Angel My Darling

Hey everyone, so this chick is a really cool and sweet person. She came up with this great concept to have a fruit necklace made out of oranges, lemons, and limes and to do her makeup to match with yellow, orange, and green. So as soon as she told me, I totally fell in love with it!

Claudia, the MUA I had worked with her once before but we never actually met. The model had her makeup done before the shoot, but this time we actually got to work together. She is SO amazing and VERY creative. She did an amazing job on the makeup and made the fruit necklace.

The second concept that we did was a very natural beauty shot. This was something Angel really wanted to have in her book, because all her other pictures have heavy makeup, but she was scared to do. After taking the pictures she was still a little self concious because she's not used to seeing herself that way. I think they turned out great and she look beautiful! She really has natural beauty.

I AM AGENCY APPROVED WOOHOOO!

Hey guys,

So one of my goals for 2010 was to get agency approved. My opportunity came up when I shot Samantha (She is in one of my blogs below). Anyways like I said before, Samantha is signed with Peak Models and when I got the chance to shoot her I got the chance to submit the photos of her.
The first time I submitted I didn't hear anything back for like a week and then I got an email saying to send the photos. So I sent them again and a couple more weeks went by and I got another email saying to send the photos over again. So once more I did and I got a fast reply back saying "These are good! What are your rates?" So I sent my rates and contact info and she said she will let the models know that need shots! Once it actually got going it wasn't too hard.
I am going to continue to submit to agency's so that I have a better chance at getting booked, I mean the more agency's that represent you the more work you'll get. You know? But it is a start and I know Peak Models is a great agency and I am so happy that I met one of my goals for this year already!
So if you are trying to make it in this business stay strong and work hard! It will all pay off I promise. Shoot as much as you can because the more you shoot the better you will get.

Elise

Elise and I used to live down the street from each other when we were younger and have been going to the same church forever! I moved away and she went to college and I haven't seen her in years. It was so nice to catch up with her because she is a great person and really fun to be around. Anyways these are the shots we got :)

Yesenia

Yesenia is not agency represented yet but she has done many modeling gigs and shows. She would be a great commercial model, she just has that look.

Yesenia was a blast to work with, she is very sweet and has a great smile! Hair and makeup was done by me and wardrobe was done by Rana X, a person I work with on alot of my shoots :) she's wonderful as well!

Samantha

Samantha is a wonderful model I met through MM and she is signed with PEAK MODELS. She has such a great look and I think we got some great shots. It was a LONG, but successful day :)

Once we finally found a great location everything went smoothly. I hope I get the chance to work with Samantha again!

Beauty

Considering how much time I had to shoot these girls, this shoot turned out great! I think we had about a half and hour and we got to do both looks. Models were Joanka and Veronica and hair and makeup was done by Valerie.

I really love doing beauty shoots that focus on the face, hair, and

makeup. I think these shots capture the girls true beauty and it was a joy to work with them both. Although Veronica was a new model she did a great job once she was over her nerves. Joanka was amazing! The way she moved and posed herself was so graceful and lovely. Every shot I got of her looked amazing and it was hard to just choose a couple.

Dana

So this young lady and I actually went to elementry school together! Small world. I had been looking on Model Mayhem at another photographers page and came across her picture. I was like 'this girl looks so familiar I think I have seen her before.' Then when I finally found her name I was like 'OMG I have to see if she remembers me and we can shoot.' So I sent her a message and it was totally awesome :) haha. Anyways she is just as sweet as I remember her to be and we got to catch up on life and had a really fun day!