Sari, Charlie.

Hey guys and girls, it’s time for the next SlickforceGirl teaser. Flawless beauty Ayanna Jordan brings Bollywood-inspired sizzle to our team of leading ladies, and this stunner packs a surprise punch. Slickforce fans will recognize Ayanna from our Mastering Compositing and Mastering Retouching series’, and like clockwork she once again delivers a killer performance in bringing this mystical character to life. I can’t wait to show you what else we have in store for her! Get the latest updates on Ayanna and the other heroes at SlickforceGirl.com!

Photo by Nick Saglimbeni
Hair by Al Ingram
Make-up by Therese Williams
Wardrobe styled by Diana Chan

I’m thrilled to announce our next SlickforceGirl teaser, especially because it features the very talented actress Sandra McCoy—one of my favorite people in the world. I met Sandra years ago when I was shooting a low-budget horror feature, and shortly after I cast her in my first commercial photography project, Music Video Beauties. Sandra and I remained friends over the years, but I had been waiting for an excuse to get her back in front of my camera. Get the latest updates at SlickforceGirl.com!

Photo by Joyce Park for SlickforceStudio
Hair by Al Ingram
Make-up by Therese Williams
Styled by Diana Chan

Brittany Dailey’s SlickforceGirl naval officer teaser image posted today on DynastySeries.com. Thanks to Bari Foster for the feature! See the full post here.

Photo by Joyce Park for SlickforceStudio
Hair by Al Ingram
Make-up by Gaby Ramos Torell
Styled by Sarah Ellis & Amanda Carter

Signs. Very hot signs.

This mysterious crop circle was found in a remote field in Eastern Europe. News organizations worldwide are scratching their heads over its meaning. Stay tuned to SlickforceGirl.com for the latest updates.

For the third year, we held our annual PhotoKamp workshop in Los Angeles. Students flew in from 6 countries—from as far as Morocco and Malaysia—to learn photography and lighting. Our attendees also illustrate the changing face of the modern photographer: we not only had an eye-opening 60% female turnout but also our youngest student ever. It is exciting for me to watch how this new energy will change the photography industry over the next generation.

On the first day of our 3-day event, we enjoyed Texas barbecue (with veggie options), courtesy of longtime SlickforceStudio friend Craig McNelley, owner of grip & lighting company Berkeley Avenue Productions. (If you’re in LA and need affordable motion picture grip & lighting gear, there is no one better.) After dinner, I took the class up to a skyscraper helipad, high above the LA cityscape, for an evening of long-exposure night photography.

On day two, we met at SlickforceStudio, where I spent the morning teaching the class about lighting modifiers, power packs, and grip equipment. Then I demoed several lighting setups for the students—from fashion to glamour to portrait—before turning them loose on their own. Models Lela Hazary and Vilayna LaSalle gave excellent performances for their photographers—who each built sets and experimented with many types of creative lighting setups from the inexpensive to the ambitious.

On day three, I took the team out to an amazing location in Lancaster for a day of complex pro location lighting. My Slickforce team taught the class how to build large-scale rigs, safety the equipment for the models, and work with generator power. Then I lit two lighting setups—one indoor and one outdoor—before letting them take the reigns with stunning models Remi Nelson and Regina Prasad. As with previous workshops, we separated the class based on experience level, and then rotated them between positions of photographer and various assistant roles. Many of the students expressed to me that they learned more assisting the other photographers than when they were actually shooting.

I’m proud to call so many of these talented photographers my new friends. I first met photographer Karim Tibari while traveling around Morocco for WMB 3D, and it was wonderful to see him again. I was also very happy to see so many repeat attendees this year, including photographers Kyla Schultz, Raffael Dickreuter, and Tracey Lea. My sincerest thanks go out to everyone who participated in this year’s PhotoKamp—I learn as much from the students as they learn from me, and let me tell you, the talent pool is growing quickly. 15-year-old photographer Julia even taught me to use Instagram! I could not pull off this workshop without my amazing SlickforceStudio crew, hair stylist Tony Jones, make-up artist Angela January-Taylor, and PhotoKamp coordinator Kevin Savarese.

