The Witching Hour has Come and Gone... (October 2010

Well my favorite season has come and gone once again... So i thought I would share some photos with you of some of the fun projects I got to work on this October...

I started the month off with some vampire fun with some of my photographer friends down in Ybor City!! Here's what came out of all that mayhem!!!

These photos were taken in Ybor City as well, but I am not sure which photographers to give credit to for them, so rather than state the wrong name, I will leave the credits off for now, and you can e-mail me if you took one or the other! :-)

The first photo was taken by the fabulous Michael Sheehan, (I sited the wrong photographer the first time b/c I had mixed them up in my albums! Sorry about that Michael!) and the 2nd from my very close friend, Stephanie Curnute of Curnutte Photography LLC.

I designed these two looks for 2 of my out-of-town friends, that's why they are pictured here on me. The cat-design I did for my friend Michelle in Orlando, and it was done very simply with all eyeliner and eye-shadows. The Devil, I designed for my friend Joy, in Chicago. In this design I blocked out my eyebrows with wax before doing the actual design with lots of mixing mediums and reds and blacks! I entered the Devil design in NYX Cosmetic's 'Goddess of the Night' contest and won 1st place!!! Which means I am getting several new fun products to play with from them that I will want to test out very soon! :-)

There was loads of face painting fun this season! Something that I don't have the most practice at, but I LOVE doing it! My husband is always such a sweetheart and lets me practice all of my crazy designs on him!! (secretly he loves it more than I do!! )

I worked with Roni and Dean Davy to help get them ready for their annual Halloween Bash, which they spare no expense for! I have never seen anything like it, their front and back yards and the interior of the house were decorated extravagantly for the occasion! Roni had a little halloween village that you could tell she must have been working on for years now. They even had a rack of skull-shaped beer bongs!! Fantastic to say the least! They were both so much fun to work with, and maybe I will see them again next year.

This shoot was SO much fun, and I got to work with the fabulous Lisa Ferrennte and Jose Ayala.

Jose contacted me and wanted to have some creepy halloween fun while getting some promotional photos for his DJ career! We had a blast working on this shoot and the final results made all the mosquito bites totally worth it!! ;-)

Jose Ayala.... A.K.A.~ DJ BASH, (playing at night clubs throughout the Tampa Bay Area)

Take Possession...

Here are a few pics from the film, "Take Possession" that I worked on recently with Nicole Patterson Hair and Makeup. This is her design for the zombie/creature in the film. I went down to Ft. Myers last Saturday with Nicole to help shave some time off on hair and makeup so they could start the filming earlier. Nicole hand made the latex-based fingers that you see on the creature, and the model also has two foam-latex appliances attached to her face around the eyes to give her an even creepier effect. It was a really fun night of shooting out in an old abandoned cabin in the woods, very creepy, and it should make for an awesome final product! :-)

Flash Out Makeup and Photography

For a while now, I have wanted to open my own studio... just recently I decided that what I really wanted was the creative freedom to be able to 'create' art on people's faces, without being limited to what I could do. I also LOVE to make everyday people feel as gorgeous as the supermodel's of the world. Earlier this summer, I met photographer, Stephanie Curnutte, of Curnutte Photography LLC and we began to brainstorm ideas for what we could offer together. Out of these late night conversations, our sister company, Flash Out Makeup and Photography was born. A place where we both had the creative freedom to work and create our art, but also a place where we could offer makeup, hair, gorgeous photography, styling and more all at the same time to all different ranges of people. The pictures shown here are from our first joint shoot as a company and they feature the stunning model, Miss Katie Levith!! There will be much more to come from Flash Out in the future so stay tuned and I will keep everyone up to date here! :-)

Intoducing... The Fabulous Wendy Starkand

I recently had the pleasure of meeting accomplished stage actress, Wendy Starkand recently. For Wendy, we did some basic 'clean' makeup and styling to make her look as camera-ready and natural as we could to come up with some outstanding head shots for her to use for her upcoming auditions. Wendy can be found on stage performing at many Tampa area venues, and is an extremely talented musical theater performer. Her true personality shined through while we were working out in Plant City and she turned on her charming personality for my camera. Make sure to check her out in some of her upcoming roles,which I will post and keep you all up to date on where you can find her next!!

