Welcome back everyone!!  You’re probably shocked to see two posts this week, but I’m just getting started.  ❤️

Do you ever have those moments where you plan and plan something…and then you plan some more…and then it all falls apart?

hmmmm….sounds a lot like normal everyday life, but then I would just be whining and we are here to talk about photo shoots, aren’t we?  

Ok, but seriously though, this shoot was much like some of my other styled shoots.  It felt like the little engine that could, or couldn’t in this case.   No matter  how many times we tried, either the weather or the location wouldn’t cooperate.  Then we pushed it back an entire year.  Yes, you read that right, a year.  Because let’s be honest, you cannot have a Summer themed shoot in the fall or the winter, so we waited.

Happily, the wait paid off and I love the results!!

And Kendall was perfect for this Coachella / Summer inspired styled shoot….don’t you agree??

Fun fact…the ring Kendall is wearing, her grandfather gave it to her grandmother when they were dating…Christmas 1962!!! 

I die over this next outfit…literally dead.  Pick me up off the floor….

I spy…..ME!  (do you see me?)

I know that you are not going to believe it, but I have more Kendall images to share, so come back soon!  ❤️

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Hair & Makeup – Jennifer Milz

Styling – Tricia Toker | Melisa Burrell

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It recently occurred to me that while I shared this shoot on social media, I haven’t shared it on the blog.  With Kendall graduating Saturday and Breanna becoming a senior, I figured what better time to share than now!  As they say, “better late than never.”  ;) I personally love fall fairs.  There is a crispness to the night air and all of the glorious smells of the fair food.    Mmmm, mmm….making me hungry just thinking of those funnel cakes. Everyone is laughing and enjoying themselves and having fun at fall fairs. I remember being excited about picking out fun fall clothes.  You usually get to start wearing your boots and it’s really the first time of the season you get a chill in the night air. Not this day.  It was ridiculously hot….and I do mean ridiculous!  Kendall and Breanna (and Melisa, Laura and Jenn) were all troopers though and we sweated our way through the day and the shoot.  TMI??  ;)  Ok, maybe, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at these images!!  ❤️

Sometimes you just gotta break character during a shoot and have a little fun…or in this case dance and a “chest bump.”

Thanks for playing along at the fair Kendall & Breanna!!!  ❤️

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Hair & Makeup – Laura Briscoe | Jennifer Milz

I have been soooo excited to share this with you all!!!

First, let me back up a bit and explain why I haven’t shared until now though.

If you haven’t heard of Holly McCaig and Two Pear Designs, you really must visit these sites right away.  Holly is responsible for some of the best Graphic Design Templates for Photographers, as well as some other products for scrapbookers!  That’s how I first heard of her, when searching for templates, but then I started following her on Instagram too and immediately fell in love with the posts of her dogs!!!  I could just squeeze them, they are so cute!!  :)

Back in April, Holly asked me to contribute to Two Pears Designs’ Inspire Magazine.  I honestly wasn’t sure what to say.  I was shocked and so incredibly nervous.  Could I do it?  Was I good enough?  Would she actually like anything I submitted or would she say, “Thanks, but no Thanks!”  I was also super busy at this time with it being the end of the school year and was knee deep in planning the “Once Upon a Summer” shoot.  I didn’t know how I could possibly fit this into my schedule, but deep down, I knew that I had to try.  How could I pass on such an opportunity?!

Somehow, with all of the craziness, I made it happen!  Don’t ask me how, because that entire weekend of shooting “Little Red Riding Hood” and then this shoot, pretty much made the weekend a blur!   And to top it all off, I barely made it in time for the deadline!!   Whew!!!

The actual shoot was back in May.  While I wanted to shout from the rooftops about the issue and post pictures from the day, I had to keep it “hush, hush” until the issue came out.  If you know me, you know that was the longest 4 months, ever!  ;)  Seeing the issue though in September, it was well worth the wait!!

sooo….here it is!!!

Because I took a lot of images that day, I will be sharing more soon.  It was such a beautiful session and a beautiful day!

I could not have done it without Laura, Ashley and of course, the lovely Devan!

Thank you so much for this opportunity Holly!  I am so incredibly grateful and I appreciate you asking me to be a part of this issue with so many other extraordinary photographers!

If you haven’t seen the issue and would like to purchase it, you can buy the print version HERE or the digital version HERE.  It’s a beautiful issue with lots and lots of eye candy!

