At the Beach at Dawn with Zura

February 22nd, 2023

I did a shoot yesterday at dawn on the beach with Zura.

Zura is a beautiful lady and a talented model.

As you can see, she did a great job.

These are just a few quick edits. There will be many more fine photos from this shoot.

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Cute

February 18th, 2023

Did a shoot with a wonderful, beautiful model, Cute Epoxide. I’ve barely had time to glance at the results, but this one jumped out at me, so I thought I’d go ahead and share it.

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Fun with Gina

January 24th, 2023

I’ve been photographing Gina Ferraro for a long time.

The first time we worked together she was still in high school and modeled for me on an assignment for a teen beauty magazine. I won’t say just how long ago that was…honestly I can’t even remember.

When we got together this time Gina brought a dress, a thrift store find, that she wanted to pose in.

The result was some nice photos…though I think Gina can make just about any outfit work.

It’s always a pleasure to photograph Gina and get the time to visit with her and catch up.

The plague had kept us apart for far too long.

I hope it won’t be as long before we get to work together again.

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More Tone

January 20th, 2023

I’m playing around with my black and white project and processed a few files with more toning.

What do you think?

The model is the always lovely Eden.

I shot these last two with my 50-year-old, single-element soft focus lens.

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More Black and White

January 11th, 2023

I’m continuing to experiment with this new black and white process.

Just going through old photos and finding ones that work for what I’m after in this new project.

Soon I’ll be doing new shooting specifically to produce the look I’m after.

But meanwhile these older photos are working for me.

I’m looking forward to seeing where this new project takes me and my work.

Not sure at this point how much of this work will be nudes…

…but nudes always seem to be a part of whatever I’m doing with photography.

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A New Beginning

January 9th, 2023

I seem to have found myself at the start of a new project.

It’s so new I really don’t know yet where it is going.

It started out as I was just working with software to create the kind of tonal pallet that I wanted to see in my black and white photos.

I was working with some old files, experimenting with variations in the black and white conversions when I realized that there was a theme seeming to emerge on its own from the photos I selected.

The tones are where I want them. And I seem to have a number of older photos that work together.

Now it’s time to start shooting some new work specifically to add to this collection. Meanwhile I’m still trying to figure out what to call this project…

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Another Exhibit for a Favorite Photo

January 3rd, 2023

I’ve just been notified that this photo of BlueRiverDream has been chosen for an exhibit called “Joysome.” The exhibit by The Dairy Arts Center in Boulder, Colorado will be printed on flags and displayed throughout the city. I share credit fully with BlueRiverDream for this very popular photo. She made the dress and brought in along on the hike up the mountain to this location, and, of course, did her usual superb job of modeling to make this photo a reality.

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Castle Time

December 30th, 2022

I’m serious about trying to catch up after doing very little editing in 2022. It has been an awful year and lots of things interfered with photography and editing. I’m really hoping 2023 will be better.

These photos are from a shoot that happened about a year and a half ago. I went to a “castle” in Ohio with a couple models and a photographer friend. More on all the details in a future post. But for today enjoy a few photos of a wonderful young lady and fine model, Chaotik Dreams.

There are a lot more photos from this shoot. They’ll be showing up here in the next few posts. Stay tuned…

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Eden at the Lake

December 27th, 2022

A few photos from way back in 2021 with Eden at a local lake.

Over the past couple years Eden has become one of my favorite models.

With all the horrible events in my life in 2022, I find myself very far behind on editing and posting photos. I did manage to do some work over the past couple years, so there is some good stuff in the backlog. I guess my new years resolution is going to be to get to work and catch up on posting. Stand by to see if I’m actually able to do that.

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Merry Christmas

December 23rd, 2022

I thought I’d post a few Christmas photos to mark the season.

One year ago today I was at the studio playing around with Christmas lights and long exposure blur. The wonderful model Eden was there to help.

While driving home from this shoot I had a massive heart attack. I’m very lucky to still be alive. And I’m very pleased with what might have been my last photos.

But I’m still kicking and clicking. Earlier this week I did a shoot with old friend and wonderful model Artistic Physique.

We shot at her home where she had an abundance of Christmas decorations.

So, naturally we had to incorporate them into some of the shots.

It’s always fun to shoot with Artistic Physique. There seems to usually be a good bit of laughter happening when we are working together.

I’m going to try to avoid dying this year, and hope to be back with some more photos soon. Meanwhile, enjoy the holiday season, whatever you celebrate.

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About this Blog

Photos and comments by Dave Levingston. This is the place to see my most recent work which may include nudes, dance, landscape, nature and whatever other kinds of photos I feel like taking.

Since it does contain nude photos, this blog is not intended for viewing by anyone under the age of 18.

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