Don't you want to work with her?

brookesmilecolor, originally uploaded by Alta Marie.

So friendly :)

Black & white version

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Closeup

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Brooke's final retouches!

brookeshouldercolor, originally uploaded by Alta Marie.

So glamorous! :)

Sarasota photo shoot

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I was in Sarasota this weekend for my birthday and brought some equipment to do a session with Maria-- Here's one of my faves for her session. We were worried at first that we might be abandoned by the Florida sun on Saturday, but after a quick rain (AND a dolphin-sighting!) the sun returned and we got some wonderful light.

I wish I could have a little patch of Florida to shoot in all the time...
Also, a dolphin.

so lovely!!

Swinging from a lampost at the corner of the street...

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This weekend in central park.

Doesn't it seem like the fall will last forever in NYC right now? I sure hope it does...

Don't get me started.....

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I can't believe that it's taken me months to post some of my favorites from April's session. Isn't this lovely?? She has a gorgeous voice, first of all (lyric sop). So warm and rich. We sang together at Des Moines, and one of the great tragedies of the summer was having to miss her Thais scene in order to get my hammer-pants on in time for my Italian Girl scene. Alas... ;)

Headshot session with Lucas

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Lucas and I went to Eastman together. Since then much has changed and much has not. He is no longer swinging dinner ingredients into my apartment window via a self-rigged pulley system made of my brother's tiny cowboy hat and telephone wire. He is, however still singing like a rock star and taking it global. Here's one of my faves from his session (unedited). More to come very soon....

Catch him if you can stateside as Don Giovanni in New Orleans or Santa Fe. Many many more to come, I'm sure!

Glorious!

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Megan and I did a studio session before we met up with John in the park for his headshots and for their engagement session. I LOVE her pics.
Here's one of my favorites, again pre-editing-- look at those eyes!

Love the tie!

John-7460, originally uploaded by Alta Marie.

Here's one of my fave's from John's headshot session. In addition to loving the session, I spent a great deal of time loving the tie.... I studied it intently, a replica will soon grace the photo pages of my "finished objects" gallery
This is unedited. just natural great face :)

Engagement session

John & Megan, originally uploaded by Alta Marie.

John and Megan just moved up to NYC from Texas this fall. Megan is at MSM and is a very fun and spunky mezzo. (Did I just use the word spunky? yes. yes I did.)

We trotted about Central Park on a gorgeous fall Sunday. The day after John and his choir participated in the Bernstein Mass at Carnegie Hall. Here's one from their session... many more to come, or follow the link.