Brigitte loves knitting and has created a number of beautiful outfits. However, living in the Cayman Islands she and Mimi do not have that many opportunities to wear the outfits. Nevertheless, every so often Mimi and her get together and model some of the new outfits so Brigitte can share her creations with family and friends. This Sunday was one of those days and I was enlisted as the photographer.

Strobist Information: Canon 5D Mark II, 85mm f/1.2L II, Indoors with natural light through a south facing window.

This photo shoot of Gabz was taken in March 2009 in West Bay, Cayman Islands.  We were on the Iron Shore so it wasn’t the most comfortable for the models, and it was a little tricky get the light stands to stand up, but it was well worth it.  One of the things that I absolutely love about the Cayman Islands is that you could do an outdoor photo shoot just about every day of the year.  Stobist Information: Shot with a Canon 5D Mark II and a Canon 580EX II camera left with the sun at the horizon.  Post processing is a sudo HDR.

I will be the first to say that the processing is very different for a model photo.  I like it but I know that it is not for everyone.  Strobist info: Natural light from 18:15 sun camera left through a diffuser. Canon 5D MII, 85mm 1.2.  Post processing done in Lightroom with the final touches in Photoshop CS3.

In this photo shoot we decided to really go all out with the make-up.  I also tried something different and created a really shallow depth of field (right eye sharp, left eye blurry).  Strobist info: Shot in the studio with a Canon 5D Mark II, 85mm 1.2/L lens, Pocket Wizard and Alien Bee 1600 and 800.

This shot was taken for strobist.blogspot.com’s Boot Camp II, Assignment 1 (http://strobist.blogspot.com/2009/06/boot-camp-ii-first-assignment.html).  As we were taking the "normal" headshots, Suzy commented that she free dives and has free dove to sixty feet!  I can’t even image how one can do that, but needless to say I am very impressed.  That got me thinking…while I am sure when they said in the assignment to "Make it Appropriate" they didn’t quite mean this, I thought what the heck and we headed out to the pool   And yes, in the bottom right corner is a photo of me.  The assignment also required that the model take a photo of the photographer.

Strobist Info: Shot at around 2100 Hours outside in the swimming pool with the pool light on using my Canon 5D Mark II and the new 24mm f/1.4L II lens.  A Canon 580 EX II camera left at approximately 1/16 and an Olympus Flash camera right at approximately 1/32.  Both were shot through 42" Westcott umbrellas.

We were originally photographing Liz (the model on the left) when I asked fellow photographer Janet to join Liz.  The two of them really worked well together with a great result.  We were in the studio using Alien Bees, Pocket Wizards and my 5D Mark II.

My good friend and fellow photographer leaves the Cayman Islands with his family today for Dubai for an exciting new career opportunity.  Paul is a great photographer and I have really enjoy our time together.  I wish Paul and his family all the best and look forward to hearing all the exciting news from Dubai.

This was a great photo shoot.  Anna was wonderful and very cooperative.   Strobist info: Canon 5D MkII and 24mm f/1.4L II USM in the studio with an Alien Bee AB800 camera left and above the model on a boom shot through a Westcott white umbrella.  An AB1600 camera right with a Paul Bluff foldable Octabox and a Nikon SB900 camera right, high (approximately 7′) and close to the backdrop aimed at the model.

Both the AB800 and AB1600 were at 1/16 with a 7" Silver Field Reflector.

I love the expressions on Wil’s and Olivia’s faces. I also find the red background with the chain link fence really makes this photo pop. This photo was taken between photographing the models. Wil is a photographer who was also shooting and Olivia was the make-up artist for the photo shoot. This was taken in the studio with Alien Bees.

Thinking about the start of the weekend and hitting the beach, brings this photo to mind. It was shot back in March, just as the sun had set and we lost all natural light. Strobist info: One Alienbee 1600 camera left on 1/4 power and a Nikon SB900 camera right. Shot with a Canon 5d MKII.