Essence-P&G campaign for breast cancer survivors

The October's Issue of Essence Magazine together with Proctor and Gamble, have given me some fantastic opportunities. These four women are all breast cancer survivors. They are beautiful and inspiring in their strength and overcoming their battle with courage and dignity. A special thank you to our hair and make up teams for keeping their hair and make up gorgeous on the hottest day of the summer.

Sneakerrings!

All the cool kids are rocking these amazing little rings by the new company out of Amsterdam (because seriously what city is cooler then Amsterdam?) Recently asked to photograph their genius designs, I shot some of the coolest footwear and lacing combinations, and then rocked these on my next few shoots. I can't wait for them to launch in the States!

http://www.sneakerring.com

LovePastry Footwear, Apparel and Barbie!

This was an unexpected surprise on my LovePastry shoot! Barbie combined forces with the children's line, so while I was waiting for the little ones to come out of wardrobe, I took a little time shooting beauty and fashion with the amazing new African American Barbie's. The detail in the make up alone was unbelievably striking!

Inspired some other fun and creative ideas ;)

Scratch magazine-Nail Tip Photography

Thank you Scratch Magazine June Issue for the interview and published photo of an older Revlon Shot from the Limited Edition Collection. My tips to nail techs on ways to improve photographing your own work.

Essence- Pantene Advertorial

SCRATCH MAGAZINE DOUBLE COVER MAY ISSUE

I'm so excited about this project!!! Not only did we make the cover, we made a DOUBLE COVER! Inspired by a potential macro beauty liquor campaign that fell through, I came up with this clever and creative way to promote fruity summer cocktails and flavored alcohol brands. Nails by Honey, Make-Up by Margina Dennis, Model is Tallyta from Wilhelmina and Hand Model is once again my sister in law Tatiana (who's about to have a baby any day now!!!) I LOVED this shoot.

Beauty is Diverse!

Thanks again for the love and exposure! Here's a blog I often follow and I'm thankful for the post!

Taccara-Essence

Love the excitement of fashion and high energy action and movement! This is Taccara from America's Next Top Model. We shoot regularly together for Essence Magazine. These are the higher energy out takes that I loved, but the story itself ran in the March Issue. I LOVE shooting together with Taccara because we both feed off of each other, and the energy on set is incredible! Her jumps and moves are fantastic!

Teen Celebrities and exciting birthday parties!

I flew out to LA to shoot the LovePastry Campaign for Spring 2011. It was a bit of a whirlwind trip of Vanessa and Angela Simmons amongst teen celebrities, Jessica Jarrell, SchoolHouse Gyrls,, Alli Simpson, colorful neon kicks, lots of twitter, and a birthday at the Santa Monica Piers for Cody Simpson, Alli's brother. Nick Cannon DJ'd and Nicole (our stylist and production coordinator) and I rode the dragon 6 times back to back. We had all the kids screaming "one more time" to the ride operators. I have never laughed so hard in my life. I had tears running down my face. Now thats what I call fun!

Wild in the Outback Cover and Feature!

January 28, 2011 cover and featue in www.FantasticsMag.com Model is Sosheeba at MuseNYC, Styled by Janelle Nicole, Hair by Anthony Cole for Sebastian Hair Care, Make up by Margina Dennis, Manicure by Honey Nailz and complimentary retouching by Eightbit.Se

Many thanks to art department at FantasticsMag's ...They always make the story look amazing!!!!

Embracing Fashion

Recently I've been encouraged to evolve as an artist and explore shooting fashion. I have to say, considering the amount of additional production and schedule coordination, I'm really enjoying this process. As much as I still LOVE the art of beauty and the drama of celebrity, I think I have finally found a genre that really allows me to express my own high octane energy level and I'm not sure why I hesitated for so long!! I work with some really brilliant hair, make up, manicurists and fashion stylists and our collaborations, although shot as simple studio, have resulted in some stellar editorials. FantasticsMag.com is about to publish my second story expecting to go live in just a few hours, and I cant wait to see what their art department does with it!!

Seventeen Magazine

It always excites me when an old client becomes a new client and recently this cycle has been a recurring theme. I've been shooting beauty quite a bit for Seventeen Magazine... Prom, Ms. Quince, smiling, happy, fun and energetic beauty shots. It's been a mix of both "real" girls and agency models which has been exciting and at times challenging in terms of improving my directing skills and reinventing the wheel. Here are some samples of my recent endeavors...