Meet Model Valerie G // k.H.a. lifestyle photography

One of my favorite things about moving to Ohio has been all of the bad ass amazing women that I’ve had the pleasure of meeting, working with, and collaborating with. Enter Model Valerie G.

I met Valerie, who professionally goes by Model Valerie G, a year ago today, at the second Trash the Dress shoot that Sam Antics of Hey Pretty Beauty put on. Trash the dress, by the way, is every bit as fun as it sounds, in this case, it was models, wedding dresses, and LOTS of colored paint in squirt guns, a whole lot of laughter, and a bunch of photographers there to capture it all.

After moving to Ohio last summer, the events feature on Facebook was my social life, and I used those events as a way to not only explore the city, but also to meet people, network for k.H.a. lifestyle photography, and generally get myself out of the apartment that we were living in at the time.

I saw the event page for Sam’s Trash the Dress Shoot Out, signed up before I could talk myself out of it, and sent in the money for my ticket. No way I was going to let myself back out it, no matter how intimidating it was to walk into an event at which almost everyone knew each other. I am SO GLAD that I went.

Meet Model Valerie G

It was at that event that I met Model Valerie G, and I knew immediately that I wanted to work with her again. She is so full of sass, and has such an infectious smile as far as I was concerned it was a foregone conclusion. Thankfully, she felt the same way.

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Annnnnnnnd, when I asked her if she was down to shoot a milk bath, she was all for it. I was ecstatic.

She and I have plans to shoot together again soon, and I have about a billion more ideas of what we can create together.