Beauty and Muscles

August 7, 2015

Few days ago a photographer friend named Dennis a.k.a Dino of One Click Productions asked me to help him out on a shoot that he was doing Wednesday afternoon. Without hesitation, I agreed to help out. As this was my first time doing one of these shoots. To help him out I brought my Alien Bees 800, vagabond, reflector, and transceivers to help out in the shoot.

The location on the shoot was at Kensington Metropark, as we decided to use the beaches that were near the water slide and the one that is near the boat rentals. As the client for the shoot was Dino's friend who is a bodybuilder who needed to a few bikini shots that she needed for her portfolio.

When I met Beatrice, I thought she was very beautiful woman. As she was very nervous to be in front of a camera in a more intimate setting. To make her feel more comfortable, Dino and I made her laugh with jokes and just being silly. As the shoot went on, we did different styles to incorporate in the reflector and strobe. At one point we actually got into the water with Beatrice to get the shots we needed.

Before we knew it, the sun was beginning to setting, and so was the time we had left. She forgot to inform us that she and her mother had to pick up her brother from work. We had to rush to our second location. Once we arrived, we set up extremely fast as time was of the essence. So we managed to get the shots with the limited time we had, and pulled it off very damn well I might say.

Travel - Vegas Part 2

August 7, 2015

This year I went to Las Vegas for my birthday, even though my original plans was to try to fly to Japan for a few days. The real reason for this trip was for my brother to finally see his girlfriend after six months. During the time there I rarely seen my brother as the aunt asked if it was okay if he stayed with her. I said it was okay as he was the one that paid for the room. As for my time there, I wondered about strip and enjoyed my time.

Effiel Tower at the Paris hotel and casino

HellCat Challenger being given away at The D

The day that we were we leaving, We all (Meech, Taylor, Trish and myself) made a trip to the desert of Las Vegas. The area we went to was Red Rock Canyon. There we walked two paths around the area. The scenic route in itself is a full 13 miles around. While it was extremely hot, we manage to reach an area that has a small river bank that is dry during the small, but it had a small watering hole.

When I make another trip to Vegas I will be hitting up another desert path and this time I will be better equip to walk the desert heat.

Nina Bradlin Photoshoot with Alex

August 4, 2015

Photo Courtesy of Nina Bradlin Facebook page - Photo by Pierre Pallez

This past weekend a few members of PhotoWalk:Michigan accompanied Alex Alexander on his shoot with international singer Nina Bradlin. We were able to see Alex work first hand and take notes on how to direct and model and shoot them.

The shoot took a little longer to prepare as the time kept getting pushed back. There were little difficulties with waiting on the makeup artist. Once they arrived, The crew met them at the River walk Downtown Detroit between the nature preserve and Chene Park. From there we all met Nina and Alex on top of the hill. From there, some of us assisted Alex with what ever he needed help with to get the shot. After about 20 minutes or so we changed locations to just up the street to an abandon business building with graffiti on it. The spot was a heavy traffic location, cars and people were in consent rotation. Alex was able to get the shots we was looking for, and after he was finish we allowed us to take a few shots of our own. There was a bit of confusion as there was a third location that concluded near the Tigers stadium.

I was able to few behind the scene shots (BTS) from the shoot itself that shows Alex at work. This Wednesday (8-5-15) Nina will be performing at the Motor City Wine and some of us will be there to show our support.