its honorable to be mentioned

i have been receiving a lot of emails congratulateing me for winning honorable mention in the ppa contest. i wanted to say thanks for noticing to all of you. and for those of you who havent noticed, check it out: ppmag.com

a little slice of heaven

i have searched heaven and earth for some sexy lips to photograph, and as if brought down from an angel i meet a girl named heaven with the juiciest lips known to man. it also didnt hurt to have maris calderon magic makeup hands by my side. enjoy. (cheesy pun totally intended)

we're famous in australia

check out "culture magazine" australia for the latest on the latest. oh and they heard about us!

who needs an ass whuppin'?

this year i decided to get all my junk in order. light a fire under my ass and plow thru my business responsibilities so i could make time to shoot for myself. it only took 3 tv filled weeks to realize i needed to hire some one to kick my ass into gear. I was blessed to find the perfect ass-kicker for the job. Janie Hewson. when ever you need some constructive and tear jerking coaching call her!!!! marketingcreatives.net

this is why i love my job

jim is starting his modeling career. i had the honor of working with him on his portfolio.

just a pleasure to work with

this weekend the representatives at leaf asked me to test their brand new camera and let them know what i think. I THINK IT ROCKS. i also had the privilege to work with two of the most beautiful girls in austin. Ofcourse amazing hair and makeup didnt hurt.

austin glamour

for the fashion issue this month in "austin monthly" we went vintage glamour. check out the october issue for the full story.

this is exactly how it is

a friend of mine passed this along my way. you don't have to look to close to see why.

its a vintage thang

Yikes, 102 degrees and we were melting. I think we shot in about 2 min. so we could get back to some air conditioning. Our poor model was in fall get up too. Here's a little taste.

desert austin monthly

austin monthly desert shoot location

as soon as the creative director from austin monthly said i wish i had a desert.., i knew where we needed to shoot. some of my dearest friends own a ranch in Georgetown where they dynamite limestone to make gravel and sand and who knows what else. anyway i just went down there last week and im so excited about my next shoot. here are some location stills.

masters stylist entry. so far

nymph Naha series

a little screen shot of my new naha series, hair by dennis

after a long retouch sesh, this is the aeon flux naha entry

beautiful katlyn

austin monthly's feb preview

its been awhile since i blogged. i have been working on my new website and retouching for ever. here is a small preview of the style section in the upcoming austin monthly feb issue.

new vivo ad

i put my new retouching skills to good use this week with the new winter vivo ad. enjoy

celebration is in order

i just received my lil' baby leaf aptus 65. im so excited, scared, and excited. i cant wait for my batteries to fully charge so i can go conquer the world. well not the world but something. i have very high expectations for my new camera. we shall see if she meets them. ill keep you posted. t

still retouching

a little retouching test

as you know i have been working on my retouching skills. i thought i was a pro, but come to find out i still have so so much to learn. here is a test i did. what a diffrence!

playing with retouching still

wow now that i look at this after a week im really hateing the super green tint.

Ausitin Monthly November Style section

this months austin monthly has a 6 page style section from your trully.

hot off the press in latina magazine

the october issue of latina magazine has my congratulatory aveda ad. LOVE IT!!!

vintage retouching idea

still messing with the photoshop effects

as you know i have been doing alot of beauty shots for jruiz salon here in austin. well i havent posted any final shots on my website because we still have not edited. i am excited to put some ideas on the blog though to start deciding which color pallet im going to go with for final retouching. heres a fun one.

i love red heads

here is a sample of the shoot i did yesterday with the aptus 75s. so crazy. alen ruiz my hairstylist friend went nuts and created some amazing hairstyles. this one is one of my faves and the fifth look for this girl. we shot 5 models for two days. i loved every minute. its such a pleasure to work with such talented people.

a little taste from last week

this is another shoot im working on for naha, its not retouched yet but i wanna put it out there so can process my thinking. oh and an out take. it was a blast.

austin monthly november i think

last weekend i had the privilege to work with a beautiful camera, the leaf 65. wowsers. it was like going to see the eye doctor and getting that new prescription. i had no idea i was missing so much. im still working on the final retouching but here is a basic idea.

been shooting not blogging

sorry i havent kept you up to date. im building my new studio and shooting as much as i can. i cant reveal the final shots just yet but i have been shooting a bit for naha. This shot is for a test. not sure if the whole shoot worked out for hair but i do like this shot.

another from the east side series

east austin

i spent this weekend with a fantastic photographer John Langford , who invited me to partner up with him for a photography contest. we spent the entire wet and muggy weekend in the car running around east austin looking for something interesting. i wanted to try and catch a panoramic or two. here is a sample of the shoot.

we won!!!!

all the hard work paid off. after waiting for months for the results at NAHA. the beautiful crew at Jackson Ruiz Salon called me late last night screaming in my ears that we had won hairstylist of the year award. Im thrilled and i hope it brings great success to the extreamly talented team at jackson ruiz. Thanks for keeping your fingers crossed. Tania

a little vintage

being a mostly digital photographer, i have always been fascinated with methods of the past. and of course trying to replicate them. one of my favorite eras is the 20's with the muted colors and high contrast bw. this week i got to play around with two beautiful twin sisters. here is one of the head shots.

its a boy!!!

we have a new addition to the poupko family. his name is oso. my sisters neighbor claims he is a border collie although he is all white with beige. he is incredibly smart. three minutes after meeting his new family he learned how to go thru the doggy doors on his own. for the first two days he did his business outside and held it thru the night. we thought he was a genius. now we find little accidents here and there. he is really really kind, cuddly, and soft. he loves eli more than me (for now) im working on that.

my trip to mexico

last week my cousin got married in monterrey mexico. i took my camera in the hopes that i would have some time to explore the kitschy mexican side that i love. instead i spent most of the weekend at the fancy hotel where the wedding was to take place. the good news is the last day we went to my cousins ranch where i got to experiment with my lens baby.

Wade the model

recently i decided that i needed to update my website and work some of my newer out-takes into the mix. today i got inspired by a beautiful neutral tone and ran with it i saw in a magazine while getting my hair done. the model in this photographed was also an inspiration. a friend of mine met him at a blockbusters and introduced us. as soon as i saw his face i was mesmerized. to me he looked like a greek god. such a powerful jaw and depth to his eyes. i had to photograph him.