I’m not one to shoot down people’s hopes and dreams but I’m certainly not in the business of taking someone’s money and blow smoke up their butts. It’s my responsibility as a testing photographer to help models develop and steer them in a path that would help them succeed.

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It was a nice change of pace to work on a shoot like this with my husband. It’s mainly what I do for my line of work but I usually use my time with my husband to delve a bit deeper into the fashion work , almost like an outlet. It was nice to change it up with him and I could really see how much he enjoyed it as well. Looking forward to seeing if their may be a bit more of this in our future.

P.S. The Face Atelier new dark shades (#10, #11, and Heat as well as #4 Ultra Sheer) were used for this shoot including the Grandma and Pageant lip tars. Am I getting that predictable? Haha, if it ain’t broke…

I had a great opportunity to key the series of commercial and print advertising for Top Chef DC alongside fellow artist Richard Bernal and our awesome hand picked team (James Cornwell, Warren Bolden, Bethany Townes) to do the hair/makeup/grooming. We worked on all the contestants including the male judges Tom Colicchio and Eric Ripert. After having spent time with all the contestants I am more excited than ever to see who ends up winning the whole thing this season. Make sure to check out all the info on the new contestants and see more of their videos and pictures on Bravo’s site.

Get your TIVO’s ready as the season is not to be missed! The season premiere is Wed., June 16 on Bravo.