From my trip to Halifax last month: Amy tore herself away from her nuclear medicine studies for a nice dinner and photoshoot with moi. I got to try fried pepperoni for the first time, and Amy got to do a shoot at night — something that was apparently lacking from her portfolio. We headed to a wooded spot near an industrial part of Woodside in Dartmouth and I set up two Nikon Speedlights for lighting. I traveled to Halifax by air, which meant packing light was key. I couldn’t bring along my rather large Alien Bees, but nor did I have to. The tiny Speedlights did a fantastic job. Check out the diagram:

The rear Speedlight (an SB-900) was placed behind the trees, angled upwards, and covered with a green gel, using the supplied filter holder. The Speedlight in front (an SB-800 in a small umbrella) was placed to Amy’s left, but not directly aimed at her. I opted to feather the light by aiming the beam just in front of where she was crouching. All of this was triggered by the built-in flash of my Nikon D200, although not using Nikon’s CLS system since it wasn’t cooperating with me.

Amy’s blue eyes are insanely gorgeous, and yes, they’re really that colour! Oddly, this is the second time I’ve photographed Amy with primarily green tones. Our first adventure in green can be seen here.

Shot with a Nikon D700 and 85mm f/1.4 lens.

This is Erika, wearing my shirt, from three years ago this month. Beautiful, ain’t she? I hadn’t seen Erika in a while until recently, and it reminded me of how great she looked in front of the camera. In turn, she reminded me that I had no photos of her on my website! Hence this blog post.

If I revealed the contact sheets from this shoot, it would be obvious that I was not a tremendous photographer three years ago. I hope Erika gives me a second chance to shoot her, even though she doesn’t fancy herself a “model”. She’s tall and thin and just look at that face! I’d say she qualifies.

Technical details: Nikon D70 with 24-85mm lens @ f/8, 1/250, ISO 200, one Alien Bees strobe bounced into an umbrella.

Say hello to Tania. Curvy, gorgeous, and although you can’t tell here, she has possibly the best smile I’ve ever seen on a human being. As we live about 130km apart, we’ve only photographed together twice, but both times produced stellar results. The image above is from our most recent shoot in September 2008.

The best part about shooting with Tania is the awesome team she assembles before I even arrive. Her family and friends all pitch in with styling, wardrobe, hair, and locations, which make our jobs as photographer and model so much easier! So thanks to Adrianna, Enrico, and Stefania for all their help and I look forward to working with everyone again soon.

See more of Tania on my Flickr photostream.