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Jazz - Delreo Collab

Sunday I was invite by Janita of Del Reo Imaging to her shoot baby shoot then lead into her shoot with her cousin Jazz, who is aspiring to be a model. After the baby shoot it was time to work with Jazz. As Jazz has never really modeled before, she needed a lot of direction. I don't mind at all because it also helped me with giving direction. It was a fun shoot. Jazz came with a variety of clothes so we had different looks happen. 

Sexy in pink

Merry Christmas!!

After a while we took it outside to the streets, in the first location it didn't like the lighting. I was using the street light, but the street light was not providing the look I was going for. Eventually, I decided to use the flood light of the house which fair a tab bit better, but I still was not liking the situation.  So the last spot we moved to was the Purple Rose right across the street from us. This actually a very cool spot with the purple wall, it stood out and added something different to the shots. 

Purple Rose

House flood lights

Although this was a fun shoot, I only liked 10-15% of the final images. There were some unforeseen elements that ruined the shoots and a few out of focus shots that were actually my faves. With that, I would definitely want to do a redo of this shoot. I was not satisfied with this shoot. 

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