Kary-Anne 4-23-09

Wow, I am REALLY behind on posting shoots!

This was basically an impromtu shoot that Kary and I decided to do in the middle of the night...I'd never done an outdoor shoot at night, but I am very pleasantly surprised by the images.

insanity!!! (1-18-09)

First off, HISTORY WILL BE MADE TODAY! GOBAMA!!!

:ahem:

Secondly, hi! LOL

This past weekend, my BFF Kary (you remember, the pro hairstylist/MAC make-up artist) joined forces with me to photograph a gaggle of girls (five in total, three of which I had never worked with before) to benefit both our portfolios...

What resulted was a hectic, fun, crazy 11 hour shoot, and almost 1000 amazing images!!!

The first shoot of the day was a newbie, Christie...Kary did a crazy duochrome look that I called "the storm" LOL Christie came out beautiful, and the make-up was amazing!

My next victim was Jennicke...We had her shoot outdoors, which was a bit challenging because by the time she was out of hair and make-up, the light was fading fast...We got a few great shots, but I was a bit upset to find that some of my favorite shots came out irreparably blurry due to the darkness. No worries, we've already made plans to reshoot =)

After Jennicke's shoot, I started with Lynn, who you might remember from the Beautiful Garbage Photography calendar. She had several outfit changes, and was definitely one of the more animated girls in the bunch. Everytime I'd "ooh and ahh!" over a shot, she'd stop the shoot to see for herself, whether it was her shoot or not LOL But her energy and enthusiasm are always appreciated!

The fourth girl of the day (at this point night LOL) was Ana, who I've known since I was 10, but had never shot before...She has a fantastic face for beauty, and the talent to pull off high fashion...absolutely a treat to shoot! She also had several outfit changes, always exciting to shoot a model that contributes! Each of her looks was radically different, but I picked this photo to showcase because it reminds me of a CoverGirl ad. =)

The last shoot of the night featured Jessie, the lead singer of Audio Video Disco, who was an absolute delight to shoot! almost 300 frames, and not a bad shot among them! Jessie is beautiful, and very charismatic. She had a lot of ideas, was very natural and was game for anything, going as far as temporarily blinding herself for the sake of a shot. I really hope to work with her again!

GREAT SHOOT, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO FINISH EDITING SO I CAN SHOW THEM ALL OFF!!!

<3

Kary-Anne 11-20-08

Kary-Anne, my best friend and go-to pro make-up artist and hairstylist was coerced by me ;D into representing Cancer for the month of July in my calendar...

She was fantastic, and provided some of the best shots of the series!!!

yay, Kary!

Melissa and Victoria's actors' headshots 9-7-08

so, I had never worked with actresses before, I'm used to either working with aspiring models or people who have never been in front of a camera at all, so I really didn't know what to expect from these girls...

I am happy to report that both Melissa and Vicky were great sports with all the crazy scenarios I kept throwing at them to get different facial expressions, and were both beautiful and super charismatic. these girls are going to go far!!!

Make-up for this shoot was again provided by Kary-Anne, and the ladies did their own hair and wardrobe. I was very impressed and happy when the girls told me they had actually done their homework as far as the best poses for what they needed and also what colors and wardrobe would work best for them, etc. If all my models were so professional! :sigh: lol

anyways, the editing was provided once again by my husband Kenny, who's getting better and better with every shoot.

Here are some shots from Melissa's shoot...

and some from Vicky's, whom I was extra excited to shoot because I've known her since we were about four, and I always knew she's grow up to be a star!!!

break a leg and some hearts, darlings!!!

<3

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)

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





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