sessions are designed to celebrate everything about you
PORTRAITS GUSTAVO UREÑA
Issue 2 | Winter 2016
LET LOVE ADORN YOU, LET LIFE CELEBRATE YOU. THEN & ONLY THEN, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO LOVE OTHERS.
BECAUSE YOU ARE
Beautiful
at every stage of your life
“Making a decision to have a child–it’s momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” — Elizabeth Stone
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“A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.”
— Coco Chanel 4
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IT’S ABOUT
Living life to the
fullest
make every second count
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“After all those years as a woman hearing ‘not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not this enough, not that enough,’ almost overnight I woke up one morning and thought, ‘I’m enough.’” — Anna Quindlen
“Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful” — Sophia Loren
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“It’s always fun to walk down the street with or behind a really beautiful woman, for no reason other than to see how the world reacts to them.” — Jonathan Carroll
“Crying is for plain women. Pretty women go shopping.”
— Oscar Wilde
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“Love of Beauty is taste. The Creation of beauty is art.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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CHOOSING YOUR
Clothing you’ll need 5 outfits
Evening Gown: or similar. If it’s black, or
outfit that makes you feel comfortable—no
with spangles (glitter) even better. Think
baby dolls. The thing is… since you don’t
about that dress you bought for that
do this everyday you may as well get some
wedding that you only used one time and
sexy photos for yourself or who knows…
it’s in the closet gathering dust… Yeah, that
maybe they could be a great gift. I want you
one— Bring it.
to have those!
Elegant: it could be a dress, or a combination
Casual Look: Here you can bring a pair of
of different pieces, like a skirt or slacks. Those
jeans and cute blouses or a nice T-shirt. This
pieces that you love (no matter if they fit or
is for a more down to earth look, something
not anymore...) a combination of pieces you
for you to use it around your social media
really like that has an elegant vibe to it. They
and not be too dressy... just looking great!
don’t’ need to be place as an outfit just bring
Do you get my drift?
them all… We will play with them. Picture this: A nice pencil skirt with a beautiful neckline blouse and a jacket. Someone is calling my name. Lingerie: This is optional, but highly
Final Look: It’s up to you. You can bring whatever you like. Usually people like to bring things that they would love to be photographed with. I.e. their wedding dress, or dancing clothes.... you get the idea.
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“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.”
— Maya Angelou 16
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MAINTENANCE
before your session The week/day before
Let talk about getting your body ready for your session. I mean it’s the typical: No alcohol, no under-sleeping, no crazy things like going down the hill on a bicycle without brakes… Basically listen to your survival instincts if it says no, then don’t do it. And of course the TLC ritual (Tender Loving Care). Make sure you come with: • Clean and dry hair • Mani/pedi with light colors—Remember that you will be using different outfits and it’s better to have a neutral color. Please avoid trends, your portrait will be your legacy, they need to look timeless. • Facial: if you need one—please do it a week before. • Dye-retouch: if you dye. The fresher you look the better but do it a week in advance.
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“Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.”
— Oprah Winfrey
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“A woman is like a tea bag – you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.”
— Mother Teresa
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“In a child’s eyes, a mother is a goddess. She can be glorious or terrible, benevolent or filled with wrath, but she commands love either way. I am convinced that this is the greatest power in the universe.”
— N.K. Jemisin
“I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.”
— Mitch Albom
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“A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture & transform.” – Amelia Earhart
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“One of the most courageous things you can do is identify yourself, know who you are, what you believe in and where you want to go.”
– Sheila Murray Bethel
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“I am a strong woman with or without this other person, with or without this job, and with or without these tight pants”
– Queen Latifah
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