Sunday outdoors

Nikolai

Last weekend I had a chance to visit Seattle. Andrew "Greenpea" picked me up at SeaTac, and after a nice lunch at Joye's we proceeded to our scheduled shooot with one of the local models, Julia.

1. Meet Julia:



2. We started our shoot in Gasworks park:



3. Then moved to the waterfront:



4. And then - to the water of the Lake Union itself:



5. We had tons of fun at the Pike's Market:



6. Visited famous "gumwall":



7. (which simply called for a BW version):



8. We finished our day on the shore of the Puget Sound:



9. Where Julia could relax comfortably on a bed of the seagrass:



10. And pose at sunset



All in all it was a great day. I'd like to thank Andrew and Julia for thier hospitality and hope that I will be able to return the favor soon.

C&C welcome!

Ann McRae

Nik

You should travel more!! These really rock! The first one and then the ones at Pike are really, really, great! Was greenpea shooting too?! How cool is that?


Oh, and #3 should be a feature for a Seattle magazine!
ann

Nikolai

Ann McRae wrote:

Nik
You should travel more!! These really rock! The first one and then the ones at Pike are really, really, great! Was greenpea shooting too?! How cool is that?
Oh, and #3 should be a feature for a Seattle magazine!
ann

Thanks, Ann!
Maybe one day business brings me closer to Canada, too:-)
Andrew was shooting, too. In fact, he also took upon himself a daunting task of shooting *me shooting Julia* , so soon you can expect a whole bunch of candids with yours truly assuming the weirdest positions since the days when Sid was frequenting the forums.

Darren Troy C

Both Gumwall's are Fan"freakin"tastic! Very tough to pick a favorite between the two! If held down by an elephant and told to pick one or get squashed.....the B&W MIGHT win out, but both are just superb!

Nikolai

Idlewild wrote:

Both Gumwall's are Fan"freakin"tastic! Very tough to pick a favorite between the two! If held down by an elephant and told to pick one or get squashed.....the B&W MIGHT win out, but both are just superb!

Thank you!
Now imagine going through 750+ frames ...

Ann McRae

Nikolai wrote:

Thanks, Ann!
Maybe one day business brings me closer to Canada, too:-)
Andrew was shooting, too. In fact, he also took upon himself a daunting task of shooting *me shooting Julia* , so soon you can expect a whole bunch of candids with yours truly assuming the weirdest positions since the days when Sid was frequenting the forums.

Nik

You just holler the first hint of a trip up here. But I don't know any models, and I doubt that you could expect the same sort of wardrobe here in December or January!

Nikolai

Ann McRae wrote:

Nik

You just holler the first hint of a trip up here. But I don't know any models, and I doubt that you could expect the same sort of wardrobe here in December or January!

Will do , and don't worry about the models, I got it covered :-)

Tango

#6 ...umm im speechless, seriously creative again from you.

on this series!!!

Nikolai

AaronNelson wrote:

#6 ...umm im speechless, seriously creative again from you.
on this series!!!

Thanks, Aaron, appreciate it!

jeffreaux2

#6 , But I would consider cropping from the right to move her from dead center.

Nikolai

jeffreaux2 wrote:

#6 , But I would consider cropping from the right to move her from dead center.

Sorry, no gonna!

aktse

I love the BW version of the gum shot!

Nikolai

aktse wrote:

I love the BW version of the gum shot!

Thanks April!

Swartzy

Number 1 is "IT" Number 6 also is "IT". The first one is in a class by itself. The others are good but don't grab me like those two.......I love em.

Nikolai

Swartzy wrote:

Number 1 is "IT" Number 6 also is "IT". The first one is in a class by itself. The others are good but don't grab me like those two.......I love em.

Hey, glad you liked something :-)

Tuna

All very nice. The only issue I have is with #3. I think the angle makes her feet looks mannish.

greenpea

Hey Nikolai! It was great shooting with you! All I could do was stand back and watch and try to learn. Looking at the photos I ended up with vs. the photos you got, I'm not sure I learned much



It was not just your photography, but your interaction with the model, making sure she was in just the right position for the shot...


Even showing her how to wear the outfits (I promised I would not to share the shots of Nikolai demonstrating how she should wear her bikini)


Mind you many of the pictures were taken in very harsh mid day sun. Not a cloud in the sky. I had largely set aside my camera assuming that no good shots would come from the day...Nikolai proved that assumption wrong!

Nikolai

greenpea wrote:

Hey Nikolai! It was great shooting with you!

Andrew, it was a pleasure shooting with you too! And I definitely appreciate all the care you and your family showed to me!
Thank you very much for the candids - and yes, please do not share that bikini/implied stuff

Ann McRae

Andrew: Thanks for the shots of Nik n action.

Nik: A few questions:
1. How does using on camera flash on a portrait orientation shot change the result?

