I met Lucy, Barbara’s red haired poodle at the door, happily barking and announcing my arrival. Barbara then invited me into her home. A home that overflowed with books, art and warmth. We started talking and immediately I was taken in by her intelligence, sense of humor, love for food and passion for enjoying life.

I think I was still Oooing and Ahhing over Barbara’s home when Anna and Kristen of Farrell Design Group joined us for the shoot. They had comissioned me to document Barbara in everyday life for her new book – ‘Words to that Effect’ and also to put their talent as excellent art directors for the shoot to use.

To purchase a copy of Barbara O. Geshekter’s book ‘Words to that Effect’ visit her new website, designed by Farrell Design Group, featuring photos by yours truly - barbarageshekter.com/

Below you can see my favorite images from our shoot.

Barbara is just the nicest most thoughtful person. Case in point, she made us quiche for lunch during the photo shoot. It was amazing

Sometimes I have these creative ideas that just bug me until they see the light of day.

One being shooting what I will call (for now) a ‘nearly’ boudoir or beauty session. Something that is still sexy, but with out being in lingerie.

The other thing that I was just DYING to try was shooting with a fog machine. I have been dreaming of using one ever since I saw Natalie Portman’s Vogue fashion shoot where the photographer used one. You can view the video – here. Yeah, I about came unglued when I saw that shoot.

I also wanted to get out of my comfort zone. I am very comfortable and confident at shaping, working with and seeing natural light. It is my favorite thing to shoot in. So, I gave myself a challenge…No natural light could be used. EEP! This session was shot all with my studio lighting equipment. Not gonna lie, it was challenging, but I ended up loving the end result.

A BIG thank you to my model Jennine for helping me create this vision AND for coming up with the location. Another big thank you to our wonderful make-up and hair stylist, Evelyn of Studio One Hair Salon, where the shoot took place.

Hello fog machine

Model : Jennine Marley

Make-up & Hair : Evelyn Elias, cell : 805-704-0396, email : eliastyle86@yahoo.com

Salon : Studio One Hair Salon, 2057 Forest Ave Ste 2

Let’s just say I have been having a blast collaborating with Brent Holland on photo shoots… It’s so fun to talk about shoots we’ve always wanted to do and then….voila! from creative visions in our heads to reality. Brent had been wanting to do a photo shoot with Paige and I had been DYING to use my Uncle’s 1967 Mercury Monterey convertible in a couples shoot…hmmmm… So, last Tuesday we made it happen.

Both Paige and Gary are models. Damn good models if I may say so myself. Gary you may have seen on my blog before posing with the lovely Jennine. Thank you Gary for being so nice and not laughing at my silly ideas Paige could not be more fun, sweet and is immensely talent. She has just been accepted to Columbia’s graduate program for theater arts. I’m convinced that I’m gonna see her one day on the big screen. Gary and Paige are not together in real life only in film (…although it’s really pixels, but film just sounds far more romantic).