Getting Past the Plague
March 18th, 2021
It’s been a long year. The last time I did a photo shoot was January of 2020. Finally, that has changed. I have my plague shots now so I’m ready to get back into photo action.
A few days ago I was able to do a shoot with the amazing, lovely Carrie Turner. Carrie has started her vaccinations. We were careful and kept our distance.
As you can see, she’s a strikingly beautiful woman and I can tell you that she is not only a great model, but also a delightful human being. A real pleasure to work with.
For me this shoot was sort of a warm up. I hadn’t really touched my cameras in a year. I got them out and charged up the dead batteries and made sure I had the settings where I like them. We shot at Carrie’s studio. My only goal was to get some nice shots of Carrie and get some practice with my equipment. It worked out quite well.
I brought out my soft-focus lens for a few photos. That worked well too…and I got some practice with that manual-focus lens.
I hope to do a lot more work with Carrie as the plague subsides. And I have some shoots with her that haven’t appeared here yet that I did in 2019 before the plague started. I decided the jump ahead and edit this one now as a celebration of the coming of the end of the plague.
Pas de deux
March 9th, 2021
This photo taken at a Dayton Contemporary Dance Company concert was selected as a finalist the performance category of the Pas de deux dance photography contest. This is an international competition with many amazingly wonderful entries by dance photographers around the world, so I’m very pleased and honored to have been included in the finalists.
Athena In Color
March 6th, 2021
How about a few nude portraits of Athena in color? She’s such a lovely person I couldn’t resist doing just a few of these.
Athena is one of the nicest people I’ve ever met. And she is a very talented model.
This last one was shot with a weird little cheapie fisheye lens that I was playing around with that day.
More of Athena
March 3rd, 2021
A few more revealing photos of Athena for the Brigman/White Project.
Nudes were the norm in Anne Brigman‘s work and not that uncommon in Clarence White, Sr.’s photography.
It was Brigman’s pioneering nudes that first drew me to study her work.
Athena With The Orb
February 28th, 2021
I did a great shoot with my lovely friend and model, Athena, a while back.
We did a bunch of shots using an orb, a favorite prop of Anne Brigman and Clarence White, Sr. These photos will be part of my ongoing Brigman/White Project.
There will be more to come from this shoot. Stay tuned.
Back East with Artistic Physique
February 25th, 2021
Back home in Ohio after the trip to New Mexico I had the chance to work with one of my favorite models and favorite people, Artistic Physique.
We went to one of my favorite places to shoot…Blackhand Gorge…a place with more than a century of history as a place for photography.
AP is a great model with an amazingly fit body. She also really seems to enjoy getting into challenging places and poses. And did I mention that she’s a very nice person?
AP is not very tall…but you’d never know that from this last photo…She is certainly statuesque.
More Areia at Bisti
February 21st, 2021
Just a few more photos of the lovely Areia lazing around on the hot rocks at the Bisti Wilderness in New Mexico at a time of year when “only fools and Englishmen” would be out and about in the blazing sun.
I didn’t find the kind of rock formations I was expecting to find at Bisti. A major portion of the wilderness was closed with signs saying not to enter. We obeyed the signs, but I think that cost us the best photos. Maybe I’ll go back some day…but not in the middle of the summer.
One last photo of Areia with clothes on before we move on to my next shoot in the next post. Thank you, Areia, for doing a wonderful job of modeling and making it possible for me to make my art.
More From Bisti
February 16th, 2021
More from my hot shoot in the Bisti Wilderness with the lovely Areia.
I think she makes a lovely addition to a desolate scene.
In the photo above Areia is finding a little shelter from the blazing hot sun. And here below, in her hiking clothes, is the beautiful lady who made these photos possible .
The Photographic Nude
February 14th, 2021
The Photographic Nude show at the Lightbox Gallery in Astoria, Oregon is now up. Yesterday, February 13, was the opening.
You can now see the entire show on line here.
I’m honored to have two of my photographs included in such excellent company.
More Desert Heat
February 12th, 2021
Here are some more from my trip to the Bisti Wilderness in New Mexico.
Today it’s all Kahlan basking in the scorching desert sun.
We are still buried in snow here in Ohio with sub-freezing temperatures forecast for the next 10 days, so looking at these hot photos helps keep me feeling warm.
More to come still from Bisti.
