I HEART FACES WEEKLY PHOTO CONTEST~TEENS

Okay, this is my first entry in a photo contest...I've been watching them for a while at http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/ and I just couldn't resist this one as my VERY FIRST portrait model, Quinton, is a teenager and he just so happened to have given me the most awesome photo shoot ever!  What a model!! I had an extremely hard time picking one photo from his shoot because they all turned out so dynamic.  I finally settled on this one because it framed his face in tight and well, it is i <3 faces, right!? This kid is only 15 years old, just lost his father days before the shoot (an army soldier who just served in Iraq), is in two different rock bands (you can see a tiny peek of his accoustic in the lower left corner) and has one of the deepest minds you would ever meet. He is extremely loyal to his girlfriend; cherishes their true love...remember those days?!  He is way too grown for his age, but still maintains an innocence that is somewhat mysterious.  I was thrilled to get to know him that day and have never taken better images since.  I was surprised he was up for the shoot considering his tragic loss, but he thanked me later and told me how good it was for him to get out and focus on something else.  Everytime I look at this photo, I know what is going on behind those eyes and what that is happens to be way too deep for you or me to understand.  They say the eyes are the window to the soul.  I wish I didn't have to see the sadness in his.  But on the same note~ this kid is a survivor, is extremely talented and I am proud to call him my nephew.  Man, he set the bar extremely high for me because now everyone wants their picture to look as good as his.  What can I say...his unique style,  facial structure, eyes and soul made this shot.  I only captured it.  Love you, Q!

The Posh Puff!

I haven't really talked much about my other company....Punk n Posh. It's a hip accessory line with uber cute punk and posh pieces that kids, teens and adults can wear to express their inner star! The pieces also make great photography props (for all you photogs out there!). Which brings me to my point. :-D  I've just released a fab new item called "Posh Puffs" which are super glam adorable puff pieces that come in a variety of colors and can be clipped to headbands, hats, belts, hair and flip flops for various kinds of posh looks. I was so excited to release them once I took my girls pictures in them-they turned out so adorably *squishy* cute! I mean humbly speaking and all my girls are superbly gorgeous, ;-D (hehehe) but after a zillion pictures I have taken of them, I needed something to change their look as well as the look of the photo. The posh puffs did just that. The photos speak for themselves. The good news? They are a gorgeous photo prop that will only cost you $8...that's it. So you can afford to buy one in every color and be prepared at your next photo shoot you want to foof up the Poshiliciousness!  yes, that is a word...I created it! ;-D

Or ~you can try to get one for free from this blog ;-D !! That's right, I will be giving away one Free posh puff per week for one month. What do you have to do? Just leave a comment here telling me how u like the photos or the puffs (and which color(s) you would choose if you won and I will draw one per week. If u share my direct link to my webstore or facebook fan page to your blog or facebook status and comment here that u did I will give u another entry! One more for twitter!  Tweet about it!  It's that simple. Hope u love the posh puffs as much as I do! These photos truly warm a mothers heart~I know mine is melting now...