*Anonymous* 5-28-09

This model is a real pro and absolutely beautiful! but due to the nature of the shoot, she wished to remain anonymous. I hope to work with her again very soon in a setting where we can totally show her off!

This shoot was for my "Confessions"series, the first one I ever attempted, which I decided to revive. This model's theme is fear of commitment, manifested in her phrase "Once I have it, I don't want it."

Nicole 12-10-08

I had SUCH a hard time keeping this one under wraps for so long, but the photos were meant to be a Christmas present, and the client went out of town til New Years, so I couldn't unveil the photos for risk of ruining the surprise!!!

Nicole found me through Anisey, a mutual friend that I've worked with a couple of times, and asked me to take these photos of her as a gift for her boyfriend...and what a small world, her boyfriend is a guy that was in my tightest circle of friends in high school!

I love how these came out, and I hope the recipient liked them as well! ;D

Anisey 7-26-08

This is the first shoot in another series I'm working on specifically for a gallery exhibit I am working on...the series is called "Creative Expressions", and in a nutshell, the concept is people expressing themselves creatively...painting, dancing, cooking, playing instruments...only naked. nothing distracting from them doing what they love, just the person and their art...

Anisey, an old co-worker of mine, volunteered for the series, having been a cellist since childhood...and being a brave enough soul to strip in front of a random person and in front of a camera knowing the world would see her so vulnerable...

I think the photos came out beautiful, and I was able to work out a lot of the kinks from the first studio set-up...

Three for the price of one!

for the next shoot (3/16/08), I was scheduled to photograph Lindsey, an old co-worker of mine, for both the exotic make-up and confessions series. My best friend Kary-Anne, who is a trained make-up artist and a professional hairstylist, agreed to come along on the shoot...when we arrived, not only did we find Lindsey ready for her close-up, but also her best friend Irene and her little sister Kim!

the make-up and hair took FOREVER (that's just kary's style though lol) and you can tell from the photos that the models didn't have TOO much experience posing and I didn't have TOO much experience directing yet, but overall we had a lot of fun, and that's always the most important thing...

Lindsey





Irene





Kim





the group

Sakura 3-2-08

this was my first ever "photoshoot" as you can surely tell by the quality of the photos lol Sakura volunteered to be a part of my first series of photos (that actually launched the whole "me photographing people" thing) which I called "Confessions"...basically people just writing their secrets, dreams, etc. on themselves and letting me photograph them. my original idea was that the people's faces would not be showing, though for almost every photo from this series that is not the case =)

Sakura got pregnant around this time, give or take a week, and I'd like to think this shoot might have had something to do with the conception ;) seeing as her boyfriend Andrew was sitting in on the shoot the whole time! lol