The first photo shoots - early 2008

In the beginning of this year, I started taking photos at my daughters apartment of every willing female we knew. Okay... not that many, but I did put the work out. So from February till April, I was shooting practice photos... trying to get the lighting and posing right, the sets, the props, etc. Just bought new lights, backdrops, and so forth. Gotta try them all out. I think the photos look really good, considering I was practicing and working through the kinks - learning as I go.

One of our ads

We made a pinup pose poster!

Cassi and I took a ton of photos, or lots of different poses, to come up with this pinup pose guide. I love the way it turned out! Now it's a poster in the dressing room... check it out if you're in for a pinup shoot.

Things that made me smile today

This is what women USED to look like

Stars of today. It seems as though they get skinner and skinner, and Hollywood's ideal image gets smaller and smaller. A size 12 used to be curvy and healthy, and I can remember when a size 6 and 8 was ideal (more the 6 than the 8). Now it's size 0-2. Really??? Who in the hell looks like that naturally??!! I only know a small handful of women who wear those sizes, and they're all around 5 feet tall and extremely petite. Not 5'10" like today's stars and models. When will this end???

Bombshell Hollywood beauties of the golden years... when women were curvy and looked like real women.

Miss Cassi photo shoot

My goal was to try and recreate the I Love Lucy look. I think we did a great job!

The Vanity Girls at Vanity Fair Magazine

The Vanities Girls
Since 1992, the magazine’s Vanities section has opened with a full-page portrait of a promising young star. In September 2006, we tweaked the format to feature an up-and-coming actress in a 50s-style pinup shot. These shapely ingénues are on the cusp of fame or have just hit it big; they have names you need to know and faces you won’t have trouble remembering. Here’s a look at all the bombshells who’ve struck a playful pose in the retro style.