Aaron Riveroll | Photographer

So, I think I mentioned shooting with Janice Michele last October. Not only did we shoot some super cute themes…but she was awesome enough to score some awesome locations to shoot at up in her ‘hood.

We did a super sexy boxing theme at a local gym…and then we dashed over to a cute ice cream shoppe for more sexy pictures (Notice the extra “pe” in “shoppe” lol)

Anyway, our goals for the shoot were obviously cute and sexy…but also fun and colorful…and I think we definitely got the job done. ;)

Janice is an AMAZING model to collaborate with…and I am looking forward to our next shoot, which will be soon hopefully. In the meantime, check out these shots from our shoot…

Check out Janice’s Facebook fan page…and follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/janicemichele

Again, I am going to do my best to try and keep up with this blog thing. I swear I’m not a slacker!:)

Another recent Hooters photo shoot I did was with Chelsea from Hooters of Riverside. She came down to the beach for her calendar submission photo shoot and we got some amazing shots! More on that in a second. I have to just say that occasionally, I suck and make mistakes. Lord knows I ain’t perfect… :)

Now, I’ve mentioned several times that you can’t let the client know about your mistakes or screw ups. You have to know what you’re doing at all times, or at least LOOK like you know what you’re doing. And on this particular day, I had changed camera bags from my usual Crumpler shoulder bag to my DaKine camera backpack. I like the backpack better than the shoulder bag, especially when I’m doing a shoot on location or at the beach because it’s easier to carry all of my camera gear plus lighting equipment on my own. Don’t get me wrong, I love my Crumpler shoulder bag, but it’s a little awkward and heavy. Like your mom.

Well, I had managed to get all of my essential camera equipment into the backpack…except for my CompactFlash cards. Dude, I didn’t even have one in the camera! At this point, everything was set up, but I had no memory cards and I was totally stressed because I had forgotten something so small, yet so essential. I had no idea what I was going to do! Chelsea was getting finishing touches on her hair and makeup and was pretty much ready to shoot. To drive back home and get my CompactFlash cards would have meant losing about 45 min. to an hour of shooting time…not to mention looking like a moron and making my model wait for me. I tried calling friends to see if they could run me out one of their cards, but reception on the beach is terrible and no one was answering their phone anyway. I told everyone I was going to run to my car for a sec…and as I was running back to my car I remembered something. The stereo in my car has the ability to play MP3s. And these MP3s were stored on CompactFlash card. I grabbed the card out of the player, ran back to the beach, reformatted the card, and was ready to go.

The moral of the story: don’t forget your CompactFlash cards. I was really really lucky that day. But don’t ever let your clients see you sweat either. Wear deodorant. :)

Now, about the shoot. I have to say that Chelsea was amazing to work with. For being her first photo shoot ever, she was pretty damn awesome. She definitely brought her A-game. I was totally impressed. You could tell in her attitude and conversations we had in preparation for the shoot that she was really serious about what she was doing. She went and hired one of my best make up artists for the shoot as well as getting a bunch of brand-new, super cute Chynna Dolls bikinis to shoot in. The end result were pictures that I can see definitely being published somewhere. Needless to say, we will definitely be shooting again soon!

Anyway, here are a few shots from the shoot. Hope you enjoy!

So I just noticed that it’s been like two months since I’ve updated this thing. Good grief! Well, I do have excuses, but honestly, do you want to hear em? lol

Anyway, I have been ridiculously busy the last two months shooting Hooters calendar submissions…so while you may have missed my witty prose the last several weeks, at least you get to look forward to checking out some hot pics of beautiful Hooters girls. :)

So, I think we are going to kick things off with two of my favorite Hooters girls…and two of my favorite people ever…Tanya and Camille from Hooters of Mission Valley.

We decided to shake things up a bit and shoot in Ocean Beach…and we had an amazing sunset too….

We also had a chance to do a little behind the scenes video, so check that out too. :)

Photo shoot with Camille and Tanya from Aaron Riveroll on Vimeo.