Come back soon to see more images from this shoot (and some fun Behind the Scenes)!!  I am so excited to finally share them!  :)

Model – Devan Heyburn

Makeup – Laura Briscoe

Wardrobe Styling – Ashley Flores with Bloom Styling and Boutique

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It’s rare that I have a senior from more than an hour away come to me to photograph their Senior Portraits, but Brooke did exactly that!  and had the fabulous idea of incorporating her love for the show “Mad Men” into the session!!  This was a dream session for me!!!

I get to show Brooke all of her gorgeous images this weekend during her Image Premier / Order Session, but for now you all can see her Behind the Scenes Preview!!

You have to come back for more of this session!!  You won’t want to miss this – I promise!  :)

I quickly learned that Brooke often busts out some random dance moves!

Just as quickly as she breaks out her dance moves, she turns on this gorgeousness!  Gotta love it!  ;)

Our session happened to be on the same weekend as Atlanta Pride and Brooke insisted on having her pic with

the balloons because they matched her dress so perfectly.  :D

Then we moved inside the hotel and the styled portion of her session – the “Mad Men” inspired portion.  I LOVEEEEEE these!!

*all phone pics – courtesy of Laura Briscoe*

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Well, “It’s a Wrap!”  This is it – the absolutely, positively final post for “Once Upon A Summer.”  

First, I want to thank again everyone who participated in this shoot.  If you have been following the story and the backstory, you know of all the challenges that we faced.  That’s why it makes it all the more exciting to share how all of our hard work paid off!

Not only did “Once Upon A Summer” receive a national feature on the website Seniorologie, but one of Devan’s images from the second half of Cinderella was chosen as a Top 3 of the week on Seniorologie, resulting in the Spotlight Image of the week!

Also, one of Kathryn’s images from “Little Red Riding Hood” was published in The Bold Issue of Chic Magazine!  This image was an Honorable Mention for the Cover and I couldn’t be more excited by this!

Soooo, how about some Behind the Scenes action?!

Kat, looking all super fab as “Little Red.”

If you saw the short video on Instagram, here is the extended version:

Staci working on Devan…

“Rrrrrr…”

I’m not even sure what Devan is doing here.  ;)  Flying like a bird??

One of Casey’s 8000 takes!

Awww…aren’t they the cutest!?

and….SMIZE!

Laura touching up Devan…

and then losing her mind and hiding inside my reflector bag…

And finally, the mother of all Behind the Scenes – Devan’s best Ozzy Osbourne impression!

Well, that’s all folks!!!!!!

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Makeup – Laura Briscoe Makeup Artistry
Hair – Staci Gibbs- Freelance Makeup Artist
Models – Kathryn Dickerson, Devan Heyburn, Casey DeArmon

ohhh…I’m sad!  This is the final post for “Once Upon a Summer.”  Can you believe it?!?  Well, I suppose it should come to an end soon…I mean, it did take all Summer to tell the story!  ;)

I might have one more post coming up, but we must talk about the second half of Cinderella first.

When we last saw Cinderella, she was soooo sad and full of sorrow, missing her mother and having to complete all of her chores.

Now, she is off to the King’s three day festival….

With a little help from the white birds, Cinderella gets ready every evening before the festival…

And finally, Cinderella loses her slipper as she tries to quickly leave the festival and the Prince.

These next few images, aren’t really part of the Cinderella story necessarily, but we wanted to find a way to wrap up the entire Fairy Tales series.  We discussed a few different scenarios, but in the end thought that the addition of storybooks was perfect!

Because the Grimms’ version of Cinderella is different from the Disney version, I ended up taking elements of both versions to make ours come to life.  While pumpkins have a role in the Disney version, they do not in the Grimms’ version.  I am a sucker for all things Fall though and have a ridiculous amount of pumpkins at my house.  I absolutely had to incorporate them somehow!  :)

All good things must come to an end, and so does our story “Once Upon a Summer.”

I will have one small follow up post soon, so please come back for it.    In the meantime, what do you think of our Fairy Tales?

Which character was your favorite?  Did you love one character’s makeup?   How about the hair?  I would love to hear your thoughts!

