A couple of weeks ago I hooked up with fellow photographers on a daring Night Photography in the streets of Nairobi. The fear of sleeping in Cold City Council cells kept us looking over our shoulders Kila dakika since we had not acquired permission to shoot. With our tripods and Gigantic DSLRs it was hard to be inconspicuous.

As if tempting fate we were daring enough to shoot a few blocks from Cityhall. We however managed without any incidents except for the curious motorist and bypassers.

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Atop Lukenya hills a group of photographers from Onetouch gathered to take on their passion… here`s my take…

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The Last couple of weeks have been a bit hectic for me as I was trapped in a never ending cycle of shoots and edits. I have lots of images to share and will share them as time allows.

I shot the images below in a photo shoot organized by Mutua Matheka and styled by Kay Ndeto with make up being done by Sonnie K. To say the least the shoot was fun and inspiring as subsequent posts will reveal.

Lukenya 21st May 2011

Models
Winnie Nyambura @thogii
Hanako
George Ndirangu

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^ The Hustle
Thogii
Black &white silk ruffle dress – Ke.ko
Brass beaded block ear piece – Lalin
Glasses, Black Gladiators – model’s own
Prop; Biker gloves courtesy of Mutua Matheka

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Here is couple of tattoo shots I took sometime last week they were shot using only one light, a shoot through umbrella. One Image though (the guy with a scarf), was shot with just a bare strobe for steeper light fall off.

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I getting to see how other photographers direct and light their subjects is a good way to learn a couple of tricks, so last week I did learn a handful at Onetouch (sort of a workshop/shootschool/photog`s get together… ) . A picture is worth a thousand words so here goes a couple of thous.