I don’t get to shoot with her as often as I would like…but let me just say that I really enjoy shooting with Jenica. I can’t really say much about her except for the fact that she is INCREDIBLY beautiful. Oh, and I feel extremely fortunate that she lets me take her picture…modeling isn’t something she does all that often. But she should. :)

I shot these a few months ago when the weather was still good. Got an amazing sunset…and her smile is just amazing. Enjoy!

A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to shoot with the AMAZING Heather Shanholtz.

Heather is a ridiculously sexy glamour model from Florida…and let me tell you, no one is more up for an adventure than she is. We headed out to Malibu for our shoot…made some friends along the way…and had an amazing time taking pictures. She is totally cool…and totally hot…all at the same time. :)

Anyway…definitely shooting again sometime soon, so stay tuned for that…but in the meantime, check out her site for more shots of her and all her latest publications and news: HeatherShanholtz.com

But before you go, check out a few shots from our shoot. :)

Megan Daniels is ridiculously beautiful.

Just sayin.’ :)

A while back, we had a super fun, last-minute photo shoot. Those kinds of shoots are so unexpected, but really are the most fun. And especially with someone amazing like Megan, they are soooo chill and laid back. I love shooting with amazing people and amazing friends….good times hanging out, shooting the shiz, and taking pretty pictures.

Amazingly, we did the shoot in some pretty small spaces…her dining room and back patio…it’s really pretty amazing where you can get amazing photos. And of course, when you have a gorgeous girl to take pictures of, they will be amazing. :)

Here are a few…

Again, getting back into the swing of blogging. :)

A few weeks ago, I shot with two of my favorite people in the world, Elle and Samantha. Cruised up to LA and shot at an AMAZING house in the hills. Elle had to bounce early, but before she left, we got some incredible shots in the backyard. There are lots of shots from the shoot to share…so stay tuned for those…but here are some shots to hold you over.

The bikini is a Pure Rodri bikini designed by the very talented and beautiful Pam Rodriguez.

I’m neglecting the blog again…so here is a quick update with one of my all-time favorite ladies, Camille.

If you remember, I shot with Camille a while back for her Hooters calendar submissions…and I knew we had to shoot again. So we did. :)

This time, we took the hotness out to a ranch in Temecula, where we did some country themed shots. Nothing beats a girl in a bikini, daisy dukes, and not much else.

Lighting was pretty basic throughout the day…my basic two-light setup. I’m pretty surprised that the Vagabond stayed charged throughout the day running two lights off of it…but it did…and it was awesome.

And Camille was awesome too for trekking out to the country with me. :) We wrapped the day with a quick trip to Chipotle, which is our new tradition…so I hope we shoot more often. lol

We actually got a few other special projects in the works…but patience, my friends. In the meantime, I will leave you with a few shots from the day…

I recently got to shoot with the “Luscious” Elle Navarro. :)

She was in town visiting friends and family and called me up to shoot. So we met up at my buddy’s pad and did a quick and sexy pool shoot.

Mostly used two lights for this shoot: a strobe with a softbox and the ringflash. The ringflash, yet again, makes for a great rim light as well as a main light. Especially on a bright day.

And Elle, as always, looks amazing. :)

Photo shoot with Elle Navarro from Aaron Riveroll on Vimeo.

Megan Daniels is one of the coolest girls I’ve had the pleasure of shooting with. She is absolutely gorgeous! We had a blast shooting in my friend’s backyard a while back…and had some great weather to work with too!

The thing about Megan is she can pull off the soft and pretty look and then up the ante with the sexy bad girl look.

For the lighter pictures by the pool in her blue bikini, I shot open aperture, two strobes on low, and scrimmed her to let a lot of the light soak in.

For the harsher-lit shots, I closed the aperture and bumped up the power. I didn’t use more than two lights the entire shoot.

The thing about shooting mid-day is you have to play with the light that you have. Beat ‘em or join ‘em. If you want to beat ‘em, you have to have high powered strobes to over power the ambient light. If you want to join ‘em, you have to have light controlling devices like reflectors, scrims, and other such mods. But the fact is, you can get great results both ways and change the mood of an image entirely.

You gotta love a hot girl in a teeny, weeny bikini. :) Looking forward to working with Megan again soon…so stay tuned. :)