Josh found me on Model Mayhem and contacted me about building his fitness portfolio. Turns out I also needed to build my male fitness portfolio, so it worked out just perfectly

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Nikki is such a sweet girl and is beautiful inside and out! I was happy we were able to do some of her session both in studio and outdoors.

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A good friend of mine, photographer Gordan Hardcastle, caught some dragon flies for me since he knows I like macro and cool wings. I’ve never even touched dragon flies before, so this was a big thing for me. My husband assured me they would not bite, so I forced myself to be brave. Turned out they were quite endearing and very entertaining! So here is just a fun little adventure with some commentary on my dragon fly shoot Behind the scenes photo facts for interested photographers at the end.

Funny little alien on planet earth.

My happy little friend! See the big smile?

That's a jute string he's hanging onto. I love how the wings turned blue when given a boost in saturation.

This guy liked to hold his wings different than the others. Guess it's just his style. Works for me!

"So did you hear the one about..." I swear it looks like he's telling a joke! Notice he has dirt all over his face. And he's smiling!

Instead of finishing his joke, he realized he had a messy face and proceeded to wash it.

It was this flash when he realized something was going on, and he was stunned! Jumped the next couple of flashes. That's it! His turn in the spotlight is over! Next?

Look at those big bug brown eyes! Isn't that the cutest face you ever saw?

"I am the ferocious King of the Dragon Flies! Beware!" Can you see that snarl on his face?

"Just kidding! So did you hear the one about...."

Another little friend, and further proof of my bravery

PHOTO FACTS: All but one of these was taken with the Canon 100MM 2.8 Macro lens. The one of the dragon fly shot from above, with the big brown eyes was shot with a Canon 24-70 2.8L at 70mm. Two strobes were used. Backlight was camera left with a softbox and grid, and the front light with a spot grid, bounced into a white reflector and then onto the bug. All shot between f/5.6 and f/11.

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I’ve had this shoot in my mind for over a year now! Back then I didn’t yet have my stop motion studio complete which I needed for some flying angel images I wanted. I also wanted a white flowing gown that didn’t look like a Halloween costume, which didn’t seem to exist anywhere in the world. I also wanted to do this with Abrey Adams because she’s a really good make up artist and I thought it would be fun to work with her on this. Jenna Widmer has a surreal beauty to her with those big blue eyes and her ivory skin and I just knew she’d be an amazing angel. So I ended up making the costume myself, and Abrey twisted the wire for the jewelry, and she also did Jenna’s hair and make up. I’m super excited with how these turned out!

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I just love newborns! They are so precious and cuddly Soothing them to sleep and making them comfy is as much fun as taking their picture. Bracken was only 11 days old when these were taken. You saw his mama and daddy in a previous post for Rendi’s maternity session. And here’s their sweet bundle of joy!

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