Oh to be that lucky Pine Cone!
Pink…, Blur of Motion
Doing some updates of work and treatment I like. This one has a simple title that is very descriptive. I love the S-shape to the vagina, the blur of fingers. My philosophy: Less is More. No gynecological tour de force, just the quiet contemplation of my subject.
Black Beauty
New treatment for an older work: Black Beauty. With the lovely Latina Angel just turned 18 when I met her…, now a mom in the northern wildness!
In the Family Plot
Many long years ago I was told that my erotic images were not explicit enough for the times. My answer, no matter how explicit I get…, I allow my models some bit of privacy. My images are not a gynecological tour de force, rather some imagination is not only needed, but wanted. Though the use of shadows, movement I want the viewer eye to wander, to search for those hidden gems.
Many of my models dabble in the trade, yet when they see the images I produce they are very impressed. I shoot for the art of my subject, I consider that less is more, to create an alluring image my subjects do not have to be exposed. The imagination has a crucial role, a crucial function for our greatest sex organ we possess…, our mind’s.
I treat the women who pose for me with respect, my work conveys that respect. I ask my models to trust in my skills as a photographer. I ask my model to trust me as a man.
Rope
Many genres draw my interest, I shoot my impression of a setting…, a cerebration…, an act. All my images are crafted using available light, reflectors, cards, and that most important ingredient: love of subject.
My goal is to create art of you and your body. To highlight the curves, the crevices, and to do so in a respectful manner…, all while capturing the essence of who you are at this particular moment. Explicit or not each image gives the subject some sense of privacy to her image.
Models come to me from many walks of life…, and for many different reasons. We work in collaboration, my model’s input is expected and welcome. Poses are offered, boundaries are pushed, yet respected. I do ask each model to come with an open mind, and a sense of play.
No releases are signed until each image is approve, I shoot for the art market only.
Date’s Matter
Playing with rope ideas with my favorite model, Jean Dawson. Cross-processed, and out of date film…, love the starkness of the image, that brutal hard light.
That the magic has happened, it’s sitting there waiting to be processed. That part of the equation happens at the lab far away. About 10 days till I get a rough idea of what I have gotten; knowing that these scans mean nothing. All told 30 days to get the master scan back from the lab. Only then do I get my hands on the final image of this scan.
Overall I am very pleased with my exposure, held the details in the window. The knot holds-up well, many years since my tying days. A very patient model here as I fumble with remembering long ago combinations.
Image deserves a higher quality scan to get the colors to balance off her skin tone. Only then will I know what the image looks likes…, what I will have to work with. So not for the impatient, or for those in a rush. Time put into all aspects my work…, the care and feeding of a model, the care and feeding of my mind…, still able to come up with ideas. Then to pull it all off, for that magic to happen in camera. And at 70 you say!
Camera Phone
Also from the phone series, model Jean Dawson, who patience I appreciate. Posing isn’t easy, many microscopic limb changes that add to the final image.
Test: Material with Jean Dawson
I am on summer hiatus figuring were to go next, and making it happen come fall. New series test on the way with new models, summer is the time to test. Please stay tuned!
Test: Materials
Love the soft lighting in this test. Still amaze this my Samsung phone did so well, those upgrades have helped. Maybe a formal change to Phone Series 2018. My model was very pleased at the results, may have convinced to shoot more for her Tumblr account. She took me out for a birthday dinner at a fabulous little Italian place I found trough a food writer friend. Kind of restores one faith in their fellow beings.
More to come so stayed tuned.
Test: Material and Placement
Another of the Test that Jean Dawson and I worked on. I love the feel of this and the light, soft, the body hidden by the material. Part of the new/old reality I am going for: portrait lighting. Shot on my Samsung phone/camera.