Shooting number 13 with Martina was really special.
I was selecting some pictures a couple of days ago for my regular social media feed (you are going to see in the weeks to come) and I noticed we had managed to create a dramatic mood in this Milan apartment.
Her black hair and subtle make-...
Sophia is really enjoying her pregnancy, and how her body is changing.
Not sure these changes are permanent or if she is going to get back into the shape of our first encounter, but at least we have a good record of that time!
I love her muscular back, and how she is ties up with the ...
2021-09-14 07:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
My encounter with Anna was pleasant, the hotel room cosy and warm during a cold Winter day.
Working in hotel rooms is always a challenge, because you can find less variety in the location, and all pictures are going to look similar.
A part from that it is a good arrangement, particularly du...
I had a fancy new camera with fancy new telephoto lenses on this Milan terrace, but I couldn't resist taking some pictures with the Leica M240 as well.
Different approach, more like a portrait that shows also the surroundings, but the view of this skyline deserved the guest starring role.
When a models tells me she is doing "nudo coperto" (covered nude) I stay well away, because it doesn't make sense.
Implied nudes are making happy only Mark Zukerberg.
Real people are not afraid of nipples!
This portrait of Coralin is a good example of explicit modesty, which makes mor...
2021-09-10 07:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In search for my Saudek wall...
At the end of this sequence, I decided to make something different.
I love the softness of a woman’s body, and I try to convey the idea of this softness without an openly sexual approach.
I asked Linda to squeeze one cheek with her hand, digging in th...
This whole idea about bokeh and blurring backgrounds is relatively new, but photography in itself is a very young form of art in comparison to all others.
In the initial phase of photography, a limited depth of field was a necessity imposed by less sensitive emulsions and large format camer...
2021-09-08 07:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I enjoyed trying to get Corine to smile, it was not difficult because she is a happy soul, the difficult part was not to make her crack in a laugh!
You've seen very few pictures of her on Patreon as well (this is number 5), so we may consider her a newbie as well as Kitty.
I'm searchi...
2021-09-07 07:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the 6th picture of Kitty on Patreon, not many, considering the shooting was made in March 2019.
It took a long time to finish this one, but now it is ready and we can enjoy all the pictures.
Time to dish them out...
Leica cameras are special objects, but they also happen to take good pictures.
This is the M240 with the Summicron 50 mm.
Not the ideal lens for close up portraits, maybe, but it manages to capture the atmosphere pretty well.
When you have to judge the quality of a lens, you should alway...
I don't think you've ever seen the backside of Bianca, so here we are.
Personally I'm not sure if I find more sexy the backside of Bianca or the one of my Seven, but in this case I wanted to display the girl as much as possible...
If you are a motorsport pervert, and you want to see the bot...
There is usually a huge difference between the limited light inside a house and the excessive daylight outside.
This is one of the rare cases the view from the window would have been visible, if the nice bokeh from the Contax-Zeiss Sonnar T* 85mm f2.8 at maximum aperture was not so efficient i...
Maybe I can't plan a trip in a glamorous American City with Martina for a shooting from the rooftops, but this pictures may at least suggest what would be possible.
I was looking at her IG and during her holidays she has been in Greece and in Croatia, with the wide angle lens of another pho...
2021-09-02 07:30:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Today I’ve started a new job, which most people may consider too humble, a job that does not take advantage of the knowledge and skills developed over years of school and decades of profession. In reality, mine was a strategic choice, I would even say mystical.
I needed a simple job close...
2021-09-01 07:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm planning to buy a wide angle lens, possibly the classic Nikon 28mm f/2.8 AI-s.
I wanted to make some pictures of Linda in tight and messy spaces in the location of Merate, and my options were limited: The old and battered 35mm Summicron is currently used on the Sony A7 for the backstage...
2021-08-31 07:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I've made a post on my regular social media feed on the 26th of August saying it is a disgrace not having worked with Martina for 5 Months, and I'm going to tell you exactly why in this protected space.
She has been the most important model of all time for me, so I have to make the most of ...
2021-08-30 07:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Not only I have to manual focus accurately, but I also try to maintain my camera perfectly straight.
Not easy without an additional vertical grip, but the electronic spirit level inside the viewfinder is a great help (and another distraction that is slowing me down...)
But I'm not in a hurr...
The new shooting with Manya was majestic, temperature was higher, she was comfortable and we had more time to work.
But I'm not going to forget about our first shooting in December 2019, that's why today I am showing you one of the pictures from our first time together.
I love to see in her...
In this picture Martina really appear as grasping a golf club but, as far as I know, she has no experience with golf clubs or swings...
But I know for sure she has some experience with swingers clubs, as we went in one together (only for a shooting, I might want to point out).
Graffiti are the cheap version of tattoos.
Tattoos can rely on a much prettier and consensual canvas, and are made in more comfortable and sterilised rooms.
Tattoos are also likely to last longer and travel the entire World to publicise your art.
Nevertheless I find it intriguing to comb...
John was asking for more backstage videos yesterday, and actually I'm not uploading many on the VK page nowadays.
The main reason is because I wanted them to become a special treat for the famous Bramley Apple website, but I don't see that coming to life anytime soon. 🥵
On the other hand...
Linda is still very young, just turned 21.
This is reflected in a level of uncertainty about the her career in modelling, what she wants to do with her body, and her life in general.
She proposed a first stage-name, but she later chanced it to “Linda”.
We started the shooting w...
A lady can look comfortable even in the most explicit pictures, if she lives in harmony with her naked body, and Viktoriia is a great example of this concept.
This pose looks so natural performed by her, I could see her in the very same position in a public nude beach in the middle of a cr...
I'm very happy about my Voigtländer Nokton 58mm f1.4 SL II lens, but I confess I'm not using it at the maximum aperture...
I did the first time, with Martina, for few pictures, but never done since (as far as I remember).
This is an example of the widest aperture at work, surely moody and ...
... but whatever the nature of the light she always looks delicate and refined.
Even in this merciless beam straight from a spotlight, few retouches where required on the skin.
The only apparent issues with her skin were actually caused by the bloody mosquitos in the basement!
Also in...
In the open you always have better point of views, much more space, and you can get further away from the subject.
I appreciate when the location is pretty and with nice furniture, but I still prefer when the location is huge and gives me the opportunity to move around the subject and choose s...
We are taking plenty of showers in Italy in this period, because the weather is very hot.
And, depending on who is getting into the shower, it could make for a great show...
I rarely use wide angle lens, but when the space is tight, I have no alternative, after all I couldn't have missed...
2021-08-19 07:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
My last new model, Bianca, refused to wear handcuffs.
She is into Shibari, both as a "victim" and as a "rigger", so she has a refined view about bonding techniques, and the subsequent emotive connections that are going on.
That's why handcuffs are a vulgar way to tie somebody for her, and I...
When you've managed to warm up only a single room in the entire house, you try to push the model in every corner available, even if you don't have a clear space all round.
In this case the bed is crawling inside the frame, too big to be ignored, too small to be meaningful, too near to the m...
2021-08-17 07:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Ikebana is the Japanese art of arranging cut flowers.
It is an interesting discipline and gives stunning results, let's say it is a refined version of the glass vase present on the left of this picture.
But I prefer my still life compositions to include a live Martina in them, right in t...
2021-08-16 07:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post