Mike B (akamikeb)

Heather in Nevada City - Walkabout

I wanted to shoot even more of that casual vacation vibe using the funsaver lens, but I also wanted it to be a full scene from beginning to end. So, Heather and I start off on the hotel room balcony for some cute town shots and worked our way down to reception where she asked for food recommendations. They directed us to a coffee place, but the line was crazy long so we bounced and took a bunch of pictures around their quaint downtown district. We came around the backside of our hotel and cru...

Jordan West - Convention Weekend

Now that you guys have been THOROUGHLY introduced to Jordan (again), here's some more from our photoshootscapades across california! Jordan has just the most incredible legs, and we wanted to highlight them in kind of a fun and funky way.. I mean, who actually relaxes like this with their legs straight up in the air? lol. The vibe here is supposed to be business trip after hours turned sexy, and Jordan nails it.

Jordan West - Convention Weekend

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2024-12-03 17:20:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Brielle - Disposable Camera

I had just finished working with Brielle and she had some time to kill before leaving. I asked if she'd mind me snapping a few casual shots with my funsaver lens since, at this point, I hadn't used it too much.. and she was hella down, hellllaaaaaa down.

I love the candid style this lens has added to my portfolio this year, and the ladies seem to love it as well. There's no good way to phrase this, but I think it's the size. It's a really tiny lens that makes the entire camera feel sm...

Heather in Nevada City - Coffee

Heather had the inspiration to do a lingerie scene in the balcony window first thing in the morning while she takes in her cup of coffee, and the warm morning sun. The idea was to create a near-silhouette so you can really take in all the curves of Heather’s immaculate figure. this was the morning of our last day in Nevada city. At this point in the trip, we are completely in sync with each other, and content feels relaxed because we already know we’ve accomplished what we came here to do...

Natalie Amari - Mirrorball

I just can't get enough of Natalie, and I hope you guys can't either because I've got so much more! She's the queen of hitting me up last second, but each time I manage to find a dope spot for us to work, and each time she shows up and kills it. This set was shot at a peerspace up in Oakland. I didn't notice all the subtle clues in the photos that this was in fact a sex dungeon (because I was in a hurry to book), but Natalie embraced it and even asked the host, who is a full time dominatrix, ...

Heather Monique - The Instax Project

A little crossover of the collections with this one mixing the ongoing Instax Project and Heather's Nevada City adventures.

As you can tell, I basically brought EVERY form of camera I could think of to capture this trip in as many ways as possible. I literally had a checklist of different combinations of body/lens/filters and I'd go down it, find something, phone down to Heather's room, ask what she was doing, then come down to shoot. For this it was first thing in the morning, Heather...

Heather in Nevada City - Glass

Folks, let me tell ya about Glass, the latest classy-but-also-kinda-naughty set I shot with the incomparable Heather in Nevada City. First, she wears the shit out of that blue gown, and the color popped just right. The whole aesthetic reminded me of these artworks on sewing patterns from the 50s/60s that my grandma would have stacked next to her sewing machine. We are treated to a jaw dropping strip tease, some clever prop placement, and Heather also gives us the tiniest peek at some...

Jordan West - Casual Twilight

Jordan West booked a suite at a pretty nice hotel and brought me in to shoot into the night, felt very Deuce Bigalow but with a camera lol. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that the room was facing the sunset almost perfectly, so we snapped up a bunch of scenes taking advantage of it. In general, Jordan likes to shoot upscale casual-style looks, things that can have short sexy narratives behind them. But the lighting elevated it to a more artistic and elegant aesthetic that worked beauti...

Sin - Cowpoke

I meant to get this set out before Halloween but my october shit got all kinds of messed up. Check out this sexy set with Sin tho! She had this costume on for pride back in the summer and I DM'd her and insisted that we shoot it in the studio. She's such a character, has a huge personality, and has the body of a goddess. She doesn't shoot nudes anymore, but I told her that's fine because I just enjoy working with models that bring this kind of energy!

Using the 50mm FD with the star fi...

Heather in Nevada City - Burrito Run

After the white shoot, we were hungry af, so Heather put on this boobalicious top and we strolled over to get some mexican food. It was like a lunch date between a beautiful influencer model and a scraggly cargo short wearing dad.
I used the a7r II and the 3D printed funsaver lens for maximum crunch and graininess and boyy did I bite off more than I could chew lol. So, it was not easy trying to get shots of someone while you're walking.. you gotta run up ahead of them and turn around and s...

