4/23/2015

Ruby the RabbitFoot for Nero Magazine shot by Natalie Neal pt II











Photographer: Natalie Neal
Wardrobe Styling: Jessica Meister
Custom Props by Rachel Cardenas Stallings
Make-up Artist: Yasuko Shapiro
Hair Stylist: Gordon Banh
Styling Assistant: Amber Wilson

4/09/2014

petite meller "backpack" marlin remix on promo news today


Today the music video I directed for Petite Meller's "Backpack" Marlin Remix is featured on Promo News' homepage! View the feature here.

4/07/2014

stills from petite meller "backpack" marlin remix video i directed


Directed by Natalie Neal
Producers/ Koko Ntuen, Natalie Neal
Director of Photography/ Tennille Olsen
Second Unit DP/ Chris Duce
Wardrobe Stylist to Petite/ Ashley Pamela Miller
Hair Stylist/ Elisa Hoppenstedt
Make-up Artist/ Yasuko Shapiro
Production Assistant/ Joshua Cobos
Special Thanks/ Ladygunn TV

Cast/ 
Shae Smolik
Milly Bradshaw
Krischelle Delgado

4/03/2014

petite meller music video premiers on nylon magazine


I directed Petite Meller's "Backpack" Marlin remix video that premiered on Nylon Magazine Online today! We had an amazing time filming poolside, having a tea party, using bubble machines, and using Crayons as make-up; we even had Cats on set for filming!



Watch the video here!

3/21/2014

in the sky with diamonds for the pulp zine

I photographed buildings that wear tiaras for The Pulp Zine!














3/20/2014

"hands on" for indie mag up on their blog


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A selection from my "Hands On" series for Indie Magazine is up on their blog today

1/15/2014

NYLON mag's artist in residence

I'm featured today on Nylon Magazine's homepage as their artist in residence! They featured my work in a column that has profiled artists Catherine Opie, Peter Sutherland, and the like. Have a look! http://nylonmag.com/articles/natalie-neal-artist
 
http://nylonmag.com/articles/natalie-neal-artist
 
 
Copy from this feature below.
 
Natalie Neal makes the sort of art that you want to live inside: color-drenched, whimsical, and filled with the type of hard-to-pinpoint charisma that practically jumps right off the pages. The L.A.-based photographer and director shoots for the likes of Ladygunn, Tantrum, and Foam magazine, as well as lending her eye to brands like American Apparel.

So what's her secret? Maybe it's the fact that her studio playlist is stocked with all of our favorites, like Fiona Apple and old-school R&B. Or maybe it's because she also appreciates the genius that is The Babysitter's Club. Either way, we're officially dubbing NYLON's latest Artist In Residence our '90s soulmate (c'mon, she even peppers her work with Lisa Frank stickers!) and after checking out her photos, $10 says she'll be yours too. Meet Neal below.

1. If I had to explain my work to a stranger, I'd say...
I like making stuff about being a woman today, and I like making stuff with a little bit of fantasy in it.
2. Three things that have inspired me this week are...
I was just visiting my parent's house where I grew up and I went through all my old toys and books. There is this book "Bony-Legs" that is so inspiring to me and really shaped my idea of storytelling as a kid. I also picked out all my favorite Barbie furniture and clothes to keep for myself since my mom is getting rid of old stuff. I brought them back to LA with me to photograph.
3. My ultimate muse is...
Mary Blair. She makes me think about what is magical in the world; that perspective helps me breathe life into the stuff I make. She was a visionary and pioneer at Disney during a time when hardly any women worked there. She reminds me I can do stuff that is hard and accomplish things that are unlikely.
4. My studio soundtrack includes...
Fiona Apple's new album, Mariah Carey's Butterfly, and basically any pop or R&B from the late '90s. If I'm alone or I need to relax I like listening to Stan Getz or Jobim.
5. The weirdest thing that's ever happened to me on the job was...
On one of my shoots a couple years ago a 7 or 8-person E! Channel TV crew randomly showed up (by the permission of the modeling agency, not by myself) because they were apparently going to interview our models for a show. There were 5 models on set, their parents, all of my crew, and we were shooting this birthday party scene in a tiny living room of a house. We were super smushed on this cramped set and they went nuts interviewing everyone for like an hour! I had no idea they were coming and no time in our schedule, so me and my stylist kept shooing them out but they wouldn't leave. It was the strangest thing that's happened to me on any movie or photo set, period.
6. My dream project is...
To be the creator of a re-vamped version of The Babysitter's Club for TV that is targeted to smart teenagers and people in their 20s instead of kids and tweens (like the old Babysitter's Club show was). It would be set in the '90s, and hold all the drama and intrigue of Mad Men and My So Called Life combined!

1/11/2014