Shooting in London

Rinki and Leanora are very colourful characters! While preparing for this shoot, Leanora appointed herself the stylist and MUA, but everything that Leanora started, Rinki finished because she wanted to have some more control over what her end product was going to be! So everything you see from these shots are a combination of Leanora, Rinki, many trips to the mirror to re-adjust makeup, and all the while I am nearby being very amused by the calamity that 'almost' happened. It was all great fun I must say! Even my nephew Amari, pitched in, and he is almost 2 going onto 20. My bro, Swayo was the creative director (I really wished I had him on some more of my shoots) and Nicole his girlfriend helped us select jewellery and at times glanced at the chaos in their apartment.

This shoot was a family affair which was filled with great laughs and I am happy to show you the results of it :-)

See more photos here on my flickr profile http://www.flickr.com/photos/ife360/2812037284/

Amari all excited and ready to do some shooting :-)

Amari isn't too pleased being the model ...heh heh

Some of the chaos that happened between shooting with Rinki & Leanora

Peek-a-boo....I see you!

Amari trying to get out of the shot

Isn't Amari a natural?

Cousin Lea

I want to introduce you to my dear cousin Leanora, now I haven't seen this girl in about 11 years and she returned to Trinidad with a mission, to reconnect with her homeland. And re-connect she did!! My girl had almost everything she could remember from her younger days in Trinidad. One thing that is great about Leanora is that she such a sweetheart and very much like a sister to me so now she is in London and as soon as I landed in the Queen's Land for vacation madam wanted a photoshoot...and I must say, she is quite a model! We did this shoot while I was a bit under the weather however my Lea had fun being creative and expressed her unique style...We have a few more shoots to do and I am looking forward to working with her again...So here they are! Enjoy! :-)

Leola & Lyndon's engagement session

Last weekend was amazing! I had a fun time photographing Lyndon and Leola's engagement session. We raced against the light to catch an early morning sunrise at Maracas Beach on Trinidad's North Coast. By the time we arrived the lighting was just perfect. Engagement sessions are really different from my usual fashion shoots because I do very little posing of the couple, I just ask them to have fun and enjoy the elements available ! Now little did I know that Leola and Lyndon would be so ....hmmmm....engaging..heh heh...they have such chemistry they really made my work easier than usual....They are a wonderful couple and I look forward to doing their wedding later on this year. Check out some of their shots from the session...

Introducing Ife360....

Ife360 Photography was founded by Ife Smenkh-Ka-Ra (that's me!)...yes I know that may be a mouthful...and yes that is my real name...and no, it is not a tongue twister :-) ...I have been interested in photography since I was 15, and was eventually mentored by the late Richardson Henry while I was at secondary school, Holy Name Convent, in Trinidad. I built my foundation on film photography and learned photography techniques long before I owned a camera. A few years later I hijacked my uncle's Kodak point & shoot, and FINALLY began to really explore all that I had been learning all along. Soon after turning 18, my dad got me a Nikon F100 (no way I could afford that on my own), unfortunately some retards decided to steal it so again I was without a camera :-( . I knew the next camera was on me....and for quite a few years my photography became dormant until I hit uni, at the University of the West Windies, my dad AGAIN got me a camera but this time a Nikon D50(he went straight for digital this time) ....my trusty ole pal until today....I can't wait to get my Nikon D300!!!! (Hey dad....hee hee)

I have been wanting to do a blog for awhile now, I was always just soooooo preoccupied with other things like latin dancing...learning spainsh...modern dance and I am a mechanical engineer as well so lets just say I have to make time. What I realized mostly was that I am dying to tell others (those who are willing to read this) what I experience through my journey in photography....and I am sure I can learn a thing or two from you as well....

So....here I go....enjoy my journey...and feel free to leave comments!