The other day Stephanie had contacted me about doing some bikini shots out near some water. Unfortunately the only ready water near Las Vegas is Lake Mead, which at this point is pretty much just a large dirty puddle. I assured her we could still make it work and I headed over to pick her up. The other downside is that it was supposed to rain as well. We had an opening in the weather for the time being so we wanted to hurry before it rained. Well, that did not happen. As soon as we got to the Lake Mead Wash, found a spot, hiked to it and then set up, it decides to rain. Since Steph was in a skimpy bikini in 40 degree weather now with wind chill and rain, she was not a happy camper. After only firing a couple shots we packed up, hiked back up, got in the car and began looking for another spot hoping the rain would subdue. Read the full story

So the other day i found myself in one of my bored predicaments. I spent all day looking for a photoshoot to do and had been unsuccessful. Finally, my wish was granted. One of the BBW models I work with had dropped me a line to see what I was doing. When I told her i was having photography withdrawals she was more then happy to give me my fix. I grabbed my gear and headed over to her house to get to work. I was quite surprised we could get  four sets it in just under an hour and half. Pretty sweet. Read the full story

My last post involved Kitty at an overpass here in Las Vegas. Well while I was photographing her, I was shooting another girl at the same location as well, and her name is Candy. Candy, just like Kitty was a blast to shoot. She was very nervous posing for me since this was her first photoshoot. Luckily I had Kitty with me who is good friends with her to help her feel more comfortable and at ease, which in return leads to better quality of pictures. Nobody likes to see frigidness and uptightness, especially in sexy photos. Read the full story

So Kittie, her friend Candy and I decided to head out to go shoot some photos. Candy says she knows of a place and led the way to the location. Little to my knowledge that the location was the Lamb and Washington overpass here in Las Vegas, Nevada. It wasn’t a big deal, its just that you never see girls eager to be photographed with next to no clothing under an overpass. The location was about a quarter mile walk from where we parked. The little creek that trickled next to us as we walked was filled with flood flood runoff and sewer water, or at least thats what it smelled like. Read the full story

The other day I had been sitting around the house bored and looking for anything to do. I had been spending the morning looking for a photo shoot but had been failing miserably. With no help in sight I had sent a message to one of my favorite models Roxy Rouge. Well, to my surprise she instantly replied and of course like always was very willing. I headed up to her place and started getting my equipment ready while she finished some last minute stuff with her costume. Her costume was an outfit she had designed herself for a burlesque performance a couple days earlier. Roxy already had a black sheet hanging around because of one of her boyfriends projects, so we decided to use it as a backdrop and began snapping away. Read the full story

The other day struck me with a serious case of boredom. So much so I had even asked my girlfriends 18 year old sister if she wanted to go shoot some pictures and knock out a couple senior pictures as well. Lets just face it, Kari can be a major pain in the ass, but fun. So when I asked her if she wanted to shoot I was surprised when she said yes. She quickly got ready and we headed out to this park I had only seen once before. But I knew it had some water and possibly some other cool things so that where we went. I don’t remember the name of the actual park. We set up near this little paddle boat dock and began snapping away photos. Read the full story

A couple days ago, before the storms came flooding our city away, Kittie and I headed out to the downtown area to shoot some portfolio stuff for her. The atmosphere was wet and rainy, even though it didn’t start raining until later in the evening. If you are a photographer or filmmaker then you already know that overcast days can be a godsend to shooting outdoors. Why? Overcast creates a natural, soft and even lighting that eliminates strong shadows. The downside is that you typically don’t want to shoot the sky because it will come out an ugly grey. Not all the time, but a lot of it. Read the full story

I met up with Stephanie the other day to shoot some fall stuff before the full effect of winter was upon us. Since I really didn’t have any type of fall fashion photos I figured I could give it a shot. I was running a little late so I didn’t get to pick Stephanie up until about 10:00am. We hopped in the car and took off. We decided to head up to Red Rock and see if there was something we could find out there to shoot. After a little bit of driving we came across a place called Calico Basin, a nice little community just outside the entrance to Red Rock. Read the full story

For our third installment with Stephanie A. Cook I decided to go to a couple new and different locations then I am used to. Some of these locations dealt with for these shoots had lots of foot traffic and were in some of the not so good areas of town. We even got warned by the fuzz to not shoot in this area due to crime and homeless people. Read the full story

Welcome back to the second part of the Magic hour post. If you missed part one then please check it out HERE. To continue on from my previous post I am showing you what the light is like at the magic hour and why its the best natural light to shoot in. Read the full story