The Stunning Akira

Model @akirawinn

What can I say Akira is just such amazing individual, model and friend. I met Akira through a rave company - Freedom Rave Wear who had previously hired me to shoot some of their outfits. We would mention her a lot during conversations saying great things such as how much she just stood out and how beautiful and stunning she was. She would just make the outfits look great and she had such a magnificent attitude. I then arranged to shoot with her and lets just say wow’ did she do amazing.

This was her first time working in a studio so things had to move very quick. I started her off very easy but then slowly started picking up the pace. Its sometimes challenging shooting in a studio. You feel like your in such a rush due to the time eventually running out. Many models usually freak out and they become a nervous wreck. But I wanted to teach Akira since I felt she would start taking more serious steps into the model world. I wanted to give her an opportunity where she could make mistakes and feel the ambience of when things have to be quick. Akira is a natural beauty and she trusted me so much which made this shoot such a success. She kept up with the pace even though we were both sweating at the very end of it I think we did such an amazing job. I had Cici at this shoot too which also added another layer to the chaos since I had to switch between the both of them and had maybe 2 hrs to get through all the outfits we had planned for that day.

Camera Tech: Canon EOS R

Sigma 35mm

Light Dimmer with umbrella

The challenges of this shoot came in two forms. On one side I was making sure I was able to guide my model with the pace we were shooting since this was her first time shooting in a studio setting. On the other side I had to deal with the technical aspect. Shooting with the neon background is always tricky and I feel not many photographers know how to bring the color out of their lights. They always overexpose that the bulbs look white and the colors become washed out. I usually give myself the opportunity to adjust the lights in the back with my camera. After that I introduce my key light - which was my white light. I didn’t use flash because the light would over power the lights in the back. In this case I borrowed a dimmer light which I was able to adjust. I added an umbrella to spread the light and soften it a big. Once the key light was in place everything else was just easy.