.: fashion, etc :.

this is a fashion shot that was a collaboration with my good friend mark chien and an amazing make-up artist gabriala bianca lecuscu. the model is jennifer peterson. she was such a delight to work with. sometimes working with models can be a task if they lack the confidence. iykwim. she is so beautiful and it shows. i tend to shoot images of people, however, that bring out more of the person inside rather than looking at it as strictly a fashion image. so while mark was shooting here in really flattering angles, i had her look straight at the camera for the drama. here it is.