They Love Me in France
January 2nd, 2024
Once again I’m a winner in the French PHOTO magazine’s annual contest. They say it’s the largest photo contest in the world. There are tens of thousands of entries each year. I enter every year and almost always am one of the winners. I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve won, but when I first started entering I had to mail physical prints to France to enter. Of course it’s all done digitally now, which is much easier when their website works.
This is my winning entry this year. That’s the incredibly wonderful NevaehLleh partially hidden behind a Joshua Tree at, you guessed it, Joshua Tree National Park. Models really don’t get any better than NevaehLleh. And she is an absolutely delightful human being on top of that. I wish she lived closer, I’d be shooting with her all the time.
Onis Light and Dark
December 31st, 2023
A few more things shot at an artist’s studio in Havana with lovely model, Onis.
Just playing around with the light in a couple places.
Onis in Cuba
December 27th, 2023
Despite not being able to actually talk to each other since I speak no Spanish and Onis speaks no English, Onis and I somehow instantly hit it off and knew we wanted to work together.
For the first half of this second day of shooting in Havana we were at a large artist’s studio with big windows and lots of random works of art scattered around. And some interesting light.
But we have both agreed (thanks to google translate) that this was not our favorite of the locations we worked at that week. I think we would both say it was our least favorite.
We both worked hard and struggled a bit to find photographs…but we did manage to get a few that aren’t too bad. That’s what happens with a great model.
There will be more with this lovely lady from this part of the Anchell Workshop in Havana. Stay tuned.
Cuba–Windows and Light
December 20th, 2023
More from my trip to Cuba for Steve Anchell’s nude workshop.
Lots more to come from Cuba. Lots of editing to get done…
Green Cuba
December 18th, 2023
Cuba was warm and green when I was there recently.
On one day I was able to work with models outdoors in a park setting.
Beautiful models and a beautiful setting. It was a good day.
Cuba
December 13th, 2023
Sorry I haven’t posted in a while. I’ve been in Cuba. I was there for a nude photography workshop led by Steve Anchell. The photo above, of course, is not nude, but it is my favorite photo from the workshop. The model actually is nude, though you can’t tell.
My second favorite is the photo below. I guess it’s what some call a covered nude.
More from the workshop:
As you can see, there were many lovely models available for the workshop. For the most part each photographer was able to work one-on-one with each model. We did get several models together for a few shots now and then, though.
I like the sense of mystery and possible danger evoked by the photo below.
Many more photos to come from this adventure.
Carrie and Eden in Black and White
November 24th, 2023
A few black and white photos of Carrie and Eden hanging out at Proparazzi.
Netti and Water
November 20th, 2023
There was a river where Netti and I were shooting, and it was hot that day, so we decided to take advantage of the situation.
Hanging out under the bridge…
And almost drowning in vegetation.
In the Ruins
November 16th, 2023
Spent some time wandering around some ruins in Southern Indiana with the beautiful and talented Netti.
More to come from this shoot.
Further Back
November 13th, 2023
Well, it’s the same shoot as the last post, but these were shot with my old single-element soft-focus lens and processed for my “Brigman-White” project.
The wonderful, beautiful models are again, Rachel and Eden.
Rachel returning to the scene of my discovery of “the figure in nature” with her 20 years ago.
Eden, the lovely model who I’ve been working with quite a bit in the past few years.
So, with these photos I conclude my visit to the beginnings of my work with the nude in nature.
