Mother's Day

... thought about Mom all day long ... regardless of what I was doing ... 

I miss her ... but I do know she's somehow watching out for me ... we still talk ... often ...

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April was a stressful month ... planets didn't line up properly ... did whip them back in shape though .. little set-backs don't stop me from achieving what I want ... 

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Images below are from a recent shoot at Salton Sea ...

Model is Nicole Shanahan, make up and hair by Gina Novotchin, styling by Seema Hamid.

Nicole staying graceful while taking flight just before golden hour ...

I had a great shoot ...

... with Jessa, Kristin and Kay ... make up artist Gina Novotchin joined us for the fun ...

Images later ... much later ... still having hard drive issues to resolve ... enjoy one of the images from Betcee and Tiana in the meantime ... shot in my studio one moon ago ...

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Added new music to my car CD changer ... Paris by Night ...  a compilation of classic French songs and singers from 1929 to 1964 ... 

Edith Piaf, Charles Trenet, Maurice Alexander, Leo Mariant, Lucienne Delyle, Tino Rossy, Charles Aznavour, Line Renaud, Django Reinhardt, Jean Sablon, Mireille, Les Compagnons de la Chanson, Lys Gauty, Frehel, Eva Busch, Damia

Milord (Edit Piaf) makes me cry ... that good ... Eva Busch is a close second and who does not like Django Reinhardt in "Nuages"

French classic street song entertainment at its best ... I grew up listening to this music ... my parents were fond of it ... 

EMI CDP 7 94478 2

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I dreamt about my Red Barn again ... pleasant ... it was full of people and art ... you were there too ... 

Yesterday ...

... started out as a "blah" day ... I'm allowed to have one once and a while ... lucky me has friends who listen ... no judgment ... no conditions ... 

Retouching images made it all go away  ... yayyyyyyyyyy ... 

Silly ?  Jamais de ma vie ;-)

I discovered Facebook

My friends shouted at me for posting an image with nudity on my wall ... big no-no on Facebook ;-) ... who reads the TOS anyhow ?

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Couple of more images from my shoot with Kristin, vintage fur wardrobe ... 

Had fun shooting this and having as much fun retouching this ...

Make Up by Gina Novotchin, hair by Lorenzo

My crows ...

... are back ... they're waiting outside my office around my car ... they follow when I walk the 3/4 mile to get lunch ... the three of them fly ahead ... wait on the fence posts and then fly ahead again ... when I'm on my way back, they do the same thing again ... they are extremely playful ... ;-)

Where have you been ... ;-) ... craa ... craaa ... craaaaahhhhhh ...

Bringing my camera tomorrow ... let's see if you still want to play ...

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Fortune cookie of the day:

You will have much to give thanks for this month

So true ... so true ...

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Kevin, Lauren Warner's husband passed away last Sunday night ... he'll be missed by quite a few of us ... hugs to Lauren, Oliver, Zoe and the rest of the family.

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I like big hair ... the images in this blog post are from my shoot with Kristin ... She's fun to work with ... make-up by Gina Novotchin and hair by Lorenzo ... I always wanted to shoot hair like this ... lol ... thanks team !