2. Do you really wear sunglasses when shooting, and how does that affect our shots?

3. Where's your hair?rofl

Nik, I love your work and progress, and hope someday to follow your example!
lust

Nikolai

Ann McRae wrote:

Nik: A few questions:
1. How does using on camera flash on a portrait orientation shot change the result?

I used it as fill, it worked out nicely. You can see the results yourself (above).

2. Do you really wear sunglasses when shooting, and how does that affect our shots?

Yes. I'm not measuring with my eyes, and I don't use LCD in LiveView mode, so it's really no biggie.
Just as a reminder - these are prescription ones, it's not that I'm trying to be cool

3. Where's your hair?rofl

"На Большом Каретном... " Sorry, couldn't help it...:D ~ "Where my youth is"

Nik, I love your work and progress, and hope someday to follow your example!
lust

Thanks, Ann, great to hear from you, as always!

anwmn1

Wow Nik!

#2 and #6 are stand outs. Very awesome stuff!

Nikolai

anwmn1 wrote:

Wow Nik!

#2 and #6 are stand outs. Very awesome stuff!

Thanks, Aaron! It was the great Seattle mood, I think!

ChatKat

Real progress
Nik,

My good friend Will T keeps reminding me how picky and detail oriented I am. Since you started working with models, 1 & 2 are the nicest you've done. Congratulations. I have nothing on them to critique! They are perfect. I am not big on the styling of all of them, but those two are terrific.

Nikolai

ChatKat wrote:

Nik,

My good friend Will T keeps reminding me how picky and detail oriented I am. Since you started working with models, 1 & 2 are the nicest you've done. Congratulations. I have nothing on them to critique! They are perfect. I am not big on the styling of all of them, but those two are terrific.

Thank you, Kathy! Appreciate it!

Ed911

The Gum Wall
Nik,

The gum wall...both of 'em are very nice...I wouldn't change a thing. I like them just the way they are. Gum wall black and white is especially nice.

Nikolai

Ed911 wrote:

Nik,

The gum wall...both of 'em are very nice...I wouldn't change a thing. I like them just the way they are. Gum wall black and white is especially nice.

Thanks Ed!

I must admit I too consider the Gum Wall to be the gem of the shoot. It was totally unexpected and very cool.

Here are couple more from this tiny piece of "Seattle proper", as Greenpea woudl say:

1. Attitude:



2. I'm ready, are you?

Agnieszka

Oooooooh greenpea .... these shots are AWESOME!!! Hahaha. I think you just made my day with the hat shot

Nice shots Nik! I really like your outdoor sessions, I think I've seen too much fabric recently .... Love the gum wall, HOW FUN!!! (can't believe she touched it though .. haha)

Thanks for sharing!

urbanaries

Holy cow. #7 just might be the most amazing image I've seen on this forum. :jawdrop

Nikolai

Agnieszka wrote:

Oooooooh greenpea .... these shots are AWESOME!!! Hahaha. I think you just made my day with the hat shot

Nice shots Nik! I really like your outdoor sessions, I think I've seen too much fabric recently .... Love the gum wall, HOW FUN!!! (can't believe she touched it though .. haha)

Thanks for sharing!

Thanks, Angie!

To be perfectly honest, it was a huge surprise for myself.
As Andrew already mentioned, the weather was typical California style, so I wasn't expecting too much. Yet looks like I was wrong
I think I'll be more comfortable with the outdoor shooting and shooting in public places. It was actually a great fun to shoot in a crowded Pike's Market place, with literally hundreds of people staring at us. At some point we even ended up receiving an ovation I guess I should give my model, lovely Julia, most of the credits for that , since for me it was relatively easy to concentrate on the tiny window of my viewfinder, while for her it was a real live stage performence in front of the huge crowd.

Nikolai

urbanaries wrote:

Holy cow. #7 just might be the most amazing image I've seen on this forum. :jawdrop

Wow, what a nice compliment, thank you very much!

Agnieszka

Nikolai wrote:

Thanks, Angie!

To be perfectly honest, it was a huge surprise for myself.
As Andrew already mentioned, the weather was typical California style, so I wasn't expecting too much. Yet looks like I was wrong
I think I'll be more comfortable with the outdoor shooting and shooting in public places. It was actually a great fun to shoot in a crowded Pike's Market place, with literally hundreds of people staring at us. At some point we even ended up receiving an ovation I guess I should give my model, lovely Julia, most of the credits for that , since for me it was relatively easy to concentrate on the tiny window of my viewfinder, while for her it was a real live stage performence in front of the huge crowd.

True, got to respect the model. I took not too long ago some wedding formals in the Common (Big park in Boston), and once I turned around I had like 20 people behind me, all watching the couple pose + like 5 sneaky photographers who were totally stealing some shots ... haha, oh well

Definitely love your outdoors shots, looking forward to seeing more!!