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

i wanted to start displaying one of my absolutely - hold on, pandora radio is asking me if i am still listening - absolutely favorite aspects of photography.  it's more on the photoshop side.  retouching.  i love retouching.  simple portrait retouching is cool, but i love fashion/beauty retouching.  the kind you see in the magazine.  we all know that even with all the make-up and stylists and trainers that celebrities have, they still don't look as good as they do without the help of the digital retoucher.  we all have flaws.  it is my job to make those flaws disappear.  and boy, do i enjoy it.  from here on out, you'll see more BEFORE/AFTER blog posts.  here is jean before and after.  and let me just remind everyone...you are beautiful in your 'before' picture.  i'm just intensifying and magnifying your beauty in the 'after' picture.  LOL. 

below is the 'after'/retouched image.  click on the thumbnail (bottom, right) to see the 'before'.  KMD