Ritual Power 1

12"x18"
Model: Billy Bedell
June 11, 2009
San Francisco, CA

To see the uncensored version of this photo and the other three in this series please follow the links below:
Ritual Power 1
Ritual Power 2
Ritual Power 3
Ritual Power 4

Wolfie

I finally finished processing all the photos from Valette and my shoot with Wolfie. Working with Valette went swimmingly and I learn some great things by seeing how she works. And working with Wolfie was really awesome. She was willing to try lots of crazy things and gave us tons of different poses and expressions to work with. I would definitely work with her again.

Flying Time

Valette is heading to airport in mere minutes to return to regular life in Anchorage.

We had a blast at Six Flags on Thursday and our photo shoot with the model on Friday went amazingly well. The model was great to work with and Valette and I worked well together. I'll post a few pics once I have time to process them. Saturday was spent thrift store shopping and unsuccessfully trying to break into some abandoned buildings. Sunday was spent helped Valette with next week's Sunday Assignment, sitting in traffic for way too long, and searching out cool abandoned things with no success. Monday Valette spent way too much money clothes shopping and we found some awesome rusty buildings to photograph.

Now I must wake Valette from her nap to take her to airport then get some much needed rest myself. This being social and having fun thing takes a lot out of a guy.

Girl Clothes

Valette arrived early yesterday morning (yay!) and after a little nap we began our adventures. First off was food followed by meeting a model we've arranged to shoot on Friday. This magenta haired 19 year old girl (yes, with female parts and everything) had great energy and is really excited about the shoot. After we brainstormed things like hair, make-up and wardrobe Valette and I headed off to scout out locations for the shoot. We headed to one of the many places I checked out previously and found the perfect place to shoot our model. Then we headed to thrift stores to find cute/innocent/girly/doll-like clothes for our model. Shopping for "adorable" girl clothes all afternoon wasn't the way I usually spend my day (all rumors to the contrary), but we found some perfect clothes and props which makes me even more excited about the shoot.

Now Valette and I just have to decide how we'll coordinate both photographing the same model. I think an arm wrestling match is in order.

After a day of location scouting, model styling and catching up on family gossip I was worn out. An amazing Vietnamese meal ended our adventures and we chilled out for the rest of the evening.

Let it Begin!

My sister arrived at far too early this morning to begin our adventures of photography, stomach churning entertainment, shopping and cultural nightlife. We're starting our adventures by meeting a semi-professional model to finalize details for a shoot we have planned on Friday. That will be followed up with thrift store shopping for costumes and scouting out some industrial locales gritty/grungy photo taking. I'm thinking food too. Yes, definitely needing that thing called food.

Peachy

Inspired by: Sunday Assignment
Assignment #10: Sex Sells

Girly Shit

My sister is coming for a visit later this week. Besides intimidating the locals with our uber coolness, we're planning to do a lot of photography. In fact, we've arrange a model for us both to shoot this coming Friday. And it's a *girl* model, with female parts and everything! Fortunately we're keeping her clothes on (though we are seeking another model that's willing to be less clothed for a second concept...). I'm used to shooting the boys, with like boy parts and stuff. It'll be so interesting to see how I do photographing a girl. I photographed a fundraiser event last night and turned much of it into grabbing various people (female types included) to do mini photo shoots. So, I'm thinking I might so just fine with our girly shoot. I mean, I'd hate for Valette to have to kick me off the set cuz my gayness was ruining the shot...

Leave Your Fig Leaf at the Door

One of my roommates and I threw a naked party on Saturday. It was more awesome than I could have hoped. About 15 guys showed up, got naked and enjoyed an evening of cocktails, nibbly bits, massage, play and conversation. It was the exact relaxed atmosphere I was trying to create with no pressure, no attitude and an ease about interacting with one another without shame or insecurities. The house was all styled with flowers, vibrant fabrics, mood lighting, ambient music and some tasty drinks/treats. Everyone stayed late and asked when we were having the next naked party. With such a success I'm definitely looking forward to doing it again!

Why?

Inspired by: Sunday Assignment

Assignment #8: Crime Scene
"The print guys are almost done, and all of the key evidence has already been bagged and boarded. We're just waiting on you. As soon as you get pictures of the body, we can call in the cleaners and the rest of us can go home. Make sure you get the good stuff."

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This photo took a couple hours of set-up and shooting (and getting my camera sticky with fake blood). Getting the focus just right on this was a total bitch as was trying to capture the "just perfect" amount of blood drips. After a few hours of working on this in my room, one of my roommates said "That's all you got? Where are the rest?!" I assured him that 200 slight variations on focus, angle and dripping blood really did result in just one photo. Fabulousness takes a lot of work after all!