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Makeup – Laura Briscoe Makeup Artistry

Hair – Staci Gibbs Freelance Makeup Artist

Is everyone enjoying the start of Fall?!  I know that I am, but we technically aren’t done with Summer yet…”Once Upon A Summer,” that is.  ;)

This was a tough one for me.  For obvious reasons, Little Red Riding Hood and Cinderella were easier stories to tell.  Laura knew exactly what she wanted to do for makeup, but I had no idea how to visually tell this story.

Using Grimms’ Fairy Tales version of Rumpelstiltskin for my inspiration, our third character was brought to life – The Miller’s Daughter.

and because you cannot photograph a story about spinning straw into gold without a little (A LOT) of gold glitter!!!!!!    

Have you all been enjoying “Once Upon A Summer?”  I hope so!!  We aren’t done yet though, so don’t forget to come back for the second half of Cinderella!  See you then!

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Makeup – Laura Briscoe Makeup Artistry

Hair – Staci Gibbs Freelance Makeup Artist

If I had to pick a favorite from “Once Upon A Summer,” that would be difficult, almost like asking me to pick a favorite shoe or something!  I have to say though, it just might be this one.   I’m not sure what it is about Devan’s version of Cinderella that I love so much.  I love everything about it, everything.  I thought this part of the shoot was going to be very tough in comparison to the second half.  It was perfect though and the imagery is just beautiful to me.  Honestly, since the police showed up, it probably should bring back not so great memories, but really it doesn’t.  ;)  By the way, if you’re getting worried about the police incident, it really was nothing.  And the police ended up being super nice and laughing with us about it, but still.  I never get in trouble, so just the idea of them even being there freaked me out.  Seriously, I could fill a book with the amount of crazy stories I have from photo shoots, but those are stories for another day.  ;)   

I’m rambling again, so I’ll stop and get back to our story -

Again, I chose Grimm’s Cinderella for my inspiration.  I envisioned a moodier storytelling, so I told Devan to look very sad and sorrowful.  Devan nailed it, as she always does.  

This is Devan as Cinderella…

Be sure to come back for Part 2 of Cinderella and don’t forget the Miller’s daughter from Rumpelstiltskin!

oh yeah, Devan, thanks for introducing me to M.I.A. and “Bad Girls.”  I will always think of this shoot when I hear it.  :D

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Makeup – Laura Briscoe Makeup Artistry

Hair – Staci Gibbs Freelance Makeup Artist

So I bet you are thinking…”why wait to squeeze in the “Once Upon a Summer” blog post right before Fall!”  ;)  I know, I know!  You all may have been waiting since May or June, but trust me when I tell you, this shoot has literally been in the works since last year, probably around this time last year in fact!

What started out like any other shoot, became a massive project.  And like any other massive project, we hit lots of bumps in the road.  So many that some days, we didn’t think the shoot would ever happen or even if it should.  I can’t even tell you how many times Laura and I met to plan or look at locations.  Or how many hours we spent shopping for props.  Or how long Laura’s husband spent building a spinning wheel.   Or how Laura’s Aunt spent hours making tulle skirts for us.  Or how the weather made us postpone, I think four times…see, I can’t even remember anymore.  HA!  :)  I think you probably get the point though now.

So, as you can imagine, when the day finally arrived to do the first part of the shoot, we weren’t sure if we should be excited or worried that lightning would strike us!  ;)  Well, since I am here to write this, you’ll be happy to hear, no lightning strikes occurred and in fact, we couldn’t have had a more perfect shoot!   Wait – now that I think about it, the police showing up on day two, probably wasn’t a perfect scenario, but at least we have a funny story to tell now.  :D

Ok, ok, enough of that!  I won’t keep you waiting any longer.

Let me introduce you to Kathryn Dickerson, or as we like to call her – Little Red Riding Hood.

Let’s join her as she makes her way to Grandmother’s house…

If you recall Grimm’s Fairy Tales, you may remember that Little Red was taking cake (we improvised with cupcakes) and wine to her grandmother.  After she met the Wolf, he attempted to distract her by telling her to look at all the pretty flowers along the path.

and our Little Red is so tired from her journey that she decides to lay down for a nap.

What?  Wouldn’t you do the same?  ;)  I mean, come on, it’s got to be tiring looking this cute while hiking through the woods and avoiding a Big Bad Wolf, right?!

and someone please tell me you noticed the “Big Bad Wolf” in these shots?!  

