I was recently in Las Vegas for WPPI and had the opportunity to schedule two photo shoots while I was there. I posted a casting call and Bri responded. Quickly. I followed up with some questions and I got a response back - within minutes. I emphasize this because its RARE!

Anytime I reach out to work with another professional, I first try to sort out if I like their work and then, can I trust them to be reliable. She was so fast (and consistent) with her responses to me; her work was awesome - so it was an easy decision to book her time.

I had two shoots scheduled so I hired her for both. She was also very collaborative during the shoot which I personally welcome on set. At the end of the second shoot, I asked her to step in front of the camera for a few quick headshots. Here are my favorites.

A true pleasure working with Briseida, or Bri, as she likes to be called. For those in Vegas looking for a make-up artist, hire her.

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The first post of 2013. Psyched.

In December, I arranged to take some updated headshots for Joe. He owns an Agile consulting company called Incrementor. Being opportunistic, I thought I would also schedule time with a model since I was going to have a studio and a little time to shoot - why not? This post is about why I called this entry, "Plan C". In addition to the time with Joe to update his headshot, I booked two models to shoot with to build my portfolio, and theirs. The first model canceled a week before the shoot, the other, the morning of. Oh boy. What do i do?

I turned to the internet gods and posted a casting call for another model and crossed my fingers that the make-up-artist (MUA) wouldn't cancel as well, fortunately she didn't. I screened several models during the day and had a great response to this second posting. It was about lunch time and Andrea called me. We spoke for a couple minutes and I could tell from her tone that she was going to be great to work with. Turns out she's from California (and so am I) so maybe that's what felt right.

Coincidentally, a friend of mine from High School, Eric, was in town on vacation so he helped out with the shoot and took some behind the scene shots (see below). It was great to catch up.

We split up the shoot to have the first part of the session focused on very simple concepts, then had Nicole (the MUA) work with Andrea on a different look for the second half of the day while Eric and I worked with Joe on his headshots. I've posted some of my favorites from the work with Andrea. Also, great work on the make-up, Nicole. I'll post some images from Joe in a future post.

As I mentioned, there were also some behind the scene shots Eric captured. The first one makes me wonder why I pointed and extended my leg the way I did. Funny when you see the things you do.