Behind The Scenes: Photoshoot with Nestreya, Jasmine Nichole & Reign APIIM
I had the pleasure of shooting these beautiful Black Women for the Black-owned business Goddess Body. Nestreya, Jasmine Nichole, and Reign APIIM. I've known Jasmine Nichole for years and was my first time formally meeting Nestreya. Of course, those who follow my Instagram account, know I've been working with Reign for the last few months… she is literally my neighbor.
I’ve been pushing myself to do more live streams as I’ve been missing in action on not only my YouTube channel but my popular Periscope account. It’s been crazy in 2020 for everyone so I as we all try to close out the year of Covid strong. I decided to live stream my latest photoshoot.
I had the pleasure of shooting these beautiful Black Women for the Black-owned business Goddess Body. Nestreya, Jasmine Nichole, and Reign APIIM. I've known Jasmine Nichole for years and was my first time formally meeting Nestreya. Of course, those who follow my Instagram account, know I've been working with Reign for the last few months… she is literally my neighbor.
Let me know if yall want me to continue doing the photoshoot live streams? Also, I been thinking of picking a day out of the week to do a photo walk of NYC.
Please go check out the model’s Instagram accounts listed below.
Nestreya: http://instagram.com/nestreya (also check out her Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL6qMAGejiomo39SaUt5x5w)
Jasmine Nichole: http://instagram.com/jasminenicholeofficial
Reign: http://instagram.com/reignglobal
Goddess Body: http://instagram.com/goddessbody
ISSA KHARI: http://instagram.com/issakhari
(To catch these live streams follow me on http://twitter.com/issakhari)
JASMINE NICHOLE x ISSA KHARI
So after sitting on these photos for almost a year I've finally completed the photoset. My subject for this shoot is the Uber talented Jasmine Nichole I've known her for about 3 or 4 years now and somehow we have never managed to shoot together. So last year while she was in town for AfroPunk we finally teamed up.
So after sitting on these photos for almost a year I've finally completed the photoset. My subject for this shoot is the Uber talented Jasmine Nichole I've known her for about 3 or 4 years now and somehow we have never managed to shoot together. So last year while she was in town for AfroPunk we finally teamed up.
Part of the reason I took so long to edit this set of photos was I knew right out the camera these were my best work to date and that still stands true a year later. Y'all know I don't shoot portraits very often and I fell in love mainly trying to figure out what I was going to do with color grading. Lol. So I had literally come up with at least 4-5 variations of color grading before finalizing this look. This process also birthed 2 originals presets which is something I want to really get into as well. (Soon come, Issa Khari Photography will be selling presets 👀)
The second reason I took so long to edit these photos was that I been in a creative funk most of the winter and spring. But like the saying goes great things come to those who wait. I am extremely proud of these and they were immediately added into my portfolio! Shout out to Jasmine Nichole you can check out her work here!
Alright y'all being that I'm out of this funk let me get back to editing… Stay tuned!
New Gear test shoot, finally done with that manual flash! (Sigh)
Last night I tested out some new gear...
So it’s been a while since I’ve posted to my blog, but I plan on doing way more updates for here on out even if it’s just a couple of photos a week!
yesterday I hit the photographic roots and attended the Nicholas Brooklyn Open Mic “Brooklyn SOULcial” hosted by my brother Jashua Sa-Ra! Got to test out this new speedlite and flash modifiers. I bought some color gels to kind of spice up my event photographer as well as add something new to my portraiture. If any one is interested in the types of gear I used shoot some comments below and I’ll send you the links. (I might just add another doing a product review later on!)
But enough of me blabbering here are a few test shots from last night...
