I’m part of a group project in which we were asked to choose someone interesting in our community as a subject and to produce a (reasonably) tight portrait. I choose Yolanda ‘China’ Smith.
Yolanda Smith known as Ms. China is a woman of God, wife, mother, entrepreneur, motivational speaker and beauty consultant. She is the owner of Unique Faces Make-Up Studio LLC, and the founder of ‘Thick Is the New Sexy’ Organization they are both based out of Atlanta Ga.
Yolanda founded, ‘Thick Is the New Sexy’, which is an organization dedicated to promoting the positive side of being a plus size woman.’ Thick Is the New Sexy’ is to encourage, educate, promote and motivate plus size women to be comfortable in the skin they’re in.
Their Mission is:
To teach, listen and encourage Women to love themselves no matter what size you are as well as being healthy, while helping ALL women & girls build their self-esteem, healthy relationships and their personal lives.
You can contact Ms. China at:
The images were taken in the hallway in front of her business.
Strobist Info:
Main – FL Gelled Sb-800 in a 24″ Gridded Ezybox SOftbox Camera Right
Fill: FL Gelled SB-800 in a ePhoto 16″ Silver Beauty Dish on Axis.
Triggered: AB Cybersyncs
Camera: Nikon D300
WB: FL
PP: Colorchecker, Lightroom 3.4, CS5, Nik Software, Portraiture
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