That’s all of our story of Little Red Riding Hood – be sure to come back for Cinderella and the Miller’s daughter from Rumpelstiltskin!

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Makeup – Laura Briscoe Makeup Artistry

I wasn’t sure that this shoot would ever happen.  We’d been planning since last year…literally.  We had husbands building spinning wheels and aunts making custom tulle skirts and tutus.  We had model recasts and location changes.  We had to postpone three different times due to weather and oh yeah…the police showed up on the day of the shoot!

So you can see, it’s like the little engine that could – except it’s “Once Upon a Summer” and here is your sneak peek…

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Makeup – Laura Briscoe Makeup Artistry
Hair – Staci Gibbs- Freelance Makeup Artist
Models – Kathryn Dickerson, Devan Heyburn, Casey DeArmon
“Helper Extraordinaire” – Parker Thompson

Again…playing catch up!

Today’s preview comes from a styled shoot from last November.  Most of you know of my obsession with Halloween and scary movies, so here’s a peek from this shoot.

Any guesses on the movies?  One should be pretty obvious!  ;)

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Today is the day!

I get to share with everyone that one of Savannah’s images from the “Dreams of Fame” Styled Shoot has been published in CHIC Magazine’s “Dream” Issue!

Every time an image that I shot gets recognized, I am more than excited.  It may sound silly, but it really is an honor!  And this being the first time I have had an image in a physical, hold in your hands magazine truly is one of the best feelings and I’m so grateful!    Thank you to CHIC magazine and to everyone that participated in this shoot and helped contribute to this image (Laura, Casey, Savannah, Angela, Linda)!

For more from the original styled shoot, click to see PART 1,  PART 2, PART 3.

CHIC magazine has also given me the opportunity to giveaway one FREE digital copy of the “Dream” Issue!  How awesome is that?!    For your chance to win, use the widget below to enter.  Some actions are worth a point.  Some are even worth more points and that totally gives you a better chance to win!!   Tweeting about the giveaway can be done daily and that gives you extra points!!  You have until Sunday to enter, so don‘t miss out! :)

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If, by chance, you are not the lucky winner, don’t worrry!!  You can still purchase either the print or digital version!

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I just wanted to Thank all of my wonderful clients, friends, family and everyone else who made 2012 such a wonderful year.

I used to try to do a year end top 10, but I gave up that because I could never narrow it down.  I still can’t, so here are just a FEW favorites from this year:

I hope that 2013 brings each of you many more magical memories!  :)

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It’s that time again, Chic Critique Forum‘s Chic Magazine Cover Contest!

I really had a difficult time selecting which image to submit this time.  I decided on an image of the lovely Savannah again.  This time though from the “Dreams of Fame” styled shoot.

Here is my submission for Chic Magazine:

A few weeks ago, the website Seniorologie announced they would be celebrating their one year birthday!  In addition to celebrating all month with birthday related giveaways and posts, they wanted to see any other photographers’ birthday concept shoots.    Early this week, I was soooo incredibly excited to see a birthday shoot that I put together featured on their website!   Click here for the Seniorologie post and read all about my inspiration for the shoot.    Then come back here and scroll down for more from this fun shoot!

Some of the fun details….cake topper, mini cameras, “Dots” rings!

Ribbons, and scrap paper confetti made with my shredder!

I don’t know about you guys, but I have a list for everything!  Sometimes 2 lists!  ;)  My doggie helper of the day!

When I decided to order 30 balloons, I didn’t even think about transporting them (which became a tangled mess)

and then where to keep them until the shoot!

I absolutely adore these little vintage looking cameras!

After all the prop preparation – it’s Makeup time!

And then finally….it all comes together!

I was trying not to duplicate images that were in the Seniorologie post, but I have to share this one again, because I literally have had this idea in my head for years!  I have always wanted to recreate different memorable movie scenes and this shoot was perfect to recreate the final scene from the movie “Sixteen Candles!”  Make a Wish!

Thanks to Leslie from Seniorologie for creating such an awesome resource for senior portrait photographers.  If it weren’t for your “birthday,” I probably wouldn’t have had a reason to pull this all together!

By the way…if anyone can get me access to a school (legally, of course), I have lots of other memorable movie scenes that I would love to recreate!

