Rachel
May 17th, 2025
This portrait of the lovely and talented Rachel with her dog, her self-portrait paintings, and her beloved Subaru Brat (she was working as a Subaru mechanic at the time) has been selected for the Portraits exhibit at Praxis Gallery in Minneapolis.
Theda Through a Pinhole
April 30th, 2025
Last Sunday, April 27, was Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day. My old friend and beautiful model, Theda, happened to be visiting my area on that day, so I couldn’t resist the opportunity to recruit her for a few pinhole photos.
These were shot with my Panasonic GX8 and a Pinwide commercially made pinhole that I’ve used for many years.
We tried several different things. Only one can be uploaded to the Pinhole Day website. I think this one below is the one I’ll upload this year. I like the multi-exposure effect which was accomplished with just a single exposure.
More Dance
April 19th, 2025
A few more dance photos at a different location.
Dance In Nature
April 14th, 2025
A few photos of a talented dancer out at one of my favorite outdoor locations.
I’ve done a lot of dance photos over the years and I’ve shot a lot of photos out in nature. I like to combine those two things when I can.
Most of my dance photos are of modern dance. I’m having an urge to do more with ballet.
So I’m looking for experienced ballet dancers who can dance on pointe in locations like this.
A Wonderful Couple of Models
April 3rd, 2025
Over the many years that I’ve been doing photos with figure models I’ve worked with many, many wonderful women. I like to remind them that I couldn’t do my work without them.
Occasionally, actually rarely, a model comes along who becomes much more than a model. Every once in a while a model becomes a friend.
This has only happened a few times. But it’s a wonderful thing when it does. It’s great to have a friend. It’s great to work with a model who is a friend. The work is easier and the results almost always are great.
Even better is when a couple of those model friends are with me together for a shoot.
That’s what happened when BlueRiverDream and Ariea came to Ohio and worked with me at one of my favorite local places.
I can’t begin to thank these amazing ladies enough for all the times they have helped me make my art. They are absolutely the best.
Modelographers
March 30th, 2025
Some of my favorite models are also excellent photographers. I actually don’t really like that “modelographer” word, but I still use it occasionally. I always encourage the models who are also photographers to bring their cameras and do their own shooting when we are working together.
The whole thing of clothes or no clothes really doesn’t get a lot of attention at these shoots. Sometimes a model will pose for photos in the nude and then pick up their camera and go to work photographing the other models.
And, of course, everyone likes to check out the results.
Thanks to all the great crew for this shoot: Herb Ascherman, BlueRiverDream, Kristen, Electra Monroe, Carrie, and Areia.
Photographers and Models At Work
March 26th, 2025
A few behind the scenes photos of Herb Ascherman and Kevin Kampman at work with our group of fantastic models, Areia, BlueRiverDream, Electra Monroe, Kristen, and Carrie.
Fantasy and Reality
March 20th, 2025
Give lovely and talented model, BlueRiverDream, some fabric and watch her make art with it…and, of course, take some photos.
And, here is something more real…although abstracted into Black and White. Blue and another of my wonderful, lovely friends, Areia.
Around The Farm
March 16th, 2025
Just some random photos from wandering around my friend’s farm with BlueRiverDream and Nettie.
One of my photos of BlueRiverDream, featuring a wonderful dress she had designed and brought on our shoot on a mountain in California, has been very successful. It was featured in a show in Colorado where it was reproduced as a banner that was displayed in several locations. Then they gave us the banner. Blue brought the banner along for this shoot on the farm. Here are a couple photos we did with it.
Here’s the original photo that was featured on the banner. You’ve seen it here before, of course:
Keep On Truckin’
March 12th, 2025
Nettie and Areia playing around in a pickup truck down on the farm.
We do have some fun on these shoots…
