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Sami Delish

Eric Heikkinen — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:53:51 +0000

Samantha (Sami Delish) is a chameleon in front of the camera. She prepared a few different looks for me to photograph when she came for her session earlier this week. Each look made her look like a completely different person on camera, a skill that not many models can reproduce. Not only was Samantha skilled at bringing a new look to each outfit, but she was also a master at posing. For those looking to find a pinup or rockabilly style model, I highly recommend Samantha.

If you like Sam’s work, you might like a couple wallpapers that I made for her using these images:

Pinup Girl Crystal

Eric Heikkinen — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:00:20 +0000

This is the same Crystal that I had the pleasure meeting at last year’s photo shoot. This year she was wearing an Asian themed dress when I had a chance to photograph her. What a difference a year makes. This year I had a much larger collection of equipment, and a lot more experience to pull from. The result are some significantly improved images.

Pinup Girls Anais and Thao

Eric Heikkinen — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 04:51:35 +0000

This shoot was probably my best work of the day. We set up in a shady spot near the front of the ship. I had a 2 speedlight setup, I believe it was 1 shoot through white umbrella and 1 PBL umbrella softbox. The lighting was excellent and the models were immaculate and beautiful.

I decided not to touch up the images much in this set because the images were so darn beautiful right out of the camera. I applied some color toning to make the models pop out from the background, but that was about it.

Pinup Girl Angie

Eric Heikkinen — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 02:18:16 +0000

Pinup Girl Kira

Eric Heikkinen — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:00:02 +0000

Pinup Girl Jessie

Eric Heikkinen — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:00:16 +0000

This photo set was taken aboard the SS American Victory, during a group pinup shoot event on March 26, 2011. This was the second year that I’ve attended the pinup event held at the same location.

Alexandra at the SS American Victory

Eric Heikkinen — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:40:57 +0000

The SS American Victory shoot took place on April 17, 2010 aboard an old WWII era supply ship. The ship is permanently docked just behind the Florida Aquarium in Tampa, Florida. It was a fantastic location to take a handful of models and snap some really unique shots in one very active afternoon. Over the course of six hours I was able to photograph 5 models: Tia, Alexis, Crystal, Regina and Alexandra. By the end of the day I was exhausted from the Florida heat, since the interior rooms didn’t circulate much air. I walked away with many great shots to add to my portfolio and look forward to working with some of the models that I met with that day.

Alexandra was the final model that I met with that day, and we only had a limited amount of time and energy to get a few final shots in. We discovered the captains quarters near the rear of the ship, which was probably the best location that I found all day. The room had plenty of light and props to work with. Unfortunately we had to rush the session because Alexandra had to leave, but I think we walked away with at least a couple keepers.

Tia at the SS American Victory

Eric Heikkinen — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:37:28 +0000

My first pinup girl of the day, and I was fortunate enough to have the pleasure to work with this wonderful woman. Tia brought a lot of positive energy and professionalism to the shoot that kept my spirits up as we shot in a hot room. She didn’t require much direction and came prepared with many poses fitting the pinup genre.

Crystal at the SS American Victory

Eric Heikkinen — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:32:14 +0000

Crystal probably had the most unique poses that I shot aboard the SS American Victory. I’m guessing that she is hoping to fill her portfolio with more fashion work, which is something that she seems to be suited for. She has a long, slender body that may have been over-elongated by my wide lens. Her hair stood out among the other models. I give kudos to her make up artist for coming up with an interesting style, but not-too-interesting that it becomes distracting.

Crystal was very willing to take direction, though I was not providing her with much input at that time of the day. I took her to the same room that I shot Tia in, trying to reproduce some of my better lit shots at different angles. I think the indoors shots resulted in a couple good photographs, but it took a lot of mediocre shots to get them. God bless digital for allowing me to take a hundred shots just to get 1 great one.

Alexis at the SS American Victory

Eric Heikkinen — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:09:33 +0000