Archives for the 'available light' Category
Where Do Models Come From, Part 2
Thursday, November 1st, 2012
A little more to be said about where models come from. Sometimes they just show up and volunteer. Sometimes they have never done anything like this before, but they want to give it a shot. There can be many reasons they want to try nude modeling. A number have said to me essentially the same […]
Where Do Models Come From?
Monday, October 22nd, 2012
I’ve been photographing nude models for a long time. Much longer than most of my current models have been alive. I was shooting nudes long before there was an internet. Long before there were internet modeling sites and full-time traveling internet models. Times have changed. Back in those dark ages before the internet my models […]
All My Life’s a Circle
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012
The trip I took to Maine this summer was special in many ways. It marked a decade since I had made my first trip to Maine to do nude photos, back in 2002. The shoot I did on the coast with two wonderful models was my “Eureka” moment when I realized that I should be […]
Sometimes the Magic Works; Sometimes It Doesn’t
Saturday, October 6th, 2012
“Sometimes the magic works; sometimes it doesn’t.” That was one of the many wise things that Old Lodge Skins said in the movie, Little Big Man. And it wasn’t something he was upset about. It was just a fact. Well, it’s true of the magic of photography. Especially true when you are dealing with the […]
Angie’s Back
Sunday, September 30th, 2012
As you may remember from an earlier post, Angie recently had a baby. I enjoyed photographing them together in my studio. Well, Angie is back as a model and she’s as lovely as ever. So we went back to our favorite location to do some new photos. I’ve shot Angie here time and time again […]
Pittsburgh Pinhole Adventures
Friday, September 21st, 2012
When I was over in Pittsburgh with Ayn and Sugar Dumpling I took advantage of the opportunity to work with my new wide-angle pinhole “lens” on my Olympus micro 4/3 camera. The top photo was taken with the camera on a tripod with a 4 second exposure time. All the others were hand held with shutter […]
Pittsburgh Adventure and New Directions
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
I know it’s been a long time since my last post. Sorry about that. But you might as well get used to it. I’m working on some different things these days and those things are not going to be posted in this blog. I’m doing much less work with nude models now, although I expect […]
Farewell New York
Friday, August 24th, 2012
This will be the final post from the shoot near New York City with Erica and Venus. It was a great day of shooting with two wonderful models. The weather was perfect…solid overcast with occasional light rain. Just what I look for when I’m trying to shoot nudes in nature. And, don’t worry, this isn’t […]
Erica’s All Wet
Sunday, August 19th, 2012
When I talk to models about working with me I try to always promise them that they can plan on getting cold and wet and dirty. I put my models through a lot to get the photos I’m after. Most of the models I work with understand what I’m after and what is required on […]
Birth of Venus
Tuesday, August 14th, 2012
I couldn’t help thinking of that painting when I started looking at these photos of Venus de Milo from our shoot just outside New York City. Of course, these photos are nothing like the famous painting. But the model is Venus and she is splashing around in water. That’s close enough for me. There was this […]
