Michelle's Photo Blog: 2012

Last month I was approached for a special project that involved photographing Olympic Athlete Sarah Robles. I took a red eye out of SFO to Phoenix, AZ with Designer Jill Alexander and Make-up artist & Hairstylist Tiffany Purdy. Sarah Robles is a plus size weight lifter who's had a hard time finding cute clothes that fit her. Most of her images out there are of her wearing gym clothes with no hair or make-up done.

On this trip Jill Alexander provided Sarah with a new wardrobe of some of her latest designs and Tiffany Purdy glammed Sarah up with hair and make-up. The end result was her looking feeling and looking absolutely beautiful! And I was there to photograph her! The funny thing was that It was over 90 something degrees in Arizona and it started to rain on our photo shoot. I wasn't able to get as many photos as I would have liked but I'm very happy with the way things turned out. Can you believe these photos were taken in her back yard? :)

Working with Sarah was so much fun! We spent most of the shoot goofing off and having a great time with her. She is a very down to earth gal and we are proud that she represented the USA in weightlifting at this years London Olympics! Her story along with my images were picked up by People magazine, Yahoo, and NBC.LATINO. Here are some of the photos! :D

Credit:

Designer: Jill Alexander http://www.jillalexanderdesigns.com/

MUAH: Tiffany Purdy http://www.purdyfaces.com/

Olympian - Sarah Robles http://prettystrongblog.blogspot.com/