Mike B (akamikeb)

Good Morning, Rachel Dashae

The 'Good Morning' Basic Processing video w/Rachel Dashae is live! 

With your continue support, I was able to book an incredible Airbnb and was able to knock out TWO shoots over one night/morning. It was a very tiring experience, but I'm super pleased with how these came out and I should be able to post the final results this week.

I'll be recording the next video for Lindsay's shoot next week.. it was a ...

Revisiting 2014 shoot w/Ashley Riot (Cosplay/Artist)

Was talking to Ashley Riot (cosplayer/artist) the other night about trying to sync back up and do another shoot and it got me looking through our first time working together in LA back in '14. Came across this image that I originally rejected because I shot it with a fisheye and it looked like garbage.. but I spent a few hours restoring it and the r...

Polaroid preview #2

Had a great shoot with Rachel this morning! Currently trying to un-destroy the Airbnb so I can get home and start sorting through these.. stay tuned!

Polaroid preview #1

Did a shoot with Lindsay.. and feathers.. and pie.. and things just got weird.

BePIEnd-the-scenes

.... sorry. Now shooting: Lindsay Muse

Thanks and welcome to all newcomers!

This Patreon received explosive growth last month and I wanted to welcome all of you who stuck around for what's coming this month and beyond because I have loads scheduled before the end of '16! 

What's planned for November, you ask? Well, I have three shoots scheduled not just this month, but in the next 24 hours! Thanks to all of your support l I have an Airbnb lined up and will be packing it with back to back shoots to make the most of it. Hopefully I'll be able to report tha...

Need somebody to travel back in time with me..

Here's the final shots with Burgundy!

The idea behind this shoot was to try and capture the mid-90s from attire to actual look and feel of the processing. It was a lot more steps than the usual shoot, but the end product was absolutely worth it and I would definitely shoot this style again.. gonna be hard to 1-up the bouncy castle tho.

Second set with Pokket is live!

The second set with Pokket  is live! 

I still have a few more Pokket photos to work on that were not part of the original two scenes, but those will wait until next month (mostly some interesting hair flipping photos).

Also, I have two confirmed shoots happening next month so far with a strong possibility for a third. I have an incredible Airbnb lined up for at least two of the shoots.. so s...

BTS - Boudoir w/Angela Rae

Behind-the-scenes with Angela Rae is up! I really got my money's worth with this $10 lens filter on this shoot :-X

In case you missed it, here's the final set from this shoot

Processing Burgundy's Mid-90's After Party shoot

I know I just posted the behind-the-scenes video for Pokket earlier, but no one is gonna complain about more content, right?

Good! Because Picks, Bans, and Basic Processing session for Burgundy is up! This was a last minute shoot that had to happen because BOUNCY HOUSE! 

Enjoy!

Behind the scenes in Pokket's Bloody Bathtub

The bathtub scene was a technical pain in the ass with a major payout in the final product. Here's the behind-the-scenes for all of you in the $20 and up tiers! I have another BTS I'm putting together for Angela Rae that I'm sure you'll enjoy.

Thanks again for your continued support!

Mid-October Update

Working with Pokket at the moment to get the best selection of shots from the scene teased above and we should be good to go by early next week at the latest. Meanwhile I still have this 90's themed shoot  with Burgundy that I'll be using a couple analog tricks to process (so it may take longer for the final prints) as well as a bunch of polaroids to send out at the end of the month. Extensive behind-the-scenes vids for ...

Pokket - Bloody Bathtub set complete!

Nineteen shots are rendered and ready to go just in time for Halloween HYPE! Easily one of the most labor intensive shoots I've done this year but, as you can see, it was worth it.  

There's no particular order to these as it's pretty much just a collection of random shots of Pokket sloshing around in blood :P The web ready (low-res) will be released to the public tomorrow, but the high quality versions will remain Patron exclusive indefinitely. 

Time to move on to the <...

Substitute bouncy house shoot a success!

At the beginning of the month, I mentioned that there were 5 shoots planned  for October. I also mentioned that sometimes things happen and models need to cancel.. well, that happened not once or twice, but THREE times! Now, it's worth mentioning that up until this point I usually only booked a single shoot a month. However, given the sudden increase in patronage, I feel we can start to rent out fancier locations or perhaps book more models.

Enter Burgundy. ...

Pokket - Picks, Bans and Basic Processing

First pass at the bloody bathtub scene with Pokket is up! Currently working through these and adding fangs here and there, as needed, and should have this set live by the end of the week. 

To-do: 

Pokket 

• finish and release scene 1 and 2 sets
• behind-the-scenes for $20 tiers and up

• finish and release scene 2 set
• behind the scene...
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Angela Rae - Boudoir set is complete!

