The photoshoot was a perfectly created dream come true for me.  Jaden and Himala are creative free spirits who love the arts, music, natural beauty and each other, so honestly, they made my job easy. 

Jaden is a Videographer/Cinematographer/Content Creator so being in his own video had it's challenges.  He enlisted the help of his brother, Josh to shoot the video he later edited and created.  We actually used the help of his whole family to pull this one off without a hitch.  His Dad had to make sure the Bronco was in good driving condition as well as perfectly cleaned for the photoshoot.  His Dad is also a great reflector holder LOL!  

We shot the session at "Golden Hour" which is something I honestly don't do very often.  I tell people all the time I've made a really good living at shooting at the worst times of day.  It stretches my skills sometimes with shooting mid day but I also truly love daylight. 

Mid Day Sun, however, would not have worked for the vibe we were going for. 

For the editing process, I use Adobe Lightroom to import, white balance, and cull, export to jpeg, then pulled the images into Photoshoot for the true edit.  I rarely edit or "color grade" rich, deep, "orange" tones unless I have the colors in the image harmonized with that. It's just my very personal preference and orange tones do not always lend themselves to true skin tones unless it's actually sunset.  It's so much fun to play with color grading!!!!!!! 

My process for color grading these images involved Alien Skin (Exposure 7).  It's a great Plug-In for photoshop and a starting point for creative stuff.