boudoir/ glam
A few months back I met up with this pretty little lady for a Valentine's day boudoir shoot. She wanted to surprise her man with some sexy pictures ( we definitely achieved the goal), and I figured I would share some of the pictures with you. Think of it as incentive for the summer bikini season!
Its always a fun day when I have a boudoir shoot scheduled, and today was one of those days. Here's a glimpse of 2 of the 5 looks we did from today's session, enjoy the prettiness!!
This afternoon we met up with our old friends Jeremy and Mandee who are engaged to be married next May. They are planning a super fun carnival themed wedding in Fort Collins, Colorado. So obviously, they thought the save-the-date cards should include a festive picture to get their guests excited for the big day. Enjoy!!
Today I had the pleasure of working with 2 of my fabulous cousins-Kerry Crawford on makeup and my pretty little cousin as our doll. Needless to day, we had tons of fun working together and I love the results. Here's a few gems from the day....
Here is my second client from the Valentines Day Boudoir shoot. I love the way she turned out, its our Victoria's Secret / Goddess vibe and I'm in awe with the results. I have a feeling her husband will be in awe too once he see's all the images. Talk about a fun gift! (makeup by Kerry Crawford)
This past Saturday was my second annual Valentines Boudoir Day. It's so much fun, I always work with fabulous clients and the results are always wonderful and girly. I collaborated with makeup artist Kerry Crawford. She transforms the girls into what they hope to be--in this case a pin-up girl! I photographed this particular clients' wedding and her newborn baby boy's photo shoot. Can you believe in less than a year after having her son she is doing this shoot for a Valentine gift? She's my hero!
This past Friday I met up with some friends to do a sister shoot. They had both just gotten their trial makeup done by my favorite makeup artist, Kerry Crawford (http://www.kerrydering.com/) for Bridget's upcoming wedding. Of course, they both looked gorgeous so I was super excited to take their picture! Here are some shots that stood out the most to me:
Before we left for vacation we did a "cousin shoot" with all of the girls on my mom's side of the family. Our one cousin was visiting from Alaska so I decided it would be the perfect time to all get together and take a shot of us girls. I normally don't post anything that contains myself, but I had to make an exception on this because the pictures are so fun. I wanted the feel to be different from a traditional family photo-more fashion-y. Plus, what a good excuse to get all dolled up, right? The shoot took place at the Madison Train Station in Madison, NJ. Its a really fun place for pictures...here are some favorites--can you believe the age span between us is almost a full 20 years?
Today I had the opportunity to shoot a beautiful bride-to-be. As a surprise gift for her fiance, she chose to do a boudoir shoot. Of course it was a blast, we had Kerry (kerrydering.com) do the makeup-which was fantastic as always. There are so many fun shots I'd love to post but the only one who's allowed to see all of them is her lucky man!
Yesterday I did a shoot in Summit, NJ for this beauty. I worked with my favorite makeup artist, kerry (kerrydering.com)-she 3 distinct looks; fresh face and natural, vibrant lip and smokey eye. Needless to say, I loved it all (and the house was an amazing backdrop to work in)! Here are a few favorites from each look:
Today I photographed my gorgeous Aunt Patti who came to visit us from Alaska. Can you believe she's 55 years old???
Tonight I had the pleasure of shooting Maria, a fit model. We created a few different looks-here are 2 of my most favorite shots from the session:
Yesterday was my first all day girly shoot. It was a complete success, and so much fun. Each girl was allotted two hours for hair, makeup, and mulitple shooting scenes. Our makeup artist-Kerry Dering, (based out of Westfield NJ-www.kerrydering.com) did an amazing job. I have never seen anyone create such flawless faces before. Here are some shots from my first client...her ethereal look inspired soft beautiful imagery.
My next model was interested in more of a boudior shoot, to be given as a gift for Valentines Day to her husband overseas in Iraq. Her makeup was edgier, the hair was sexy–and the pictures are so much fun. Here are a few that aren't too revealing...
For the next shoot, we tried out a few looks and situations. First we did a bedroom shoot. The light was really fantastic so we wanted to take full advantatge of it while we had it. We had big hair and sexy eyes, a winning combo....
After the bedroom, we opted for a Hollywood Starlet vibe....
My next client arrived and we decided to do a mixture of boudoir, pin up and bodyscapes. Here ya go:
A few days ago I had the opportunity to try out some dramatically lit body scapes. Its kind of like a celebration of what makes woman beautiful, their curves. I think this is a great gift idea for yourself or for the one you love. I am doing a Valentines Day Girlie shoot later this month (its sold out already), and this is one aspect of what I plan on photographing. Any body type, any age can be captured in this way. I think its a truly fabulous way to embrace your inner and outer beauty. Many thanks to my models! If anyone is interested in doing something like this, send me an email
One positive thing about living in an urban environment is the vast array of cool backdrops you can use for a photoshoot. I had notices this plain gray textured wall right around the corner from my house. I thought it could be a fun background for a picture, with someone wearing something brightly colored. I just got this coat from Old Navy (60% off-thank you)-so we used it in the shoot...and there you go!
I just got home from a very successful photo shoot starring my old friend Katie. We decided to go totally 60's mod using Edie Sedgwick from The Factory/Andy Warhol's muse. I think we did a fab. job recreating the look. It was so much fun to shoot, I think we both had a blast doing it!
Some shots of my cousin and her BF...
prettiness.
So I'm in the midst of re-designing my website with new pictures and stuff...and as I sift through all of my disks of images I came across these beauties. I *convinced* my girlfriends into teasing their hair nice and big and we went off into the North End in Boston to take pictures. Needless to say, people were staring. The ladies were totally not happy with my vision of big hair, which is surprising since the 3 of us are all from Jerz and are known for the love of a big teased hair-do.
Here are some pictures from our weekend in New York State....there was a fun 70's hat and flowery field. I was all over it. So were the girls.
