Thelma's Hair and Make-up Trial 8-21-08

so, this past week we got together with Thelma and a couple of her bridesmaids, Claudia and Carla, to work on some hairstyles and plan Thelma's big day make-up...

the hair and make-up is being provided by my best friend Kary-Anne, who is a professional certified hairstylist and make-up artist...

if you're in the South Florida area and would like to contact her, BTW, her myspace is http://www.myspace.com/384728193

my husband Kenny has gotten REALLY GOOD at editing photos and he's also very enthusiastic to be a part of Beautiful Garbage lol so he did the editing for these pictures...

in any case, here's a few photos from the night, and I posted a few more both on my myspace page and on my deviantart account (links can be found at the top of the page)

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...

Jennie 7-20-08

my first "studio" shoot...using my $60 light kit from eBay and a sheet set that I SHOULD have taken out of it's packaging more than 1 hour before the shoot, but hey...growing pains, right? lol

the set-up


this was SUPPOSED to be a pin-up shoot, but because it was for Jennie's portfolio, I didn't argue when she showed up with three less than pin-up-y outfits to shoot in...I think they came out pretty good though, considering the circumstances...and she LOVED them, which is the most important thing!

actually, these photos have started me branching in a whole new VERY PAID area in my photography career, so I guess really THAT'S the most important thing ;)

Sakura 6-28-08

another repeat offender shoot! ;)

Sakura and I had no idea really what we were going to do for this shoot lol only that we were given the opportunity to shoot at the historic Hialeah Park, which is a historical landmark...you have to pull a lot of strings to be able to set foot there, let alone photograph there!

This was my first official shoot as "Beautiful Garbage Photography"...before I had been going by "Photography by Desiree..."

She showed up in costume and we just let the surroundings guide the shoot...Sakura was 15 weeks pregnant here, and I think her face has a nice little glow to it! lol

Vicki 6-8-08

My first repeat offender! LOL Vicki and I did something of a spin on the "gowns" series...she thought of doing something we called "Princess goes Punk", which started out as just a regular "gowns" shoot but morphed into something a little more edgy...

We shot this at El Prado in the Gables...one of my fave shoots to date!

Elias 5-18-08

Elias is only the second male I've ever shot, and he happens to be Jennie's little brother...you can tell from the photos that this family has some very photogenic genes! lol Elias is also aspiring to model, so we shot these for his portfolio...(no make-up here either! lol)

these were shot at the same place I had my first shoot with his sister, at the Education building at FIU University Park Campus

Carol (MM# 572668) 5-16-08

i met Carol on a modeling website, and she was interested in adding to her portfolio, so we agreed to meet up for a shoot...it was kind of nerve-wracking meeting someone new and having a shoot with them knowing they were experienced models that were possibly expecting more than I could give, but we had a great time and Carol really loved her shots!!!

this was shot at the Architecture building at FIU University Park campus.

Natalia 5-4-08

Natalia was my last photoshoot of the weekend and my first guinea pig in a series I had thought up that really is just known as "gowns"...sorry for the lack of pizzazz lol basically, I just wanted to photograph girls in dresses that make them feel fabulous, and I was hoping to get some fashion/editorial posing in there as well...

The shoot took place at El Prado at the Gables, and I must say I am in love with A LOT of photos from this set!

Michelle 5-3-08

My third photoshoot in May was with Michelle, half of my favorite set of fraternal twins lol We had the shoot at her house, with her dog Linda watching =)

Larry 5-3-08

as mentioned in the previous posts, Larry's was one of four shoots that took place over the span of a weekend, which I must say was very hectic but also a LOT of fun...

I'm pretty sure Larry just wanted hot new pix for his myspace (lol) and I was more than happy to oblige! Jennicke was on hand as my "assistant", though she mostly just sat with my extra camera and lenses to make sure no one stole them ;)

Larry is not wearing any make-up, BTW lol





Larry had a little "help" from my assistant in this one ;)

Kimberly Hope 5-2-08

Kimmie is Laura's cousin (you remember Laura, right? from a few posts back? lol) She kicked off the month of May, which started with 4 shoots in three days! Kimmie's took place on a Friday, then I had Larry Saturday morning and Michelle Saturday afternoon before winding down the weekend with Natalia on Sunday...

Kimmie was another one of my victim's for the exotic make-up series, hence another one that I made up (let's just say for all purposes that unless otherwise mentioned, I did the make-up for EVERY shoot, just because it's easier to take that fact for granted than to have to mention it in every post lol). Kimmie's make-up was actually inspired by the charms on her necklace and her love of rainbows in general...

her boyfriend Chris and cousin Laura were present for the shoot, and although Chris was adamant about not being in ANY photos, I managed to catch him in a couple...

this was shot at the new Business building at FIU University Park campus...






i HATE that window or whatever that is in the background, but this picture was completely a matter of me catching a moment and was in no way posed, so I didn't want to even bother moving them and asking them to re-enact it for fear that the new image wouldn't have the same emotion...

the Sadler twins 4-27-08

this shoot was actually inspired by a photo the twins already had on their myspaces, of them in indian inspired body paint...I had each of the girls paint each other, which is why the painting doesn't match..I just wanted the photos to be an expression of the girls, both individually and together...

the lighting was a bit of a challenge here, but overall I got the feeling I wanted from the photos, and this shoot turned out one of my favorite photos ever!!!

Vanessa







Alexis







the twins

Marilu & the fam 4-19-08

this client was someone I went to high school with...she wanted some sexy photos for her fiancee and then some photos of her son Danny...

there were SEVERAL clothes and make-up changes to this shoot...location changes as well...it was hectic, but very fun!

some of Marilu's shots...







and some of Danny

Andres and Yesenia 4/12/08

my first paid event shoot! Andres was a co-worker of my husband's, and he asked me to be the photographer for his baby shower...