Hair/Make-up : Elaine Chou, ECHOU makeup
Location: San Gabriel Mission
Elaine is a hair and make-up artist here in the San Gabriel Valley. My wife and I love her artistry with the make up brush. In fact, my wife used Elaine’s services when we got married early last year. Elaine’s website just recently had a make-over and she needed a few fresh photographs for the pages. I jumped at the chance to photograph some of her former clients when she contacted me. I mean, who wouldn’t want to photograph four beautiful models? And all at the same time, too!
Elaine was looking for an outdoor setting, so we choose the San Gabriel Mission. The Mission is a fully functioning Roman Catholic mission and a historic landmark in San Gabriel, California. You can often find many photographers there shooting engagements, weddings and quinceaneras on the weekends. As such, I’ve been there and done that. I knew that I did not want to photograph at the same locations. I wanted a bit more of a challenge this time around. My goal was to photograph the models at places where most tourists and photographers would just walk right by on their way to various attractions at the mission.
So did I meet my challenge of capturing beautiful photographs at unconventional locations from the San Gabriel Mission? These ladies are not professional models, just every day folks like you and me. Well, maybe not like me, even my 6 week old daughter has more hair than I do! Don’t they look absolutely stunning? I had a great time with the four sessions. The girls only needed a little coaching for the poses; they caught on real quick!
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