Skin by Kyra

I spent a lovely morning with Kyra, owner of Skin by Kyra, to photograph a few of her services and products she offers. She will soon be featured in the fabulous CRAVE NYC book.

Demonstrating a facial massage


Aromatic foot bath


A sampling of Kyra's product line


The lovely Kyra herself!

Indian and Catholic wedding of Wilma and Sunny

I love when couples combine their traditions in their wedding ceremonies. Wilma and Sunny started their day with an Indian ceremony, then continued the celebration in the afternoon with a Catholic ceremony, followed by a great party.



Lots of laughter during the ceremony!








Sunny looking dapper, dressed for the Catholic ceremony




cute!


Wilma's reaction seeing Sunny just before their afternoon ceremony. So happy!








I loved the light coming through the church windows








Wilma has such an adorable expression here

FSL Cosmetics shoot in Central Park

I had the pleasure of spending the afternoon in Central Park with Kimberly of FSL Cosmetics. We were shooting for her pages in the upcoming NYC CRAVE book.



Fruits are incorporated in her lip sticks and lip glosses, so I thought it was a great idea to use them for the product shots.








The beautiful Kimberly!

A trip to Ithaca

Over the summer I took a weekend and met up with my friend Mike in Ithaca, NY. We spent four wonderful years there for college, and it was time to return.

A trip to Buttermilk Falls was in order






Our trip to the falls was cut short with the massive rain storm. But it made for a cool photo!




I was in a portrait mood that weekend, so Mike got to play subject.


He wasn't always thrilled by this.


We wandered through the halls at our alma mater (Ithaca College) and came upon this fabulous skylight.

A few random photos from Cleveland

A while back I traveled to Cleveland for a dance workshop (the All Balboa Weekend), and while I didn't take all that many dance photos, here are some random bits and pieces of my travels.

One of the late night dances in the hotel, complete with disco lights


I was obsessing over flower pieces in hair


and feather pieces


the sexy Jeri


I love bow ties!


Jeri and Neal


I was attempting to do some semi-serious and nice portraits of these two; that only worked for so long...


Neal discovered a spider

A Maine mini session with Janna and Joel

My other sister Janna and her boyfriend Joel also stopped by for a visit at Becca and Kyle's house while I was there. More portraits!





This was the first time I was able to see Janna's tattoo in completion




Janna and Joel showing me their salsa moves they had just learned in class




playing with the beautiful light