If you have a followed my blog regularly I am sure you have seen model Adem A. I figured I would share some frames with you that have a few more layers this time.

Model Jason C had to tough out a 70-degree air temperature on this fall day when he washed his jeans and my hoodie in Lake Michigan.

Check out this temp tattoo shoot Make-up Artist Brandon Phillips and I did with Massari. After 50 minutes in Brandon’s chair, our subject was inked up and thugged out. Massari was the perfect model to execute this concept.

Credits: Make-up by Brandon Phillips.

Troy Z has a strong look and can keep you from turning the page whether hes staring back at you or laughing.

"It may not look like it, but it was cold as hell when we were taking this picture and we were running out of daylight. The cold along with the fact that that bag was heavy made this photo a hard one to capture but our hard work definitely paid off." - Model Troy Z

Credits: Make-up by Deirdra Carney. Styling by Shar Devon. 

It took quite a while to set up a shoot with Adam Schawel, but it was well worth it. The 22-year-old is a real trooper for putting up with 40-degree weather and a stiff wind during out shoot.

Make-up Artist Randall Jenson helps out with styling.

I was amazed at how much changing Adam's hair transformed his look. I hope to work with him again with this hair style.

Credits: Make-up by Randall Jenson. Styling by John Gress

I must have known Clint for three months before I asked the full time engineer to model. This just goes to show you some of the best models can be right under your nose.

Credits: Make-up by Kim King. Styling by Isaac King and Richard Paden.

The designer talked me into shooting these clothes claiming he would get the pics published in Ebony, but that never happened…i guess you could call this set practice!

Credits: Hair by Sir Anthony. Make-up by DeCarr Beauty and Randall Jenson. Styling byisaac king and Richard Paden. Modeling by Levell Cole, Elle Enjoli and Elias Valles

Often times I come up with a shoot idea and then contact make-up artists. However, when Make-up Artist Brandon Phillips called me about a shoot he wanted to do, I was all ears. The retro boutique he lined up was amazing and the pictures we came up with pleased me equally.

Credits: Make-up by Brandon Phillips. Styling by Isaac King.

The bowling alley near the home of Stylist Richard Paden is lost in time.  Its such a unique location, that we had to line up a shoot there with scene appropriate clothing. I wanted a to do a shoot that mirrored a group date… but models being models, so many people canceled on us and all of our girls were a no show. I didn’t want it to look like some kind of clacked out gay beer commercial so we called up the national guard, I mean the stylist’s assistants. In the end we made a cracked out hetero beer ad… I think.

Credits: Hair by Keith Ward. Make-up by Deirdra Carney. Styling by Richard Paden.

Model and dancer Raphael noted, "I am not as strong as I look in those pics, in my daily life. Unless I'm teaching dance in the ghetto."

Credits: Make-up and styling by John Gress