Shibari: Pentagram Binding with Jay vol. 2

 

Adding to the pentagram chest harness with a complex hip harness for a custom tied lingerie look

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This is Jay

I would like to introduce you to a beautiful woman who has graciously agreed to model for me. Her name is Jay, and she is a natural beauty with an instant connection to the camera. Her body flows from pose to pose with ease and her striking green eyes pierce your gaze making it hard to look away. Stay tuned for many more sets from her session as I pore over her images trying to find the best of the best to share with you here.

Fine Art Nude ft. Ophelia vol. 3

Utilizing shadow and light to showcase the female form

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Fine Art Nude ft. Ophelia vol. 2

Utilizing shadow an light to showcase the female form

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Fine Art Nude ft. Ophelia Vol. 1

Utilizing light and shadow to showcase the female form.

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Fine Art Nude ft. Kat vol. 1

Throwback Thursday
Revisiting a past session showcasing dramatic lighting and the female form. The window is one of my custom built light modifiers which I can use to create the appearance of sunlight filtering through a window panel that creates beautiful, soft side lighting. The shadow side is actually lit similarly with another custom made light modifier and the two are placed opposite each other in the studio to create this effect. This gives me the option of including it in the frame or using it only as a light source and cropping it out completely.

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Fine Art Nude ft. Kahlan - TBT

Throwback Thursday!!!
Here is a second look through a past session with Kahlan. This session produced so many fantastic images that I overlooked several portions of the set while creating posts. Here we utilized a chair to both obscure and enhance the nudity in the series.

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Black Lace with Dame d'Voltaire

Boudoir in the studio with Dame d'Voltaire. The lace lingerie is part of my wardrobe kit and fit her perfectly. We worked in the studio together for hours playing with different props, wardrobe, and lighting and created a wide array of looks for us both to develop our portfolios. I love working with new people and collaborating to create images I wouldn't be able to create with anyone else.

The Red Dress ft. Rachelred

I had the opportunity to work with Rachelred again recently. Her energy is so amazing when she gets in the studio, she is able to connect with the camera in a way that makes you feel like she's looking in to you personally. Its an amazing talent and the resulting images tell a beautiful story.

Halloween Is Coming ft. Kahlan - TBT

Halloween is my favorite time of year, and as July comes to a close, it becomes a countdown for me. Here we have a series from a past session with Kahlan playing with one of my many skulls. I have so much fun playing in the studio with talented models and capturing how expressive they are in different scenarios. The images within contain nudity and are Not Safe For Work.

Kat's Sweater Series

As part of our first session, Kat wanted to include some oversize sweater poses. She brought some of her own and utilized some from my studio as well. Several colors and so many poses. Its hard to choose favorites so I have included several of each color here

Hollywood Glamour featuring Cherry Brandi - TBT

 Cherry Brandi came to me with an idea for a photo shoot emulating classic Hollywood glamour. She had a few samples of the type of photos that she wanted, and after studying them for a short time, I was able to engineer a lighting setup to match the style she wanted. They looked good in color, but converting them to black & white changed them into the vintage shots she was after.

I have worked with Brandi twice before, and each time we have come out of our sessions with so many great photos, its hard to pick favorites. This session lasted only half as long as our previous meetings, but produced just as many fantastic shots. I have selected several favorites to share here, but there are even more that will have to wait for another time...

Portfolio for Trade - Personal Fitness

Since closing my studio, I have been scheduling photo sessions anywhere that has a few square feet of space to set up a backdrop and lights. This session was held in a half-empty living room with the sofa pushed to one side and my background stands pushed up against the opposite wall. We had about 8 feet of space in each direction to work with. It was just enough room to set  up my portable flashes and light-modifiers to give us different lighting effects. The idea behind this photo shoot was to give us both some great looking images to add to our portfolios. This young woman is a personal trainer and wanted some promotional images to add to her online profile.

::: UPDATE 2015 ::: She has since discontinued her personal training career :::

We started this session using a white fabric backdrop and set the lights to make it a bright white. Throughout the photo shoot, we changed backgrounds, lighting effects, and wardrobe to create several different looks and poses for a variety of options. To create some dramatic images, I changed to the black background and moved my main light to the side to create some cross-body shadows.
We shot over 700 images during our 2 1/2 hour session. I narrowed it down to 200 top picks. In order to share them here, I have narrowed my list of favorite images even further:

Kahlan - Sheer Beauty

Kahlan is such a fun model to work with. Each of our sessions has produced so many fantastic shots, it is quite difficult to choose favorites. I love shooting different wardrobe and props because it gives the model more creative freedom to act with pieces she may not have used before. The sheath dress in this series is part of my prop kit, as is the fan pictured in a few of the images.

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Creating Art With Kahlan

Working with Kahlan is always a joy!

I had the opportunity to collaborate with her on a concept using dramatic rim lighting techniques in the studio. To achieve the final concept, I converted the images to black-and-white.

This Image was the inspiration for this session, and then we put our own spin on it to showcase Kahlan's beautiful tattoos. I have a collection of inspirational images I refer to when I am planning a photo session, especially with a model as beautiful as Kahlan.

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Introducing Lacey

Lacey is a part-time model who graciously agreed to help me build my portfolio and hers while playing around in my studio. We shot for over two hours, and had tons of fun playing around with lighting, props, wardrobe, and lots of fun poses. I have so many favorites from our session, it will take time to share more of them.

Introducing Kahlan

 

I met Kahlan through Model Mayhem. You can find more about her here. We both wanted to improve our portfolios, but without a studio, it proved difficult to find a suitable location. We were able to use a small bed and breakfast for our shoot, and made use of the decor as our backdrop. She brought several outfits, and we also used items from my kit to achieve different looks and combinations during our session. She has a large tattoo of angel wings across her back which made for some very cool looking images.