{ Gabi | Portraits }
I admire people with skillZ. With a capital Z. The amazing cook, the genius programmer, the perfect athlete – I have the utmost respect for people who are masters at what they do. And while I totally believe that if you practice at something enough, you can join the ranks of those with skillZ, I also believe you have to have that initial passion, that fire that makes your face light up whenever someone mentions what you love to do. And as much as I would like to learn how to whip up a mean Daube de Porc aux Chataignes en cocotte lutee (which my amazing friend Joyce can actually make), my fire tells me to put this little black device up to my face and click away. (And to become the master of all online typing tests. That too.)
And as much as I love dancing (particularly in front of the mirror with a toothbrush-mic), my right foot often ends up masquerading as a left. Which means I am especially in awe of good dancers. How do you MOVE? Like THAT? Which is some of what was going through my head as I did a headshot session with Gabi recently in downtown LA. Gabi is an amazing dancer and was looking for some new photos – she does hula, salsa, ballet, hip hop, and whacking (which I was unfamiliar with but is totally awesome and looks like a combination of all of the above). I had such a good time shooting her because she had such a great attitude, was full of ideas, and down to try anything. (“How about I try to climb up on that?” LOVE IT!) I loved all the bright walls and fun little nooks we found to shoot in as well!
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Showing her moves:
A quick change of clothes and a few more shots:
Tags: downtown los angeles photography, los angeles photographer, los angeles portraits
December 10th, 2008 at
Pretty girl, and such great captures! I really love how her blouse plays off of the colored backgrounds. Super nice, Adrienne!
December 10th, 2008 at
Great job- I like your work!
December 10th, 2008 at
yay adrienne! they look sweet can’t wait to see the contact sheet! thanks so much we gotta do it again sometime :)
December 10th, 2008 at
These look AMAZING!!! Great job, Adrienne! WOW!
December 10th, 2008 at
Great session!
December 10th, 2008 at
i love all of the colors! pretty pictures. :)
December 11th, 2008 at
Adrienne, these are AMAZING, I’m so excited that I found you!!!
December 11th, 2008 at
did you take this by cafe metropol? the fence and brick looks familiar…
December 11th, 2008 at
Thanks for the kind words everyone :)
@mika: Yes we did! I actually had no idea what Cafe Metropol was but I just looked it up and it looks like it was right down that corridor. I had no idea such an amazing cafe was right there – it looks so cool and I can’t wait to go try it!!!
December 11th, 2008 at
These are soooo great! I love them!
December 11th, 2008 at
How pretty! You cease to amaze me with your photography skillZ! :)
December 11th, 2008 at
woah what fun shots!!!! and I love the locations too!!
December 12th, 2008 at
I love her great big smile and when you captured her laughing. Nice stuff! Add a can for me and if you get a sec drop by my blog so I can add one for you!
December 12th, 2008 at
what a gorgeous smile she has!!! you rocked it adrienne!! have a rad weekend!!
December 12th, 2008 at
OOOOooo NICE! Love the lighting on the first two, but love all the photos! Awesome!
December 13th, 2008 at
I’m lovin’ it! she looks so natural. great!
December 14th, 2008 at
Great work Adrienne! I love your blog and the images are beautiful! It was really nice seeing you on Friday. I hope to see you again soon!
December 14th, 2008 at
Wow! I love them all, great shots :)
December 15th, 2008 at
Amazing! Love them!
December 16th, 2008 at
These are such fun photos, the colors are amazing and I love the expressions you captured :)
December 18th, 2008 at
These are beautiful! Great job!!!!
December 18th, 2008 at
Such beautiful photos….I love the one of just her legs and shoes…really great!
January 11th, 2009 at
[…] up right where you left off, with old laughs, new stories, and a warm sense of comfort. So when Gabi contacted me to do another photoshoot, I was super excited to work with her again. This time she […]