Take a look at these cool behind-the-scenes taken by our team over the weekend!

CREDITS: Photography by Jessica Whitehead, David Rivera, Daniel Magana and Nick Saglimbeni for SlickforceStudio. ©2012 Slickforce Inc.

Hey guys, here is the first SlickforceGirl-related image I’m releasing. I’ll leave a bit to the imagination, but suffice it to say I’m extremely proud to be part of a project which fights for good and recognizes the heroism of those who put others before themselves. I know our models feel the same way, as they dove headfirst into their characters and helped to create amazing images.

Since it’s model Melanie Iglesias’ birthday today, I felt it appropriate to lead off with her U.S. Marine shoot. I’m certain our men in service will appreciate the way she pays respect. More to come…!

Photo by Joyce Park for SlickforceStudio
Hair by Al Ingram
Make-up by Gaby Ramos Torell
Styled by Sarah Ellis & Amanda Carter

SlickforceGirl is a concept I’ve had in my head for over a decade. I began principal photography on the project in August 2010, but ultimately I decided to put the project on hold in order to focus on the launch of WMB 3D: World’s Most Beautiful.

We resumed production in October 2011, and now it’s almost ready to go. I have never been more excited about a project, and I can’t wait to show you more.

On Thursday evening, April 26, the Sony World Photography Awards were held in London, part of the month-long World Photo London event at Somerset House. My fashion piece Nuclear Summer (featured above) was nominated in their 3D category.

I always appreciate a good excuse to travel to one of my favorite cities, so I headed to London on Tuesday to show support for both the event and our nomination. All of the nominees’ work for all of the categories was displayed at Somerset House, in a remarkable gallery exhibition. It was thrilling to see so much amazing work from so many talented and varied artists. (My particular favorite was Mitch Dobrowner’s stunning black-and-white storm photography, which ultimately won the L’Iris D’or prize. Check out his site here.)

On the night of the awards show, the photographers appeared one-by-one in black tie—a stark contrast to the American photography award shows I’ve attended–and celebrated each other victories and work throughout the night. I was honored to receive the Grand Prize in 3D, mostly because it stood as a testament to the hard work of my brilliant Saglimbeni3D team, who has spent the last two years in the trenches with me, developing new 3D cameras and post-production technologies and launching 3D projects such as WMB 3D: World’s Most Beautiful. I’d especially like to thank Saglimbeni3D post-production supervisor Joyce Park, director of operations Kevin Savarese and the entire production team at Slickforce Studio.

My sincerest thanks also go out to Sony and the good people at the World Photography Organization for recognizing our work. We look forward to producing many more exciting 3D projects in the future.

Press photos © 2012 HoneybunnPhotography, Robert Leslie, Duc Le

Nuclear Summer © 2011 Nick Saglimbeni

This past Saturday, I was in Las Vegas photographing Paul Oakenfold’s show at Marquee. By magical coincidence, it also happened to be Earth Hour at the exact time our shoot was scheduled. So Paul, Christian Arias and I all watched from our balcony as the landmark lights of the Las Vegas strip went dark one by one. (Well, every major casino except Treasure Island.) It blew my mind how much ambient light remained from the street and surrounding city, but it provided the opportunity for some wild exposures. Enjoy!

Check out this week’s OK! Magazine for a fun fashion feature starring two of my favorite ladies, Kendall & Kylie Jenner. Having shot both of their first professional shoots in the past, I am especially proud watching them evolve into such fun people and wonderful models. The shoot was styled by the one-and-only Monica Rose, with amazing glam by two of my favorite artists, Mario Dedivanovic and Rob Scheppy.

Photography by NICK SAGLIMBENI
Styling by MONICA ROSE
Makeup by MARIO DEDIVANOVIC
Hair by ROB SCHEPPY

Production Stills by Derek Eskridge for SlickforceStudio