Growth

nelson
Originally uploaded Sept. '07 by michaelnyc



antonio
Originally uploaded Feb. '09 by michaelnyc

I was updating the photos on my photo wall the other day with some more recent images. I had inadvertently put two shots of Nelson Antonio next to each other. It was great to see the growth in his posing and look.

The first photo in the trees was from our first shoot together back in September 2007 when he was using his first name of Nelson.

The most recent shot is from our last shoot in February of 2009. He now goes by his middle name of Antonio.

Obviously Antonio has grown and matured in his modeling skills. It's great to be able to follow a model in his career and see that growth. It brings a great sense of satisfaction to me as a photographer to see the results of the creative process.

Killer Shoot

I had a wonderful shoot this past weekend with Karim. This was the fourth time that Karim and I have shot together. We really 'clicked' on this shoot. He had been hitting the gym hard since the last time we shot in September, so he was feeling confident about the new and improved body. That confidence was infectious and rubbed off on me. We tried some of the usual poses and backgrounds and we tried some new backgrounds with my brick fireplace and some different lighting setups.

It was Karim's idea to get 'dirty' and rub ash from the fireplace all over himself. It think it added a nice touch to the photo. There are more photos coming with the ashy look.

The whole shoot was a creative collaboration... the best kind of shoot. I had a blast!

Thanks to Karim for the inspiration.

Here are some of the results...




These shots were to update Karim's Model Mayhem portfolio.