Today's Portrait of the Day: I worked with a new model today, a pretty, young lady named Katie Lalonde at a local park. Thought this would be a good teaser while I work on the rest of the set. :) Portrait of Windsor model Katie Lalonde
These environmental portraits are fast becoming my most favorite portraits to shoot. Add a beautiful face, a pretty figure and a bit of fill light combined with fast glass and we have a winner! The accompanying photos are two of my personal favorites featuring Playboy model Krysta Lynn and an unnamed Windsor model/photographer. If you would like to have environmental portraits of your own or know a friend who is looking for a photographer, contact me or refer your friends and family to Ray Akey Photography at 519-562-8603
From a studio boudoir photography session with Canadian model Nikki Leigh. Studio Boudoir If you would like to book a boudoir session, contact us at 519-562-8603
Malden Park Family Portrait We captured this Malden Park family portrait in Windsor, Ontario. Family portraits are a timeless tradition. When we photograph a family, we have good fun and collaborate with everyone so that you get exactly what you envisioned. Everyone is always pleased with the results. The image below is from our session with the Scalia family, one of my personal favorites from the set. This image features the older siblings. Captured on location at Windsor's beautiful Malden Park. Malden Park Family Portrait Call 519-562-8603 to arrange a family photography session for yourself and/or your family. Also see our Family Photography page for more portfolio samples and information on our family and lifestyle photography services.
Location Portraiture with Leah Taillefer Location Portraiture with natural light is one of my favorite ways to photograph people. Nothing is more fun than a day with a beautiful subject and not having to worry too much about balancing a bunch of lights. A meeting on location with the goal of making some beautiful images was the goal this day! Sharon and I spent a couple of hours at Point Pelee National Park with our model. That model, a fellow photographer and model. The plan was to do some natural light portraits on location and since I knew we would do the boardwalk, I planned to shoot with natural light. It was a nice summer afternoon around…
Today, a model portrait of Ashley Ellery! I am going to start blogging images regularly. Some will be a model portrait or collaboration. Often it may be just the image with a simple description while others may have technical information or tips valuable to those who dabble in photography. Today, a badass image of Ashley from a recent shoot. This girl always comes ready to slay. :) Badass Ashley
Published by SKYN Magazine I am happy to announce that SKYN Magazine has published a feature on one of our models! The shoot I am referring to our recent Penthouse Shoot with Nelly Shabo. Congratulations Nelly! Special thanks also to Windsor hair designer Wissam Kayal for doing such a great job! See the feature HERE: http://www.skynmagazine.com/high-class Thanks and much love to everyone who follows, shares, likes and appreciates our images and posts. Thank-you for supporting our work and Ray Akey Photography!
Meet my great niece Sierra Dupuis. Sharon and I met up with Sierra, sister Savannah and their mom Theresa at Jackson Park in Windsor to snap some pretty photos of Sierra in her prom dress. 5 proms in the park this day made it a bit of a challenge! We had to forego the lighting I had planned and worked with available light. We got lucky when clouds moved in to diffuse the sunlight ever so nicely. :) I posted some of these on my Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/akeyphoto on the day of the prom but have added a few more previously unseen prom photos with Sierra's cousin Nick Iacono.
A selection of images from Owen and Kate's pre-Prom photos at Jackson Park / Queen Elizabeth Gardens on May 28, 2016. A special day for this beautiful, young couple. Special thanks to Owen's mom Misty. A great day for photos!
Pinup with Beckey I have always loved shooting pinup photography. I collaborated with Leamington model Beckey Holmes on a Pinup themed photoshoot based on a Coke costume she had purchased online. I had the Coke crates and bottles already in my prop collection so all I needed to do was plan some appropriate lighting. After doing much research I decided on a 4 light setup (1 key, 2 rim and 1 fill) and after 45 minutes in studio and a number of hours in Photoshop, I had the perfect set. Here, for the first time on my website, is the complete set. Beckey's boyfriend was so pleased with these he bought a set of…
Portrait of Katie Durham - Photo of the Day - April 22, 2016. Katie Durham on location at a Windsor, Ontario riverfront park. If you would like to collaborate on something similar for yourself, contact us to begin planning your portrait session.
Portrait of Chelsea Lanoue - Photo of the Day - April 17, 2016. Chelsea on location just down the street from my studio. Chelsea Lanoue by Ray Akey Photography If you would like to collaborate on a similar portrait for yourself, contact us to begin planning your portrait session.
Portrait of Ashley - POTD - Photo of the day for April 16, 2016. Ashley Ellery from a recent session in our studio. Portrait - Ashley If you would like to collaborate on something similar for yourself, contact us to begin planning your portrait session.
Meet Maia, an aspiring 16-year old model and actress from Windsor, Ontario! I was contacted by Maia in March to photograph a modeling portfolio for her. Previously, I photographed images for the portfolio of her mom, Carol Parris. Maia was impressed enough by our work with her mom that she contacted me to produce her first modeling portfolio. We arranged to meet at my studio to capture a selection of outfits and poses. Maia arrived at the studio with her stylists (mom Carrol Parris and sister Kiswanna Parris) and Maia did her own makeup. We proceeded to capture a selection of images in various outfits and options for Maia to choose from during the selection/editing process. With respect to editing, for a…
New long exposure landscape images! I added a new new long exposure twilight image from tonight's post sunset skies. You can view it below and you can also find it on the following page for future reference: Canadian Landscapes Click on the image to see a larger, hi-resolution version.
Portraits are always fun! Here are a couple of glamour/personality portraits of Ashley from our recent collaborations to help soothe your day. To create these captures, I used 2 Alien Bees B800 studio strobes, Yongnuo RF-622 triggers/receivers and my trusty Canon 5D Mark II fitted with Canon's image stabilised 70-200mm f/2.8L lens. The lights were flanked on each side of the camera. The key light was placed high and to the left of camera and the second light was used as fill on the right, approximately 1/2 stop less than the key light. Exposure settings: 1/125sec @ f/14 ISO 100