Thanks for your kind words tshift... Yes
"She is a beautiful lady!!" thus the reason she was selected to showcase Samantha's artistry... The metric used is typically perfect facial symmetry... With Oval faces considered the highest rated with heart shaped faces a very close second... also superb skin texture... virtually invisible pore structure with the Gold Standard being a
Porcelain Doll! For beauty... look no further than to all the high end advertisements for jewelry etc.
As for Washington DC? Tom it actually is on par with your home town.
Overland Park, KS (Violent Crime Rate is 2.39 (per 1,000 residents))
While Washington DC (Violent Crime Rate is 163.5 (per 100,000 residents))
Source:
https://realestate.usnews.com/places/district-of-columbia/washington/crimeIt's ranked as #39 in Best Places to Live and #82 in Best Places to Retire
Please do the Math Tom and I tactfully suggest you be very careful about making uncorroborated statements.
That said I have a CCW permit from Commonwealth of Virginia, Circuit Court of Fairfax
I also live only 20 minutes from the National Headquarters of the NRA of which I am a member and shoot at NRA's superb indoor range regularly with my
Glock 19 gen 4 as my health allows.
My team is my family... Thus I do everything possible to keep them out of harms way, to this end I now would rarely accept an assignment in DC (even if my my health conditions improve to the point that location work is again an option.)
Our team is very tight knit collaborative. I've follow their journey long after they have found other more amenable situations.
Below is an example of marketing "promo" material for one of our first Hair Stylist (Jewel) from back in 2008... also the model in this shoot was our studio makeup artist for many years (she's now a manager of a
Fashion Boutique ... Oh, I did her bridal makeup for her wedding
Here's a link to Jewel's current Web Site
https://jewelhd.com/Again many thanks Tom for taking the time to review and reflect...
Wishing much wonderful success with your Commercial Sports Photography (which btw I truly enjoy here on UHH)