*wink, wink, but seriously!*  

And lastly, you must go watch the video from this shoot!!  and don’t miss the Outtakes!  :)

Makeup  - Makeup by Laura Briscoe

Models – Maili Lutz & Blake Hamlin

Class of 2013, don’t forget to schedule your senior portraits soon.  There is only a select number of spots available.  Please contact me very soon if you would like to schedule yours!

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If you haven’t heard of Chic Critique Forum, you really should check them out.  You can choose to join their forum, or just follow their blog.  Regardless of what you choose to do, they are a fabulous resource for learning and inspiration.

So why do I tell you all of this??  Because I am submitting one of my images for their Fall Cover Contest!  I’m sooo excited!

Here is my submission for Chic Magazine:

Click here to view some of the other fabulous entries.  Wish me luck!!  :)

To see more from this shoot:  Part 1 & Part 2

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When I first started planning this shoot, I envisioned lots of drama and shadows.  I think it became more apparent to me after I started adding things to Pinterest.  If you look at the images I pinned, almost every one them had fabulous lighting and shadows.

I think it’s so interesting how different this shoot turned out compared to my normal portraits without even trying really.  I think we all kind of got wrapped up in the location, which really made this shoot.  I absolutely love the mood of these images.

Casey making Jennifer’s hair “big.”

Even Laura doing Jennifer’s lips in the dark looks cool!  :)

Funny story about the location.  The first time I was here was the day after I had watched one of the “Saw” movies.   One of the buildings immediately reminded me of what could have been in one of those movies.  I told Laura this story when we went to see the location together.  She thought this particular building looked much more “Saw” like.

We started referring to them as “Saw 1″ and “Saw 2.”

“Saw 1″ was the in first post.   This is “Saw 2.”

Again, I cannot thank Laura, Casey, Savannah & Jennifer enough for all the work you each put into this shoot!  You all always manage to make my visions come to life and I love it!

I’m sure it won’t surprise you to know that Laura and I (with help from others I will introduce later) have already started planning another styled shoot.  This one will be in the fall.  Any ideas on the theme??  ;)  Leave a comment if you have any guesses!

Makeup:  Laura Briscoe

Hair:  Casey Arnold

Models:  Savannah Roach & Jennifer Hite

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See you next time!

You may recall that I mentioned in the post of the last styled shoot, that we were already planning another shoot.  The day that I was editing those pictures, I remembered that one of our models, Savannah, was a dancer and how bummed I was that we had run out of time and didn’t capture any images of her dancing.  Then it occurred to me to do an entire shoot around her dancing!  I ran my idea by Makeup Artist Laura Briscoe and she was immediately on board.  Casey Arnold also agreed to do hair again.  Savannah had another dancer friend and voila – we had another styled shoot in the making!

Let me start out by telling you that I like to compare this shoot to “the little engine that could.”  I was so sick the day of the shoot that it’s a wonder that we accomplished what we did.  That being said, I couldn’t be more happy with how this shoot turned out.  As usual, the team that put this together is amazing to say the least and I’m so happy to have had another chance to collaborate with all of them again.  We had a new addition to our little team, dancer/model, Jennifer Hite.  I think it’s safe to say that we didn’t scare her off – I can’t say them same for the location, but that’s a story for another day.  ;)

These shots of Savannah aren’t so much about dance, because the dress limited her leg movement.

She looks so amazing though, that I don’t even mind.  :)

I absolutely love this next shot!  This was actually a test shot.

Seriously, who looks this good during a test shot!

She reminds me of the daytime alter ego of a comic book character!

Don’t ask me why, I have no idea, but that’s what I think of when I see this!  :)

and this is Jennifer – our urban ballerina.  She truly amazes me!

Not only can she pull off the most graceful dance poses, but she

looks so beautiful with every move she makes!

Unbelievable – just stunning!!

I gotta give tons of credit for the makeup and hair that Laura and Casey did.   The looks these two come up with are breathtaking!!

Obviously we couldn’t have done this without Savannah & Jennifer!   You ladies pulled off the most beautiful moves and really made this shoot come to life!

Even though I was feeling a bit under the weather, the four of you made the shoot so much fun and had me constantly laughing!

While I no longer have my “Janice from friends” laugh, because I have my voice back, I’ll never forget this shoot!  :)

This isn’t all – so be sure to come back for Part 2!!

Makeup:  Laura Briscoe

Hair:  Casey Arnold

Models:  Savannah Roach & Jennifer Hite

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See you next time!

