Armed Forces

This shoot was shot back in february as a submission to Styleology Magazine. Sadly we did not get it :( But I am finally able to post the pictures.

Model- Brooke Turner
Hair- Karlie Schleeter
Makeup- Claudia Aguilera
Wardrobe- Cara Bloom (Me So Savvy)
Photographer- Shawna Jensen

This was our team and I think we made an awesome team!

This was the first look :

Look 2 :

Look 3 :

Look 4 :

Look 5 :

To view more photos from this shoot please visit my facebook.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=36820&id=100000796969378#!/album.php?fbid=195290110507553&id=100000796969378&aid=36820

Reality Rocks Expo 2011

On April 9th was the first annual Reality Rocks Expo at the LA Convention Center. I had a great time at this event with my girls Charlie Neff and Lacey Kinney. Although I think it could have been put on a little better I also know it was the first year and there are bugs to work out. But when I'm with those two girls we can make anything fun! Here are some of the people we met there.

First we met Shorty Rossi from Pit Boss. He also had one of his Pitbulls there. He/she was so cute!

Gretchen Bonaduce. . . she had the coolest shoes on!

Sinbad and his family. They are going to be having a new reality show on WEtv called Sinbad's family affair.

Kris and Bruce Jenner were there answering questions at a press meeting.

Mischa Barton was also there. Charlie, Mischa, and Lacey.

Peter and Cory Gunz were also there promoting their new show on MTV  called "Son of a Gun" which also features Nick Cannon. He was supposed to be there and Charlie was supposed to have an interview with him, but he never showed :( But she interviewed these boys anyways.

Please check out Charlies blog http://www.popinionz.com/ for all your celebrity gossip!

Penelope Cruz gets her star!

On April 1st Penelope Cruz was awarded her star on the Hollywood walk of fame and I was there to witness it. . . well kind of. Again, I was invited by my good friend Charlie Neff to go see Penelope get her star, but we were running a little late and by the time we found parking, it was already so packed!
We made it just in time to hear that there was a surprise guest (well it was a surprise to us) Johnny Depp!
Anyways, since there were so many people there, and we all know how short I am, I could not see a thing! Only little glimses between people when they would move. I tried to make my way to the front but that day was sooooo hot and I was starting to get closterphobic. Besides, there was like 5 sweaty bodies touching me. It was disgusting. So all I could do was hold my camera up high and hope I got some shots. Which I did! I got a few but the majority of them were of peoples heads of the building. It definately was an experience. So here are the pictures I got.

Kids Choice Awards: GBK Gifting Suite

On March 31st and April 1st I had the pleasure of accompanying my good and long time friend Charlie Neff to the Kids Choice Awards gifting suite. Charlie is an entertainment reporter and has a celebrity gossip blog called popinionz. Check it out at http://www.popinionz.com/ to get gossip on all your favorite celebrities.

Day one was filled with celebrity appearances including: Aubrey O'Day, Stephanie Pratt, Rico Rodriguez, and Latoya Jackson along with Michael Jacksons kids, Prince, Paris, and Blanket. (no pictures were allowed to be taken of them). Day two was a little more relaxed with appearances from my favorite Molly Ringwald, C. Thomas Howell, Cody Simpson, and more!

There were so many cool gifts there for all the celebrities as well as Charlie! They had hair feathers, nails, makeup, and fun slippers, cool bikes, candy, glitter tattoos, hair products, and so much more.

Here is a picture of charlie with some awesome purses by Nahui Ollin. They were super cute, had lots of different styles with a variety of prints to choose from. Theses ones happened to be bubble gum wrappers.

This is a picture of Aubrey O'Day holding a cute Hello Kitty makeup kit.

A picture of Charlie and Stephanie Pratt. She was the only one that was snobby and acted like she didn't want to be there. . . well only for her free stuff! She was there all of like ten minutes, just got her stuff and left.
Then I snapped this picture below of her as she was leaving.

