Amazing pool shoot with Sharissa Bain of Charlotte NC. Had to make my way to the water for the first time this summer. Had fun with the swan & clam pool floats and other silly yet creative pool floats. Don’t forget to check out the other behind the scenes video with Manuela Sakic.
charlotte photographer Todd Youngblood
Behind the scenes of Sharrisa’s pool photo shoot with Todd Youngblood. This shoot was something that I just had to get out of my system. The pool has been accessible to me for years and doing shoot by the pool had not been a big deal to me. But this summer i felt the urge after seeing the inviting sparkling blue water and the area nearly vacant. So i set off to get a few fancy pool floats, and made a post for a few models and here is the outcome. Victoria, Sharissa Bain and Manuela Sakic all did an amazing job!
Victoria pool shoot
Victoria pool shoot
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Manuela Sakic of Maevee Modelz Pool photo shoot
charlotte photographer Todd Youngblood
Victoria pool shoot
One of my creative photoshoot ideas finally accomplished in my second shoot with Lilly Valliere. It was a very simple black and white strip set. Once again I took advantage of random things that I found at Goodwill and around the house. I have a ton of speakers so I painted one of them a solid white. Im not sure if it still works but at least it served great as a prop in this creative look. The telescope was a quick find that I also painted.
Todd Youngblood Photography of Charlotte, creative fashion photographer with Lilly Valliere
Makeup by Monique Stevens.
As for the background I’ve been asked was it a real room, was it photoshop, or what. Well its actually four foot by eight foot foam-core boards that I think are used for insulation in housing. After squeezing them in the Honda Odyssey I lined them with tap and brought out the paint. Ive wanted to shoot a few looks with black and white strips for a while now so this was my opportunity. First the white layer then after it was drying I brought on the black. Now one issue that I had was the masking tape did pull up some of the paint. I thought of going back to retouching those places until the artist in me saw it as texture. Once the two boards were complete, I aligned them together and used some 4inch wide gaffers tape to hold them during the shoot. I had some alignment issues in a few places but it wasn’t anything that I couldn’t repair in photoshop post production.
The camera i used for the job was my Nikon D610 with a Tamron 28-75mm 2.8 lens. I didn’t have specific shots place this time so i needed the range of the 28-75mm for range.
Big thanks to Maevee Modelz of Charlotte NC for always providing great talent when im feeling creative.
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Behind the scenes of the swimwear shoot with Abigale Allen in Florida.
I bad a wonderful time working with Abigale and the scenery was at this beach was amazing. We only had a few swimsuits that we were working with on this day but next go around I will be sure to take full advantage of the setting with several more looks.
Tips and tricks on swimsuit photography
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Swimsuit photography can get a little tricky sometimes, however, using these few tips and tricks we’re about to show you herein below should make things move much more swiftly and with ease.
Swimwear photography by Todd Youngblood
Cherry Bomb sexy Swimwear modeled by Abigale Allen at Panama City beach Sainte Andrews
A bit about Swimwear Photography
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Whitney Houston inspired photo shoot as a part of the “Music Icons” with Chaise Enrique.
May she rest in peace, Whitney Houston was much more than just a singer, she was an actress, producer, and model. She was born August 9th, 1963. She departed this life February 11th 2012. Her voice and smile spoke to your soul.
The Music Icon’s shoot was an idea brought to me by a fellow designer, Chaise Enrique, Kyle Alexander Murray and Rosetta Davidson.
Video captured with Nikon D7000
WHITNEY HOUSTON’S LEGACY
Written by: frewriter
Whitney Houston had a super exceptional voice. Her mezzo-soprano voice made her number three in MTV’s list of the greatest voices. Even among other listings such as online magazine COVE’s, Rolling Stone and many others, she still stood out as one of the best artist with the greatest voices. Not only that, she was able to relate with a song, and let herself be carried with the emotion ignited, this made her exclusively out stand as a great performer, making her one of the greatest artist ever.
Music was not exempted from racial racism, in the 1980’s. As Michael Jackson broke the color discrimination for the male artist, and their music could be played on MTV, Whitney did it for the black women. Her breakthrough with the success of “How will I know” song video, made other African American women to be inspired and they were able to succeed in music. These African American women influenced by Houston back then include Janet Jackson, Anita baker and the list flows up to even the present African American artist.
She also had a great impact in modern R&B, and the development of music competition which has really played a role in music quality. Some of the vocal artist she did influence include Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Toni Braxton, Christina Aguilera, Ashanti, Alicia keys, the list is just endless.
Houston’s achievements is a true proof of her legacy. Guinness book of record lists her as the female artist with highest number of awards. She had 2 Emmy awards, 30 Billboard awards, 6 Grammy awards, 22 American music awards. Among other awards, they total to 415. She had the most AMAs to be ever won in one year that was in 1994. She had outstood as the most American music awards and only shared this with Michael Jackson. She was an all-time pop culture icon. Her debut album is on the list of 500greatest albums of all times list. The mentioned achievements are just but a few when it comes to Houston’s artist legacy.
She was a celebrated film actress from 1992. Her first filmed role was in the movie titled “The Bodyguard’ where she played the role of Rachel Marron. She got several nominations for different awards such as MTV award for best female performance, MTV movie award for best breakthrough performance among others. She also starred in other movies such as Waiting to exhale’ in 1995, “The Preachers Wife” in 1996 as Julia Biggs. Her final film was Whitney; can I be me”, a movie about herself, it was released on June 11, 2017.
Apart from films Houston also had television roles, such as the 1984 “Gimme a break” and “As the world turns”. Others were “Silver spoons,” 1985 and “Boston Public” in 2003.
Whitney Houston did thrive in music and film, her influence and legacy speaks for itself. May she always continue to inspire and may her legacy live on and forever.
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