About Xsightn Photography:

Xsightn Photography is a Nigeria based fine art wedding and lifestyle photography outfit. We love to think our approach to wedding photography is both fresh and urban. We pride ourselves of being one of the top wedding photographers in Nigeria, shooting high-end weddings for Nigerian couples based outside Nigeria. In 2010 we were privileged to shoot weddings for Nigerian brides based in the USA, UK, South Africa, Canada and Cameroon . "I love the fact that i am a wedding photographer and I feel so incredibly lucky to be able to capture and document, the memories, love, look and the happiness in my work" "I approach my wedding photography in a way that leads to an intimate and artful expression resulting in images that reflect your unique personality, capturing the natural mood of the day that will be cherished in your family for years to come." Kayode(the lead photographer) started his career in IT before training under some of the world's best known photographers. Throughout his photography career, Xsightn has developed a unique style of creating timeless imagery. He draws inspiration for everything around him, from movies and television, to literary figures and, of course, journalism. Email us at info@xsightn.com or Call +2348023702640 Xsightn Website

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    The Ondo Wedding of Olamide and Muyiwa

    Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

    Its quite easy to actually forget you own a blog icon smile The Ondo Wedding of Olamide and Muyiwa

    It’s took my friend and fellow Nigerian professional photographer, Leye Olumide to remind me that I had not posted anything in a while.

    I had to quickly dig into my collection to find something to share.

    The wedding of Olamide and Muyiwa took place in Ondo state and as every Xsightn wedding usually is, it was a real treat to shoot.

    Strangely I just delivered the couple’s albums just a week ago for onward delivery to their base in the UK.

    I want to say a big thank you to you both, you guys were simply amazing and I wish you all the best together, forever.

    PS: Muyiwa is such an amazing guy and for a guy he did know what he wanted when he contacted me, most guys don’t really care. I have never met a guy who was so concerned about details, he always wanted to clarify and even write everything down. (Little does he know how much his attention to detail has had an impact on me.)

    Here are some of my images from the white wedding of Muyiwa and Olamide, because I always take soooooo many pictures, I really had to control myself to upload only a few, hope you guys like them.

    My name is Kayode and I am the lead wedding photographer for Xsightn Photography.

    You can contact me via bookings@xsightn.com for your next event.

    Like my work on Facebook – www.facebook.com/xsightn

    Watch my videos on Youtube – www.youtube.com/xsightn

    Follow me on twitter – www.twitter.com/xsightn

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    The Beautiful Wedding of Titi and Ibrahim (Nigerian Traditional Wedding)

    Monday, October 10th, 2011

    Its nice to be blogging again.

    I have been offline for quite a bit I know , I was just too plain lazy to blog.

    I was recently out of the country again, attending a photography workshop by Egyptian award winning photographer, Toufic Arman. I will be dedicating a blog post to that travel and expereince but let me just say this now about the workshop, it was one of the best learning expereinces I have ever experienced. Toufic Arman speaks in lights !!! Workshop was on Beauty and Fashion Photography, I am hoping I will be able to integrate some of my learnings from the workshop into my Nigerian wedding work.

    Back to my beautiful Nigerian wedding blog post.

    Titi and Ibrahim’s Nigerian wedding is the sort of wedding we Nigerian photographers crave for and other international photographers take for granted.

    Firstly, I was the only photographer of the day , yeah you heard me right, I didn’t say official photographer, I said photographer, meaning no other photographer was even visible. For those of you that shoot Nigerian weddings you know this is extremely rare, especially when its a wedding for such a  high end couple. The experience was nothing short of spectacular. No photographers to dodge, no photographers to get in my shot, no photographers to …. I had a swell time, I had all the time in the world to be creative for both days. This is what I believe has translated to really beautiful wedding images.

    Secondly, it was a small affair (not a lot of guests at least by Nigerian standards) and the hall was also moderately sized and beautifully decorated. I was able to cover the hall quite quickly and easily and this is quite  important to me.

    For both days, I was all over Lagos, from getting ready in Banana island in Lagos, to Yetunde Apartments in parkview Ikoyi, then to Anthony Village for day 2 and then back to parkview for the reception.

    Titi, the bride started up playing the shy bride but my o my, boy did she groove when we got to the reception, she totally got out of her shell and moved to some “WINDECK”.

    Ibrahim, was the perfect smiling, emotional, handsome groom, I totally enjoyed shooting him cry in church just when he caught the very first glimpse of his wife to be, it was the ultimate wedding photography moment.

    I had a swell time shooting this awesome couple.

    I will let this pictures speak for themselve.

    Special thanks to Titi and Ibrahim, God bless you both and thanks for having an Xsightn wedding.

    Here are just very few images from their wedding, in all about 2000 final images were delivered to client icon smile The Beautiful Wedding of Titi and Ibrahim (Nigerian Traditional Wedding)

    My photography is all about capturing emotions.

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    We took a few pictures  just after the bride’s makeup was ready. She looked perfect and I just had to steal her away from the crowd. I tried not to direct her as much as I could and really just allowed her to do her thing. Ibrahim will be enjoying this pictures for years to come.

