Mike B (akamikeb)

Natalie Amari - Tiara - POV BTS

Natalie Amari - Tiara (Preview)

Patreon recently alerted me that I have exceeded 100 'free' members aka followers and suggested that I make a post for y'all. I had never thought that was an option so I figured I'd post some sfw edits from a shoot I just put on the TL and see just how much visibility it gets! For all I know, members in this category could be 99% inactive haha.

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Natalie Amari - Tiara

Great news, I’m supposed to be working with Natalie again next week! This time I’m going to get her into the Studio for something less setting focused, like all of her other shoots have been. I’ve also got plans for a couple spots on the property that I think would make a good backdrop to mix it up a bit, too.

Speaking of big settings, you know I had to shoot in front of these big ass curtains on that Victorian couch. The props room supplied us with the tiara and the dress I had j...

Jordan West - Sunset Romp

This is probably my favorite scene with Jordan, just an outstanding look at her body. I really like the legs sticking out on the corner of the bed look so pardon me for including a bunch of those. Shot this with the Rokinon 35mm 1.4 and raw sunset, the golden tones against the green'ish carpet made this look easy to shoot. I tried to maneuver myself into a few godrays to let it paint the gold mist filter to put that haze across it. Models LOVE that shit, so much so I'd thought about mounting ...

Lahanna - Chaise

Lahanna is back! We met up in Grass Valley for a quick session. Heather helped set everything up with her… not that I couldn’t, but she has had an agreement that prevented her from shooting with like 50% of photographers haha. We were supposed to shoot nude, but her situation changed when she got on set. Still, we got some great sets, and it was good catching up after almost two years. If her situation ever changes, I’ll be throwing down cash for a solid l...

Heather Monique - Tights - POV BTS

Heather Monique - Tights

Mid-morning light streamed through the cabin windows, hitting the blue rug jusssst right. The contrast between Heather, the rug and the wood flooring all complimented each other so well, I was VERY hype to shoot this scene. Heather is beautiful and works the fuck out of this rug with some of these poses, and I love that she doesn't even flinch when I say things like "okay, now face down, ass up"

I stuck with the sony 55mm with the gold mist filter. Chose that over the 50 because it wa...

Jordan West - Influencer Entryway

Jordan West in what we can only assume is a hallway/entryway/influencer photo op location inside the airbnb? Anytime I see a wall-based planter or some kind of plant-like-thing attached to a wall I automatically assume it's to cater to influencers who love that kind of cheesy shit. Jordan rocks it tho, lonnnggg legs and huge boobas tucked away by a simple jean jacket. The 35mm is in play here, as it just seems to work the best with her overall, and it helps that she loves the look of the imag...

Alice Crowe - Beam

Alice Crowe - Beam

I used a sun tracking app to get an idea of how and, most importantly, when to shoot in this bedroom. The window wasn't exactly big, and the angle would have to be usable. We were fortunate on the latter, but it was going to be tight squeeze. I set like two timers and an alarm and got Alice in this room at exactly when the sun was shooting across the bed, but before it was blocked by the neighboring building's roof. I felt gangster as fuck for pulling it off, too.

Alice deserves much of...

Natalie Amari - Sauna - POV BTS

Natalie Amari - Sauna

Natalie has a completely unearned level of trust with me when shooting. She doesn't seem to care what's between the sensor and her, she's gonna model her ass off no matter what. Knowing this, I decided to realllyy push it a bit with my 16mm sigma, a crop lens, and what I use for my facecam when I stream, not necessarily a portrait lens lol. I've shot in this exact sauna several times before tho, and each time I try a different lens and am typically underwhelmed by the technical ...

Charlé Jay - Jimi's Room

Misty's place is brimming with retro culture from Bowie to 2pac (yes, retro) and now Jimi himself. Charlé was feeding off this energy, bringing that confidence and bold sexiness to her modeling. I've shot in this room a few times, and each time I light the place completely different. Here I'm stashing LED panels all over the place. Behind the beanbag, behind the mirror, and one on the camera itself acting as a flash. ALSO attached to the camera, on a little 4way mount, was my insta360 one R ...

Alice Crowe - Suburbia - POV BTS

Alice Crow - Suburbia

Alice and I were just winging it for so much of this shoot. I mean, I had specific plans that required the sun to be in certain places, but in the downtime her and I were able to just make shit up and I loved it. I brought this pirate-style blouse that I picked up at a second-hand that she instantly fell in love with (and took home with her for her upcoming pirate themed party lol), I figured we'd use the side of the house where the sun was reallly low in the sky but not quite sunset yet. So ...

Natalie Amari - Heart Shaped Crop - POV BTS

Natalie Amari - Heart Shaped Crop

This romp-style shoot with Natalie was powered by an absolutely shit mini-led light that I bought from amazon. I didn't really have the time to test it, but I had faith in my post processing skills and made sure to use it in a way where extra noise/poor quality would actually be a celebrated feature and, well, that's what the Dispo lens is for. As you can see, this style I like to go the distance with and order prints for. Usually I just scan them solo, but afterward I thought it'd be fun to ...

