FotogrAffi: Lolade Cameron-Cole Photography

What do photographers do when they get together?  They talk bodies, lenses, accessories, lighting, shoots, clients and projects. Basically that’s what we do, as much as we might try to talk about all else that’s going on in the world it always comes back to F-stops and shutter speeds.  While visiting a fellow friend and photographer – the amazing Lolade Cameron-Cole (aka the Barefoot photographer) – we decided to head into her back yard to take a few test shots. Her adorable son Mr. T (an up and coming American football player) joined us for a few poses. Now I would have posted the link to LCC’s photography website {here}, but I’m still working on getting her to get her work online. Hmm….! Tick tock, tick tock. LOL!

FotogrAffi: Kids at play

While visiting a friend recently, I caught these two munchkins at play.  As soon as I asked if they’d like their photo taken they got so excited. It was quite funny how Ibrahim rushed to help his sister Ama, put on her shoes before posing for the camera. Too cute!

Lifestyle – Just Becz: Rae’s red hot shoot

‘Just Becuz’ sessions are just about my favourite kind of shoots. There’s something to be said about an unabashed display of vanity born out of confidence, beauty and just plain fabulousness.  There’s nothing like getting primped and primed for part of a day, selecting the best outfits and scoping out cool locations and then spending the other half letting out your fierceness in front of a camera. Well Rae did just that recently and I was honoured to capture the amazing beauty of this totally stunning, oh so smart, not to be messed with diva during a fly-by trip to the Dirty South.  Here is a slideshow of some of my favs from the shoot.

BTW – I’m loving the updates on my blog. They make blogging so much easier and will hopefully make me much more efficient in sharing the work I shoot!

Lifestyle – Just Becuz: Teaser! Red Hot RLL

It’s mid-May already! Like seriously, why does time fly and to where is it flying? If only that question could be answered.  It feels like New Years day was like yesterday and all of a sudden we are heading towards Summer solstice.  Hmmm!  Anyway, flying or not, I did have a fun time shooting a super fly ‘Just Becuz’ session recently. Looking forward to sharing more from this shoot shortly.  Here’s a lil’teaser for you…

Commercial: Part III – Telema’s theatrical designs

Telema is a pretty talented designer and he has been commissioned by theater productions and cultural troupes to design costumes, accessories and sets. During the shoot for his 2010 ready-to-wear collection, I took the liberty to capture some of his theatrical (Royal Africa) designs.

Now before anyone even asks me if this is a real model or if the shot is real, I have to ‘yes it is!’. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a real six pack like this before and I’m not sure when I’ll ever see one again.

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