so i fell in love with the make-up that samantha did for carina.  i wish i could pull it off myself.  :)  carina is a dancer, who felt more comfortable behind the camera once she got off the stool and moved thru one of her ballet routines.  i'll post a bunch of images from her shoot after this post, but this one is kind of a favorite.  she's off to harvard in the fall.  congrats and good luck, woman!  p.s.  she's wearing a tubetop.  get your head out of the gutter!  lol.  KMD

what can i say about jennifer?  she's fan-tab-ulous!  great model!  great personality!  great to work with!  we laughed the ENTIRE time.  she's another pose/flash/pose/flash/pose chick.  love it!  she knows exactly where to put her hands, chin, eyes...awesome.  :)  i went super overboard with this retouch, just to see if I could pull it off.

hair and make-up by samantha of illustrious day spa.
skin was first.
then i copied her hair from the right and put it on the left.
made the folds in her lips less visible.
added eyelashes.
changed the make-up and eye color.
changed the catch lights in her eyes.
cooled the color of the image down.

and viola!  voila!  ta-dah!  :)  click on the thumbnail (bottom right) to see the "BEFORE".  KMD

i've worked with sahra a second time since this shoot.  she's great at finding poses.  one after the other.  flash.  pose.  flash.  pose.  great model.  woot for sahra!  ;)  if i stop eating now, i could look like this by christmas!  KMD

i put up an ad on modelmayhem.  i got plenty responses.  i invited these ladies in.  meet ondi and charlie.  they are awesome.  my mother helped out on this day.  talia pique of pique company was on hand for make-up.  here are 2 before and afters.  KMD

every year there is one day where my company pays me to take pictures:  TAKE YOUR KID TO WORK DAY.  yay!  once a year the facility is filled with screaming children and they take part in mock labs and science related activities.  i wonder if they notice at such a young age whose parents have corner offices and whose parents just have lockers.  oh the corporate ladder.  is it whose or who's?  eh.  grammer.  i mean, grammar.  ;)  KMD