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    Royalty ….

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    Announcing the arrival of Ibrahim…. He arrived the venue like a Kind would with a a lot of well wishers. Using a wide angle lens and shooting from the ground up, helped to exaggerate the whole scene. I love it..

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    Bride arrives as discretely as you could imagine .. well not really but …..

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    The couple worship and pray to God, picture taken from quite a distance….

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    The beautiful couple ….

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    Mr and Mrs Aliyu show off…..

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    Ibrahim steals a kiss …..

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    Titi blows a kiss …

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    The dashing groom ….

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    The Xsightn Couple …..

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    God bless you both and congratulations from the Xsightn team.

    Kayode is a leading photographer based in Lagos, Nigeria.

    Give me a call on +2348033051621 or mail kayode@xsightn.com and let’s see what we can do together.

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    Bridal Photo Shoot in Lagos, Nigeria – Preview

    Monday, July 4th, 2011

    It’s no secret I have a sort of obsession with shooting weddings in Nigeria, from the brides, to the grooms, to the decor, to the decorations, there’s just something about Nigerian weddings that fuels me. I felt this same way years ago when I started my  journey in photography and its pretty exhilarating that several years after, the zeal, the love, the passion remains 100% intact.Recently I have been doing quite a number of  portfolio shoots for aspiring Nigerian models and I have found that to be fun as well, different models bring different “things” to the table and its alway fun trying to make the best of every models “gifts” during one of my sessions.

    This particular post is a preview into a bridal photo shoot I did just recently that fused the best of both worlds together. Brides and Models.

    While am still busy culling my images, am quite happy with what I think I was able to capture, am sharing 3 images right away, I went a bit artistic just because I think it works, what do you think?

    Bridal photo shoot was done in collaboration with the wonderful people of Rose Blossom Bridals and The Best Western Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.

    Rose Blossom is one of the leading names in the bridal industry when it comes to authentic and fresh bridal wears in the whole of Nigeria (Both my wife and sister had their dresses made by them, I never knew that until recently).Mrs. Elizabeth Oyeronke Sho-Silva started Rose Blossom Bridal about 10years ago at home in Nigeria. Through the years Blossom has grown from strength to strength. Much of her business was based on referrals by happy customers in Nigeria and abroad. You can find them online at www.roseblossombridal.com displaying several items. Did I happen to mention that all their dresses are 100% hand crafted ?

    The Best Western Hotel, Victoria Island just opposite the bar beach is located on Ahmadu Bello Way, is part of the largest hotel chain in the world. The hotel is a beauty to behold and the view is nothing short of astonishing, with both a roof top tennis court and a swimming pool, the hotel is easily one of the most equipped in the country.

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    Kayode is a leading photographer based in Lagos, Nigeria.

    Are you new to modeling and interested in building a quality portfolio on your first attempt ?

    Tired of the the same images that look like they were all taken by the very same photographer ?

    Do you think you lost a job because your portfolio just wasn’t up to par ?

    Then give me a shout and let’s see what we can do together.

    info@xsightn.com

     

    Nigerian Photographer : Building a better Photography Blog Experience.

    Thursday, April 28th, 2011

    It’s been a while since we made any sweeping changes to the look and feel of our blog. As a brand that is still very much evolving we want to know what our readers, visitors and brides want to see more on our blog. So we are conducting a survey which you could complete in 5 minutes. It’s totally anonymous and will go a long way in really helping us get our content right. Wedding Photography in Nigeria is now big business and the competition is now so intense, technology has really bridged the gap between amateurs and professionals. At Xsightn we want to become the professional’s professional so we need to keep evolving with the times and with your help we can only get better.

    So please take out 5 minutes of you time and help complete the extremely short survey below.
    Thanks a bunch.

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    Thanks for taking out the time to complete this form, We appreciate you.

    Nigerian Photographer : Pictures by Mike

    Thursday, March 17th, 2011

    I was at the Maryland studios of my very good friend, big brother and mentor, Micheal Inyang.

    Micheal is one of those Nigerian photographers that help lay my foundation in this industry, he is extremely talented and easily one of the best photographers of our generation, lol, sorry, his generation o.

    I was just there to hang out with a friend. He had recently just got one of the new nikon 85mm lens and was eager to try it out on a model, enter Xsightn. So I volunteered my modeling services and he politely accepted. To get behind the len of one of Nigeria’s top photographers was always a wonderful expereince for me, the last time I did that, I remember coming out with some breath taking images, one of those pictures is framed right now if my memory serves me correctly.

    So we fooled around in the studio for quite sometime and this are the images we came out with, as usual amazing images.

    I have tried to do as little processing as possible to keep this pictures true to what they were intended to be.

    We did not have the luxury of a makeup artist but I think the shoot went pretty well, what do you think ?

    Thanks a bunch Micheal, I owe you one big time.

    All pictures in this post were taken by the amazing Micheal Inyang.

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    Kayode is the lead wedding photographer for Xsightn Photography, a Lagos based wedding photography outfit specializing in shooting high end brides.

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