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Every once in a while, I come across a potential client on Twitter (what would I do without it?). Johny was one of them, and we set up a portrait session a few weeks ago. He manages a few musicians, and we will have a few more sessions down the line, but this first shoot was with the man, himself. His inspiration? P. Diddy. We got a few shots similar to what he wanted to mimic, but the different angles below turned out to be my favorite. Thanks again, James, for helping out with setup and lighting.

Can you tell I’m on a color gelling mood lately? This last image was an idea I had in my head after he told he what he was going to wear during one of our phone conversations, and it turned out just the way I wanted. Yay!

Raynette, an aspiring actress, came to me for headshots under the recommendation of a previous client. It was her first professional photo shoot, and I’m glad she had a good first experience. In the interest of trying out new background colors, James and I gelled the background light for the pretty, peachy shade in one of the photos below.

A few months ago, James and I trekked out on a rainy day for a location shoot at Steel Gym, where I photographed the owner, Ken Hunt, for an ad. That man was intimidatingly huge, but he turned out to be super sweet and very easy to work with. The space was pretty packed with equipment, though we found this one spot by the elliptical that gave us a nice background. Add in some lights and color gels in the background, and bam! Instant club scene with dramatic colors.

I met Maria the Date Coach through my day job a while back. In the past year, however, she launched her own business and since then, her date coaching work has taken off. Somewhere between her clients and hosting events, she came to me for a headshot session, and you can see the final photos currently featured throughout her website. One of my favorite parts? She has a love for rubber duckies, too.

As always, thank you to James, who helped out with the lighting and setup, and being better than me at wooing Maria, hehe!

I had two photo shoots about a week ago with adorable couple Cheryl and Keishorne. Both had stopped by earlier in the year when I was holding photo shoots to support the NOH8 Campaign. This time around, Cheryl had her photo shoot to promote their joint project, the Be Positive Campaign. Keishorne was promoting Blue Ice Vodka as their spokesmodel. It was a fun shoot, and I believe there are a few “behind-the-scenes” videos floating around on their Be Positive blog and Facebook page.

Also there was James Cheng with his awesome lighting skills.

PS, this Thanksgiving I am thankful for inexpensive window curtains, whose uses have ranged between being pretty tablecloths (see below), dresses and backdrops.