Got a chance to shoot a beautiful lady named Ann last week, She came to the studio for a portrait shoot after seeing some of my work and was kind enough to allow me to blog it. During the shoot I decided to get a bit adventurous with light and loved how the images turned out… I`ll be getting even more adventurous in my upcoming shoots so keep it locked.
Today`s post is a little different. You get to see the making of a DVD cover that I did for Mwana Mpuku a Zambian gospel artist living in kenya. He found me through google. This was actually a redesign as the work had been given to another designer, but the video producer felt it was not satisfactory.
It took about 30 min or less to come up with the concept and shoot.It helps when you already have an idea of how you want the cover to look. In this case I wanted to illustrate asking for blessing (on the front cover) and receiving the blessing (on the back cover).
Several days later the client called me up to inform me that the producer liked it.
See his Music Video > here
This shoot went down last week in the studio as part two of a portfolio shoot, this time we were shooting bikini, Lingerie and other sexy clothings. But, Just as the model was done preparing herself, the power went off and we had to wait until it was back on which took forever. After it was back, we didn’t have much time so we couldn’t manage to do the full shoot .. there was no time to reschedule as the model was trying to beat some deadlines. She later came by the studio to inform me that she had been picked for the role. she was also kind enough to pass my contacts around which got me number of calls.
I was hired to shoot a bunch of college/university beauties a top KICC. The shoot didn’t go as well as I had planned as there were lots of people who had come to enjoy view of the city from up there, but what really messed up the day, was the rain ..
Adapt is what professionals do ..yea we don’t back down.. so I took the beauties a storey down .. the lighting down there sucked big time but I found a few spots with light I could use. as usual I had to do a lot of directing to get nice poses….so how do I pose/sit/stand? is one question I `ve gotten used to. Photography is more than just the knowing your equipment.
Some time back I was asked to shoot a portfolio with the client requesting to be depicted as an athlete. At the time of booking the shoot the client had no notable muscles but after two months of training he was able to achieve some. The shoot went down in the studio on black and white backdrops. With the help of Stylist Kayndeto who brought the props and Sonniek whose make up skills helped athletise and create the sweaty straight out of the court and into the studio effect. The model had to be oiled first and at some point some water sprinkled on him.
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The Roots is a Hiphop band from Philly. USA.