Click here to access the dropbox folder with the full set of JPGs and TIFFs!

This week: The post-gym complete set with Angela Rae, Pokket's Bloody Bathtub full picks and processing video and more!  

Thanks for the continued support.. back to work I go!

Angela Rae - Scene 2 - Picks, Bans and Basic Processing

Scene 2 is live! Going to wrap these up and release them early this week along with the boudoir photos (tomorrow for those for sure). 

Up next is the Bloody Bathtub scene with Pokket. Gotta get those wrapped ASAP before Halloween! Stay tuned for more on those..

Angela Rae - Scene 1 - Picks, Bans and Basic Processing

Angela Rae's first scene that we shot last weekend was a standard Boudoir scene, something I somehow managed to go 10+ years without shooting much of. My inexperience in this specific field was countered by Angela's and together we ended up with some pretty amazing (and ridiculously steamy) pictures. 

Loads more to come!

Quick update - Pokket and Angela Rae polaroids!

Just a quick update regarding the status of this month's content..

The shoot with Pokket and Angela Rae went great, and as you can see we have some pretty awesome instax prints as a result! Unfortunately, the shoot with Vesper fell through (as I mentioned before, it happens) and I'm a tad bit worried Magdalena's might fall through as well given (removed the following: I've not heard from her in a couple weeks. The latter may just be me over-reacting, but just in case I've lined up another mode...

New loot cha-cha and another goal met!

Holy crap! The Patreon has all but doubled in the past month and I feel it might have something to do with the incredible line-up .. maybe? ;) Welcome and thank you to all of you whom are new and hello again to everyone that's been around the block a few times with me. I am currently at my In-Law's house about to head down to San Diego for my first shoot of the series with Pokket. We have a ...

Official October lineup - 5 shoots!

We have five shoots

planned

for the month of October.. That's right, it's going to be a very busy month. 

Here's the breakdown of how this is going to work, just to ensure there is no confusion:

• The full list of bookings are
• Pokket (upper left)
• Vesper (upper right)
• Magdalene (center)
• Angela Rae (bottom left)
• Lindsay (bottom right)

• I've booked an Airbnb in San Diego next week where I will...
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Caroline compositing timelapse + PSD!

The final image in Caroline's Etiquette set was actually a composite of 3 different photos. Above you'll see the timelapse (set to 65daysofstatic's No Man's Sky soundtrack, the only good thing about that game) which condenses the 45 minutes or so worth of work down to a quick two minutes. It's not perfect, but for its size it is definitely close... and I'm also including the work file for this shot for you to check out for yourself! 

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Caroline - Etiquette

Good morning/evening!

Just wrapped up with both shoots and wanted to drop these links in here for you folks. 

Caroline - Ettique

Caroline - Portrait

Thanks again for the support! Most of you know about next month's shoot, but for the rest, look fo...

Caroline (outdoor scene) Lightroom session is up!

Did a little bit of compositing and a bit of post-process brushing and such.. lots to cover in this highly detailed set. 

Watch the VOD here!

The missing Kaleah behind the scenes vid..

Apparently I neglected to share this BTS video from my shoot with Kaleah Dawn, kind of embarrassing :-X Well, here it is! 

Biggest lessons learned in this shoot: Take test shots at the same time of day as the shoot, and Mr. Mike B talks too much

Caroline (outdoor scene) live session this Friday!

Mark your calendars! This Friday at 1PM PST (8PM GMT) we'll be going through the outdoor scene from the shoot with Caroline. I expect this will be a long one as there are a ton of elements in each image that we'll have to sift through... bring extra coffee. 

Here's the link for the stream, see you there!

How It's Done: The Caroline Shoot (Outdoor scene)

Here's the behind-the-scenes video showing the entire setup for the outdoor scene with Caroline. We'll be going through these photos this Friday at 1pm PST! 

Caroline (indoor scene) shot processing VOD!

This morning's show is up and available for your viewing pleasure, check the VOD here! 

Stay tuned for times for the outdoor scene stream, we'll likely do that Thursday or Friday around 1PM PST. 

Caroline (Indoor scene) live session this Sunday!

Normally the second scene would be processed, you know, second, but this is a short and simple scene compared to the massive undertaking the outdoor shoot was! The live stream for this scene will be Sunday morning at 9AM (4PM GMT) and will likely take less than two hours 

Here's the link to the event [$10 tier and up only!]
https://huzza.io/mik...

Preview of September's Shoot with Caroline

Next month we go outside(!), then we go back inside..

Two

scenes with two completely different themes and, obviously, backdrops. I think you all will like this one as it's the first time since launching this Patreon that I'll be demonstrating how to work with lighting clothing-to-nude in the blazing sun.

Check the preview attachment for a glimpse of the Lightroom collection....