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Church Light BTS movie

Here you can easily see the challenges with the light shooting this setup.

Church light

A few more images with Carillon doll from the abandoned church in Milan.
The light here was direct sunlight streaming through a window and hitting this small alcove. Or rather, as you can see in the BTS video, these were shot AFTER the sun had passed and before it became completely dark.

Posh light BTS

A btw movie with the fantastic Minka Model

Posh light

I finally had an opportunity to shoot with Minka Model last month, and all I can say is WOW. We were a near-perfect fit and created some stunning imagery.

I had just wallpapered my lounge area and bought some vintage props (like this €15 candlestick from FB Marketplace). So we had to shoo...

Walled garden

Rebecca Perry and I snuck into the garden of this little finca a couple of years ago while in Mallorca.

All natural light in the shade gives some beautiful light.

I seldom use reflectors or light when shooting outdoors; I use the environment to shape the light.

This set is from ...

Loulou

This is Loulou on one of the same structures as yesterday’s post.

Can you tell from this image that Loulou does Yoga?

The Fortification BTS

20 min BTS with Gitte

The Fortification

I shot with Gitte (G.Rasmussen_model) a few times 6-7 years ago before she slipped into the corporate world of TV production.
But about a month ago, she left all that behind and started to model again, and I’m happy to say I got another opportunity to shoot with her.

This is shot agai...

Loulou on the Beach

This is Loulou Models shot around my Mallorca workshop this summer.

She brought the necklace to have some images for a friend who makes them, so this is me making necklace promotion images for Instagram 😇.

We did shoot some less nude images, too, of course.

Direct sun, oil on...

General rehearsal

Before going to Lanzarote and shooting my Art Nude on Location course, I needed a general rehearsal to determine if my equipment worked as it shou...

Dovile's Ottoman

This is Dovile and a set on my studio, Ottoman, used in various ways. It’s lit with a 57” Westcott Zeppelin with a soft grid.

Do check out the Discord Bonus material!

And the Behind the Scenes movie.
The movie perfectly shows how something you want to try but can't do can lead ...

Ashley in Sun

A couple more shots with the fantastic Ashleigh Rae.

It may be her first time shooting nudes, but as you can see, she is no stranger to projecting and posing—sunlight in the abandoned control tower close to my studio.

Krisowitz on gold

I recently had the pleasure of shooting with Krisowitz, another Danish model I’ve never previously shot with. 

We’ve tried to arrange a shoot for some time, but life kept getting in the way.
We finally managed to get it to work.

As you can see, Krisowitz is not shy in any...

Criss Cross BTS with Wiana

12 min BTS with Wiana

Criss-Cross

These are from my first shoot with Wiana Model, shortly after I acquired a Westcott focusable spotlight with various gobos. 

This was one of my first attempts working with it.
And frankly, I couldn’t have asked for a better model, could I?

Now, the downside to this accessor...

Katya Clover in Sweden

A nice little Flashback to a trip with Katya Clover to Sweden.

It’s an open shadow, so the entire sky from one side works like a massive softbox. 

She is an excellent model, by the way. It is super sweet and easy to work with.
As long as it’s not cold.

Loulou models is the boss

Louise projecting Summer and Boss Lady on the Watch Tower (Torre Volger on Mallorca).

Straight sun early morning, shot with a 16-24mm.

Slight cheat: I moved and elongated the contrail from where I had originally framed closer to her face. I love the contrail, just not exactly where it...

Sacrificial Lamb?

This is from my Mallorca summer workshop with Wianamodel, and The Endless Sinner and Loulou models. We were working in a derelict church ruin.

One of the models had found a large slab of bricks and wanted to make a sacrificial scene. It didn’t work with the light, but then I found this lo...

Real life Jenga BTS

19 min with the gorgeous DIxie frolicking on a real life size Jenga game 😜

Real life Jenga

Dixie and I tried to play full-size jenga.

Unfortunately, she couldn’t move any of the blocks, and since she was starting, we had to call it a draw ;)

So we just took pictures instead.

These are leftov...

Herodiade in the sun

Another “straight sun” on the fantastic Herodiade.

One thing to take away from this image is how effective shadows can be in creating an environment of what is essentially a white wall. It’s something that I actively seek out when I shoot: Can I find a way where shadows can play an ac...

Mini Moria

Belzen model, the Danish model whose rear-end I introduced you to at the beginning of the month, from a small cave in Sweden.
All natural light comes in directly behind the camera.

Hit the “Belzen” tag below to see the other image of her - again.

It actually began to rain whil...

Unbearable lightness

The fantastic Dulce Mara in my studio Backyard. It’s really full sun, but the walkway in this particular place is shaded by leaves on the trees, so I’m left with the beautiful soft light from the sky.

Tan Shadows

A walk on the dark side with Wiana Model from shooting Art nude on Location. I still have so much stuff to show from our six days creating all the...

Dark Abstractions

The Gorgeous Nausicaa Yami frolicking in black sand on a beach.

This is all figure work: creating shapes.

I’ve noticed a tendency in many similar images:
You have a model that makes (beautiful) shapes, but the model is disconnected from the environment.

There is no connect...

Water is life

The Endless Sinner in Mallorca. She has such a stunning fashion model look in these.

It’s a plain sun shot at 1/4000 sec ƒ 3.2 with a 24-70mm zoom. Except for the nipples, these could easily be in a fashion magazine.

Cat People

I published some images of Madam Sophie last month, and like those, especially the sitting image, it is also unconventional and deviates a bit from my regular work.

See, the challenge is when you have constraints like massive tattoos, my usual way of approaching a body somewhat goes down th...

Ashleigh Rae

I always love to be the first ever to shoot nudes of a model, and this is one of those rare occasions.
The circumstances were not normal, however:
Ashleigh Rae is a full-time commercial model and doesn’t shoot nudes because of her commercial modeling job where corporate clients would not...

Exposition

As I’ve explained before, I love to shoot erotic images if and when the model likes to do so. Luckily, Wiana Model is one of the models usually keen when we work together, and this set is no excuse. Unfortunately, These have to be censored to comply with Patreon Guidelines.

But do check o...

The Asylum

This is a little “catch-up” series with Carillon Doll shot at an abandoned church in Milan.

It’s all-natural light. 

I loved working with her, but I will never recommend her to anyone:

After this, we set up another shoot in Copenhagen, but she canceled a week before ...