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Staircase Mistress - BTS

The Endless Sinner, brilliant as always.

The Staircase Mistress

The incomparable Endless Sinner on a fabulous staircase in an Airbnb I stayed in some time ago. The light here comes from a medium-sized (about 120 cm) matte silver umbrella from Balcar, probably about 30 years old, which they unfortunately no longer make. The matte silver adds a bit more punch than a matte white umbrella, but not as much as a s...

Red non-underwear - Teaser

A couple of shots of the wonderful Cassie, check out the full 9-pic (7 + 2 on Discord) series, and the BTS movie available for the Photographers and Vault tiers.

Red Non-underwear - BTS movie

Here a craool 2-camera BTS movie with Cassie wearing "nonderwear"

Red non-underwear

Cassie brought this set to one of our shoots, and as I’ve previously stated, I’m not a massive fan of lingerie.

But the whole point of underwear like this is to look sexy, and I know better than to decline a women who want to feel sexy for a shoot (wonderful things can happen when they are in that frame of mind).

And this occas...

The Sunny Rock

This shot with Wiana was initially meant to be a booty shoot.

However, with the strong sun behind me, it turned out more explicit and lacked aesthetic quality. So, we changed the direction and shot her from the front, facing a new challenge: Normally, I’d lean her head back for a more sensual look, but when I did that, the light came fr...

Red Body

Isabella Chris (Formerly known as Belzen) brought this red body to a shoot, and we decided to shoot something usable on Instagram. (*)
I think we shot 10 frames, as I’m just not into lingerie.

I mean, it’s a nice enough image with nice lighting from the window, but I’m not into fashion-like imagery like this.
It boils down to...

Riding the Nautilus

I shot this in 2017 with Roarie Yum at a fantastic place called Little Finland.

Little Finland isn't in Scandinavia, but named because it’s “the land of fin’s - on rocks"), and it is located in Nevada, USA.

I read somewhere that it was once connected to the Valley of Fire, and looking at a map, I can see how that could be, ...

Victorious Decay - BTS movie

BTS from the first set I shot with Emma Helena.

Victorious Decay

Victorious Decay

Emma Helena is a posing machine, and since this is the first shot we did together, and I didn't know her when we met, I mostly let her freestyle to see where that would lead. Then we evaluated (I shot tethered in the studio), found some favorites, and refined those over a couple of iterations. I lit with a 60x180cm Elinchr...

Long Hair Don't care - BTS movie

BTS movie from shooting Lilith with a Fresnel spot.

Long Hair, Don't Care - Teaser

Two pics out of the full set with Lilith Etch.

Long hair, don’t care

Here is a studio set with the Lilith etch, which was really prompted because she had grown-out hair (but whatever excuse is needed to shoot with a great model and friend works for me).

This set, just like the one published 2 days ago with Georgia Brown, was lit with my large Fresnel spot, but here I used it to amplify the shadows ra...

Unattended Asylum - BTS

A nice 13 min BTS movie with Silas.

Unattended Asylum

I really love the cinematic feel of this, achieved with a close vantage point to the model and using a Signa 35mm ƒ1.2 to blur the background. In postproduction, I enhanced the light coming through the windows, giving it a dustier look that further draws attention to the model.

I do like images where you can imagine a story, and this one ...

Booty On Eames

This set with Georgia Brown was lit with my large Fresnel spot, similar to what was used during Hollywood's golden age of film noir.

I positioned the lamp very close to the camera to minimize shadows on the body, similar to a speedlight, but with the added softness of a larger light source.

And then I used a large rectangular softb...

Booty On Eames - Multicam BTS

BTS movie with Georgia Brown paying tribute to Charles Eames (or some such thing), being lit by a Fresnel Spot.

Zsan at Las Grietas - BTS Movie

A nice little BST movie from shooting Zsan at the canyon

Zsan at Las Grietas

Zsan at Las Grietas

Here is a nice mini-set with Zsan of Sweden shot after one of my Lanzarote workshops in October. Las Grietas is such a magical place to shoot with a very surreal background. The high contrast can be challenging; once the sun hits the top of the cliffs, the contrast toward the bottom of the canyon can easily become ...

Come fly with me

I've just returned from Lanzarote, doing some (pretty awesome) workshops. One of the pleasant surprises I had while there was that Georgia Brown was up for doing some shibari sets.

Previously, she did not like to be tied up, and her personal boundaries are not to be tampered with, in my opinion.

I asked her what made her change her ...

Come fly with me - teaser

GEorgia Grown a bit tied up during some downtime at our Lanzarote Workshop

Come Fly With Me - MTS movie

BTS movie with Georgia Brown's first Shibari suspension.

Black Tie Event

I’ve done a fair share of shibari by now, and one of the things I like it the almost unlimited variations in designs you can make.

This is “just” a pretty little thing, where the front and booty are definitely nicer than the back.

The challenge is that each rope is 9m / 30’ and if you don’t need more for a design, you need...

Taking shelter

couple of months ago, I was shooting with Lilith Etch around the old runway near my studio,

and we captured a lot of shots in various locations, including this one. The background features

an old F-16 fighter jet shelter, and you might recognize one of its siblings in the Shibari set I

posted about a month ago, with Lilith sus...

Message in a Bottle - BTS

18 min BTS (2 camera setup) from the Message in a Bottle shoot with Wiana. I was testing some cameras here and unfortunately it screwed up sound a bit, apologies for that.

Message in a bottle

I was staying at this Airbnb in Sweden with Wiana, and the last day, the weather sucked, so we decided to shoot some indoor shots before checking out.

We found this carafe in the kitchen closet, and knowing that if filled with water, it would work as a magnifier. And knowing Wiana well and knowing she is not in any way shy, I thought we mi...

Goddess Georgia

In my recent Location workshops in Lanzarote, we had plenty of opportunities to make group images with up to 4 models.
For the first workshop, we were in a huge lava cave. I placed the models on this big rock; the light was amazing, and I asked the group, "Who wants to start?".
But nobody wanted to begin; they didn't know what to do.

Herodiade In Red

Hey Everyone, it's been a hectic few months making my new book, doing 3 weeks of workshops in Lanzarote, launching and marketing the Kickstarter campaign for Dopamine Driven Art, and now packing and shipping 300+ Packages over the next 8-10 days. After that, I'll get back to a bit more upfront Patreon information, and some longer multicam videos...

Rope Dessous

I hosted a Model Studio Day with Gracie Sweet some month ago.
The last participant, who I know well, asked if I could do a rope harness and I did, and got to shoot this short set on the side of what he shot.
Daylight from the w...

Anna Opsal Roped In

A bit of a long'ish BTS movie with Anna Opsal getting roped in.
Enjoy.