Jennie 4-6-08

My first shoot in April was with a childhood fried of mine who I hadn't seen in YEARS, Jennifer...She is an aspiring model/actress, and wanted help with her portfolio, so there I was!


I did the make-up for this shoot as well...this was my first shoot involving costume changes lol the indian costume was pretty exotic, I must say...this shoot also taught me that a model tanning before a photoshoot is a bad idea! lol i had to throw away a whole roll of film because Jennie's bikini lines were more of a focus than her lovely face!!!

this was shot at FIU University Park campus, in the Education building, and it turned out some of my favorite photos to date...

Laura 3-28-08

For my last shoot in March, I had a session with my buddy Laura from FIU...we'd had a few classes together, but otherwise we'd had kinda limited communication...I guess she liked the results of the shoot, because she referred me her cousin just a couple months later!

I thought her make-up looked great, and really popped! We had our shoot at FIU University Park campus at the Architecture Building

Jennicke 3-18-08

I photographed my sister just for kicks, and we went off on the make-up lol...basically this "shoot" was our response to my husband and his cousin being entertained, so we decided to entertain ourselves...


yeah, this was just us being silly lol


I actually like this one if it weren't for the flash...


and I actually really REALLY like this one...

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

Vicki 3-12-08

This was my second shoot, which was meant to be an "exotic" make-up shoot, but with Vicki's green eyes, I decided to just go subtle with some red and purple eyeshadow to bring out the color...

this is the first of MOST of my shoots where I did the make-up in addition to photographing the models...

we shot this at FIU University Park campus, specifically in the VH and Architecture buildings.

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

backdating...

so, I have been taking photos "professionally" (and I say that very loosely, meaning "while getting paid or with the purpose of getting paid") since February 2008, but this blog has only existed since August 2008, so I am going to dedicate an entry to each of the photo shoots I have had, until I am up to date =)

big things have happened for my photography as a business in these short 6 months, and I hope to show the journey through this blog.

and now, a warning!



<3, Desiree