Jordan West - Lemons

Jordan West in a big open space is just how we roll here. Yet she always manages to fill it well with her incredibly long legs, with a nod to the 35mm, which is absolutely her friend. She's killing me with these panties tho lol. The natural lighting in this space was so plentiful, in most cases I was able to rely on just that. This works well with Jordan's pacing as she likes to move from look to look rapidly. If I could go back, tho, I would setup just the tiniest light just behind me for a ...

Alice Crowe - Bubblewave - POV BTS

Alice Crowe - Bubblewave

We have some new Alice Crowe! Bubble bath scenes are almost always an option at airbnbs because everything has to be so picture perfect. Sure, they're pretty overplayed in the photography space, but that's why we spice it up with....... RGB, haha. Actually, in every case where there's a nice bathroom to shoot in, there's almost guaranteed to also be shitty lighting. In my case, I used a gorillapod to hold a couple flat panels off the shower head (which I swear was about to pull the piping thr...

Heather Monique - Bath Nook

There was no way we weren't shooting in this little tub corner. Heather and I practically ran over here for this set, racing the sun. She was already naked from the previous shoot and, if you saw the BTS for the Cathedral window shoot, then you so me running over to the tub to get the water going so we could literally dive in.

For lighting I used the dimmers on the existing lights to get just the right amount of balance between the vanity lights (behind me) and the overhead fixture. I c...

Charlé Jay - Shakur

After the parlour shoot, Charlé and I went inside to this new area in the living room that Misty (the homeowner) designed. If you'll recall, there was a couch here before, I shot Fionna and Paige on it. This setup is nice tho, playful and moody and.. reddish brown haha. I am not opposed to a heavily one-sided color palette, but this is probably as far as I'll ever go.

Halfway through the shoot, she picks up a random book for a prop, I can't remember what it was, just that it was comp...

Natalie Amari - Props

We're a month out from Valentine's Day so expect to see a lot of RED! I shot with Natalie in the subdued but unmistakably BDSM themed props room of a dominatrix dungeon/loft/peerspace (lmao). The space is packed with character(s)—pig masks, riding crops, and other accessories you’d expect to find in a a kinky palace such as this. Natalie leaned into the vibe perfectly, mesh bodysuit paired with thigh-high heeled boots with the obligatory sex police hat. Natalie kills it here, she loves th...

Heather Monique - Greenhouse - POV BTS

Heather Monique - Greenhouse

We started about 25 minutes before sunset, the throes of golden hour. The space was filled with plants on stands, floors, and even hanging from the ceiling, all illuminated by natural light streaming through the skylights and filtered by a thicc layer of trees before hitting the wraparound windows. It was a stunning backdrop for a stunning Miss Heather. Sitting on this chic green and gold felt stool (that you will see again later), her green lingerie just happened to perfectly m...

2024 EOY Highlight Reel!

Heather, Jordan, Fionna, Alice, Natalie, Brielle, Amaya, Charle, Genesis, Juno and more all graced our timelines in 2024 and I couldn't be more thankful for them and for your guys support. Lots of never before seen footage and a few previews of content to come.. enjoy!

Thank you all for an amazing year, it's time to get to work on 2025!

2024 Year End Wrap up

Time for the 2024 wrap up where we cover some stats, talent, locations, and everything else that happened this year! Once again doing this in podcast'ish format with some visuals sprinkled in. Also some glimpses at some unreleased content in here, too 👀

Fionna Day - Digitals

I had the pleasure of working with Fionna in the studio on a pretty unique project. She's exploring more traditional modeling and needed digitals – natural, unretouched photos showcasing her from different angles with basic lighting and no makeup that you snap and send out to agencies.

We were advised literally to "use an iphone" to take the digitals, probably to standardize the look of their submissions. I like these little phone projects because it gives me perspective on what curre...

Heather Monique - Cathedral

I picked up this Airbnb with Heather and I instantly knew that I wanted to feature her, in this room, with these giant cathedral-like windows, at sunset. Heather came out looking amazing in this glam-gold dress that was jussst a little see through. Her makeup with the red lips were giving Mena Suvari vibes, too. So, we quickly rotated the whole couch/table setup 180 degrees, snapped a few shots, and I move the table around a bit and *CRASH* I destroy an (allegedly) $80 vase. ...

Charlé Jay - The Parlor

Today I got a reminder of a shoot I did with Charlé almost exactly two years ago at Misty's old retro-house and, as you can see, we've got Charlé back and in Misty's NEW retro-house! I was noting to my wife when I setup my shoot date with her that she's been only been visiting CA once a year, and it's always in the beginning of December. I also shot with her this time last year in the studio, and we were going to meet up there for a couple more scenes but I ended up having to call it off an...