Greetings and welcome to akshoots.com

The images depicted here are a work in progress; as I continue to photograph the human body in a respectable and pleasing manner. Over the past 40 years I have had the privilege of working with some great subjects to capture the beauty of the human body and without great subjects a photographer is nothing. Many of my subjects are featured on this Website; it is a tribute to their creativity.

I’ve been enjoying the creative process of photography for more than 50 years, having been exposed to this medium by my father, who was a hobby photographer. My entire career has always been related to photography in some manner. I’ve won many awards with my work and have had several of my images used on magazine covers. I have a burning desire to be creative, photography is my passion and I’m not afraid to step outside of the box to try new things. I like to experiment as I feel this helps my growth as a photographer.

With the advent of digital technology I joined that revolution very early in it’s development. Since purchasing my first digital SLR I have only shot five rolls of film. I felt that is was important to embrace the new technology with a positive attitude. When this happened I left my darkroom behind to work with computer technology.

What you will see on this Website are images of real people, not plastic representations created with the assistance of digital software. My images are created in the camera, not the computer and my use of digital enhancements is very limited, as I believe in capturing the natural beauty of a human. I much prefer clean and pure images. Much of my work is done using available light; I feel that this helps to embellish the beauty of the human form.

I enjoy the teamwork aspect of working with models; I like models that bring something to the shoot, collaboration is always a benefit to capturing great images. I do a lot of time for print (CD) work; everyone should have good images that portray them in a positive light.

Enough about me, let’s talk about making you look good, if you are interested in working with me please feel free to contact me.

Ade Ketchum