Recently Featured on TV Shows: "Get Out" and "Doheny Models" (Tune into HD Network end of September)

This past month I had the amazing opportunity to be a feature photographer on two different TV shows- a travel show called "Get Out" and a new model show called "Doheny Models", thanks to Adrianne with Turquoise Video Productions. Thank you lady, you are amazing! July started out with a bang... I flew to LA to do model shoots and film Doheny Models, and then flew back to TX for only a day to fly out to Miami to do live beach shoots for "Get Out"... then back to TX and again off to Puerto Rico to wrap up the show. It was a complete whirlwind of jet setting and beach shooting.... talk about quick trips- I arrived in Puerto Rico at midnight and had to be up at 4:30am to be on the beach shooting models at 5:45am for that crazy good lighting! :) Couldn't have asked for a better month! I arrived home with a hard drive full of amazing models and a dark tan! Stay tuned- the shows begin airing near the end of Sept on HD Network! :)

wan·der·lust: n. A very strong or irresistible impulse to travel

Its 3am. I'm wide awake and my hearts still dreamin... feelin pretty good... this is the prime time in a photographers day.... no phone calls, no interruptions, no emails, no client requests, and no meetings. In fact, most of my evenings consist of retouching, red wine, and a good film.... since I'm usually shooting during the day. Its been so long since my head has been this clear. I keep chasing my dreams... sometimes its work.... sometimes its play... but all in all it is completely worth the long nights and long days. Sometimes in this lifestyle, I feel like there is so much I'm missing... like I never completely enjoy the moment when its staring me in the face. See, I would love to get to a point where everything is streamlined in my life.. to learn how to be completely in the moment every moment...

A little Dose of Happy....

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness! ~Lady Blessington

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they are not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.... ~ H.Jackson Browne

Fashion Shoot for Armale Boutique

Photo shoot for Armale Boutique by H&Z from Hira Tareen on Vimeo.

Joshua

photographer by day... dreamer by night...

"The best thing about dreams is that fleeting moment, when you are between asleep and awake, when you don't know the difference between reality and fantasy, when for just that one moment you feel with your entire soul that the dream is reality, and it really happened.” This is where I'd like my photography to be.... so beautiful that its surreal yet completely believable.....

Yeah Magenta...

"Life is like a box of crayons. Most people are the 8-color boxes, but what you’re really looking for are the 64-color boxes with the sharpeners on the back. I fancy myself to be a 64-color box, though I’ve got a few missing. It’s ok though, because I’ve got some more vibrant colors like periwinkle at my disposal. I have a bit of a problem though in that I can only meet the 8-color boxes. Does anyone else have that problem? I mean there are so many different colors of life, of feeling, of articulation.. so when I meet someone who’s an 8-color type.. I’m like, “hey girl, magenta!” and she’s like, “oh, you mean purple!” and she goes off on her purple thing, and I’m like, “no – I want magenta!”

- John Mayer

The New Studio

Hi ya,
Just wanted to share some fun news! We are now moving into a larger studio in Dallas next week! Woohoo! There will be a front desk, media room, 2 shooting areas, wardrobe, makeup, office spaces and a small bar. Will be having the opening soon and you are invited, will keep ya posted! Have a super day! ~dd

A PHOTOGRAPHER'S LIFE

" Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers. the creatures of the commonplace. the slaves of the ordinary." ~Cecil Beaton

"What I lack in knowledge I make up for in enthusiasm..." ;) -dd

I would much rather be starving in a studio than comfortable in a cubicle. -dd

if you saw beauty in my eyes, remember that i was looking at you..." ~Jesh De Rox

There are many things in your life that will catch your eye
but only a few will catch your heart....pursue those...

Life is your soundtrack.... choose it wisely and play it beautifully -dd

DREAM BIG

Interview with Scott Sheppard on Rangefinder Radio

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Thanks so much to Scott Sheppard and Rangefinder Publishing! I am so completely honored to have had this opportunity!!!!

Behind the Scenes: Images Coming Soon

Photo shoot for Armale Boutique by H&Z from Hira Tareen on Vimeo.

Photography by : Dixie Dixon/ Makeup and Styling: HZ Productions/ Hair: Desiree Burris/ Models: Veda Von Bergen and Madison Fox/ Shot at my studio in Deep Ellum

I was featured in Rangefinder Magazine!! :)

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Winter Necessories

Styling-Rebecca Hargreaves
Makeup/Hair-Rocio Vielma aka Vi-Ve
Model-Cynthia with Campbell Agency
Lighting:
Mola Beauty Dish
Gold and Silver Reflectors

Paintings from Photographs

Would like to highlight the talent of a up and coming artist named Nicole Morrow. I just love the moody lounge feel of her work. She is an incredible artist! More of her paintings can be seen in The Rising Gallery as well as covering the walls of a new urban hot spot called Hotel Nylo. She did the above painting of a beautiful client of mine named Shaina. I am now excited to team up with her and offer paintings of photographs in addition to the normal prints. If interested, shoot me an email- dixiedixonphotography@gmail.com.