T. Strong - StyleMayvin

T. Strong - StyleMayvin 

I first met T. Strong - StyleMayvin when I shot her for a cover and feature for a stylish magazine in Charlotte, NC. We bumped into each other again during a shoot when she styled a feature shoot. Then we had the opportunity to work together in New York after fashion week. During this shoot downtime we had time to chat about life outside of fashion. What I discovered is T is as she appears in images full of life and has a passion for fashion as art. I also discovered T. Strong is more than a brand she models, styles, engages in fashionable design for the automobile industry, attends & reviews high end fashion shows, media spokesperson, works for Calvin Klein in house and so much more. 

For me it was easy to say yes when the inquiry to shoot arrived during the holidays.... I knew it was going to be fun to regroup with someone I now consider a friend. The images above reflect a small sample of the images shot during our recent shoot. 

Shoot Team 

Photographer - Erin L. Hubbs 

Model - . T. Strong

Makeup Artist - Joy Randall 

Hair Artist - Shanae Levine 

Day of Stylist - Krystal Ellison 

PediCab - RR Pedicab Company

SEEN Uptown Magazine Shoot behind the scenes preview video -

Finally I can talk about it....

I had the privilege of photographing a series of images for SEEN Uptown Magazine. I worked with 4 stylists, 1 hairstylist and a makeup artist to achieve a final image goals for 8 final looks. We basically transformed the warehouse space at the Historic Dye Stuff Lofts into a playground for fashion. It was such a treat to view the latest fashions and watch the artists at work creating image candy just for me.. Ok so it's for SEEN Uptown Magazine but to me it's like photo candy...

The video above is a behind the scenes preview for the SEEN Uptown shoot and the following artists.... Joey Hewell - stylist/shoot coordinator, Effie Loukas - stylist, T Strong - stylist, Linda M. Martinez - stylist, Stewart Hough - hairstylist, and Joy N. Randall - makeup artist created some amazing looks for me to photograph. Enjoy the preview and thank you for viewing.....

Seen Uptown to be released February 2011

KK Bloom Boutique Video - behind the scenes

Clink on the image above to review the behind the scenes video for the KK Bloom photo shoot... Many thanks to everyone involved but truly to Jerome Simmons for his perfect music... Yes can you believe I get to work with such wonderful people and to have custom music.. Thank you Jerome!!!!!

Location - KK Bloom Boutique
Custom Music - Jerome Simmons
Stylist - Kendrick Allen
Professional Makeup Artist - Adrian D. Howe
Professional Hair Stylist - Faye Karanikas Salon on Selwyn
Photographer Assistant - Jaclyn Nash
Subjects/Models - Dana Banks, Caroline Early, Molly Prince, Courtney S. Schrum