:: Proofing Frenzy Begins ::

I hope you had a wonderful Thankgsiving and ate lots of turkey. I ate two HUGE plates of food and I think I was stuffed for about 24 hours!! Yesterday didn't do much shopping since I don't like crowds fighting for stuff to buy. After my afternoon session, I went out to the movies with Paul and to eat Sushi afterwards.

After re-charging my batteries for two days, my proofing frenzy begins. I have THIRTEEN sessions to proof in seven days!!!! I know that sounds easy but that involves a lot of work. It takes me about 3 to 4 hours for each session to proof. I like to give my images a lot of love! First I decide what images I will keep (delete the not so good expressions, closed eyes, motion blurry ones, etc.) After that I work on each image I keep. I like to crop them to fit my artistic eye, I study the photo to see if it'll look better in color or black & white, if I should add any texture or special finishes, do minor retouching to remove scratches and bumps (kids and babies get lots of them!) etc. As you can see, it's not as easy as it sounds.

Meanwhile the rest of my business continues... I will start to post the sessions I proof tonight and the count down will begin!

Gobble, Gobble

I hope you have the best Turkey day ever! I took the day off to spend time with family eating LOTS of food and to enjoy their company. I'm also taking the day off tomorrow to be able to do some shopping (well, except I have a session in the afternoon). I'm going to buy the COOLEST chair at Chicky Bella to use at photo sessions. Can't wait to show you what I can do with it! By the way, Chicky Bella will have 50% off their clothes between 2 & 4pm (I think...but call to confirm the times just to make sure)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Ana

Sexiest Man Alive?

When People magazine contacted me to photograph the Sexiest Man Alive for their 2007 cover I said sure! I felt so humbled that they wanted to hire ME! So I went my merry way and photographed the Sexiest Man Alive! What do you think?

Well, after I submitted the photo they told me I had the wrong man and they couldn’t use it since the Sexiest Man Alive had to be a well-known star. Apparently I went to do my assignment before they told me who I was supposed to photograph! After this, they gave the job to another photographer. Oh well, I really don’t mind that since I much rather photograph babies and kids.

So do you agree with their choice?

Here are my five picks
#1 – Paul
#2 – Matt Damon
#3 – Clive Owen
#4 – Patrick Dempsey
#5 – John Stamos

So ladies (guys too if you want), which one do you think is the Sexiest Man Alive? Here is the link if you haven't bought the magazine: Sexiest Man alive