Blog: 23 Dec 09

Liz C8

Over the past three years, since I first started shooting with Liz Ashley, she has quickly become one of my all-time favorite models - not only for pure visual exquisiteness, but also for the ease of working with her. This series is several "theme and variations" sets from an afternoon of shooting in the Oakland studio.

Laura and Mikelle P1

I don't often post galleries of two girls together, and it's even rarer that I show any real sexual interaction here - but this session was pretty intense, and I think the photos have a very candid erotic ambiance. So I thought this might be a refreshing diversion from my more posed solo sets.

Samantha P1

Samantha reminds me of a cute little pixie who grew up to become a very sexy, but still cute, but rather unpredictable little pixie. She arrived at the apartment in Prague dressed more like a librarian than the hot body you see here. And she maintained a slight smirk on her face during the whole afternoon, as if she couldn't believe we were finding her the least bit attractive. Which of course, made her all the more desirable...

Ashley P1

Here is another series of shots from last Spring's shoot in Prague. The apartment had a large central room with an elevated mezzanine, so I spent a lot of time shooting straight down as the models rolled around on the carpet. This angle is great for thin wiry girls like Ashley, although she does look pretty good standing straight up too.

Rope Exhibition

I've spent the past few weeks working on prints for my exhibition at Madame S, which is now open. *This group of images represents primarily color rope and bondage imagery I've done over the past five years, in collaboration with well known West Coast riggers Midori and Mike West. This gallery has all the photos from the show, but for those of you in the San Francisco Bay Area, I would encourage you to drop by and view the prints in person. I've printed about half of the pieces 3 ft tall, and the others 2 ft tall, so they make quite an impression (if I do say so myself..) For print collectors, all of the photographs from the show are being posted on my ebay auction page. These are for 8x10 prints, but anyone interested in purchasing one of the larger versions (up to 24x36") should contact me directly. * Madame S boutique, 385 8th Street, San Francisco 94103, 11:00am - 7:00pm daily. (800)746-7677

Billy L3

Here we are in the middle of summer, the heat, the sun, the wet naked bodies - so what better way to celebrate than to relax by the pool with lovely Billy. This set of photos comes from a series shot on one of the few sunny days in London. We worked for about a week in a picturesque country home outside the big city, with a group of about a dozen Czech models flown in for the occasion. Of all the models I worked with that week, I have to say Billy was on of my top favorites, if only for her non-stop winning smile. You can see she was happy to be there, and happy to be "on display".

Best of Bondage

I've just received some sample copies of the new Goliath book, Best of Bondage. Unfortunately, I don't have copies to sell, but it's now up on Amazon (click on book cover above to see Amazon.com page) The book contains generous collections of the work of 9 photographers: Josef Botello, Martin Class, Lee Higgs, Roman Kasperski, Midori, Craig Morey, Dave Naz, Steven Speliotis, and Laura Stansfield. The gallery I'm posting today contains every image of mine from the book. Also for a limited time, I'll be auctioning selected 8x10 FCA prints from this group on ebay (priced up to 69.00) but if you wish to purchase directly from me, the price is 49.49, on my discount auction page. (Don't forget to send me an email with the title of your print.)

Tiana C5

Tiana makes another appearance, in this "theme and variations" series. Her wild curly blond locks and porcelain skin make a nice contrast to the pattern of my studio carpet. Previous galleries of Tiana can be found here and here and here, although we do still have more of her yet to come.

Brittany C1

Back from a week in Prague - there will be lots of new faces to enjoy soon. In the meantime, here's a gallery from one of my Penthouse shoots, done for the Studio Nudes series. I found Brittany dancing at the O'Farrell Theater in San Francisco - a beautiful petite Japanese girl who had never been in a photo studio before. She would only pose if her two girlfriends were also invited, so I had three models that day. (Photos from her friends sessions' coming later.)

Kymberly C4

I shot this rather explicit series of Kymberly in the natural light of my studio in Oakland. The window light works perfectly with the effect of the soft pink blanket and loose summer dress. I'm beginning to favor diffused natural light over my traditional strobes, although it requires constant metering and a steady hand - which I must admit is not always easy with a model like Kymberly...

Malia C1

This gallery of photos is from one of my last shoots for Penthouse. These are from Hasselblad 120mm negative originals, so they have a different look than current digital images. The Penthouse assignments were geared toward creating a magazine spread of 4 to 6 pages, so what you'll see here are the best images submitted to the photo editor, and not necessarily what they published in the magazine.

Om B2

Today's gallery is a reprocessing of one of my Bangkok shoots. I've just begun scanning my black & white negs of this girl, which will be appearing soon - but in the meantime, I thought we'd revisit this series from my first Thai trip using a digital camera. This model exemplifies the whole Thai experience for me. I've purposely put up a number of portrait shots, to give a better idea of the qualities that I think are apparent in her face: vulnerability, sexuality, uncertainty, curiosity, seduction, innocence... I could go on. You can almost see her growing from a young girl into a woman, during the photo session.

Priska P1

Priska was just 18 when we shot this session in Portland, OR. You'll see she starts out rather timid, but adjusts nicely to the role of "sexy siren" by the end. Notes: During my early years of working for Penthouse, I was shooting almost exclusively with black and white film. I always loved the look of the negatives, the proofs, and the prints. I still have an affection for that old school process, but as I was working with these images of Priska, I realized how much more versatile the new digital technology can be. I was able to recover a number of fantastic shots from this series that have never been shown before, due to simple tools in Photoshop. (defects in the Plus X emulsion had made them unprintable).

Gisele ampamp Klara P1

This series of Gisele (brunette) and Klara (blond) was made on my first shooting expedition to Prague. We had a small cramped and very hot studio, but managed to do some simple, elegant images with just a seamless backdrop and some gorgeous Czech models. These two girls were also part of the Normandy trip in 2006.