Little One

Little One is a powerhouse in a very petit package. She is also like a monkey- she can climb anything, as exhibited in a couple of the window shots. She is extremely quiet- we rarely say much when shooting, but she is definitely quite the muse. Like Tanya Dakin, she has worked with so many photographers, and everyone gets something a little different from her. It's easy to get a very glamourous image out of her, despite the fact that she is half the size of a supermodel. I prefer to try and extract the soulful facial expressions that are just waiting to be tapped into.

Meira

Mer is one of my closest friends. She is probably my favorite person to shoot with. Shoots with her are always very laid back and typically without any agenda- pick up the camera and shoot. I always get something good, but if I didn't I don't think that she would mind, which is why I never feel any pressure. Not that I usually feel much anxiety over shooting anymore. I used to get anxiety about any upcoming shoot, but nowadays I only get anxiety about something that has to be done exactly right with a very demanding client. Still, shooting with someone new, I always feel a need to really impress them (not necessarily a bad thing...). The fact that they perhaps have never done a shoot before only adds that much more pressure.

Tali DeMar

Tali DeMar is a burlesque performer based in L.A., who specifically hired me to do a fetish oriented shoot with her for her website- http://www.talidemar.com/  We also did some pin-up stuff, but it was the grittier (yet classic) Bettie Page fetish imagery that she was really looking for. She is a blast to shoot with, and I can't wait until she swings by Philadelphia again.

Maggie

Maggie is a stripper that hired me to do some glamorous PR shots for her. She is a breed of stripper that travels the world headlining at well known clubs in cities like Tokyo, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, etc.- so they hire me to provide images to promote & advertise themselves. At first, Maggie was one of the most difficult persons I've ever photographed- she has a phobia of being photographed! It was like pulling teeth- she was fidgety and evasive. After we got the shots that she needed, though, she wanted to try something more interesting and fetish oriented for the hell of it. I wasn't expecting this to be any easier. After tying her up, though,  she forgot about the camera and came alive. She had never been tied up before, and apparently really liked it. Likewise in the shower, when I suggested using the waterpik, she said that she used it everyday by herself. So I told her to ignore me, and that idea seemed to work like a charm...