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Suelyn Medeiros

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You can click on the image to enlarge it. The two main qualifications to be on this list: 1) I have to shoot with the model, and 2) they had to be in my top traffic searches (e.g., people are still looking for them on my blog). There are couple newcomers on the list, like Carol, and a couple that got bumped. Sad They are listing in alphebetical order.

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Suelyn - Up Close & Personal

The thing I liked about my shoot with Suelyn was the ability to get a certain amount of realism and intimacy that I hadn't seen in some of her other work. I think this image really exemplifies that. biggrin2

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Suelyn - Cool, Sexy

I took this shot of Suelyn at Sycamore Cove beach in California. Check out her new pix on the set of Snoop's video on her Twitter. Oh, and one interesting factoid: like Carol Seleme Daniel, Suelyn is Brazilian.

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Suelyn - Putting Happy Smiles on Faces the World Over

Can you guess where she is? Visit Suelyn on Twitter here. (P.S. There is not one iota of retouching to Suelyn in this photo. Now that's amazing.)

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Suelyn: Benched

Despite considerable user error (focus) in this set, I still like the look of some of these Suelyn pics. Reach Suelyn on Twitter here Social - Twitter_16x16 (Click to enlarge)

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Alysha Young & Suelyn Medeiros at Sycamore Cove, Malibu

Commercial/catalog type shot of Alysha and Suelyn in Malibu California taken by your friendly neighborhood blogger. Winking (Click for larger version without type)

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BlackJackSkanz Top Vixen Results

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This is the result of over 9,000 votes on BlackJackSkanz - one of the best known websites for urban models out there.

A couple interesting notes: 1) Seems like Suelyn should be higher - she had a great '09, 2) Seems like Cubana and Vanessa should be lower; a testament to the power of a large Twitter following, and 3) Suleika's position seems well deserved.

Bria finished Second Place in Cutie Central's Top Vixen Poll for '09 (number one for Model in Highest Demand) so it looks like she is quite possibly the number one urban model right now. biggrin
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Grabbing One Before The Sun Sets

Model Suelyn Medeiros from J'Adore Shoot.

Photographer's corner:
This pic was inspired by the use of direct sunlight and lens flare by photographer Christa Renee (see pics below). When taking pics like this, forget about auto focus. It will never work under these conditions. And even manual focus will be challenging because you're looking directly into the sun. You'll be lucky if one in five comes out right. The model has to be patient because many of the good expressions may be out of focus.

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The Complete J'Adore Shoot

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This whole shoot is posted at BlackJackSkanz.com, but it seemed like a good idea to have it here as well, since I took these shots. Winking Props to J'Adore magazine and Editor-In-Chief Taneish Leslie. Models: Bria Myles, Alysha Young, and Suelyn Medeiros.

A part two to this shoot is under consideration for the March 2010 issue of J'Adore. What three models do you think would make good candidates for that shoot? (Click to enlarge)

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More Suelyn & Alysha

Loving Alysha's expression on this one... (Click to enlarge)

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Happy Weds from Suelyn & Alysha

Reach Alysha on Facebook here and Suelyn on Twitter here.

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Three Amigos

And one bonus Suelyn pic Winking (The top pic enlarges)

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Custom J'Adore Booklet For Crew

I had these custom 6” x 8” booklets made for the crew and models on the J’Adore shoot. I went through Apple’s iPhoto printing services. Very nice... If you’re interested in one, PM me. But they aren’t cheap. sad (Click to enlarge)

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The Very Feral Suelyn

This is one girl that just radiates raw sexuality in her photos. We actually had to cut back on that some for this shoot. Imagine saying that to Suelyn. "Okay, that's great, but uh, less sexy please." lol

Funny story re: this girl’s sexiness. At one point the hair stylist -- who is a female -- had to make an adjustment to her swimsuit, and after she was done she playfully tapped Suelyn on the butt (which gave a heavenly ripple). Suelyn says to her: “you just wanted to touch it.” Imagine that! She said that to a female. Now you know she has to be pretty confident that she’s hot if she said that to a woman.

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Litte Wallpaper Compliments of Keynote Pro

One of the better programs for the Mac is their Powerpoint substitute, Keynote. Keynote Pro is a company that designs templates for this application, and they’re all pretty nice. A lot better than most of the stuff that comes with the app or Powerpoint. You can download the high res (1680 x 1050) of this image here.

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Suelyn - Little Red Riding Hood

Stylists corner: That scarf Suelyn is wearing costs $500 and is by Alexander McQueen. Those bracelets are about $750 and are by Louis Vuitton. Finally, the white monokini is by Aguaclara $120.

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Sometimes Simple Is Better

Sometimes less retouching, less artificial lighting, less styling, is better. This simple pic of Suelyn sitting on driftwood let’s you get close to her in a way a lot of her other urban modeling pics don’t. Compliments of J’Adore Magazine!

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Suelyn's Turn to Surf

For the J'Adore shoot we used two surfboards (one pink, one yellow), but for some reason the yellow one found its way into the best pictures. So we wound up with several models using the same surfboard. willyy Urgh! At any rate, this is one of Suelyn's better surfboard shots. This idea of shooting into the sunlight and letting the photo wash out with lens flare elements was something we wanted to do from the start with this layout. You don't see this style of shooting much in urban modeling, but it's in a lot of the cooler magazines like Foam.

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Suelyn Medeiros

Another exclusive from the J’Adore Magazine shoot. Happy You can reach Suelyn on Twitter here. (Click to enlarge) Edit: Link correction for Twitter page (she tweets a lot, so it’s some interesting reading)

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Another J'Adore Exclusive

This is one of my favorite shots from the shoot. I love the colors and styling thanks to M&A Style. So rarely do we see urban models just laughing and having a good time like the women in a J. Crew catalog. Again, thanks to Taneish Leslie and J’Adore Magazine for believing in this idea. (Click to enlarge - this one you gotta see big to appreciate)

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Tear Sheet in New Issue of J'Adore

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I was fortunate enough to shoot a swimsuit layout in the latest issue of J'Adore magazine - the Sports Issue, which will be on newsstands in the next week or so. I have to give a big shout out to the editor Taneish Leslie for giving me this opportunity.

The idea behind this editorial was to bring that clean, natural aesthetic you see so often in Sport's Illustrated to a layout of video vixens. No baby oil, no thongs, no artificial lighting. Just beauty and sunlight. (I never felt the urban magazines had really done justice to the traditional beach shoot (see, KING’s botched Dollicia cover).)

In the coming days I’ll be posting high res photos from this shoot, including outtakes that didn’t make it into the mag. Thanks to Bria, Alysha and Suelyn for some great modeling.

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Suelyn BTS - SHOW Magazine

This is why a subscription to SHOW is worth it. They have so much content, you can't even find it all in one sitting.
I shot with Suelyn recently. This girl has one twisted sense of humor, and she’s a great model. Join her on Twitter here. (Click to enlarge)
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