kodeblaccc

Connecting to home; my reintroduction.

Some days ago, I wandered around Hive and found out that the Nigerian community is going super strong. I was active on Hive during the community's inception and...

Monomad challenge entry #173;

I've not done many personal projects in the last 2-3 years. It's not a proud thing to say, but I have a reason why that's the case. My idea of personal projects...

Monomad challenge entry #172; one year later, forever to go!

Today is my wedding anniversary. All of it still feels like a dream. Everything has happened so fast since the day I travelled down to Lagos to ask for my wife'...

Monomad challenge entry #171; Bridal bliss

They say that change is constant. That's a true statement for everything in life and that includes wedding photography. Recently, I sat down to discuss with my ...

Monomad challenge entry #170; Ada's cover art.

In two days time, it will be one year since I got married. Nobody speaks about how married life changes you. Not in a bad way, but a way that you just didn't ex...

Monomad challenge entry #169; so simple yet, so sweet.

After I delved into wedding photography, the number of portrait bookings I normally get reduced drastically. In fact, we got booked only for 15 portrait session...

Monomad challenge entry #168: Through the fire, not burned but reborn.

In my head, I rehearsed many ways that I could have started writing this blog however, as soon as I put pen to paper nothing made sense. Naturally, I will speak...

The "Moss Effect| A photography project inspired by lifestyle influencer; Moss Onyi II; Flowers bloom!

Since my gradual return to Hive, I have spent most of my time in the black-and-white community sharing photos as entries for the daily monomad challenge. That's...

Monomad challenge entry #167: Love in the details.

Having done wedding photography properly for a year now, I understand why a lot of photographers dread it. It can be such a daunting exercise over a long period...

Monomad challenge entry #166: Ying & Yang!

Is it still okay to say Happy New Year? This is my first Hive post for 2024 and while I have valid reasons for my absence, I'm glad I can resume posting on Hive...

Monomad challenge entry #165: Afro "Black Widow"

A few months ago, I crashed a shoot my friend from Ghana was doing with Brihanna. My friend Kweku, as we fondly call him was visiting Nigeria from Ghana, and he...

Monomad challenge entry #164: Debbie's fiery birthday portraits in monochrome.

Debbie's birthday photos this year were sort of a miracle. A miracle because it wouldn't have happened. Debbie felt nonchalant about taking photos for her birth...

Monomad challenge entry #163: New zeal, new vigor| Portraits of Kodeblacc

My life and career took a pretty unexpected and seemingly positive turn this year. At least, it has been good for the most part so I can't complain. The only co...

Souvenir from Uyo: Golden hour photos with Vera Walker.

If you ever caught me sharing about my photography journey, one thing/place that's sure to be a part of my story is Uyo, Nigeria. Uyo was the bedrock upon which...

SUBMA-GREEN| dipped in nature's outfit; natural monochromatic portraits with Latoya.

Recently, I found that I had rekindled my long-lost flame of shooting nature and greenery. I fell in love with shooting in green areas when I started photograph...

Fiery and feisty; Debbie's 2023 birthday photos.

I just now realized that I never got to publish photos from Debbie's birthday shoot last year. That's such a huge oversight considering how mindblowing those ph...

Project Unseen; photos they thought they'd never see II, featuring Pelumi.

If you didn't see part one based on my post title, please check it out here. As promised, I'm back with another post, based on my current photography project "U...

Project Unseen; photos they thought they'd never see.

A very weird post title if I say so myself but please read on to find out why. While I haven't been called out on the internet yet, my friends haven't failed to...

A spiritual connection MONOMAD_ (ESP-ING)

Hello friends of Hive. Once again I bring you the jobs that give me more pride and I am very pleased to share it with you. I don’t know what’s going on with my ...

Waves and forms: photos from a session with Brihanna.

Last year, Brea/Brihanna was a regular at my studio apartment. Beyond being colleagues around our work ecosystem, we had become friends or family of some sort, ...