NYCOLE REYES AWARENESS SHOOTS MODEL: SCARLET RAIN
MODEL: S.C.
PHOTO BY WENDY SMITH
PHOTO BY KRIS MILTON
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With things growing so quickly for Nycole’s projects, there are some parts of the process that are harder than others. “The hardest part is in the days leading up to the shoots. I typically get between 60 and 80 people that tell me they will definitely be there, but by the day of the shoot, we only get about 15 to 20. I never know until right at time of the shoot, how many people I will actually have. I always plan accordingly though. I invite about 300 to each event, about 80 respond, so about 20 or 30 will actually be there. I just never know and that definitely makes it more difficult. My latest photoshoot was based on Child Abuse and Trafficking, from the perspective of the parents trying to protect their children. This one was inspired by another photographer who had posted pictures of a similar theme, and it went viral. I absolutely loved her work and decided to recreate it with a little bit of a twist. I had custom shirts made for this shoot for the parents and the children. I am offering these custom shirts for sale, to help fund future awareness shoots nationwide. These shoots are very therapeutic for people that have gone through some of these things. They get to tell their stories with every detail from the way the makeup is done, to the way they pose in each picture. They can be real and themselves at all times. Typical photo shoots would have the Model sit a certain way and smile a certain way and position your body a certain way, but with these shoots, everything is completely natural and real.
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