Introducing... Singer/Songwriter Erica DiCeglie

Some of the pictures from a shoot that I worked on with Heartbeat Productions and Kathy Porupski Photography for Erica DiCeglie's upcoming album release and website launch!!! Erica is an accomplished singer and songwriter and a fantastic person who was so much fun to work with!! Be sure to check out her work when the album launches later this year. Her website should be up and running soon, so be sure and check that out as well at http://www.ericadiceglie.com

A big thank you as well to Margie from Heartbeat Productions and Kathy for inviting me to work on such a fun shoot!!

Congratulations Sabrina

Congratulations to bride, Sabrina on getting married today!!!!! Here are some pics I took of her and her sister before they headed off for the ceremony. I hope everything went perfect and exactly how you pictured it Sabrina!

All The Colors of the Rainbow with Curnutte Photography LLC

A BIG BIG BIG thank you to everyone who helped out with this shoot... It was an absolute blast to work on and all of the models were amazing!!! As usual if was fantastic working with Kathy Porupski of Kathypix.com and Stephanie Medley of Curnutte Photography LLC. These are some of the pictures courtesy of Curnutte Photography LLC. A special thank you to Destiny, Christie, Christina, Hillary, and Katie who went above and beyond as the models for this shoot. Everything was shot on-location in and abandoned warehouse in Plant City, FL and the ground was wet and the bugs were definitely OUT!!! But the girls were troopers and everyone worked together to get a really fantastic final outcome! Hope you all enjoy! :-)

Now Covering ALL Tattoos....

A big thing for many brides on their wedding day is how to cover that one pesky tattoo for all the pics!!! This is a very common request because while most girls don't 'regret' that one tattoo, they still don't want it beaming in all of their wedding pictures for all the world to see. If you do, then more power to you, as I love my tattoos, all of which have very special meaning to me. BUT, for those of you that don't, fear not because most of them are easily taken care of. AND with the help of MAC's wonderful HD Airbrushing shades, they will stay in place all day and night and will NOT rub off on anyones pretty white dress! :-) If you have a tattoo that you would like concealed for any occasion, contact me today to set up a consultation before it's too late!

Me Playing Dress Up.... :-)

So, I got to work with 2 of my FAV Tampa area photographers this week. Started on Thursday helping Kathy Porupski out with a creative shoot for up-and-coming singer/songwriter Erica Diceglie. As SOON as I get any pics I will post them for everyone. And then on Friday I got to play MODEL for Curnutte Photography, and she has sent me 1 sneak peek that I thought I would share with everyone. As soon as I have more from either of these amazing artists, I will post them for you all to see! :-)

Terranova Studios Shoot

Thanks to Joshua Terranova and model Miranda for a fantastic shoot a couple of weeks ago. I went out to the International Academy of Design and helped him out with an artistic nudes shoot last Sunday.These are some of the edits so far from that shoot.

Actress: Tristyn Cook

These pictures are from a shoot that I did for an actress friend of mine in Orlando a few months back. I did the makeup, hair, and photography for this shoot. Tristyn took these headshots to the SETC conference this year and landed a role in a company for the summer up North. Normally, she can be found playing Princess Shaharazaad at Arabian Nights Dinner Theatre in Kissimmee, FL.

Here is a picture of a before and After makeup that I did on Tristyn before one of her shows at Arabian Nights last April...

Updates to my Website...

Spent the morning working on re-vamping my website.

Trying to clean it up and make it a bit easier to navigate, but web-design is so much harder than you would think! If you get a chance to check it out, shoot me a message and let me know what you think, I welcome any and all feedback from you guys. Also, I should have a few new pics up soon from the vintage/pin-up shoot that I worked on last week. Here are just a few samples that I have been able to grab so far, courtesy of Curnutte Photography and RC Concepcion... Hope you enjoy!

Finally trying to start a blog....

It was recommended to me by a colleague this past week that I start a Blog... supposedly they are very useful in updating information so I have decided to see what everything is about... I will do my best to keep this up to date with pictures and info from my latest shoots and what not, so check back with me soon for more info!!!! While you wait.... here are some of the pics from my shoot with LPGA tour golfer, Paula Creamer which just came out in the Womens Edition of Golf Week Magazine...