Wow!  Where have I been?!?!  I took a little break to attend the Seniorologie tour at Serenbe Farms in Palmetto, Georgia and never posted the last part of the Styled Shoot!  Shame on me!  I’m back though, so here we go!!!

Part 3 is the dreamy, ethereal set for the “Dreams of Fame” Shoot.

Who doesn’t want to be girly and in a flowy dress sometimes?!?!  I know that I lean a little more towards the rocker chick of Part 2, but I can’t help but LOVE this too!  Again, Laura & Angela outdid themselves with makeup & wardrobe.   Throw in a little hair by Casey Arnold and we have the most beautiful girls that I could have ever imagined.

Check out the rings I previewed from Part 1!  Just can’t help but love them!  

Ohhhhh!!!  I’m sad now, because this is the last post from the shoot.  :(   I told you all before how much I loved this shoot and everyone that made it happen.   Thank you so, so much Laura, Angela, Casey, Savannah, Gretchen, & Candace.   I couldn’t have done this without you all!  Thanks for making my little vision come to life!

While I was editing the next day, I remembered some shots that I didn’t have time to capture.  I called Laura and asked her if she wanted to do another styled shoot using a theme solely based on those “missing” shots.   She reminded me that the night before, after being so pooped, I said that I wouldn’t do another styled shoot for a little while.  After laughing about how it took me less than a day to plan another one,  she happily agreed!  :)   That shoot will take place next month, but ya gotta wait for that one!

Makeup:  Laura Briscoe

Wardrobe / Accessories:  Angela Jackson

Hair:  Casey Arnold

Models:  Gretchen Fortin, Savannah Roach, Candace O’Neal

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See you next time!

I can’t believe how many of you stopped by yesterday to see Part 1 of the Styled Shoot!   Yesterday, had the most visitors since I started this website last year!  Thank you everyone!

Let’s get on with Part 2, shall we?!

Just a little on the theme of the styled shoot – Dreams of Fame.   When I first met with Angela, I told her I wanted the shoot to have more of a storytelling element to it.  We talked about several different ideas, but then Angela thought of “Field of Dreams” since one scene was in a field.  Those “Dreams” could be of fame, love, freedom, etc.  I really liked the “Dreams of Fame” the best though.

Everyone has a different idea of fame or in our own minds, a completely different idea on how that looks.  Whether it be pretty, romantic…..or rockstar and dramatic!  We really didn’t end up doing the storytelling part of it so much, but the two looks are so unmistakably different.  I think they are each gorgeous in their own way and I LOVE them both.  I think my inner rock chick can relate to the first look a little more though, but like I said, we are all different!  ;)

When it came to makeup, I really wanted Laura to have the freedom to put together any look that she wanted to showcase.  Between the clothes and the makeup, I couldn’t have asked for a better end result than what Angela and Laura put together.

First up – Candace.  This shot was in the hallway just outside of the suite.  I loved everything about this place and I knew we had to snap a few shots here first before heading out.

I cannot get over how gorgeous Candace’s eyes are.  I think the makeup Laura did really make them jump out at you.

Not to mention, this ridiculous (in a good way) outfit Angela put together!

Love the Marilyn Monroe tee and fur vest and the jewelry by LG Marchezie.  (thank you Linda!)

I adore these next few of Savannah.  Catching her laughing was such a treat!  A little behind the scenes scoop.  I wanted a bit of a wind blown look, so I asked Angela to fan Savannah with my reflector.

hmmm…that was a good idea in theory, but really, all it did was make us laugh.

Note to self, invest in a portable, battery powered fan.  ;)

ahhh, Gretchen with those arms and legs.  I am so jealous!!  Can I please have them?

and I thought you were sending me your arm workout?  still waiting.  ;)

AND the infamous yellow chair.  It might as well be like a “Where’s Waldo” joke…”Where’s the yellow chair?”   LOL!

You just wait.  I’m going to throw all of you off and paint it one day!

will you check out those gloves?!?!  Is there anything hotter?  doubt it.

That’s a wrap on part 2, but we’re not done!  Be sure to come back for Part 3…

If you missed Part 1, or want to check it out again, Click HERE.

Makeup:  Laura Briscoe

Wardrobe / Accessories:  Angela Jackson

Jewelry:  LG Marchezie

Models:  Gretchen Fortin, Savannah Roach, Candace O’Neal

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See you next time!