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From Real Estate photos, to business headshots, family events, and now rounding out the week with shots at the skate park! Thanks Ryan Handy for letting me snap some shots of you on this rail! Not bad for mid day with the sun coming in hard! Lit with an E

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Power Couple

CAN YOU SAY POWER COUPLE!!!! THESE TWO BELONG IN A MAGAZINE! Love Love Love overcast days when working outside! I get to bring as much drama as I want into the scene when I'm not battling the sun. Here it's done with a simple Nikon Sb28 speedlite camera left with a cto gel for a little added warmth. The key was provided by a large Octa camera right. This is why you put you subject in position before you ready and let them stand naturally. More times than not, by the time you look up they're in a great starting position if not a perfect one. Only small adjustments made to this pose. Way to go Ben and Angela! Thanks Again Darren! http://flic.kr/p/p88GPX

Harbor West

I'M SUPER BUMMED I MISSED THE AWESOME SUNSET LAST NIGHT!!! So many great photos taken by phones of the amazing Seattle sunset! I was just a little too late! I did manage to get my ass down to alki with enough time to take this shot. Taken with a single exposure with detail and color brought out with some pixel massaging in lightroom and photoshop. www.nakean.com http://flic.kr/p/ojeYX7

Harbor West

Going back I found another image I really like mostly because of the foreground and warmer tones. This makes me only want to shoot at this time of day/night. I bet my portraits would be better! www.nakean.com http://flic.kr/p/ojeZ2L

Backyard Fun

So much fun yesterday playing outside in the heat with our DIY slip and slide! Lit with a boomed Einstein in xsmall mini octa. http://flic.kr/p/obffYp

Poor Man's Macro

Picked up an extension tube (poor man's macro lens) for my camera yesterday!! First outing yielded some success I think. It's interesting how they work. Essentially, the tube goes between your lens and the camera. It will fit any of your lenses. The further your lens sits from your sensor the closer you are able to focus on you subject. What do you guys think? Lit with single Einstein camera right. http://flic.kr/p/nRPHRu

Confidence

A great closeup of Jaybrie Brown from our shoot some time ago. Adhering to the same theme of simplicity here. I love the contrast of his shirt with his skin. I'm also diggin the shallow depth of field that draws your into his eyes. This was lit with a large octa boomed overhead and a 64" PLM directly behind myself and and the camera. If you look in the eyes you can see the catch lights from both modifiers. http://flic.kr/p/nPVq81

Simple Yet Effective

Here's a closeup of Norris Frederick from our first shoot. If you know me then you know I'm obsessed with lighting in general. I love complicated multiple light setups to bring attentention to a specific object or place in the frame. However, lately, I've found comfort and beauty in single light setups. They're much more organic and feel so real. I thought this was fitting for a man like Norris, because he is the real deal! Lit with a single gridded beauty dish through Einstein 640 boomed overhead. No reflector no rim. http://flic.kr/p/nPkNAp

Angela_Leigh

Up close and personal! I was a shocked to to learn that "no one ever takes close ups/headshots" of this beautiful woman! Your missing out photographers, missing out big time! Thanks Angela! Clamshell lighting with Einstein 640 through beauty dish boomed overhead. b800 with barndoors for hair light behind subject to camera left. Black paper with x800 and silver 7" reflector for background light. http://flic.kr/p/o65eNQ

Frenchie

This little girl was full of so much energy! I surprised I was able to capture this photo of her! According to mom this is her, "asking mom if everything is ok" face. Strobist info: Lit with two gridded stripboxes either side softlighterII boomed camera right with Einstein 640 EXD400 through Large PLM just behind the camera silver reflector camera left. http://flic.kr/p/nExb3W

Superman

A great session with Norris Frederick a couple days ago in the studio! He's an Olympic Athlete bound for greatness. With ridiculous airtime in the long jump and High Jump it's easy to confuse him with superman! Lit with gridded x800. camera right and einstein through gridded beauty dish boomed overhead set to almost no power. http://flic.kr/p/nVD6ns

Golden Gardens Stretch

For composites, lighting has to match your background. As a photographer it's funny how differently you see the world in terms of light, quantity of light and quality of it. When you start creating composites in which you need to capture backgrounds it ads a whole new element in which to view your surrounding through. Thanks Angela for being patient and bending over backward, literally, to make a cool image. Strobist info: Photographed in my West Seattle Studio Einstein through 60" Softlighter boomed above, b800's through gridded striplights for rim lights on either side. www.nakean.com http://flic.kr/p/nU22LK

Rilla Fame Downtown

Composite of downtown Seattle just off of 1st ave in Pioneer Square. Subject is lit with large Octa above and camera left. Fill directly behind camera through large PLM. Rims provided by b800's gridded striplights. http://flic.kr/p/ncsTvk

Bench Babes

I've been wanting to shoot with my crazy concoction for quite some time now! I figured out a way to sync my big studio strobe with my flash at 1250th of a second all the way up to 2500th of a second!! That means I can shoot wide open or close to it in the daylight with flash! I wanted to try it out on my own family photos before I used it for clients. I'm pretty confident now and the results speak for themselves. This was lit with a large PLM camera right. http://flic.kr/p/naPaP8

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