the lovely kelly joined me a few sundays ago with samantha of illustrious day spa.  we were shooting stephanie (i'll post one of her pictures next) and our second model texted to cancel.  don't even get me started on models and cancelling or not showing up or being late.  grr.  anyway, kelly stepped in to be our afternoon model and we had a lot of laughs.  this photo was one of my favorites.  in the retouched photos, i fixed some stray hairs, added some more bangs, did a little work on her skin and then played around with some finishes/photo treatments?  which one is your favorite?

i tend to neglect the gradient tool in photoshop and saw some really neat work in a model mayhem portfolio that inspired the work below.  just playing around with gradients. too lazy to use the pen tool tonight. i used the magnetic lasso at a pixel feather of 1 and then covered up any "mistakes" with the paisley, the crown and the 'glow'.

so christina has been telling me about matt cusson for over a year now.  he's wicked talented.  wicked down to earth.  wicked check him out here and here too. matt joined the photoshoot at bella nova salon (in foxboro, ma) a few sundays ago.  yes.  i am still working on these photos.  ;)

here is a before and after on mr. matt cusson.  the biggest changes include fixing the distraction (me) in the reflection of his sunglasses and then adding some contrast and grunge to the image.  holler!  KMD

christina wanted me to shoot one of her clients, mary.  she was thinking punky brewster.  spunky punky.  boy o boy was mary spunky.  lol.  we had lots of laughs.  she felt more comfortable dancing than doing headshots.  she's the banner to this blog.  all mary.  :)  here is a lil before/after headshot of mary in her 2nd outfit (not punky brewster).  i should post all of the outtakes, as there were plenty.  HA!  hair and make-up by the lovely and talented christina elfar of bella nova salon in foxboro, MA.  make your appointment today!  (508) 549-9911  KMD




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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