Brawler

I am so excited to finally be able to post this editorial. It's one of my favorites that I worked on this year! I used Annelise Adams from Emerge Talent, and make-up artist Andie Sleeman (www.andiesleeman.com) for this one. I wanted to show a street brawler, but do it in a way that was still beautiful. Annelise was the perfect choice for me, her face is that mix of edgy and beautiful that really brought this to life.  Not to mention how awesome Andie did with the make-up. It all looked so realistic! The editorial was featured in Ellements Magazine in their November issue.(www.ellementsmagazine.com) Here is a look at the entire editorial.

Family Treasures

Ahh, the pleasures of family treasures. When my family realized I was serious about photography, the random, unusual and mostly awesome little presents started. A hat here, a piece of jewelry they found at a thrift store, or little small nonsenses that you find at garage sales. I got them. I loved them, and much to my husband's chagrin, I've kept the majority of them. My dad is great about finding small treasures while he's out 'garaging' (his term for going to garage sales) and giving them to me when I go to Georgia to visit. They've been featured in a many of my photoshoots. But, my all time favorite gift or treasure my dad has found, is definitely a camcorder he found at a garage sale that has to be from the seventies. LMAO, ok, maybe not the seventies, I'm not even sure when they started making hand held cameras. As a matter of fact this thing is so huge, I'm pretty sure it couldn't have been hand held. I love it! Recently I posted on my facebook that I was in the mood to shoot and Shelby graciously answered and said she was down. Well, I absolutely love last minute, out of the blue shoots. It gives me a chance to be creative and a little whimsical. Sometimes I see something during the day that inspires me, and this was one of those days. Any who, she came over and I finally had an idea for the camera my dad gave me. The resulting shoot is called 'Live Feed'. Here are some of the images from that shoot, as well as some of the other treasures I've received from my family.

Here are some other images of the various things my dad bought for me 'garaging'. :)

The veil in the front, is one of my family treasures.

The round glass dome was from a light fixture my dad found. Loved it. Probably will have other uses for it as well.

Project Red Light

Last year I decided to work on a personal project. Something that explored the concept of sexy without necessarily being overt. Project Red light came from that. It's my take on sexy, whether it be hard, soft or sensual. there are different sides to Sexy. More importantly what I wanted to show was the gut reaction most people have to the 'red light'. It immediately sets the mood to sexy and regardless of what the model is wearing or lack thereof, the red light will signify sex. So project red light is my take on 'sexy'. I took both beauty shots as well as fashion shots. Here are my favorite shots from the project.