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Another great model from Faythe Hall Mesics Couture Fashion photoshoot.
Model: Veronica Dame
MUA/Hair: Faythe Hall Mesic
Dress Designer: W Designs
Photographer: Vanessa Bates






11/6/09 Photos of The Day

Another great model from Faythe Hall Mesic's Couture Fashion photoshoot.

Model: Brittany
MUA/Hair: Amber Kish
Dress Designer : W Designs
Photographer: Vanessa Bates























































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Another Model from Faythe Hall Mesic's Fashion Photoshoot.
Model: Megan Henderson
MUA/Hair: Amber Kish
Dress Designer: W Designs
Photographer: Vanessa Bates








11/4/09 Photos of The Day

Another fabulous model from Faythe Hall Mesics Coture Fashion photoshoot.
Model:Nina
Hair: Sonia Garza
MUA: Erin Foster
Photographer Vanessa Bates
Dress Designer: W Designs













































































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Faythe Hall Mesic is an amazing Make-Up Artist who put together a wonderful Couture photoshoot @ The River Garden Club in the riverside area of Jacksonville, FL. I was very priviledged to be a part of it.

Model: Lauren Rossi
MUA: Erin Foster
Hair: Sonia Garza
Photographer: Vanessa Bates
Dress Designer: W Designs





































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Today was National Zombie Day! I went down to the Jacksonville Landing for the official yearly Zombie March. It was really hot outside but we had bunches of fun!





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Some random photos from the Home & Patio show we had here locally.








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Yeah I know I haven't posted in awhile. I have so many pictures to post and get caught up.
These are some photos from the National Guard Family Day at the local base. We had a blast!








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Some new photos of the Hubby and I. We were playing around with the lighting and backgrounds. It was nice to spend some time together doing something we love :)

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Dilly, Here are some more of the photos from the Sweet 16 party to share.






















































































































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I had a photo shoot at a Sweet 16 birthday party today. This was bunches of fun! I will be posting more photos as I work on them.


































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This was a local Photography group I meet up with regularly. They decided to do a class (Strobist 101) on lighting and equipment...very informative! Once we were done with the class we had a model show up to work with. There was one model and 12 photographers! lol ...That poor model was worked to death but she did an awesome job! Read More




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Just some fun moments with my step-children Brannon & Mara at the pool.


































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My daughter Autumn and grandbaby Leah came over Sunday and of course I had to take a few shots :) Leah is almost 6 months old...can't believe it!


































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Just a few headshots I took of a friend of the family.

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Just a few photos from our adventure walk on Big Talbot Island. Gotta love the boneyard! So many textures, shapes and swirls :) A photog's heaven!











































8/23/09 Photo of The Day


I know I haven't posted in awhile, life has been very busy for me lately. Plus the fact that it has been raining almost every weekend and evening when I get home. I haven't really been out to take photos.
Today was the first beautiful day we have had in awhile. We grabbed our camera bags and took advantage. We just got hom not too long ago but I wanted to share just one photo of a beautiful ending to a beautiful day. Nothing like watching the sun go down with the person you love the most in life:) There will be more photos to come from our adventure tomorrow.

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The kiddos and i were home bored tonight so we set up the studio and had some fun. We were all 3 laughing so hard!

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My daughter Autumn came by this morning so I finally got the photos I have been wanting to get for quite awhile...both grandbabies in one picture! I called Ashley & had her bring Sarah over.I set the studio up in the living room this morning by myself and it was my first time to set up a complete studio. The photos I took of Autumn & Leah were taken first and the lighting was too bright so I had to work on the photos quite a bit. I was taking a friends advice and focusing less on the technical stuff and gettting back to what originally made me love photography. I love capturing moments! Sometimes your close friends have to help you to see things. When my husband finally woke up this morning he helped me with all the settings so when I took the photos of all 4 the lighting was muchhhh better.I will be so happy when I know this stuff and can do all the technical stuff on my own. Until then I am going back to enjoying photography again.I still have more photos to go through and work on but I figured i would post a few :)





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Took some photos of Ashley & Sarah tonight and I was much more pleased with the lens I am used to using. I might be sticking with this one! These photos turned out muchhhhhhhh better!

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These are some photos of my daughter Ashley, her husband Steven and my grandbaby Sarah. We played around in the studio last night. It was so hot and Sarah was tired. We will do this again later under better conditions :)






















































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RAWR!!

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Took my son Anthony in the studio to get some recent photos of him. I had to show off the studio and where we were at with it. He isn't a very cooperative subject because he kept me laughing most of the time...lol



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Just a few more photos of Mara I worked on today.



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This is my step daughter Mara and she loves being a model for me. I was making her come up with most of the poses on her own. She did such a good job. I'm still attempting to learn to use the lighting. There is sooo much to doing studio photography. I never knew it was so complicated...lol









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These are a few shots of the studio my husband has put together. We have furniture and props also. He did an awesome job. Just had to brag about his hard work :)

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These pretty ladies were at the park attempting to take group photos with cell phones. I asked them if we could take their photos and email them to them. They thought it was a gimick at first but I assured them it was only so we could get practice. I am about to email them over but figured I would share.




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Brian and I are home alone this weekend so really late last night Brian decided he wanted to play with the lighting in the studio some more. I had to play the subject and I am not too fond of being in front of the camera...at all!! I didn't like most of the photos because I really need to loose some weight but Brian did a pretty good job with the lighting. He went today to the bookstore and got another book on lighting. He is also researching into getting some Alien Bee lights. I guess he is pretty serious about the portrait studio thing. I am finding myself more interested in it watching him and learning. I had fun playing with these photos in Corel. I haven't sat down and minipulated photos in awhile. I think I miss it.