Sandria

I had another chance yesterday to do some photography work with a new model named Sandria - she was so wonderful! Full of life and charm, and absolutely as sweet as can be. She was the most polite model I've ever worked with too!! Saying "thank you" for this and "thank you" for that. Such a dear lady. I'll work with you again anytime hun!! xoxo!

So I did Sandria hair and makeup, and then I set her up under some lights to get these beauty shots. I hope you like them, I sure do!

Paris

Several weeks ago I had a shoot with Marley again (*she was our MAC Barbie look a while back :)) and we were shooting with Don Conrad from Paris Photography. Don did an incredible job once again, bringing out all the subtleties of her beauty with the natural makeup to enhance her lovely features. Gorgeous job Don!

More paint?

So after I did the "paint splash" shoot with Melissa, I've been getting tons of comments on how great the concept was executed and how so many models want those pictures in their portfolios. Last week, we had Fred come in the studio and he wanted orange and blue paint to painted down his face, sort of "terminator" style. :) Tom asked Fred if he could throw his head back and let out a roar and the shots came out really cool! Thanks Fred for being such a great actor and standing the 90 degree weather!!




Then miss Lucy Lovette came in and we had a great time soaking her hair down and doing some beauty makeup to give her a wonderful soft look for her portfolio. Lovely angles and light!

J'Adore Photography

Yes, I am delving into photography now. I bought a camera months ago and have been trying to learn all the ins and outs. I have the advantage of being on hundreds of different types of photoshoots, seeing all sorts of studios, light set ups and equipment AS WELL as being a model myself. For me it's more about enjoying the power of creativity and using light to create different effects. I'm still very much a beginner, and it will probably stay a hobby, but I'm very much enjoying seeing where it takes me. Makeup Artistry will always be my first love, but photography is a close second. :)

I've done a few photoshoots here and there, learning how to use lights and better angles. Last week this lovely lady, Stefanie, came to my studio and she let me play with my new strobes. :) Under my posing direction, she was really quite a nice model!

Floofie

This was another set with Mike and I just got some pics back. Floofie was the model's name, and she is such a sweetheart. We really had fun with the colorful corset and skirt set, and used the blues to create an edgy fashion look to offset the industrial setting. pretty fun stuff!

Velocity

This shoot was last week with a model from out of town named Velocity. She had such a fun personality and brought alot of edge to the shoot. With her flaming hair and lip hoops, it definitely wasn't your run-of-the-mill look! :) And even though it was 90+ degrees out that day, she never complained even when wearing several layers of designer clothes. Mike Lareemore was the photographer, and was alot of fun too. Thanks for a good shoot!

Round 2

This was our second set with Nicki that day - a simplistic beauty headshot to bring out her wonderful cheekbones and lovely facial features. She wanted to have some extreme eyelashes to make it a modern look, and these spotted quail-like lashes emphasized her eyes and brought drama to an otherwise simple beauty look.

Tom, from Inner Beauty Photography, once again captured the perfect lighting and set up for these shots. You're amazing! And for this beauty shot, Tom allowed me to do the editing for it. There is alot more work to skin editing than most people realize, and I'm quite tickled about how beautifully everything came together.

ooooo la la!

Been super busy, having shoots almost everyday, but I wanted to stop a minute and show you some work I just got in. This was with Nicki - she is incredible! So versatile and so so beautiful. We did several looks for her that day, and this is one of the sets. I'll continue to post more as I receive them. You may recognize this picture, as it is a remake of a shot that was done in the 60's - and then Lindsay Lohan redid it her herself a few years back. Nicki bears a resemblance to Lindsay, so it was really fun to recreate it. Beautiful!!



And the headshot...Wow!

Julian and Raven Wilde

I finally had the chance to work with Julian and Raven Wilde (www.wildevision.com) on one of their fantasy shoots. As a memorable creative team, Raven is the wardrobe stylist, and you can see she is truly Julian's right hand woman :) Their creativity and art absolutely sizzles around them! Their photography is not just a photograph - it is artistic beauty in it's purest sense, it's opulence and decadence. Plus they are the nicest people to be around, and the appreciation of beauty is always at its highest pitch.


Shea Marie was the lucky lady to be with us that night, and the whole theme was to be the beauty of the tropics. "Baja!" we kept saying! Definitely one of my favorite shoots so far, and I'm very much looking forward to working with them again!!

just some nonesense

I was working on the computer and a friend sent me a link to youtube video she had made. I ended up surfing around and found this from Twilight. I love this song, and Edward and Bella are yummy :)



And this one I just had to laugh!! So so so Scandalous!!! :D



And since we're talking about crushes I guess, I totally am in love with Kat Von D!!!

just stoppin by...

Seriously, work has been non-stop! Which is a good thing, but yes, I'm tired. :) I need a vacation :) I should have tons of new work flooding my inbox soon, but I got one today so I thought I'd post it. Vanessa is so incredibly lovely, and this picture was so simple and serene. She is beauty itself!



On the flip side, I've had this song stuck in my head for days now! It's a very sweet song, very sad too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKi125iqnFg

Happy 4th

Just wanted to give a little shout out and hope you all had a great 4th of July. Things have been busy, but got to relax for the 4th. Watching the fireworks with my love couldn't be better, but we also went and saw the new Transformers movie - which I'll say was killer. Definitely a worthy second to the first movie (even with some of the annoying things they put in and/or left out). Anyway, here's a peek at some fun stuff a model, Melissa, asked me to do last week. This is not the final picture, but one of the set - thanks again Tom, these were so fun!