July 5th, 2007
Another from last month’s shoot in West Virginia. It was cold and wet and wonderful. I’m slowly starting to work my way through the last month’s shoots and will post them as I go. I made a little progress today, but tomorrow I’ll end up further behind because I’ll be doing another shoot instead of working on the old ones. Maybe next week I’ll make more headway. When I do you’ll see them here.
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July 2nd, 2007
I’ll be doing family things over the next few days, so here is a photo to help celebrate the 4th. I took this photo as my reaction to 9/11. I kept seeing a lot of really cheesy flag photos around that time. I decided I wanted to do something that had a bit more of the feelings I had about the whole horrible thing. This is what I came up with.
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June 29th, 2007
Here’s a quick pick from my first scan through the photos Gaea and I did at the Hocking Hills yesterday. My main focus for the next couple weeks will be on getting caught up on the editing of the shoots I’ve done over the past month or so. That should result in regular new photos posted here.
After getting back from the Hocking Hills shoot I had a great time at the “Skin Art” show in Dayton. They did a very nice display of my photos and I got to talk with Gary M, Kaydence Noir, and finally met Rafael Class, had a nice talk with him, and got him to sign a copy of his book for my collection. I also met quite a few new folks who I hope to stay in touch with and work with in the future. I had to take off early, but midnight was as long as I could hold out after having gotten up at 5 a.m. to start the Hocking Hills shoot that morning. I’ll be looking forward to future events like this one.
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June 26th, 2007
Here’s Gaea adding her own unique color to the fall colors of Kentucky. This was shot a few years ago, the first time I worked with Gaea. She now lives near my studio and I’ve been working with her quite a bit lately. And her hair is no longer purple. If I ever get caught up on other stuff and get to do some editing there will be some new, more recent, photos of Gaea here. She’s worth the wait.
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June 24th, 2007
I’m still way to busy to be spending much time on blog posts. One photo show is this Thursday. I have to get that ready tomorrow. Today I’m still working on editing my last magazine assignment, plus another order from the magazine that has come in the mean time. Seems like I’m getting further and further behind.
I have several figure shoots from the past few weeks to edit. When I finally get to that there will be some new photos here. And I have another figure shoot coming up this week.
So for now I’ll share this older photo of the lovely Amber. Amber now lives in Florida, but I have some hope that I’ll get to work with her again sometime when I’m down that way. She’s a fine model.
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June 20th, 2007
I’m swamped. I have a magazine job to edit that I keep not getting finished. Today I had to get one of our cars from the body shop after some work and didn’t get to the magazine job again. I’m also trying to get a proposal put together for art galleries that may be interested in showing my work. And today I got an e-mail from a gallery where I’ll be in a group show next month. They want a bunch of info by Monday. I went to the doctor today for a cholesterol check and despite eating less and exercising more, and losing 15 pounds, it seems to be higher than the last time it was checked. A shoulder is acting up and I’m having trouble lifting my arm above my head. I have a massage scheduled for tomorrow to try to help with that. On Friday I’ll go back to the doctor and hope he doesn’t want to do anything too drastic about the cholesterol. Also on Friday I have a contractor coming to give me an estimate on replacing my driveway. And tomorrow is my wife’s birthday, so I’m hoping I’ll get to take her out to dinner.
Sorry about all that, but that’s why you aren’t seeing posts here every day.
I haven’t had time to edit any of my recent shoots to put anything from them on here. So you’ll just have to put up with old stuff for a while. This is an oldie from a trip to the Wave several years ago. Fantastic location, wonderful model. Still one of my favorites.
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June 17th, 2007
Well, actually in Texas it’s called a ranch. But here is another of Vivian Caroline at her ranch in Houston.
Today I think I’ve set a record for this blog…the longest I’ve gone without a post since I started it up. It’s just a busy time. A while back I decided that I wouldn’t worry about making a post every day because it just simply took too much time and attention away from other things in my life, like taking photos. I make an effort to post every other day, but don’t really worry about it if I let it go for a day or two more. It seems I have a life, and it isn’t in the blogosphere.
Today was a great Father’s Day with brunch with my daughters and a call from my son. Tomorrow I have a magazine job to shoot, so I’ll still be pretty busy. But there will be more posts coming as I find time, including more from Vivian Caroline and also from a shoot with Mandy last week. And I have a couple more figure shoots already planned for the next month or so, so busy-ness will continue, and there will be posts here as life allows.
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June 13th, 2007
When I was in Houston back in March Niecy introduced me to a friend who was interested in trying figure modeling. Vivian Caroline had never modeled before, let alone nude, but we gave it a try.
I seldom photograph models who have no prior experience, perhaps because I will never try to talk a model into posing nude. I think that is a very personal decision and one that should never be made under any sort of pressure. I would never want a model to go away from a shoot feeling bad because she had done something she wasn’t sure she wanted to do.
But Vivian was sure and was comfortable and relaxed as we looked for good settings around her small farm. We didn’t really have enough time to do a thorough shoot and the location was a bit limiting, but I think we got a few good shots and Vivian got past that first time nude in front of a camera.
This shot was done through some screening that was in partial sun. I liked what the dark screen did to the tones and the thought it made the speckled light look more interesting. And Vivian has a beautiful form to reflect that light.
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June 11th, 2007
Too busy right now to get recent shoots properly edited, so here’s something old but good. This is Rachel on the coast of Maine shot a few years ago.
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June 8th, 2007
Another from this week’s shoot in West Virginia, one of my favorite places on the planet.
It’s a busy time for me right now. My daughter graduates from high school this weekend. I won’t be doing much on the computer for a few days.
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Another from last month’s shoot in West Virginia. It was cold and wet and wonderful. I’m slowly starting to work my way through the last month’s shoots and will post them as I go. I made a little progress today, but tomorrow I’ll end up further behind because I’ll be doing another shoot instead of working on the old ones. Maybe next week I’ll make more headway. When I do you’ll see them here.
Here’s Gaea adding her own unique color to the fall colors of Kentucky. This was shot a few years ago, the first time I worked with Gaea. She now lives near my studio and I’ve been working with her quite a bit lately. And her hair is no longer purple. If I ever get caught up on other stuff and get to do some editing there will be some new, more recent, photos of Gaea here. She’s worth the wait.
I’m still way to busy to be spending much time on blog posts. One photo show is this Thursday. I have to get that ready tomorrow. Today I’m still working on editing my last magazine assignment, plus another order from the magazine that has come in the mean time. Seems like I’m getting further and further behind.
Well, actually in Texas it’s called a ranch. But here is another of Vivian Caroline at her ranch in Houston.
When I was in Houston back in March Niecy introduced me to a friend who was interested in trying figure modeling. Vivian Caroline had never modeled before, let alone nude, but we gave it a try. 
Too busy right now to get recent shoots properly edited, so here’s something old but good. This is Rachel on the coast of Maine shot a few years ago.
Another from this week’s shoot in West Virginia, one of my favorite places on the planet.
