Personal Showreel 2012

Here is the updated personal showreel I will be using this year for promo to clients. It was about time I did something about it, I have been procrastinating too much of late!

Stevie Dee at Darwin Waterfront

Stevie Dee © 2012 Auki Henry

Evening wear modelled by Stevie Dee.  Darwin Waterfront 2012

Model: Stevie Dee
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, Australia
Date: November 2012

Description: Sample from a 5 girl boutique shoot I did down at the Darwin waterfront.

The weather is getting more and more un-predictable as we approach the breaking wet season and this day proved that with this crazy Darwin storm hitting just before the models arrived!

After sheltering for an hour the rain passed and we were still able to salvage some light for a few shots!

Camera: Canon 5D MK3
Lens: EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Key Light: Elinchrom Ranger RX Speed AS with "A" Head
Rim Light: Vivitar 285HV

50's Pinup Shoot Rockabilly Styling

© 2012 Auki Henry

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!

    

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.

Auki Henry Photography

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!