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!

*Anonymous* 5-28-09

This model is a real pro and absolutely beautiful! but due to the nature of the shoot, she wished to remain anonymous. I hope to work with her again very soon in a setting where we can totally show her off!

This shoot was for my "Confessions"series, the first one I ever attempted, which I decided to revive. This model's theme is fear of commitment, manifested in her phrase "Once I have it, I don't want it."

Cristy and Jorge 5-23-09

This shoot was a lot of fun, it's always great to work with friends :)

Cristiana and Jorge have been together for about as long as my husband and I have, and they are finally getting married this September! So we all went out to get some engagement photos for them to use for their invitations...

I'll also be shooting their wedding in the fall, and I'm very much looking forward to it! <3>

Caroll and Alejandra 5-16-09

This session was the first of twelve that I am going to be shooting throughout the year for the Beautiful Garbage Photography 2010 Swimsuit Calendar. I'm trying to give a fashion twist to regular swimsuit modeling, because it is so easy to be cliche and overly sexy in swimwear...so the whole calendar is going to be of women paired up modeling their suits in a sexy, classy way in found spaces where one wouldn't expect to find women in swimsuits...

The first girls that shot for this concept were Caroll, a Beautiful Garbage newcomer, and Alejandra, whom I shot in March for the Eyes concept.

Here are some of my favorite shots from the set, though like last year's calendar, the absolute BEST photo from the shoot will only be available for viewing in the actual calendar (not even the models will see the best photo until the calendar is released) so this is just a preview of what's to come...

AVD 4-26-09

We finally got around to starting on Audio Video Disco's album art last month...We did a studio shoot were we got some individual shots of each girl, including a new addition to the band, Josie...next month we will be working on the group shots, and then we'll be ready to put the CD cover together! super exciting!!!

Here's just one shot of each girl...They're not necessarily the shots that they will be using for their album, but they are some of my favorites...

Kristy - bass

Dary - guitar

Raysa - drums

Jessie - guitar/vocals/trumpet/keyboard

Josie - vocals/guitar

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.