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In the Studio – Nina

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Nina’s from Miyako Island, but now works all over the world as a model. She’d just spent several months shooting in India, and was back home for a few days in Okinawa, before flying out to more jobs in Australia. Luckily, she had a free evening so she came over to the studio to get some new shots for her portfolio. With minutes rather than hours to work with, we only had time for one makeup look, and two outfits. Slightly different post-processing added some variety to the images.  Have fun in Australia Nina!

Off Camera Flash Workshop

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Pete Leong and I had a fun weekend teaching the off camera flash workshop on January 19th and 20th. We covered pop-up flash, on camera speedlights, and off camera flash with TTL cords. Then we threw off our creative shackles, went wireless, and started to modify our lights. By the end of the weekend we were on the beach with our model Jovi practicing what we’d learned. A huge thanks to Keith, Bernice, Alex, David, Jessica, Lian and Ana for being such great students. Thanks also to Jovi for modeling and Summer Johnson for makeup. And a final thanks to Pete for sharing his knowledge with us all.

Aika Wauke Portfolio Images

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A fantastic portfolio shoot with model Aika Wauke. I photographed four different outfits, and kept with a grey or black background throughout, as Aika already had enough white background catalog images. Summer Johnson did her usual impeccable job with makeup and Aika was great to work with. This was my last shoot with the new 645D 90mm macro lens that I had on loan. After the final pics were taken, I sent the lens and some sample images back to Pentax in Tokyo.  I also photographed the session with the new K5IIs which produced excellent results. A blog post with a  comparison of images taken with the 645D and the K5IIs will appear at some point in the future.

Keith’s New Hobby

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It was only when he arrived at the bonsai class, did Keith realize he’d probably bought the wrong equipment. Pentax 645D with 55mm lens Lighting – Charcoal background. Gridded Beauty Dish powered by Profoto Pro-7a as the main light . Square softbox front and low as fill. 2 medium size strip softboxes behind that were adding rimlight (powered by Profoto compacts). Strobes triggered with PocketWizards.

In the Studio – Alexis

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A few studio portraits of Alexis, always fun to move away from simple beauty shots and start creating characters. I’ve done several test shoots with the Pentax 645D and the 90mm macro alongside the K5 IIs and the 16-50 / 50-135mm lenses. It’s very easy to switch back and forth between the two systems. The 645D has a much clearer brighter viewfinder, and the images on the rear screen look  more natural, but the K5IIs proved to be easy to use and produced great results.

Toxic Banking

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David started innocently enough. He made a few small trades, always in reputable blue chip companies. As time passed his deals became more risky. He tried to protect himself from the dangers of the market, but each day he found himself a little deeper down the financial rabbit hole. Then came acceptance. He embraced the dark side. His future was in futures. Greed is good.