Devon

"Good taste is death. Vulgarity is life." ~ Mary Quant

Ajaye

Nibblers Challenge— to bite at gently and repeatedly.

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.