These three photographs are of Jessica Ingui, a young lady with some incredible talent in the singing department. Very impressed over here, I was delighted to have her, some family, and a friend over for some workups to help promote her and her undoubtedly appropriate singing career.

We started with a classic fashion/beauty lighting setup, and emphasized the theme of "blue," to let her eyes be the center of focus. When we pulled out with the lens, we still had a great shot that let us catch a ton of variations on the theme.

With a quick change of clothes, we next went to a new lighting scheme and color backdrop. Want to make a subject interesting? Don't light of all of it! The shadow play adds a little mystery, and gives a bit of depth to the image.

Jessica was a real trouper through all of this, by the way. I dare say she was in the top three most cooperative and fun to work with subjects I've ever had, and on top of that she got into the groove of working the camera very, very quickly - something the shy and inhibited usually can't adjust to with such haste. So, as much as I'd like to take some credit for it, I'm really going to throw the shoot's success back at her as being a great subject.

In the last moments of the daylight, we made it outside to a nearby location I like to use as illustrated by this image. With one portable strobe to add a little "kick" to her face, we nabbed yet another series of great shots.

Thanks to Jessica and her dad Jason for the fun time, I really appreciate it - and wish Jessica all the best with her undoubtedly up-and-coming career. To see more and hear some of Jessica, check her out by clicking HERE.