​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

So we decided to hit the beach up for real this time! It was open and everything. We found 3 awesome models and we were off! If you remember my last blog post about our beach shoot you'll know we showed up to a closed beach and nowhere to shoot! So I called and checked online this time to make sure we were good to go! 

Even though the beach was open it was not without its difficulties, this had to be the windiest day of the year. We bought a pop up tent for the models to change in and it was completely unusable. Even the food we bought was all over the beach, Im sure the seagulls were happy. quick joke; what do you call a seagull that flies over a bay... A bagel. Feel free to take that one of my favs lol 

It was actually really funny all the girls said they were nervous and I'm like... with me? I couldn't believe it. The modeled like champs through the first set. I was very impressed and was looking forward to seeing what the had up for the next few swimsuits.

The second set went much smoother everybody was in a good rhythm and we powered through these. The wind was going like crazy at this point by they had gotten used to it and started to use it to their advantage, Meanwhile I was hungry because our food had already blown over before I really got any. Hopefully next time it won't be so windy outside.

They all did amazing the whole shoot we had a lot of fun and I think they all made friends with each other too it was an awesome shoot! Except on the way out a fellow beach goer had noticed Sabrina's car had a flat tire! This was her second one today, apparently some shady stuff happened with a towing company and they switched her brand new tires out for old shitty ones SMH. We had her follow us to a gas station and I put some air in the flat enough for her to get home, but I hope they dont get away with what they did! Check those tires people!!! 

Besides the flat tire incident, this was an awesome shoot I got a lot of great shots and Alayza did an amazing job with the makeup as always she actually did Sabrina's at the beach in the wind I don't know how but she did it! And we got another beach adventure in a few days be on the lookout for that!

Models//Sabrina Henson, Talia Kelly, & Hayley Mullins
HMUA//Alayza Casey
Photography//Deon Casey

Right off the back this was fun shoot I got in dance contest with a 4 year old and I'm pretty sure I lost. I'll be ready next time! But this time were shooting Sukii this is our 3rd shoot with Sukii and our last one was dope so I wanted to top it. I had something special up my sleeve for this shoot that I hadn't done with anybody, And I thought this would be the perfect time to do it.

Colored shadows! Whaaaaaa naw jk but I've wanting to experiment with this for awhile pretty much sense I started using gels. I think it looks awesome! Hopefully you guys dig it too (Sunglasses emoji) 

It would be crime to have Sukii come to our studio and have her leave without getting some beauty shots. So of course we had to knock some out the crazy thing is I probably shot beauty for about 5 minutes if that. However long one Gwen Stefani song is (Sukii requested it for the shoot) And Rich girl got stuck in my head for like 2 days smh I love asking models what pandora station they want some are shy and just cool with whatever but the vets know what get them going for a shoot. My favorite request so far has been from Lanette for the trap station. Can't beat that lol

Model// Sukii Moreno
Makeup// Alayza Casey
Photography// Deon Casey

I've been riding this gel wave recently and it's been amazing the feedback has been tremendous seems like you guys are really digging it. Well I'm happy because I really like it too. I still find it challenging to say the least but its well worth the effort. I think the hard thing is finding the right colors to put together every color doesn't work well with this kind of lighting.

I haven't experimented to much with color combinations yet maybe I'll get a model over here and just try all the colors we can think of, that would be a fun shoot for sure. But until that happens I'm digging this hollywood teal and orange classic it definitely the most popular color palette in film, and for good reason it works in most situations. And it's no different here Kristy looks great! 

That's not all we did though we had to do some hard lighting looks this will always be a favorite look of mine its just so fun to shoot. Kristy busted out the fashion nova outfit for this. I think the outfit looks great also I finally get to show off my wood floor. You might recognize it for a few weeks ago if you follow my instagram stories. I think this was the first shoot you can actually see the floor, it looks even better than I'd hoped!

Of course we had to go in a little tight and show off Alayza's makeup. She did an amazing job like always but see for yourself Kristy looks great! Also Alayza and I both seen a noticeable improvement in Kristy's modeling she's gotten much more comfortable with her modeling and it really shows.  

Kristy is doing a great job selling that dress and that eyeshadow. I think the reason I love this lighting is because it's not about the lighting. it's a blank canvas and its the models personality and talent that bring the images to life it's a total 180 from using gels where the lighting is the most dominant aspect of the shot. There's no right or wrong answer, to quote Jay-z "Art is super subjective" which do you prefer? 

Model// Kristy Le
Makeup// Alayza Casey
Photography// Deon Casey

To me spring starts March 1st, and I'm ready for some warm weather and some beach shoots! Towards the end of February we caught a break and had a very nice day it was around high 70s  and we thought we'd thought we take advantage and head to the beach for a shoot!

So we headed off to the beach ready for a fun day and some sand, only to find the beach was still closed : ( it opens back up march 1st I guess they agree with me when spring starts : ) So we drove 45 minutes and the models are in bikinis and oiled up with full hair and makeup ready to shoot and the beach is closed. What were we gonna do?!

As I said before photography is mostly problem solving and critical thinking and I wasn't going to give up on our shoot, so I got to thinking about what we could do. Then I remembered there's a marina near by and I knew I could make that work it would also be different. So we headed to marina! Everyone was still feeling uneasy about the whole situation but I was actually excited I knew I would get awesome shoots and the water and boats would make a great backdrop.

After a few shots I think everybody started to see that these were gonna be awesome shots and Tequila and Keshia loosened up and we got into a nice flow. Even though it was warm outside it was extremely grey and overcast which is normally great for shoots but in this particular case it left the images very flat. I needed to add some serious colors in post in order make the photos appear like it's the middle of spring/summer.

As resourceful and creative I was to get these shots I had maxed out all different places to shoot pretty quick. So alayza had the idea to go to the pool nearby at the hotel. So we loaded up the car and headed to the hotel pool, and I bet you can guess what happened next it was locked!!! lol It was crazy but Alayza talked to very kind lady at the front desk who let us into the pool. So we got shooting at the pool which I had never done before, I was excited and nervous and dove right in (pool pun) 

This was very fun and unexpected day of shooting with a lot of twist and turns. I love days like this, I feel like these are the kinds of situations that help you grow as a photographer going outside your comfort zone is a sure fire way grow and develop (photography pun) but it's officially march 1st and beach is back open and I'm ready for another beach shoot!

Model// Keshia & Tequila 
Hair// Quiana Dixon
Makeup// Alayza Casey
Photography// Deon Casey