Samantha 6-14-09

Samantha is an old childhood friend/friend of the family that I hadn't seen in about a decade, so imagine our surprise when we show up to shoot and see each other! It made the shoot all the more fun, for sure. We got together to work on a series that I'm starting simply called "Dancers" where people trained in different dance styles basically show me what they've got, but in a setting that they might not be used to performing in. For Samantha's shoot, we stayed on that same shady corner that we shot Caroll's photos in earlier that day, seeing as the graffiti-ed wall was Samantha's idea.

The shoot was cut short because of the rain, but the 15-20 minutes we shot produced some of the most beautiful photos I have ever shot, in my opinion...

Caroll 6-14-09

These photos were taken on the shadiest corner of Downtown I have ever had the privilege of standing on LOL But I am very happy with this images of Caroll, one of which was published in Estilo magazine in Honduras. The photo is in the October issue, so I am currently waiting for the magazine to reach the US so I can scan the tearsheet :)

IMAIM 6-13-09

ok, so I've been VERY disappeared, but I am have good reason! The logistics of putting together this year's calendar have been CRAZY! It seems the more time I gave myself to plan for unfortunate circumstances, the more unfortunate circumstances I've run into...

But I digress...

These photos were taken the same day as the Lissett and Yvette shoot. They were taken at a rock festival at Optimist Park in Miami Lakes, and they feature a band called IMAIM. I'm not much into thrash, but these guys kick ass!

Lissett and Yvette 6-13-09

first off, 50th post! woo hoo! LOL

Secondly, this is the second shoot of the 12 for next year's 2010 Swimsuit Calendar...the girls featured are sisters named Lissett and Yvette, and here are a couple of my favorite shots (though of course, not my FAVORITE favorite. As I've said before, the best shot will only be available for viewing in the calendar itself)...

Kellie 6-9-09

This is another shoot I did for the Confessions series...The model's message is one of ambition, manifested by her statement "Anything you can do, I can do better!"

Kellie was very sweet, and completely professional. I look forward to working with her again, and expect she will have much success!

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!