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.