Jennie 11-9-08

For such an eventful shoot, the actual photographing for this session was ironically very "quick and painless" as we put it lol

We had to change location for the shoot three times in a matter of 20 minutes, after being chased out of places by cops, a co-ed beatdown that we feared would end in a shootout, and people robbing the sleeping homeless...incredible!

We ended up back in the original location, and got 100 shots in a matter of 10 minutes...the scenery, lighting and model were beautiful, and everything just clicked, pun intended.

Jennie is a Beautiful Garbage favorite, and she is opening up the calendar being featured on the January page, representing Capricorn.

I edited these photos myself, along with the 2 in the NEXT post, though Kenny edited all of the other photos in both sets (hey, I got impatient! I was excited to post so I had to take matters into my own hands! lol)

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 ;)

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...