Ania Kesiak Nails

COMPETITION NAILS BY ANIA KESIAK

Ania Kesiak is an award-winning nail artist based in Glasgow. She runs the Beauty Beehive salon in St. George’s Cross and she also happens to be my sister. I wrote about photographing her throughout the years before, but I thought it was about time I did a post about various work I’ve done for her in a professional capacity. Ania has taken part in numerous nail competitions throughout the years, a lot of them included a photographic element and she’s won most of them (honestly, it’s quite sickening - the list of all the trophies and titles she’s won so far would take a whole separate blog entry). Below you can find some of my favourites and bear in mind that all of the nail creations you see were done from scratch with acrylic by hand!

Clinetix - Be You Campaign

Clinetix is an award-winning rejuvenation clinic with locations in Bothwell and Glasgow's West End. At the end of last year, I had the pleasure of shooting their "Be You" marketing campaign promoting bespoke treatments aimed at people of various ages and walks of life. The shoot took place at 29 Glasgow and Dakota Hotel as well as outdoors on Buchanan Street. Hair and make up by Carly Gray.

Behind the scenes:

Caroline Stewart Bridal Make Up

I've worked with Caroline Stewart on numerous shoots throughout the years, she's a brilliant makeup artist and a pleasure to have around (that last bit always helps!). Caroline got in touch a couple of months ago and asked me to take some promotional images for the bridal side of her makeup business. Kirsty Low from Model Team was our face for the day and we spent a gorgeous sunny afternoon in Edinburgh taking pictures. All shot with natural light (although we did use a diffuser and a reflector throughout). Have a look below: