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A Cold Night in NYC's Subway
A Cold Night In NYC's Subway. Nicole and I shot a while back in Miami... we ended up not using any of the pictures as we felt rush and unprepared. This time around... meeting up in NY on a very cold day, we decided we had to take the photoshoot indoors... and since we wanted to do street photography, we both agreed on shooting in the subway. This i...
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“CAGED WITH CONFIDENCE“ by Yuli Genes
The headshot session turned into something deep and sexy. It's called “CAGED WITH CONFIDENCE“. Deep words by Yuli Genes complemented by images that reflect her beauty, self-love, self-motivation, self-acceptance, self-awareness, self rejuvenation, her will power, and her gigantic self-confidence. She discusses the Stages to overcoming the challenge...
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Falonia Lindsey Swim Set in Miami
This shoot with Falonia Lindsey was my farewell shoot. The last shoot before moving north to become a New York Photographer and to do NYC style street and fashion photography. But before I left, I had to shoot one more time with Falonia... One last hoorah (however you spell that lol) and we executed flawlessly.
Model: @falonia
Location: Miami
Ph...
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Similarly Different | Britt & Bridgette | Sisters
A while back I did a shoot with a pair of sisters for a magazine. It was accepted and we were asked to hold off from posting from that set. Well, the magazine went MIA (missing) and I chose not to wait anymore... so here... the extremely beautiful sister duo Bridgette and Britt
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Melanin Empress enjoying the Sun
When Falonia and I decided to hook up to shoot this concept... I wanted to do it on a rooftop with an industrial feel, but we had no access to any. So we did the roof of a parking garage instead. Hair big and bold, InStyle magazine with Michelle Obama on the cover, Coconut water, royal gold velvet swimwear, and even threw in the Black Girl Sunscree...
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Vintage Rainbow
Vin ta ge Rai nb ow featuring Parrish and Cyndel. This is my first time shooting a female couple. They both have artistic souls so the process all ended being so simple. After ten minutes in front of the camera, everyone was comfortable and things ran smoothly. They wanted to make a statement with the rainbow socks (which represents LGBT) so we mad...
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Helena's Down Time
Helena has finally returned to Miami and I was happy that we got to create some art together. With absolutely no concept in mind, we just decided that we would let the environment speak to us and we'll just adapt. And adapt she did... effortlessly. There are two pieces of artwork in the pics that I loved and felt that I needed to get involved.
T...
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Behind the scenes of Alondra Ortiz photoshoot in Aventura
Decided to do some beauty shots with Alondra Ortiz in Aventura on a early Monday morning (Veterans Day). She was accompanied by her manager (Will) who is the owner of Screen Green Studios. This BTS was unexpected... but i am extremely happy with the final product. Shout out to Will for doing this for us.
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She named her kitty Gigi
Valerie, the flexible nude model, and I had a hard time shooting because her Siamese cat Gigi is a master of photobombs. I need to say no more... the images tell the story perfectly.
Model: @valflexual
Photographer: @KaliArtistry
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Marisol Once Again in Miami Beach
Marisol (@sollyluna021) one again in Miami but this time we stayed away from the beach when shooting. Our focus this time around? Portraits:)
Even though its November, Miami still has that beautiful warm and sunny weather and she was able to enjoy it. It's a lot different from the Bay Area where it gets pretty chilly and foggy all the time.
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Make your subject pop with "real artificial" lighting [Tutorial]
If you saw this in instagram and came over to see the rest of the video... Thank you. This is my first attempt at doing a tutorial. I'll try a couple more time and share techniques i don't see anyone else using. If I get a sense of satisfaction after three tutorials, I'll continue making them.
I have soooo many techniques that i have figured out a...
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Irina Key Doing it Different in Miami
Initially we had planned to submit this... but now i'm selfish (just joking). This was shot a couple years ago when the abandoned train was still by the Miami airport. This, in my opinion, was an amazing shoot... we got amazing images. I hope you enjoy.
Model: Irina Key [@irinakey]
Location: Miami, Florida
Photographer: Kali McCarthy [@KaliArtis...
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Briana, the Beautiful Jamaican Fashion/Swim Model
Really don't have to say much about Briana (@brianaans). Her beauty speaks for itself and her fun personality shows through the images. Editing is also a breeze... really all you need to do is adjust exposure. There is no need to smooth skin or any of the other commonly done Photoshop methods... she is a RAW beauty, nice body, nice skin, and nice e...
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Irina Key - Clothed Nudist
This was a Spontaneous shoot with Irina Key. We decided that we wanted to do something different from her norm. So we did a little fun sporty look.
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Welcome to South Florida Cassidy
Coming in from a colder northern state, Cassidy is right where she needs to be. She needs to be in the Miami sunshine. She needs to be at the beach and/or poolside. Her body definitely needs to be in a bikini morning, noon and night. She has a body built for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit magazine. Don't take my word for it. take a look yourself....
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