet they look as if they were. I'm starting to think ayu's the one with the problem. She even makes the fish mouth in her entries pictures.
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Last edited by naxxo.licious™; 10th August 2009 at 09:36 AM. |
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About dear Kazuyoshi: I am looking through his online portfolio. I am actually impressed. He has a range of clients and some of his work is really good. He has shot so many ads for so many brands and so many celebrities. *thumbs up* Last edited by octolina; 10th August 2009 at 09:38 AM. |
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Actually, people thought she got a nosejob before that.. like way before that.. haha. So, I dunno what changed for people haha. Though I don't think it's really something that's actually happened.. if you look at her behind the scenes and all that, she looks the same as she always has.
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Ayu's been looking dead/emotionless in her expressions for quite a while now, and it's something I've come to expect with these type of shoots, but in this one it looks like she's trying too hard to look half her age and the result is that she only looks like herself in one of the pics. When she's not trying to look younger, she actually looks better.
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Lol, ok, calm down guys. If anything, fashion changes. And we all know a lot of different people play a part in a photoshoot, so you couldn't put majority of the blame on Ayu when you don't know exactly what goes on behind the scenes, despite her having a lot of 'control' over her image. Photographer being a factor of a good or bad photshoot aside, concepts are firstly chosen and coordinated by the photoshoot team, right? (I'm just assuming, so feel free to correct me.) Ayu couldn't possibly have the time or energy to meddle with every aspect. Maybe her tastes are changing, in a way many of you (even I) dislike, but I don't think it reflects a change in her character, so calm down~~
Also, I seriously doubt she's trying to look like a teenager. Just because someone (as most women do) likes to look a bit more youthful or girly, it doesn't mean that they're trying to act young (up to the extent of under 20 o.0). About having an image...cripes, trying to decide whether someone has an image with a handful of photoshoots? Ok, I know she hasn't been looking fabulous, maybe even pretty bad (Sunrise cover x_x), but the ViVi book? That wasn't THAT long ago (depends on your perspective), and she was stunning there. Ups and downs, you know? Is an Ayu 'image' based on photos? To me, she's an artist, part idol, but not an idol who's as dependent on visual concepts as full idols are. Back to the photos. I don't like them much, but I don't have a beef with them either. I'd like to blame the lighting if possible. Remember, lighting, not only make-up, can do wonders. p.s. to the single eyelids comment: ...what's wrong with single eyelids? -__- |
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Ok.. very bad!! Same expression, hair doesnt suit her (at all) and ugly outfits.. But, thank you for scans, of course..
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