Lauren Queen Of Blueberries

And here we have the last of the fruit images. It's very unfortunate that I didn't get this one done in time for the show. Once I saw all the images on the wall it all came together. I was doubting this whole thing (size, frame, print) up until I hung the images. Then I was sorry this one was missing. Lauren was awesome and we managed to get through this shoot even though it was a crazy day.

Model: Lauren Weber
Make Up Artist: Lauren Weber!

Solo show opening this weekend

Due to the hurricane the opening is pushed to next Saturday (September 3rd).

"Queen Of Grapes"

Spirit Gallery

207 Bank Street
New London, CT 06320

(860) 443-0484

Saturday in a week is the opening of my show in New London, Ct. Stop by if you're in the area! It's the first time I've printed some of my work on a larger format. The fruit series will be there in large!

IEOLUS Handbag Shoot

Here are the images from the commercial IEOLUS handbag shoot I did a few months ago.

Make Up: Lauren Weber
Hair: Nikki
Models: Jane, Alena
Dresses (made for shoot): Rosalinda
Handbags: Regina Yoo from IEOLUS

Big thank you to everybody involved it was a great day!

Nikki Queen Of Pears

Took me long enough. The last few weeks are a blur. Too many things happening right now. All good things though. Just finished prepping my stuff for a group show in Vermont and am trying to get the prints done for my August show. Did I mention how much I hate dealing with printing. It's such a pain getting everything right.

Anyway, big thank you to Nikki and Lauren for their help on this shoot. I had to do a quick pass through the images, I might go back and take another look when I have more time.

This weekend I'm hoping to do some drawing. I need a break from all the photography stuff.

Oh and if you haven't seen the Alexander McQueen exhibit at the MET........ go see it. It's amazing, inspiring, breathtaking...... just beautiful stuff. Pick a good time to go, the lines can be long. I went at 8pm on a Friday which turned out to be a good call. Seriously though, go see it.

Nikki Queen Of Pears - Preview

I love pears. Next to lemons they are my favorite fruit. I like how they look simple but can taste divine. Nikki graciously volunteered to by my queen of pears. I wanted to go simple with this one and just work on the shapes. I thought adding a turban would be interesting. I also thought perhaps the shape from the chest to neck to round turban would sort of resemble a pear shape. Took a few tries to get it to sit right but I liked how it came out. I was sure I was going to have to run over there every few minutes and re-adjust it but it actually didn't move the entire shoot. I didn't add much embellishments to this one. Nikki has beautiful eyes and I figured she would make it interesting enough. She was great, didn't get tired at all and held some strenuous poses. I know it looks easy because they are just sitting but in fact all their muscles are tense and I always ask for uncomfortable stuff like squeezing the shoulder blades way together while keeping the shoulders down. Not easy when you have to hold it trust me. As you can see Nikki is heavily tattooed on her back. You can see a little creeping forward on the front too, I haven't decided if I was going to remove that from the image. I try not to do much photoshop work like that but I like a clean look, we'll see. Like with the other shots I added a green gel to bring out the green in the image. Lauren as always did the make up.

Spoiled?

Our dogs..... no they are not usually allowed on the furniture.

IEOLUS Handbag shoot prep

Name any color! Any color!

Lauren finally gets to use her airbrush machine, yay!

I took on some commercial work for the up and coming handbag brand "IEOLUS". It was a great experience and I have a true respect for the woman behind IEOLUS. She's been working in fashion for a long time and is a force to be reckoned with. I'm excited for her new line of handbags to come out.

I was also very fortunate to have my super awesome crew working with me on this. Lauren Weber as always did the make up and Nikki blew me away with her hair styling. Jane and Alena were my awesome models who endured some rough terrain. We were all dodging poison ivy, thorns, bugs and a huge turkey that wouldn't go away. In addition shooting in the forest on a on-again off-again sunny day was not easy. Rosalinda made the dresses for the shoot which I also was impressed with! Couldn't have done it without the ladies.