One of my favorite people that came that day was Rico Rodriguez (Modern Family). This kid was awesome! So funny and full of life. Hes was joking and playing the whole time with
Zachary Gordon (Diary of a Whimpy Kid). Here are some pictures of them.

Here is a picture of JoJo looking quite grown up. She was very sweet :)

Molly Ringwald made an appearance with her Husband and Daughter. She was so sweet and I even snagged a picture with her :)

To see more of the pictures from the Kids Choice Awards visit my facebook page. There are tons of celebrities left to see. And don't forget to check out Charlie's blog!! Thanks guys :)

Thanks for coming!

So thanks to everyone that made it out to the meet n greet. It went really well and I think everyone had a good time :) Here are some shots that I got. . . Two of the original models didn't show up so we were thankful to Amanda and Jessica for filling in! Both girls did an amazing job!

From top to bottom: Amanda Broussard and Jessica Evers

Amanda Broussard

Brooke Turner

Elle Major

All of the girls were great! They were in a garage, in barely any clothes, below freezing, and snowing outside. TROOPERS!! I gotta tell ya haha. So please, if anyone wants to work with any of these girls I highly recommend them. Ask for their info if you are interested.

Meet 'n Greet

Come network at a meet n greet Saturday Feb. 19th from 2pm - 7pm in Victorville Ca.

Admission is $15 per person unless you are a photographer wanting to shoot. (Then it will be $65)

4- models and 2 shooting stations

Models:

Brooke Nicholes mm#1836050

Elle Major mm#546435

Brooke Turner

Stephanie Simpson mm# 276946

MUA: Claudia Aguilera mm# 1727685 and Letty Calzada mm# 1817559

HAIRSTYLIST: Karlie Schleeter

Hurry and reserve your spot there's only 10 photographer spots available!!! Details below

At the networking party their will be two makeup artists and one hairstylist on hand as well as two experienced photographers to help with whatever you may need.

Photographers must meet the following requirements:

1. Pay the $65 fee. We want to limit the shooting to 10 photographers so everyone has time and space to shoot without interference. To make that happen we need a non-refundable $30 deposit at the time of reservation paid through paypal to (jenhphoto@yahoo.com) with the remaining balance paid a week prior to event.

2. You must RSVP to guarantee a spot. When you RSVP you will be sent a confirmation email with the address.

3. The style or genre of photography will be high fashion and beauty. The models provided are doing TF for this event so you will need to email at least 2 shots each to the models

within two weeks. All models will have a release signed for this event.

4. Bring your business cards and portfolios.

This will be a great oportunity to meet MUA/MODELS/PHOTOGRAPHERS/ETC. It will be a benefit to build these working relationships with a team of people that can help accomplish your fashion shoots. Food and beverages will be provided.

Updates

Website

So my new website is up and running :) FINALLY! Please go check it out. This is the link http://www.shawnamariesphotos.com/

You can see my work, look at rates, send an inquiry. . . and I am now making gift certificates available so if anyone has questions about that just let me know. Here is an example of what one may look like:

Studio

Also my studio is finished! For the time being anyways. . . I may decide to change or add something later :) But I have the wall painted green for my green screen now I will have no problem making extractions for my digital backgrounds.

Next I got my wall mount for my backdrops. It holds three paper rolls so they are out of the way. No stands, no changing, just easy easy easy! And both of my muslins are hanging up as well.

All my props are cleaned up around the sides and put away on shelves so now I dont feel so crowded! :)

Meet and Greet

And last, photographers, models, hair stylists, makeup artists, wardrobe stylists, look out for a networking party in february. Details are still being taken care of but i will let you all know once we have everything set. Just some things to look foward to though is there will be two models, so twelve photographers will get to take pictures for their portfolios. It will be in my studio with 2 shooting stations and food and drinks. Bring your ports and business cards! There will be a small fee for everyone attending.

Ok so I think thats it for now, if I forgot anything i will just post another blog, but I think I got everything. So go check out my webpage! Give a photoshoot as a christmas gift, birthday, baby shower, etc.