Sara

Über sad-faced Sara. You may have noticed that there are not many smiles in the work presented here. For better or for worse, smiling is a coping strategy. To me, you perhaps get closer to the soul of a person when they stop smiling.

Di

Night time in Chinatown.

Meira

I like the movement and vitality of this one. I typically try to stay away from spread leg shots, as they tend to be a little too porn-tastic. This seems to transcend that a little bit.

Izzy

I think that Izzy had more fun doing a suspension than anybody else. She had been pestering me for quite a while to do one, and now I could see why...

Ajaye

"I am not interested in rules and conventions... photography is not a sport. If I think a picture will look better brilliantly lit, I use lights or even flash. It is the result that counts, no matter how it was achieved." ~Bill Brandt

Heff

I love a point of view like this. To me, it seems to force the viewer into the image and become part of the image. When you shoot from below, typically a subject can make the viewer feel as though the subject is in control of a situation. The simple act of looking up at a subject/object can impart a loss of control or the idea that the object is unobtainable. In this case, since the subject is bound, it throws that notion topsy-turvy— which I think makes for a nice tension.

Katie Marie

She looks as if she's just a little bit afraid...

Veronica

Spaghetti & Meatballs.

T

Fortune Cookie: In Life & Photography, Seize the Moment!

Ajaye

Come on little miss and do the twist. Oh yeah, just like this...

Sonia

Biteable: a term to describe a person of the opposite sex that is so incredibly cute that you just want to give them a nibble. Not so hard that you get a full course meal, but hard enough so that you could accurately rate them.

Ajaye

Cold shower stare. Also, a close-up on the cold shower stare.

Kelly

I've done so many of these sort of formal, sitting on a stool shots over the years— I could probably gather them into a decent series.

Jess

Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever…  it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything. ~ Aaron Siskind

Maggie

Nice & Gritty.

Taliana

Old film shot. It was taken a couple of hours after the piercing, so the bloody holes are still visible.

Sally

I've done this type of rope dress too many times now— it's time to move on.

Katie Marie

Fun With Photoshop. I can't decide which one I like best– so here are three different versions. I usually do the depth of field blur with the lens only, but sometimes it's interesting to play around with Photoshop to get different results. The thing with PS is that it can look a bit fake (because it is...), and with the lens it always looks real.

Nathalia

While the thigh high suspenders were perhaps unnecessary (but a nice touch), the shoes definitely were necessary— the tar rooftop was really dirty and sticky.

Ajaye

Same thing, different points of view...

PXE

“Being in the womb was like taking a nine-month bath. I wanted to take a shower, but no matter how hard I kicked, or how loud I screamed, my mom wouldn’t listen.”  ~ Jarod Kintz

Maia

American Apparel ad?

Ajaye

Trying out a new tie, with some new hemp rope. It's actually quite simple, but I love the versatility of it.

Little One

Getting ready for a suspension.

Ajaye

The dreadlocks are gone...

Heff

More of the new window series...

Isabelle

"I don't like white paper backgrounds. A woman does not live in front of white paper. She lives on the street, in a motor car, in a hotel room."  ~Helmut Newton

Lady Lazarus

The fifty-year-old mattress adds a nice aesthetic.

Ajaye

L'Origine Du Monde.

Twinky

I've done a lot of maternity portraits over the years— but they are most often paid shoots where I cater towards the images being natural and flattering. Not to mention that I'm usually more concerned with making my subject comfortable, rather than experimenting. Here is pregnancy image where I was able to experiment a bit more.

Miera

Bettie Page inspired.

Little One

Yes, yet another shower shot. What can I say– shooting in the shower seems to access certain expressions which can't be captured without the magical properties of warm water. The comfort of water falling just simply relaxes most people, summoning a very natural body language.

Percolate

Sfumato.

Heff

Detail.

Meira

Fakey-fake pole dancin'

Izzy

Izzy, cleaning the floor.

Sarah

This makes for a nice little series. The down on the floor with the subject point of view has always been one of my favorites. BTW, that is a stocking that she is pulling off her legs with her mouth. I don't typically like to explain what's going on in a photograph, but in this case, it perhaps makes more sense with that helpful hint. If that causes this image to be a fail, then oh well. I guess I might like it more than many others– simply because I remember liking it as I shot it. That's probably not a problem that I should complain about, even if it happens often.

Tali De'Mar

Close-up face-off: An instance in movies or TV shows when two people face off for an argument and the shot zooms in on one's face and then the other's. It continually switches back and forth. A shorter series of shots can be used for drama while a strangely long series of shots is usually used for comedy.