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…
Down On The Farm With Nettie
March 7th, 2025
A few photos at a friend’s farm with the lovely and talented Nettie.
A Crowd of Models
February 26th, 2025
What a great shoot this was with a great bunch of wonderful models.
Major thanks go to every one in this crew. Thanks BlueRiverDream, Areia, Carrie, Nettie, and Electra.
Lots more to come from this shoot…stay tuned.
More Instant Areia
February 21st, 2025
Instant Areia
February 13th, 2025
Some photos from a shoot with my beautiful friend Areia.
These are all scanned instant photos with no retouching.
They were taken with my Mamiya Universal camera with a back for peel-apart Fuji instant color film.
I still have that camera and a few packs of that discontinued film. I really need to schedule a shoot just to use that film up. It’s way out of date.
