When I was first introduced to Samantha to discuss the theme of her shoot. I thought I was going to have to work extra hard to bring her out of her shell, but, underneath her understated clothes and the hair in her face was a surprisingly confident 17 year old girl. We had a trial rub with hair and make-up and to select clothing. we decided her home would make a great setting for her photo shoot.On the day of the shoot I greeted her with her favorite Starbucks beverage,a passion tea. Melonie Pavlick, an awesome M.U.A.(www.myspace.com/meloniespage)started her make up and hair, while I set up for the shoot. Samantha was completely open. She even let Melonie cut bangs, which look amazing on her! Her first look was a sixties style, and my personal favorite. Samantha really surprised me, she was an absolute natural. She needed hardly any direction and even posed herself beautifully. For the second look we decided to try something a little less everyday, and really play with some fantasy. The wonderful thing about my High Fashion Shoot is that the options are endless and you can be whoever you want. Samantha really enjoys cosplay photo's so we did an nontraditional Geisha look with fantasy make-up, and lots of extensions. The end result was breathtaking. I am so happy that I was able to give Samantha a break from the real word, and give her a taste of what it is like to be pampered!! Special thanks to Melonie Pavlick for bringing the fantasy to life.