Alice Crowe - Mint Dining

This was a fun set with Alice Crowe. I was feeling inspired to shoot something that was punchy and saturated and I knew ahead of time that this corner dining set was going to be perfect. She was an excellent fit for this with her unique playful and kinetic modeling style.

I'm using the FD 50mm 1.4 on this, but most of the aesthetic comes from the 18" beauty dish that I have on a Nanlite Forza 150b. This is a common light setup for me, though I prefer a light that has flash capability ...

Heather in Nevada City - White

Thank you for blessing us with your patience as we had a little fun with the hotel set and then all the Halloween shenanigans. It all timed so well as the belt-on-boobs set was the end of the first day of shooting, and this marks the beginning of the second day. So it gives me great pleasure to announce that Nevada City sets are back!

This set is with our incredible Heather Monique in a white two piece nightie, and you can see she's grown quite comfortable with the camera. Her performa...

Fionna Day - Elvira (Burlesque)

Zoom in on the first image, all the way. See those perfect stars glinting off her eyes and freaking TEETH? That is so unreal, and I swear that they are legit. My photographer friend Jasonvsthecommunityguidelines (lol), said that he had "never would've expected that on a tooth, crazy."

So this set has the same exact setup as yesterday's, except I have a five point star filter situated betwe...

Fionna Day - Elvira

Fionna as Elvira, tell me this isnt the perfect match up?? I can't take credit tho, she hit me up asking if I'd take her halloween pics and of course I said heck yes. She told me the concept, Elvira, and literally that same night I watched the 1988 flick and holy fuck.. Fionna was made for this! We couldn't find a proper dagger so we were going to just do without UNTIL I saw her hand made fully rhinestone encrusted vape pen and knew we had found our star prop. It makes a flashy appearance in ...

Heather Monique - Succubus

Sorry I'm late! I forgot to schedule this post and the airbnb I was at had GARBAGE wifi, but I've had a very exciting week of shoots with Fionna, Natalie, Jordan and, of course, Heather. Some REALLY exciting stuff coming up from all of them soon, with Fionna's Halloween sets dropping tomorrow AND the 31st!

This set, however, is gonna be a long time favorite for me. Some of you remember me teasing an AI photo on my stories like 6 months ago that featured Heather as a succubus, well, wh...

Natalie Amari - Garden Shower

Natalie blesses us with a set that is absolutely impossible to promote on instagram. Some of you really really old heads may find this outdoor shower to be familiar as it dates all the way back to when I worked with both JMO and Heather here. As I mentioned in a previous Natalie post - this location was booked at the absolute second and only because the hosts were gracious enough to allow it after I slipped them a few benjis. This was my fifth time visiting and each time I fail to mentally pr...

Heather Monique - Banshee

Halloween season continues with Heather! This is scene two of three and it was at least 75% lit by pure candle light so praise technology that we can pull as much detail as we did out of what would normally amount to pure darkness. Now, this location was pretty dope, I talked about it last week but now we are actually inside and you're able to see the amount of work that went into making this place look a legit apothecary straight out of a movie.. except the mini blinds that is.
Heather i...

Fionna Day - Sagal Lounge

Fionna perfectly channeling her inner and outer Peg Bundy in this set and I'm over here looking like wish dot com Al Bundy haha. Loved this scene with her and, if things go smoothly, we'll have another one before Halloween as well! Anyone have a guess what her costume is gonna be? Think: black hair and big boobs.. hmmmmmmmm....

Fionna Day - Sagal Lounge

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2024-10-18 16:23:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Heather Monique - Revenant

ooOOOooOoohh wouldn't you like to run into a ghost like this while lost in a strikingly well kept forest in the middle of the night? haha. So Heather and I hooked up recently at this super unique haunted house themed workshop conversion that my buddy MISTY (you know, the 70s retro "Lucky" house lady whose place I've shot in many times over the years) happens to be helping her friends manage. She hit me up and was like "check this out" and sent me all these dope phone shots of this place, and ...

Jordan West - Atrium

ANOTHER JORDAN BANGER! This one takes place outside in the atrium with a full pitcher of water at her disposal. One thing I love about Jordan is she is always down to try something fun, and wet t-shirts = fun. Not to mention it was 100+ degrees outside on this particular day so wet t-shirts = method of survival haha.

I've shit talked by Rokinon 35mm 1.4 before, but it truly does love women with large breasts or long legs, and Jordan and Heather have both (the last shoot w/Heather in t...

