Auki: September 2012

50's Pinup Shoot Rockabilly Styling

Golden Nobel does a 50's Pinup Shoot with Rockabilly Styling
© 2012 Auki Henry

I love 50's style, always makes for some great vintage looking pics and its a nice change of genre between the amount of glam and beach shoots I do.

I'm lucky enough to know a few of the avid swing dancing crew around town, some of whom, like Golden Nobel, just love getting dolled up and performing for the camera's (both video and still).

Golden is no stranger to performing, having done plenty of public work both for swing demo's and impromptu 'flash mob' work to help make a spectacle and spread the word about swing dancing for Darwin's best known group Swing Dance NT. Here's a few samples from my shoot with Golden and a video we shot at the same time, just because we could!

Jess Shalders Australian Babe Collection

The Jess Shalders collection © Auki Henry

Voted most popular shot, Aussie Babe Jessica Shalders
TEDA Drift calendar shoot sample

Jessica Shalders, Jess to her friends, is one of the bubbliest personalities you could ever hope to meet. A complete natural in front of the cameras she proves on a daily basis the old saying 'good things come in small packages'

I have worked with Jess a few times over the years now on various shoots, both for personal portfolio as well as project work, she has even featured in a couple of videos we have produced for the motorsports scene up here with HighRPM.

A tip from me for any photographers who might be where she travels to next; try to book time with this girl! It's very easy to praise a girl as natural in front of the camera, but with Jess Shalders you get a model who really knows how to work it, the poses, the looks, even the wardrobe (if she is not being dressed by an art director).

I can't speak enough praise about how easy it is to work with models like Jess. She needs very little direction and she brings plenty of her own ideas to try to each shoot.

Here's a small sample gallery of some of the shots I've taken with her when she spent time with us in Darwin.

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Shooting with the Ranger RX AS Speed

Auki Henry is a photographer based in Darwin, Australia

Ranger RX AS Speed is all the power I need
Sunset bikini shoot at Lee Point Beach 2012

I really enjoy doing sunset beach shoots here in Darwin. Generally in my experience they are an enjoyable, non-stress session and because of the amazing backdrops nature provides you can focus most of your attention on posing your models.

The fantastic ambient lighting at sunset will give beautiful warm colour to your shots, especially in the magic time for about one and a half hours before you lose too much background light and the reddish and orange hues really show through.

I like to make my models really 'pop' from their surroundings, its just the style I like and have become recognised for in a lot of my work. Whilst in non-direct light most good flash systems will give you reasonable 'fill' during the day this can become difficult to achieve if shooting into direct sun whilst providing natural back light for your model, and remember, I like them to 'pop'!

Shooting with the portable Ranger RX kit from Elinchrom has been an easy solution to such conditions, and whilst not exactly cheap for an enthusiasts budget, if you are thinking of advancing your photography to paid shoots I found these babys will make life a whole lot easier and save you some time!

I use the Ranger RX AS Speed (with "A" Head) and the power on tap available to shoot back against a dominant light source eg the sun is a real bonus for the style I like. I still use my extra flashes to build more depth into my lighting profiles, but I could get away quite easily with only the Ranger kit and the natural sun backdrop for so many good shots.

Being an 1100 w/s kit under normal lighting conditions the actual power settings needed to cope are remarkably low, there is plenty of oomph behind the flash to make your subject stand out from the background. I have only ever needed to raise the power above half way when shooting into direct sunlight, and that's usually with a diffuse of some sort which drops the amount of light a little.

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A quick Auki Henry Photography promo with Mel Bridge, thanks to Owen Elliot and Keiran Lee from 76 Pictures.

Mel Bridge 2012

Only a short post for today, I would like to thank the guys heaps for getting this footage out to me from our shoot earlier in the year with Mel. They are busy at the moment with the Australian release of their film Bathing Franky at cinemas around the country.

Owen, who is an old friend from way back stopped past Darwin for a bit and wanted to do some interviews with us for a mini feature series he has been working on, because of his busy schedule at the moment he has not been able to concentrate fully on producing the features but has generously given me this short to upload in the meantime!

AmyLeigh Hansen

Model: AmyLeigh Hansen
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, Australia
Date: August 2012

Description: Another sample from gorgeous AmyLeigh on our Darwin sunset beach shoot we did last weekend.

Camera: Canon 5D MK3
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L

Jackie Gray

MacLean Motorsports babe Jackie Gray

Model: Jackie Gray
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, Australia
Date: August 2012

Description: Another sample from our sunset shoot with the hot duo of AmyLeigh Hansen and Jackie Gray.

With the monsoon buildup approaching we will slowly start to get more and more clouds in the skies on sunset.