behind the scenes...

Virginia's here getting done by LA-based makeup artist Kelsey Deenihan...

This is the setup for Alix's shoot... one strobe in an umbrella down low...

Here it is again with the color balance adjusted... windows at either side cast a rimlight
and the exposure is balanced with the strobe by using a 1/10 sec. shutter speed:

Chandiss carefully bejewels
her lower lip: