Raijin Photography

I started taking pictures with a SRL in high school. I minored in art in college and took a lot of courses and did a lot of black and white darkroom work. I still develop my own B&W film. I started off with a Minolta X-GM and still shoot with it today.

I shoot digital with a Nikon D700 but I've gone back to shooting almost exclusively film now. I prefer medium format using a  Hasselblad 500C/M and Bronica ETRsi but also shoot 35mm with a Nikon F100 or one of my Nikon Rangefinders. 

My main area of focus has been Macro, Landscape, Urbex and Street Photography, but now I'm looking to expand my portfolio more into Pin Up, Gothic, Cyber/Industrial, Punk style work.

I don't really have much studio experience, I prefer shooting outdoors and in the urban landscape. I feel it's much more challenging and rewarding, you never know what will pop up in your frame. I spend a lot of time searching out and shooting urban and rural ruins. I would like to incorporate alternative models into my shoots now.     

I've been shooting for close to 30 years now and I'm a semi-pro photographer now.

I'm interested in finding models willing to work tfp or tfcd so we can both expand our portfolios. I prefer alternative models who are heavily tattooed. I am not interested in doing nudes or implied nudes at this time, but more Pin Up, Gothic, Cyber/Industrial, Punk style work.

Since I shoot in film most of the time. I will not have a CD available for you at the end of the shoot if we do a TF shoot. Even if I shoot with digital, I take pride in any image that has my name associated with it, so I need time for editing to get the best final result.   

If it sounds like we can help each other out contact me for a shoot.