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Beach Photoshoot – June 2015

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 18:22:46 +0000

I don’t even know where to start with this one……I came up with the brilliant idea to do photos and video while we were at the beach last weekend and it was NOT easy! We walked forever down the beach (with all our stuff) to get to the secluded spot by the sand dunes. I photographed Andy first, we shot video, he photographed me, shot video, then our daughter took photos of us together. We started around 7 and were done by 8 with minutes to spare to see the sunset. The photos are outstanding even though I took them in my costume stepping on sand burrs, it was hot, sun blaring, sunburn, wind, ect.

Here they are…I am in love with them **heart**
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Spring Photo session at Duke Gardens

admin — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:54:55 +0000

What a way to start the weekend. I had to get up early (6 am) to get ready in time for an 8 am shoot at Duke Gardens in Durham. So many beautiful spots, we had a great time.

Photos courtesy of Kolaya Photography

{Shimmies in the Sunshine}

admin — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 15:22:09 +0000

Just got back from Norfolk, VA, collaborating on a project with some amazing people. I cannot announce the details yet, but I just wanted to share some photos we took. It was so hot and Norfolk set a new record high that day.

{Industrial Shoot}

admin — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 00:56:56 +0000

Paul Cory contacted me to collaborate on a project. A wonderful photoshoot in a dark, dusty, and mysterious location. Lots of fun!

{new galleries}

admin — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 05:15:48 +0000

I updated my galleries with some new photos and music by Afrit Temple. You can find this music on his upcoming CD {Animatine}.

Studio Shots
‘Oblation’ Afrit Temple (special edit)

Performance Shots
‘Reed Dance’ Afrit Temple

{Photo Shoot- Dec 2012}

admin — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 04:14:21 +0000

End of the year photo shoot with my awesome ‘Organic Armor’!!

{Photos from Spring Daze festival}

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:04:16 +0000

So while at Neomonde’s yesterday for the music meetup, a man approached me saying that he recognized me?? I was happy thinking, “Wow I must be famous now, if people recognize me in my plain girl clothes”..LOL….no really, he recognized both me and my friend Shahzaadee. He saw us perform at the Cary Spring Daze festival a week ago. He was gracious enough to email me a couple photos he took of my performance. Thanks Cris!! I always like to have a couple photos from events and since my ‘photographer’ was too busy doing video, he wasn’t able to take any during my performance.

{hair apt=photoshoot}

admin — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:29:27 +0000

So, I decided to do a Video Diary of my experiences from start to finish, starting with getting my hair done at the salon, then the photoshoot and photos afterwards. I had the works done: highlights, lowlights, cut, style and was there for 2 1/2 hours. Shelley is the best ever and made me look gorgeous! Go see her at Slingblades! So afterwards, I came home had some lunch, and starting getting my stuff together. (That is a chore in itself!) I wasted 20 min searching for my the trigger remote and finally found it at the bottom of my camera bag. (Who would have new. LOL) I used 4 costumes this time, which is the most I have ever done. However 2 of them were just of costumes I am selling and need to photograph, so those were quick and painless. I wore my Red Bella, which I have never photographed, only for veil photos. The other costume was a Red Tapestry and coin costume I made a couple years ago. About half way through the photos for the Bella, the battery for my video camera stopped, so I was only able to video tape the beginning, but I did add some final images. (They were edited in Photoshop CS5 using various actions for artistic enhancement. The photoshoot lasted about 1 1/2 hours.

Enjoy!

{March Photoshoot}

admin — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:05:02 +0000

Yesterday I went to see my absolute favorite hair design ‘artist’ (because that is what she is), Shelley, at Slingblades Hair Design in Durham. I had my usual done with some more reddish lowlights added in, then a cut and style. I videotaped the whole process to do a video diary and am working on now. I came home and set up the studio and did some self portraits. It is always a challenge, technical difficulties, near falls, but in the end I got some nice photos. I did editing afterwards in Photoshop CS5.

{Photoshop Guru}

admin — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:22:56 +0000

So in the spirit of Halloween a fellow photographer offered to take some of my dance images and turn them creepy for Halloween. Halloween is in fact one of my favorite times of the year. The first image is from an ‘Autumn Goddess’ Photo shoot I did last last year in my Organic Armor and the second I am modeling my new chainmail belt. I am posting the before image too so you can see the difference.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

SGH Photo Art