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A walk in the forest – Lifestyle Portrait Photography

by Mac Sokulski | Oct 29, 2012 | People

When photographing people, I always preferred natural behavior as opposed to posed. I like catching people off guard, and taking their pictures, when they are not paying attention. I think it just more honest that way. I’m not a fashion photographer, and have no aspirations on becoming one. There are some really great ones out there, that can control the light and make magic with a model. I like to find the natural, interesting part of a person and focus on that. Yes, some images are posed, but I try to be simple with the posing…. sit there, lie down…. that sort of thing. Same thing with light. I like simplicity. Maybe because I’m not very smart, or just plain lazy, but simplicity and minimalism always grabbed my attention 🙂
This was the idea during this session. I call these Lifestyle and Portrait. They may not fit into those categories really well, but in my mind this is what they are. Beautiful fall day, lovely colors, and just a simple walk in between all that. It’s really hard not to take good images when you have a beautiful model in front of the camera. So I tried to capitalize on all these factors and here are some images from that day. Enjoy!

Mac

Missing the Beach – When the Weather Turns Cold

by Kasia Sokulska | Oct 27, 2012 | Art, Landscape, People

It’s been rather chilly outside lately and my thoughts are drawn to the memories of Spain and beach, hot sun and waves.. I have been slowly going through some more photos from our April trip to Spain (I did bring a couple of thousand of them back, after all…) and I thought I’d share some of the images of the beautiful Mediterranean Sea and the beach in Almerimar, where we’ve spent some time enjoying the sun, waves and pebbles, not mentioning a beautiful sunset. So here they are, with my hope that they’ll warm all of us up just a bit ;D. Enjoy!
Kasia

Lifestyle Photography – Girl in the Orchard

by Mac Sokulski | Oct 25, 2012 | Boudoir, People

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After the cold session of Sensual Portrait of a Girl in the Rain, I’ve decided to give the model a bit of a break, and just shoot a natural lifestyle portrait session in the garden. It was a little windy, but I thought that this would bring a bit of life to the images. The session was bordering on boudoir, but I wanted to approach it differently. I wanted more of a natural fun in the garden portrait session. I think I captured it. Enjoy!

A Man that Plays with Fire – a Different Angle

by Kasia Sokulska | Oct 24, 2012 | Art, Landscape, People

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Several weeks ago in his post A Man that Plays with Fire and the Fuji X-Pro1, Mac has posted some of his shots from our trip to Elk Island where we’ve had the opportunity to shoot a talented young artist (Bryton Keomanivong) who does some very cool things with his hoops and fire. I took a side line position, wanting to capture him working his art from a different perspective. Here is a few of my images taken that evening. Enjoy!
Kasia

Sensual Portrait of a Girl in the Rain

by Mac Sokulski | Oct 17, 2012 | Art, Boudoir, People

This idea came from another photographer, and it didn’t exactly go as planned 🙂 I don’t mind. I was there shooting just for the fun of it. Location wasn’t what the other photographer envisioned either. The whole set up was going to be “sad girl in the rain”…. it didn’t rain that morning. Since we needed water, and at the original location access to water was difficult, we changed it to my back yard. We simulated the rain with a hose…. needless to say, my wife got almost as wet as the Girl in the Rain. It was a cold morning as well, so this took a few tries, as the poor, brave Brittany faced the cold weather and cold water.
I was shooting with both the Fuji X-Pro1 and the Sony NEX-7. Today I only shoot with these two cameras. They are both great for weddings, engagements, portraits , landscape …. you name it. They are small, light, and portable, and don’t attract too much attention. I highly, highly recommend both of these cameras. Here are some images from the session in the “rain”, where sad, turned to sensual. Enjoy!

Mac

End of Summer – Portraits in the Park… Part 2

by Mac Sokulski | Oct 11, 2012 | Art, People

Shooting with Fuji X-Pro1 definitely changed my way of taking pictures. It slowed me down, and made me think. I found that with a DSLR, I would take more than a few images of the same scene, and really end up with way too many images that then would have to be scrapped. Lots of time wasted. With the Fuji, I found myself evaluating the scene in front of me, and try to capture it the best way. Which means less images, but more keepers. These portraits, were taken during the End of Summer shoot… I somehow ended up shooting a lot more with Brittany, then any other model in the group. Did not shoot a lot of frames that day, but it’s not the quantity that counts, at the end of it all…. it’s the quality. So please… Enjoy!