Naomi and Adam

It was a pleasure to take photos of Naomi and Adam today. They are such a lovely couple that it makes me smile just to look at their photos.

Noriko

Friend of mine, the lovely Noriko, came over for a photo shoot today.



Noriko is a composer/musician. Very talented young lady.



Violin is not her main instrument, but it fits in my studio more easily than a piano or an organ.



I think I just realised today that the more pictures I take, the more I'm into unconventional compositions. Like this one:



The above would be perfect for a poster, as Noriko pointed out. Plenty of room to list concert details on the right.

Another thing I've noticed I like are the completely un-posed shots - even in the studio.



But, sometimes you get quite nice posed ones, too.

Beth

I'm posting two versions of the following photo. The first one edited in Lightroom, and the second one tweaked in Photoshop. Opinions/preferences welcome!

Ellen's photo shoot

Ellen loves dogs and spent most of her visit playing with Zebedee. Z liked Ellen, too. Just look at these two. Cute as a pie, eh?



These are some of the out-takes ;-)






Not that they have a common tune, or anything...









Then we went for a walk and a play in Stanmer Park in Brighton.

Ajit

The most fun photo shoot ever. Let me introduce you to Ajit:











(I'd just told him that he looked like he was having a poo, rather than looking 'serious' and 'learned'.)




Whoaaaaa!



Ajit is not just a pretty (and entertaining face), no. He has a black belt in 'Empty Hand'. Seriously.



See? No kidding.



Not that the seriousness lasts for long. This, for example, must be the 'karate zombie' move.



A few tricks up his sleeve, too.






Just don't underestimate this guy. That's today's lesson.

(I'll add a few more photos when I have time. They are a few more fun ones...)

(Oh, and if you are on a super-fast connection, see the whole shoot here: http://www.katiko.eu/images/Ajit_0001.wmv - be warned, over 8 MB)

Naz Keeran photo shoot

I had a great pleasure of meeting the lovely Naz Keeran and take her photos today. Here are some of my favourites: (these are just unedited, straight-from-the-camera proofs)











Love her smile in this one.












Charming Mr. Zebedee was of course an integral part of the photo shoot.