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.
Feel the Heat
February 9th, 2021
On a day when it is freezing in Ohio and we are digging out from a snowfall last night, it seems like a good time to look back at a shoot in the Bisti Wilderness in New Mexico. It was summer. It was hot. I mean it was really, really hot. We’d go out to shoot first thing in the morning as soon as the sun was up. In just a couple hours it would be too hot to keep going and we’d call it a day. In the photo above you can see my two wonderful models taking a break and hiding from the furnace-like sun. Thanks for your willingness to deal with those conditions, Kahlan and Areia.
The photo above gives you an idea of what a vast desolate area this wilderness is.
We tried to stay in the shade because the sun was like a blast furnace.
Despite the conditions, the ladies stuck it out and did a great job. Thanks again.
More to come from this shoot.
Dirty Pictures
February 8th, 2021
Now that the website is up and running again I guess it’s time to start posting here on the blog again and try to catch up. In some ways it’s good that I’m more than a year behind on posting because it has been more than a year since my last photo shoot. So, if I weren’t behind, I’d have nothing new to post.
So, here are some photos of Ayn at a local lake.
As you can see, Ayn got just a little dirty during this shoot.
It looks pretty messy, but I think she actually had a good time.
Thanks, Ayn, for a great, fun shoot.
Upcoming Gallery Show
February 5th, 2021
I have two photographs in the upcoming show, The Photographic Nude, at Lightbox Photographic Gallery in Astoria, Oregon.
This is a show that’s somewhat difficult to get into, so I’m very pleased that they chose two of my entries for the show. The photo above features contortionist model Cheryl Birch.
The second photo, below, is of model and internet personality Wonderhussy.
Curiously, both photos happen to have been taken, at different times, at the same location in a red rock area outside Las Vegas near Lake Mead. Wonderhussy took me to this spot when I did a shoot with her. It seemed like a good place to work with Cheryl when I was working on contortion photos later on.
I had planned that the next time I had work in this great nude show I would fly out to Astoria for the opening. The virus is making that impossible this year. Maybe next time.
Also of note, my website is back in operation after it was hacked. Things seem to be working again and I’m going to try to get back to making blog posts. There are lots of new things in the galleries, so you might want to use the navigation links at the top of the page to check out my portfolio.
Virtual Gallery Show
September 16th, 2020
My photo above was accepted by the Zanesville Museum of Art for their annual juried show this year. Only 75 art works were selected for this show out of 471 entries. Unfortunately, there will be no physical show in their beautiful gallery this year because of the plague. But there will be a virtual gallery.
The online exhibit will open on October 22 and will run until January 8. There will be a virtual opening for the exhibit on October 22. You can register to attend the virtual opening here.
And, in case you hadn’t noticed, this site was down for a while. Not sure if it was hacked or there was just some kind of software glitch. I have a good guy working on fixing things now and we seem to be somewhat back to normal. If you happen to want to look through the galleries, you’ll find they are still not working right. The buttons to move to the next pages in the galleries are not working. But, if you click on one photo and continue clicking through the slide show you’ll be able to view all the photos in each gallery. A new site design is in the works.
The Magazine
September 7th, 2020
A friend of my good friend, Dave Rudin, sent him a photo of the page in French PHOTO magazine where both of our photos are published. That’s it above with my photo in the lower left and Dave R’s photo on the right, second from the top. It’s nice to be in the magazine and nice to share the page with a good friend.
Here’s the cover of this issue of the magazine below.
