Mike B (akamikeb)

Kaleah Dawn finalized images!

Photo set for Kaleah Dawn is complete, rendered, and can be viewed and downloaded here...

Kaleah Dawn post-processing timelapse

I spend 2-3 hours going over the raw photos just to sort out the ones we like, then I spend another 2-3 hours actually polishing them up and prepping for release. I've put together a time-lapse behind...

Gear list as of Aug 2016

It's been requested by a couple folks that I post a list of my current gear, so here it is! I'll keep it updated every few months as I add/remove any critical gear to the collection.

Camera

Kaleah Dawn shot processing VOD is up!

For those that missed it, here's the full VOD from this morning's stream. 

Going to be putting together a timelapse or two for some of the other images that made the cut. Stay tuned!

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Editing Session happening this Saturday!

Scheduling update! 

Mark your calendars $10 tier+ patrons! This Saturday, 9AM Pacific, 4PM GMT is the next editing session for the shoot with Kaleah Dawn. We've got about 2...

Photoshoot with Kaleah is wrapped!

Just wrapped up with Kaleah! Shoot went great with a couple of last second lighting changes with one of the scenes I had meticulously planned out beforehand... but that's the way it goes. There's only...

July 2016 patron supported

Thank you so much for the support this month!

Getting prepped for the August shoot..

aka how to get me to clean house. 

More details to come!

Portfolio rewind - Keri (2013)

Good morning!

 I thought it'd be kind of fun to revisit an old shoot every once in a while and go over the things I learned during that shoot and, of course, any related stories. 

Th...

Shasta Wonder - Full setup and behind-the-scenes!

This is the BTS for Shasta Wonder - Couch Noir. In it I give a full tour of the s...

July Shasta Wonder Shot Processing Scene 2

And here is the trimmed VOD for Shasta Wonder - Reading Material 

Than...

July Shasta Wonder Shot Processing Scene 1

Some slight spam coming up, as these will only play when embedded so they need their own posts!

Here's the trimmed VOD from the 2016-07-16 23:26:37 +0000 UTC View Post

Thank you cards and Polaroids have been sent!

For everyone in the $25 and up tier, your cards have been mailed and they include a Polaroid from both Shasta and Lindsay's shoots! International will take a bit longer, but I fully expect everyone to...

Chicken before the egg - Images are already done!

There was very little compositing to do for this shoot so I was able to get the images cleaned up and ready for release before even getting the both VODs from the editing streams uploaded! 
2016-07-12 01:22:34 +0000 UTC View Post

Shasta Wonder Session 2 of 2 is live!

Must be $10+ tier to get automatic auth to access stream!

https://huzza.io/m...

First stream complete, second one in 5 hours!

The first official Patreon Lightroom edit stream went fantastic! Just a bit of fine tuning and we'll have another solid set ready for release. In case you missed it, the VOD for the edit stream 2016-07-08 22:58:50 +0000 UTC View Post

Shasta Wonder Scene 1 live edit stream in 3 hours

Session #1 -

Noir couch scene

- Shasta Wonder -  Today 1PM PST / 8PM GMT 

2016-07-08 17:06:46 +0000 UTC View Post

Shasta Wonder - TWO Live Developing Sessions Scheduled!

Good afternoon! 

For the $10 tier and up we'll be holding the live processing and developing sessions this Friday.. That's right, TWO sessions for both scenes that were ...

June 2016 patron supported

Thank you so much for the support this month!

July shoot complete, let's schedule the sessions!

Had an amazing and technically challenging (in a good way) shoot with Shasta, our July session model. Above you can see the polaroids we took, I will be sending these to the $25 patrons after the firs...

Lindsay Muse - Kitchen Floored - High Resolution Images Ready!

The final shots for the bonus scene with Lindsay Muse is available now: 

Lindsa...

Lindsay Muse - Champagne Worship

First

May 2016 patron supported

Thank you so much for the support this month!