About Xsightn Photography:

Xsightn Photography is a Nigeria based fashion, 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 . While I started off shooting weddings, I have discovered a brand new love for fashion photography. "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 bookings@xsightn.com or Call +2348097899454 or +2348023702640 Xsightn Website

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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

     

    TRADITIONAL NIGERIAN WEDDING PHOTOS OF OYINDA AND ANDREW

    Saturday, March 19th, 2011

    Here are some wedding pictures from my Oyinda and Andrew collection, I shot this wedding in February and I had a blast. It was a 2 day affair with the traditional wedding taking place a day before the wedding proper. Both days were awesome (fast becoming my best word). Oyinda was an amazing bride who couldn’t stop smiling, every photographer’s dream. Andrew was such a gentleman, allowing me the freedom to do as I pleased on the day, together, they both made an amazing pair and it was sure a huge honour to have been selected to shooting this beautiful Nigerian wedding. It also so happens that the band they hired for the traditional wedding was the same band that played at my wedding about 3 years ago.

    I couldn’t possibly post all the wedding pictures from the event, but here’s a number of them that actually made it into the final album, hope you like them and thanks for stopping buy.

    My name is Kayode, I shooting Nigerian weddings.

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    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.

    Nigerian Photographer – Pictures from Cape Town – Continued

    Saturday, March 5th, 2011

    Ok, so I promised more pictures from my South African trip and when Xsightn promises, Xsightn delivers.

    The picture below is from my “Strong ” Collection, I was looking for an edgy look, something slightly outside a normal look.

    It was about 2 pm and the sun was out at full blast and normally you wouldn’t be able to make a good shot under the condition but many thanks to my Profoto gear, I was able to do just that.

    Picture was taken with my amazing Nikon D700. (The best camera in the world by far and am not kidding)

    Lens was my trusty Nikon 70-200 2.8 @ F20 ( Sometime back on Twitter, I complained about not using this lens much when I shoot Nigerian weddings lately, I wouldn’t venture on any location based photography session without this baby)

    Shutter was set to a ridiculous 1/320s

    Flash was Profoto 7b unit with 2400 battery pack fired at full power.

    Am not the most amazing of “photoshop-ers” (if there’s even a word like that) but for this images I had to rely on a bit of photoshop to get out that strong feel, working mostly with blend modes, I was able to achieve the look I like. If you have ever attended one of my seminars or seen one of my albums, you will know when it comes to wedding photography am not really big on “too much photoshop”, but that’s for wedding photography, location and commercial photography are a totally different business.

    My models for this look are Max and Nadia both models from Europe.

    My name is Kayode Martins, I am a professional photographer based in Lagos Nigeria. Please feel free to send me an email at kayode@xsightn.com if you think you have an assignment for me.

    nigerian photo Nigerian Photographer   Pictures from Cape Town   Continued

    NIGERIAN WEDDINGS – PRE-WEDDING PHOTOSHOOT OF OSAN AND MISAN

    Sunday, January 23rd, 2011

    I got to meet this couple for the first time today and we had this engagement session today.

    It was a bit “fast” for me but the lighting was perfect and I had all my gear in my car from a photo assignment I did a day before.

    While this photo session took place in Lagos, Nigeria, both the bride and groom are based in Delta State Nigeria where the wedding proper will be taking place.

    Osan and Misan as you will see were totally not camera shy, we tried to keep everything clean and simple.

    I personally think engagement shoots are very important because it allows for some bonding between the photographer and the couple, it would have been totally awkward getting to meet the couple on the wedding day proper. Imagine me walking over to them to introduce myself as the “official” wedding photographer of the day. It really would be strange, they wouldn’t really know what to expect, the chemistry required wouldn’t exist as well.

    Today’s photo session was fun, we laughed alot and got to know each other a whole lot better, (Like i got to find out Osan was actually Misan’s “school father” back in the days, imagine how much laugh we got out of that )I left the session feeling like I had known them for ages.

    Below are pictures from the session.

    Xsightn is a leading wedding Photography outfit based in Lagos,Nigeria. Run by Kayode, Xsightn shoots weddings in Nigeria and the whole of Africa.
    Please contact us via email – info@xsightn.com to book a session with us.

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