One thing great about shooting for yourself is you get to do whatever you want. I like to be shooting all the time, especially for myself. It’s usually the most gratifying, and a challenge to push myself to develop my visionary skills of the craft. To keep “Refining my tastes” if you will. All part of the “ABS theory“
That said, I decided to shoot another project of my own, and instead of the 90 degree weather of Hawaii, I chose the 9 degree weather of Keystone Colorado. Having a good team definitely helps, and luckily with miles, I was able to bring everyone in. My homey Jeff Holt, helped produce and assist this shoot. Melinda Tarbell styled and Heather Hawkins did hair and makeup. It was a frigid one, but we definitely were happy with the results.
See the full story here:
http://www.nickonken.com/Stories/Colorado*SnowAdventure/
Nick!! My favorite shoot of yours to date! Gosh, I love it! I couldn’t look at all the images fast enough, and there are so many favorites! Now I need to go back and take each one in. Totally amazing, and the models were fantastic which always helps bring the shoot up to a top level. Awesome & so inspiring!!!
Uhhhh..effin sick ass shoot Nick! Enough said…Love what you did from the whole art direction of this….you the man.
Love the first and last image here.. =)
Great work
Seriously bro… Ive told you this before but this is some of your best work yet… LOVE it.
Sweet stuff Nick! I like the golfing shot..was that in the Nordic ski park on the east side of Lake Dillon? And where’d you find the cabin? Wicked sense of Colorado fun!
Lovin’ it!
Hm, you listed everyone except your models?
Give them some credits:)))))
Wow the images are beautiful!
Think Peace
Killer Shots!!
Would love to know what flash you were using on those inside ones?……
From what Jeff said I knew these would be awesome, but these blow all expectations out of the water. Well done.
Perfect!
Nick, once again this is a ridiculous shoot! Your work speaks for itself and continues to inspire us newbie photogs.
Absolutely gorgeous Nick
nick, these are incredible. you have such an eye for creating images that make me feel like i’m swimming inside the pages of a magazine. amazing work!
As far as your personal projects go, this one is off the hook! IMHO your best to date. Thanks for sharing. So inspiring to us all. I would love to see a future post of what all goes into producing a personal project like this.
These are some of my favorites on your whole site. Beautiful, stylish, fun, believable, fashion/lifestyle work. Melinda rocks too!