Heather Monique - Claremont

Missed the intended post date on this set, it's been a rough week. I got this and another set dropping tomorrow THEN a new spooky Heather set coming on Monday!


When Heather calls, you answer. That's basically what happened with this set we shot in an old Berkeley hotel's bathroom. Heather hit me up one morning as I was heading up to the studio and says "Hey Mike, I'm working with [other guy] today and I'm staying in this fancy hotel in Berkeley, wanna shoot?" of course I say yes lo...

Natalie Amari - Watsu

I want to say summer is wrapping up and I need to hurry with these sunny themed shoots, but it's currently 97 degrees outside so I think I've got some time.

Natalie is a bombshell beauty overflowing with personality and in this shoot she's wearing this vintage 70s showgirl top that I've used once before with Lindsay some years back, but it felt like this was a good scene to dust it off for! What you don't see, is this blue tarp that's draped across the entire pool that can't be moved,...

Juno LTK - The Instax Project

One of my all timers, Juno, looking lovely in her birthday suit/art gallery. When I used to shoot in my house, in the before times, I'd occasionally shoot on this couch. My plan at the time was to buy a new set every other year to keep the shooting backdrop fresh, but my wife fell in love with it and we kept the set. When we finally did decide to sell, covid happened and everyone still works from home lol. They still look decent, but the backside has been turned to string cheese by the cats.<...

Heather in Nevada City - Belted

I saw a picture on Instagram of a model with significant breasts, wearing nothing but a belt wrapped around them. Naturally, I sent it to Heather and told her we had to try something like this in Nevada City.

Heather, being the absolute trooper she is, was totally down. By the end of our first day of shooting in Nevada City, it was around 11 PM when we remembered this look. We headed upstairs to her room—she had the nice balcony—and she stripped down while I grabbed the belt.

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Jordan West - Triptych Vanity

I am sitting on a literal mountain of Jordan West content and I'm starting to finish it faster than I'm releasing it so be prepared for a short run weekly series featuring this toweringly beautiful woman, that cool?
In this set, we opted to use the existing practical lights and play with the triple mirror setup. The biggest challenge, as it typically is in situations like this, was not capturing my own reflection in any of the mirrors lol.

Jordan West - Triptych Vanity

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Jeana Turner - The Instax Project

Jeana Turner, runner up on America's Next Top Model, runway model, influencer, and wig designer, a woman who has is hyper dedicated and who has capitalized on her beauty in ways that others would've squandered. We worked together back in 2017, literally weeks before the first episode of her season of ANTM was set to air. She knew that once the show dropped, she wouldn't be able to shoot such risque content, so she shot non-stop and pushed her limits before having to put a cap on it for mainst...

Alice Crowe - Disposable Lounge

Truly an absolute gift of a model that could not have come into the picture at a more perfect time. I believe I’ve mentioned this, but this year I’ve started experimenting again with capturing that late 90s disposable camera look. What brought it on this time was the resurgence of popularity of this aesthetic, as well as the arrival of 3D printed lenses with authentic Kodak ‘glass’ embedded in it. Alice fits the mold for capturing that 90s essence with her free spirited and VERY kinet...

Heather in Nevada City - Black

Toggling back to my more professional kit, Heather and I shot this beautiful set where she gives the camera a heart attack with some of her insanely daring poses! I mean, this is a technically well executed set and all that, got my ma's old 50mm 1.4 canon fd lens with a gold mist filter to break up some of the sharpness and add a bit of warmth to the set, but who cares when Heather is doing her trademark ass split maneuver right? That being said, some of these shots are some of my favori...

Peach - The Instax Project

The Marilyn Monroe artwork in the background is so fitting of this because I always thought Peach had an allure and aesthetic about her that felt Monroe-esque. She's since changed her stage name, so I've no idea what she's doing now, but I've always enjoyed working with her because she's such a weirdly unique and interesting person, on top of being a s-tier 'buxom bombshell'!

Heather Monique - Thonet

During the planning phase of our Nevada city trip, I had envisioned that Heather and I would shoot this grainy, low light, super simple all nude shoot. When we were actually on the ground, I committed to switching between cameras with the secondary always having my deliberately grungy 3D printed lens on it. I realized, after the fact, that combining these two concepts presented some challenges.

You see, that lens desperately needs a TON of light. Modern cameras, however, don’t give a ...