Blog: 26 Dec 06

Karinna C3

A few years ago, I was approached by a woman who wanted to be photographed in character, with white Kabuki make-up, as a Chinese courtesan from antiquity. (first image of the set shows her without the make-up) We produced a number of photo sessions for this project, but what I'm posting today is a rather short, simple series of her "interacting" with a 5000 yr old Jade ....carving. (This set is an update from earlier this year, in our new format.)

Tiana C3

Today, another updated / reformatted gallery, from Session 3 with Tiana.

Forest Nudes 1

We've reformatted the Forest Nudes from my recent trip to Normandy - both the black & white set and the color gallery.

Forest Nudes 2

We've reformatted the Forest Nudes from my recent trip to Normandy - both the black & white set and the color gallery.

Alex C4

With today's update, we're going back to the painted canvas for a recent private commission with Alex. (As opposed to her first timid session with me a couple years ago, she now seems quite fond of the camera, and of the rope...) This session was greatly assisted by the rigging work of local SF rope expert Loki, who installed the appropriate equipment so we could dangle Alex from the studio ceiling, which is what she'd requested. Don't try this at home.

Layla C4

Here are some photos that were taken just a couple days ago in my Oakland studio. The model is Layla (parents evidently big Clapton fans) She was visiting from LA. and we spent the day doing five or six different sessions for that day. You'll see some very explicit poses here - not that there's anything wrong with that, of course. Also, I stayed away from my signature canvas set and forced myself to branch out with some natural light work, as well as some variations on my normal strobe lighting. Layla is a sweet-heart, no matter how stern she looks in these pics. I'm sure we'll have her back in the studio for more shots in the future. (For those of you interested in lighting, by the way, you can use an old photographer's trick, and just look closely in her eyes in the portrait shots. There you'll see where the lights are placed, and you may even see me reflected in there between the two big softboxes.)

Mimi C1

As we wait for the Prague files to be processed, I'm posting a series from another recent visit by rigger Mike West. We showed some images from this same day not too long ago - see the Elizabeth galleries in the left side Update Log. This time, I'm posting some shots of Mimi in suspension and bound on the studio floor. (As I've said before, the rope shots are not for everyone, but I can testify that the models certainly seem to enjoy these sessions..)

Cassie O1

Some of the older members of the audience may be familiar with something we used to call "film". (It was popular around the time of Paul McCartney's first back-up band, the "Beatles") This series I'm starting to post today comes from some experimental work I used to do with the stuff. There was a time when photographers would shoot dozens of rolls of film - using colored gels, cross processing, tungsten film with daylight strobes, etc - to try to achieve some new unusual look to their pictures. (These same magical effects can now be figured out in about 5 minutes by any 10-year-old using Photoshop.) So I thought the photo enthusiasts among you might be interested in seeing some of these experiments - and of course for those who are only here for the naked girls, there's that too. The model is Cassie, new to the site, from a session done for Penthouse (a b&w series of her will be coming up soon)

Guest Michael C Gross

Today, I'm presenting a new Guest Gallery, with the work of photographer / designer / producer / painter / curator Michael C. Gross. Normally I'm skeptical of anyone with so many fields of expertise, but Michael's resume is rather impressive - from Art Director of the National Lampoon to producer of such films as Ghostbusters and Twins - and as you'll see, his erotic photography is unusual, thoughtful and definitely worth a look. (also see his website, called MikeyandMandy.com)

Haley C1

OK, we now have some of the Haley scans up. I'll be adding more to this gallery shortly.

Hannah C1

I know I promised more of little Haley, but we've been having scanner problems - should be remedied shortly. In the meantime, here's a quick series of a brand new model, Hannah - and yes, the second picture is supposed to be upside down, since that's the way she was.

Robbie C1

The first of the Robbie gallery shots are up now - more coming soon. --- I finished the remaining Robbie scans over the weekend, so they're all up now.

Persis C2

A few new black & white scans of my session with Persis. She also has a color gallery on the site.

Fetish Book

I've been asked to put together some work for a new Fetish photo book to be published in Europe later this year, and I thought I'd post some of the images here. Some of these shots are new to the site, and long time members will recognize many of them from previous postings, but all are being shown now in a larger scan size.

Tess C2

The black & white versions of the Tess session shots are up today. (You may find a few other shots of Tess in the Playboy / Sexcetera samples.)

Tess C1

The Tess gallery was up last year, but somehow got dropped from the server. I'm posting her shots again - I'll be doing b&w conversions from the color shots, since she originally asked for b&w. This was a private commission that turned out so nice that I convinced her to let me show a few of them on the site. She also appears in my segment for Playboy TV's Sexcetera show,coming up in April (we'll have video clips available)

Denni O1

A few more Denni photos - should finish up tomorrow. (To answer a few inquiries, yes, she's a professional dancer.) --- Denni 's done now - coming up next is Yolanda, who reminds us all that grown up girls actually have pubic hair.