Photo Shoot with Briana in Des Moines!

I was only in Des Moines for 24 hours but that's still enough time to do business and get a photo shoot in.  Brianna is an aspiring model who lives in Des Moines.  Her goal is to go to New York and strike it big.  She will not need luck because she has a great attitude.

We did all of our shoots before it got too dark outside the Des Moines capitol building.   The lighting turned challenging as some dark clouds covered that last half an hour of sun.  Seems like she started sparkling when the flash came out.  There was a pretty nice downtown backdrop but I lost a few pictures due to not having a trip pod.

Anyone interested in seeing all the pictures of the shoot should check them out on flickr!

My Big Polish Family

IMG_9969, a photo by plsleet on Flickr.

I stopped by the Polish festival and was immediately adopted by this big Polish family who lovingly referred to me as Paulsky!

Sarah Takes Over the History Museum

If there ever was a model who's personality shows through the pictures, its Sarah. We met for a second shoot at the St. Louis History Museum in Forest Park. For some reason I thought there was a lot more to work with. It turned out that the setting didn't have to work to hard for us to produce some really nice shots.

Sarah does a lot of work to support the cure for breast cancer. I hope the 1st several shot can be used for her website and promotion of this worthy cause.

The remaining shots were just fantastic and lots of fun. It was challenging to get good balance with the setting sun that streaked right across almost all of the shots.

Enjoy! All the pictures are on flickr.

Who are these guys...

IMG_9771, a photo by plsleet on Flickr.

Any one recognize any of these guys. They were walking down Delmar and decided to strike a pose! I'm always looking for people with attitude!!

Six Takes on the Delmar Loop!

Some people took Labor Day off, we took pictures! I met Six on the Delmar Loop and we had an awesome shoot. Six had a fresh new look and need some pictures.

The weather was ideal! My favorite shots were around the Chuck Berry statue. Initially I didn't like taking pictures by the statue because it felt a little cliche. Everyone take pictures around statues. However once the camera started clicking I noticed that we got some really unique views.

Thanks Six! Check out all the pics here.

More cool pics...

IMG_9688, a photo by plsleet on Flickr.

I thought these two were pretty cool together.

Last night in Forest Park

IMG_9721, a photo by plsleet on Flickr.

I met this really charming young lady. I sure hope her parents kept my card and are able to download this picture of her. She is adorable.