More Kelsey
July 12th, 2013
Here are some more from my shoot with Kelsey Dylan at my old favorite place from my younger days. This was a great shoot and there is more to come.
Kelsey is a great model and she did an especially fine job on this day of shooting.
I hope to be able to work with Kelsey again soon.
Have a happy July 4
July 4th, 2013
Three Amigos
June 29th, 2013
Just a quick post with a little personal history. I got together with a couple old friends last night. We have been friends for a long time and we stay in touch and see each other regularly. But often there are a bunch of other people with us, which is nice, or it’s just two of us meeting. But last night was kind of special for some unknown reason. It was all three of us and just the three of us. We talked about everything, discussed all the world’s problems and devised solutions for them. We sat outside a burger joint on the north side of Columbus. The weather was perfect. The spot was perfect. The burger joint closed up for the night and we were still there loitering on their outdoor furniture. It was a fine night.
This all started in the 1970s when I bought a house and invited those two to move in and share the place with me. Tim, on the left in the photo, was a photographer for the local daily newspaper…the same job that I had at the start of my career as a photographer. Ken had left his job at an ad agency and started his ultimately very successful commercial photography business while we were all living together. I was working for the government as a photojournalist…a job that actually paid enough that I could buy a house. We called my house the Home for Wayward Photographers. That name stuck and we still refer to ourselves as the Wayward Photographers.
Tim went on to work for the Associated Press in Chicago and New York City. More recently he has been doing freelance photo work. Ken’s business did very well and continues to this day. I’m retired now after a 30+ year career with the government. Life is good.
Here’s a photo that Ken took with a timer in the studio he had set up in the Home for Wayward Photographers back in the days of olde. We really haven’t changed a bit.
Back to what I do
June 26th, 2013
It’s about time to get back to what I do most of the time here: Naked Chicks On Rocks. That’s my specialty. That’s what I do best. And, there are few models who do a better job of being naked on rocks than Kelsey Dylan.
Here she is at my old favorite location from my misspent childhood again. This was a great shoot for this series from this beautiful spot, so you’ll be seeing more from this shoot here in future posts. I just wish Kelsey were around more so I could work with her more often. She’s a wonderful model and a great person.
Gallery Opening Reception Snapshots
June 19th, 2013
The opening reception of my Chicago show at Gallery Provocateur was a ton of fun. Here are a few snapshots of the festivities. First a shot of folks looking at my part of the show:
Four of the five models who were in my photos in the show were able to attend the opening. So we decided to have a little fun while they were all there. That’s Artistic Physique, Kat, Claudine and, of course, Brooke Lynne.
And we did some individual photos of each of them with their photos:
And here are all the models and all my photos in the show.
And here are all the models with Veronika, the wonderful, beautiful gallery owner who put this show together.
Veronika is also a fashion designer. Brooke and Kat spent the later part of the evening modeling some of Veronika’s dress designs.
Meanwhile, body painter Orlando Barsallo was working is paint magic on Artistic Physique and Claudine.
If you weren’t able to make it to the opening you can still view and buy the art at the Gallery Provocateur store. And there will be a closing reception in August before the show comes down. I hope to be able to attend that reception too.
Don’t Forget the Show
June 14th, 2013
Don’t forget the opening reception for my show in Chicago. Tomorrow, June 15, 8-midnight. It’s going to be a lot of fun. If you are in the Chicago area I hope to see you there. Gallery Provocateur, 1621 North Kedzie Blvd, Chicago.
2257 And Company
June 6th, 2013
Yesterday was finally my day in court in the lawsuit to have the 2257 laws declared to be unconstitutional. We filed this suit in 2009, to give you some idea of how fast this has been going. I got to say my piece from the witness stand to explain why I believe this law infringes on my constitutional rights. And I got to listen to some of my co-plaintiffs express their problems with the law. I was also able to meet several other plaintiffs who were there to watch the testimony.
After the trial broke for lunch a bunch of us went together to a restaurant. In the photo below, taken with my crappy cell phone because I wasn’t allowed to bring a “real” camera into the courtroom, are, left to right, plaintiffs Tom Hymes and Nina Hartley; a reporter covering the trial, Alex Henderson; plaintiffs Barbara Alper and Carol Queen; and another reporter, Mark Kernes. Yours truly is reflected in the mirror in the background.
You can read the reporters’ accounts of the trial at these links:
http://www.xbiz.com/news/163598
Below are Carol, Barbara and Nina looking at some photos after the trial ended for the day.
Nina looked at my photos and liked what she saw. So we decided to do a quick shoot after lunch. Yes, that’s Nina in the photo up at the top. She is a lovely, talented and quite intelligent woman.
This lawsuit has really been a trial ever since 2009. I hope it is worth all the effort and these bad laws are removed from the books. But, if nothing else I’m very pleased to have met these wonderful people who are also part of the suit.
Another Show Coming Up
May 27th, 2013
Just as I was leaving to go to the Kinsey Institute for the opening of their juried show, I received a message from Veronika at Gallery Provocateur in Chicago asking if I’d like to participate in a group show at her gallery in June. Of course I said yes. Veronika has a great gallery and she puts on wonderful shows. I’ve shown my work there before.
But the problem is the short amount of time I have to prepare my work for the show. I’ll have 10 photos in the gallery. I’ve gotten them all printed now and I’m waiting for the frames and mattes to be ready. They are promised for Wednesday…so that will give me enough time to get everything framed and ready to deliver to the gallery on Sunday. All large prints, on archival paper printed with my Epson 4900, which is working perfectly these days.
I’m so pleased to be in Gallery Provocateur again. I’ll be there for the opening on June 15. Most, if not all, of the models who were my muses for the photos in the show will also be there for the opening. If you are in the Chicago area I hope I’ll see you there too.
More Fame, Still No Fortune
May 16th, 2013
Tomorrow is the opening of the Kinsey Institute juried show in Bloomington, Indiana. I’ll be there for the opening reception and other festivities. The student newspaper at Indiana University interviewed me for a story about the show. That story was published today.
Kelsey at A Favorite Place
May 13th, 2013
I thought it was about time to get back to posting a few nudes on here. I’ve been photographing in a very special place for me, a place near where I grew up that I used to go to when I was young. It’s beautiful and a perfect setting for nudes, but until recently I had never photographed nudes there. I decided to change that and take my favorite models there to make some photos. You’ve seen some of the results of those shoots here before.
Last summer I was able to visit this special place again with one of my favorite models, Kelsey Dylan. Kelsey did a fantastic job and the light was being good to us most of the time we were there, so I got quite a few “keepers” out of this shoot.
Because the shoot was so successful you can expect to be seeing photos from it for the next few posts. I’m sure I won’t be getting a lot of complaints about having lots of photos of Kelsey on here.
