It's been almost two years since the last time we worked with madelynn I think she was 16 the first time we worked together. I remember our first shoot very well and this one was just as memorable. The shoot went great I wanted to give her stuff she could potentially use in her New york portfolio. It's really only a matter time before she become a super star agencies from Ny, and LA are already after her. But the reason I was excited to shoot with her was because her eyes are so crazy blue I knew I would get some awesome beauty shots and we definitely did. It was a great shoot and I can't wait to see her face in time square sometime soon.

Were working with Tequila again I've lost track of how many shoots we done together but they've all been great!

Tequila was giving me Naomi Campbell vibes the whole shoot. She was great start to finish. It's funny every shoot we do with Tequila comes out great and we think, man what are we gonna do next time but we always find a way to top it. And I have the same feeling again looking at these images I have no idea what we're gonna do next shoot but I know it's gonna be amazing.

We got Aliaa back in studio, we really don't with her enough!

Some models we shoot I just wonder why they haven't moved to New york to become a superstar. That's how I feel about Aliaa she's just an amazing talent, easy to work with and fun on set. And her look is definitely in now, maybe not here in Dallas but I think she would kill it in New York on LA. Either way I'm sure she has a bright future ahead of her.

Model// Aliaa Bekhit
Makeup// Alayza Casey
Photography// Deon Casey

This was our first time meeting and shooting with Arial, and she was super cool got along right away. She was also the first model I got to shoot on my new "thunder gray" backdrop which wasn't as dark as I hoped but was 10x better than my old gray backdrop. Alayza wanted to do a dramatic eye look I think it turned out great. I was really happy with these images I'm sure we'll see Arial in here again soon! 

Cats back in the Studio for shoot number 3!

We had great time shooting Cat like always, the shots turned out amazing! Cat looks great, I wouldn't be surprised to see her on a billboard somewhere soon. Alayza posted a picture of Cat's makeup on Facebook and everybody went crazy over the Fenty red lip a lot of Marilyn Monroe comments. So I'm sure Alayza and Cat are excited for me to send them these images I already know which ones they're gonna post! Can't wait for the next one with Cat gotta do it before she gets too famous for us! I think shes in Spain right now visiting family, maybe she'll take us with her next time : )

This time were working with Alyssia! This was the first time working with Alyssia and we were excited to work with a new model again. She's a youngster, I want to say 19? It's always funny to see what songs are foreign to younger people we had a early 2000s playlist going and I had to change it lol.. I like to play music during shoots like most photographers but finding a playlist that works from age 15-55 is pretty hard. Sometimes I just go with pandora I can be hit or miss a lot of times. It seems like for most people whatever was big when you were a teenager is great zone music wise or current pop songs. 

Million dollar smile, a smile can be a huge asset to a model everybody loves a smile, but surprisingly a lot of models can only do the serious sexy face or look aloof and mysterious. Seems like the more well rounded models are these days the more they work but I'm no agent so don't take my word ask some models. Smiles are great for business too. You want to look approachable and trust worthy above anything else, It's some very interesting studies on smiles and election results for public office. Long story short you look competent and trustworthy when you smile and that's usually what wins votes in local elections.

 

Alyssia killed everything we put her in and did a great job with beauty as well and she's only 19 I'm excited to see where her modeling takes her. It's always great to work with talented young people full of potential it can have a way of keeping you inspired yourself. And last but not least Alayza did an absolutely amazing job on makeup and styling, Shes upgraded her whole kit and it really shows in her work. All in all another great shoot hopefully we can get Alyssia in here again for another shoot!

Finally made my way to south beach! And it did not disappoint Will Smith told no lies. Alayza and I like to travel a lot and we hadn't been to Miami and I've always wanted to there. It was amazing the water and sky was beautiful, so all I had to was put Marisol and Tiffany (our travel buddies) in front of my lens and I knew I'd get some great stuff.

This shoot was very bare bones I didn't want to be stuck hauling around gear all day and I couldn't fit a lot in my carry on bag lol It was the same with Alayza she couldn't take all her makeup so she just packed all the essentials. We made it work but Miami was so beautiful it wasn't very difficult.  

I definitely plan on going back, the beach isn't the only place to shoot in Miami the whole city is a photographers playground. The architecture is modern, and it's a very colorful city its easy to find exoctic colored buildings. So next time I'm out there I'll explore some other locations for our shoots. It was a beautiful city and we had a great time there I mean we went out on tuesday and I would've thought it was Saturday, Miami turn up every night and them drinks are strong as hell lol 

Model// Tiffany & Marisol
Makeup// Alayza Casey
Photography// Deon Casey

Sydney, Sydney, Sydney... smh every time we do a shoot with Sydney we both always feel like we fail to capture her beauty properly. She looks much better in person than what we've captured in the past so this time we were more determined than ever to get it right! And I think this time we did it. (sunglasses emoji)

We've worked with Sydney several times and it's always fun. This time was no different, one thing I did notice very quickly was how much her modeling improved from our last shoot with her. So I was already confident very early on I was gonna be happy with these images. 

So next we wanted to do beauty look with her. Alayza was determined to get her makeup just right. I'm sure Sydney would agree with me that it always looks good but I know better than to argue with my makeup artist  ; ) 

I think Alayza did an amazing job these look ad worthy. I think it's safe to say mission accomplished here. Alayza and Sydney did a great job! Only question now is what to do for our next shoot? Either way I'm excited for next time we get Syd back in our studio.
Model// Sydney Nguyen
Makeup// Alayza Casey
Photography// Deon Casey

​Ella decided to stop by for quick shoot, We haven't shot Ella in a while and our last shoot went great. So we finally got her to come back in here and I'm very happy with the results. 

Alayza did an amazing job on her makeup last time out but Alayza wasn't happy with it, Now she uses totally different products and couldn't wait to do her makeup again. I think she was right and it turned out even better than last time.

Ella is an amazing model and she's really fun to work with, I really like how she poses it's a very natural flow it. She's also very funny and laughs a lot while shooting.

We were going to do more looks but we decided to save some stuff for the next shoot and I'm very excited to see what we do next time with her. Maybe well head to the beach or maybe downtown well see either way I'm excited for our next shoot with Ella.

Model// Ella
Makeup// Alayza Casey
Photography// Deon Casey

Nicole is back! 
The last time we worked with Nicole was probably a year ago, This was actually my 3rd shoot with Nicole, and she hadn't modeled in a while but she didn't seem nervous at all. In fact it was the opposite she seemed happy to be back in front of the camera. 

I've been trying to do more beauty shots lately I kind of got away from it for a little while. And I thought it was time to get back on it I've learned a lot since my last beauty shoot and wanted to put that new knowledge into these shots with Nicole with her green eyes. I think she looks ready for a beauty campaign, Alayza did an amazing job on makeup!

These gelled images are my favorite from the shoot. I always love shooting gels and these came out great. Nicole did a great job modeling and she killed this look! Even though its been awhile Nicole seems to have no rust at all I expect to see her popping up all over Dallas soon. She's an awesome model and I'm sure lots of people are going to want to shoot with her!

Model// Nicole L.
Makeup// Alayza Casey
Photography// Deon Casey