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I used to have this rule: only ONE statement piece with each outfit. Kind of like a Choose Your Own Adventure book, when styling your outfit, you pick one and only one thing you want to stand out –a chunky necklace OR huge hoop earrings OR a flashy ring, OR big clunky boots…

I was much more conservative back then. Now my fashion rule is: GO BIG. One of my goals this year is to have big hair. I’m working with my hairstylist and lots of hair product and backcombing to achieve this. Along with my big hair, I’m wearing big clunky boots AND flashy rings AND chunky necklaces AND hoop earrings AND at least one hairpiece ALL.AT.THE.SAME.TIME.

Don’t judge…

So, when my high school friend, Heather contacted me to shoot her headbands and told me she was going to expand her line of kid’s bows and headbands to a couture line for women, I sent her an application to be my new bestie as long as I had a constant supply of new headbands. Go check out her super cute kid hair accessories, called Bows-N-Berries and her new B & B Couture line by clicking HERE.

Thanks to:
Jessica Hunter for hair and makeup (last minute too!)
MisoFly for the amazing clothes and Ireallyreallywantthecreamjacketpleasepleaseplease…
Models: Kaylie, Alex and Brooke

Perfect for Everyday wear:

Perfect when you are climbing trees and stuff…

Perfect for a girl’s night out…

Amazing sunset provided by God…

Back in high school, I read “The Great Gatsby.” Okay, so I read the Cliff’s Note’s of “The Great Gatsby.” Can’t remember what it was about, or pretty much anything else about it (the cover was black and yellow…haha) but since I passed English and got my diploma, I guess I did fairly well on the test.

When planning this shootout, our 1 year anniversary shootout, we decided to go back in time since vintage is the new trend these days and Claremont looks like time froze into a quaint little college town. So, we decided to borrow F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book title for our theme.

With new groups popping up all over the place, I wasn’t sure what to expect in terms of interest. When the event sold out in 6 minutes, and I had a chance to pick my mouth up from where it rested somewhere around my super cute Steve Maddens, Matthew Saville and I, along with Garrett Davis and Wai Reyes got to work to create another fabulous PhotogShootout event!

If you are a photographer, and have no idea what the Photog Shootout is, you need to go find us on Facebook!

If you are a client, and am wondering why I keep posting about this thing called Photog Shootout, it’s because my other passion, aside from shooting weddings is educating, networking and providing a place where people can learn and hang out.

If you fit in neither of those categories, well, then thanks for reading my blog for fun!

This could not have been possible without the help of:
THE VENDORS:

Bows N Berries Hairbands
Kacee Geoffroy Makeup Designs
Alisha at VanityKill Studio Makeup
Jen Alvarez Hair
Colette at Fancy That! Cupcakes (909) 524-1864
Mike Acevedo – United Valley Financial Services (951) 817-0705
Triple Scoop Music
La Bomba Vintage Dresses- 195 W. 2nd St., Pomona CA 91766
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THE MODELS:
Tristen, Kevin, Lisa, Alissa, Chelsea, Teran, Becka, Steven, Curtis

and also Michelle Cunningham for leading/styling/pinning and buttoning!

These delicious goodies were made by Fancy That! Cupcakes. Cupcakes are the new wedding cakes!
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Dot Man, the official mascot of ShootDotEdit, was on hand to play and model.
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