Meryl

Meryl is a model from the UK now living in Northern Virginia.  She only started modeling about the same time I started taking pictures and really beginning to build my portfolio.  She did pretty well in the tryouts for America’s Next Top Model, when they were looking for models 5’7″ and under.  Ultimately, however, she did not make it into the show (this time…she will get her shot, that’s for sure).  She does most of her own styling (though we worked together on this shoot) and would love to find a great agency to represent her.  Makeup was by the terrific Ky Washington of Richie Makeup.

After Liz and I made our last trek to NYC a few weeks ago, I was really itching to do a photo shoot along the lines of the Richard Avedon photos we saw at the International Center of Photography or at the Metropolitan Museum.  They were so inspiring, and I’m so happy that we were finally able to see these exhibits (we missed them on our first trip to NYC).

All in all, we had a great time, and I hope to be able to shoot with Meryl again soon.

Fashion with Charlotte

I’ve been trying for a while now to set up some photo shoots with some of the girls down at Maudes.  Claire and I were finally able to come up with a date and time, and we were able to find an incredible makeup artist, Liz as well.  Claire found Charlotte through a casting call via Facebook and we were all set.  I couldn’t believe Charlotte had never done a shoot before, she is definitely a natural.
Here are a few of my selects from our shoot:

Projections

A few months ago I came across some images which intrigued me.  I thought that reverse engineering them was going to be a challenge.  Turns out it was a simple projection of an image using the model as the screen.  Luckily, I happened to have an old Kodak 35mm slide projector.  Thanks to iprintfromhome.com, I was able to upload a few images to their website, and they were able to produce mounted 35mm slides.


Model: Diana Nichole
Makeup: Thomas Van Dyke