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Some shots from the 2(X)IST swimwear shoot for The Modern magazine. Lots of fun. :-) Big thanks to Editors Ron Sklar and Jennifer Barlow, 2(X)ist, and Diane Raulston, and the great models and crew who made it happen.

Makeup and hair: Rachel Hevesi

Model Credits: Tim Bryan from Q Models, New York (cover) Tommy DiDario from Bella, New York (first page) Inka (red candy stripe) Fusion New York and Zack Daley (Ibiza swim short in poppy red), Fusion New York, Elite London

Also: Jacob, Don, Anastasia, Sofia, Liz, Branda, Liz Le, Brittany, and Erin.

Check it out in The Modern | And on the 2(X)IST blog.

Editorial for The Modern magazine: "Everything Old Is New Again."

Models: Flynn Kelly & Marshall Showalter (Fusion Models) | Hair: Shinya Nakagawa | MU: Hiroko Takata | Styling: Nicole & Josh Sailor

Cover and Feature for Palm Beach Society Magazine, profiling mother and daughter team, Kailee and Elizabeth Hoadley.

The shoot was taped and used for the Hoadley's promotion. (some stills from the shoot attached), and can be seen H E R E:

I've been gone sooo long I've decided that I'm just going to have to work backwards -- and forwards -- just to get any semblance of a timeline.

This shoot was my third for Nyasha Zimucha, former beauty queen from South Africa, current signer/songwriter/TV personality currently on The A-List New York . We spent an afternoon in the studio looking for just the right feeling for her new CD jacket. The First shot is the one that she picked for the album cover, and the second shot is of the completed CD jacket.

Shots 3 and 4 are two that almost made it, but just didn't have the "power feel" that we were looking for. The album is called Rise Up Remix.

The shoot was taped, and aired for The A-list New York, and shots 5 and 6 are frame grabs from the episode. It can be seen in full H E R E :

Our shoot begins at 4:00 min. ;-)

Here are some shots from a recent afternoon with Elite Model Lisa Ramos of America's Next Top Model (ANTM) fame.

Model: Lisa Ramos (Elite Models) | Makeup: Asif Zaidi | Hair: Shinya Nakagawa

Shots 1-3 are done with window-light only. The fill is accomplished with 2 4x8' bead-board reflector v-flats, and countless scraps of reflective material placed in semi-random fashion to create a twinkle to the surroundings.

Shot 4 is my take on classic 40s beauty lighting. A beauty dish high and center with minimal fill, and a hair-light that is directly overhead and back a foot or two. The background light was gelled with a smoke tone and feathered away. (not that you can really see it... but hey, just being accurate) The post production tone is from an alien skin exposure b@w filters set.

Some of the shots from a day of beauty shots. It's all about helping the friends with the portfolios. Models: Lira, Dana, Kristin, Dani, Ting-Ji | Makeup: Asif Zaidi | Hair: Shinya Nakagawa

Here are a few shots of model Sarah Teed -- a New York City based model that I had the pleasure of shooting this week. I used natural window-light only, with a few reflectors for fill. Sarah is a beautiful Native American mix, which, incidentally, I guessed before she even told me. Great shoot. Great person.

A few shots of Model Service Agency's Gavin.

Model: Amber Ahlquist (Click Models) | Makeup/hair: Asif Zaidi

Amber is an exotic mix of Swedish and Native American, which gives her a look that is hard to pin down. She was a beautiful subject for a quick shoot in the studio.

Model: Caroline Montgomery (Click Models) | Makeup/hair: Gregg Hubbard

Caroline's white-white skin, red-red hair, and beautiful blue eyes were fantastic material for an afternoon beauty shoot in my studio.

Shot 1 was done with a beauty dish centered and just out of camera frame for the key, with a tri-flector underneath and on the right and left sides for the fill. There is a hair light almost directly overhead with a small strip box to make the light soft and even. The background is another beauty dish right behind Caroline's back and pointed directly at the grey background. (the background was removed and replaced with a garden room scene in post production)

Shots 2 and 3 use the same simple lighting setup: a 4x6 soft-box for fill, with a 3x4 soft-box key with a 40 degree grid directly in front of the fill. The background was subtly lit with a standard head and two 10 degree grids doubled up and twisted a bit to slightly obscure the light.

Tara Costa (NBC's The Biggest Loser) | Makeup: Asif Zaidi | Hair: Melinda Bouldin | Wardrobe Styling: Valeria Bergna (Ford Artists)

These shots are of Tara Costa (NBC's The Biggest Loser) to be published in the May issue of First Magazine.

The magazine wanted simple and clean shots on a white background to make it easy for their artists to composite them.

The lighting is as straight forward as it gets, with a 4x6 soft-box for fill and a beauty dish with a 20 degree grid for key. The hair light is a small strip-box placed center and slightly behind Tara, and two standard heads with barn-doors light the white background. (the background lights are set 1.5 stops brighter than the key light to completely blow out the white)

Melinda is a very talented hair stylist that is usually on the other side of the camera. We've worked together on many projects, and she is my # 1 go-to-gal for hair. But melinda needed some shots for her blog, and of course, I offered to do them for her. Here are a few shots from the bunch that I really like.

The lighting for these shots is pretty simple, and is basically the same for all of them -- the post-production is where their respective flavors come into play.

To light Melinda I used one XL 4x6' box for a fill, a beauty dish high and centered for the key, another beauty dish for the background, a hair light overhead and slightly back, and two lights with 10 degree grids and snoots for the kicker (side) lighting. 6 lights in all.

A fun day with young models Templer and Noa .

Model: Lin Laishram (Elite Models, India/Ikon, NYC Models) | Makeup: Asif Zaidi | Hair: Melinda Bouldin | Wardrobe Styling: Tammy Mack-Lowe

Here are a few shots from a recent shoot with Lin. Lin's looks interested me greatly, as she has the look of multiple ethnicities, and just can't be pinned down.