There's no other way to say it: Shelby has an intimidating way about her. She doesn't mean to, she just has an ability to stare through you, and yet on the receiving end it's still difficult to look away.
All of this is silly since she is very friendly and easy to be around, though I know of a...
2016-02-25 08:21:16 +0000 UTC View Post
"Make sure my hair looks good," she insisted as she became more and more oily. I assured her she need not worry, though I think I also said laughing "I doubt anyone will be looking at your hair!"
2016-02-25 08:19:16 +0000 UTC View Post
As I'm sure you can guess, Shelby has problems not always fitting into her tops. She has a great sense of humor about it and is often muttering under her breath about "losing control" of them.
2016-02-25 08:17:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Shelby has a ridiculous figure, something she came by naturally and one that she clearly takes pride in. Adopted and raised in Connecticut, she doesn't know much about her heritage overall, but she does know she was given with the amazing gift of singing.
With a sweet, soulful tone she can mak...
2016-02-25 08:11:07 +0000 UTC View Post
The bright sun didn't mean that the pool was warm, by any means, and so Shelby took a long time getting used to dipping her toes in the water for this specific shot. Thankfully the hot tub was on and we would make full use of that soon enough.
2016-02-25 08:07:53 +0000 UTC View Post
On the drive down that morning, the sky had been grey and the looming clouds seemed thick enough for stormy weather. Thankfully, as I entered the low valley of Santa Clarita, the clouds parted and made that morning's shoot possible.
2016-02-25 08:06:42 +0000 UTC View Post
And indeed she had. With the use of some scissors and a liberally-applied coat of baby oil later, she was posing above the pool, basking in the warm glow of the morning sun.
2016-02-25 08:04:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Shelby met me in Santa Clarita three weekends ago at a friend's house with a pool. I had woken up at 5am to make it there by 9, and she has excited to show me the tank tops she had brought with the intention of cutting them as short as possible.
"I've brought the perfect wardrobe!" she i...
2016-02-25 08:03:37 +0000 UTC View Post
With Playboy Magazine eliminating nipples from its pages, it has been featuring models that might not have been interested in being published there before. My most recent shoot of talented singer and model Shelby Lyn was published today, though they carefully retouched the images to exclude an...
2016-02-25 08:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Nicole is a talented hip-hop dancer and dear friend who just happens to be an amazing model as well. She had wanted to model for me when she was only 16, but I told her I wouldn't work with her until she turned 18. Sure enough, on her 18th birthday she called me up and the next week we did a fi...
2016-02-22 19:42:12 +0000 UTC View Post
During a shoot for a magazine assignment a while ago, my buddy Molly began pontificating on the size of her breasts and general dissatisfaction with them. This is just the short clip I caught.
I miss this lady.
2016-02-22 19:38:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Model Tiffany Helms joined me on a trip to LA a few years ago, and in our hotel room she gave me an impromptu show in the shower stall.
No, my life is not always like this, I promise you.
2016-02-20 04:56:49 +0000 UTC View Post
If you're supporting at the $10 level, you've seen the video of my buddy Cherish unexpectedly turning her breasts into various types of guns during a shoot a few years ago. Here she was again, juggling what nature gave her. I never prompt her to do these things, she just enjoys it, I guess.
2016-02-20 04:54:17 +0000 UTC View Post
I don't regret the time and effort it took to shoot these, let alone the bonding that was forged through the personal experience with the model. Still, the limitations of working with an amateur versus a professional who isn't afraid of her images being shared are vast indeed. Maybe one of these day...
2016-02-17 00:08:13 +0000 UTC View Post
It's so rare to find a model with such wonderful proportions as she had, and overall we captured some great images together. Unfortunately most of the pics we shot, though she loved them, had to eventually able shelved since she was so afraid her mother and brother could recognize her.
This is...
2016-02-17 00:04:47 +0000 UTC View Post
She was one of the easiest models I've ever worked with, which was surprising since she had never modeled before, apart from her Senior Portraits in high school.
We shot in a local cave on the beach, making a campfire. She must have been too cold for some point and far too warm other tim...
2016-02-16 23:54:05 +0000 UTC View Post
I met this wonderful woman through a mutual friend and she asked me if I'd be interested in working with her. Not only was she lovely on the outside, but I found her very easy to talk to and a joy to spend time with, so of course I agreed to take some shots of her.
Again, afraid to have people...
2016-02-16 23:49:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Working with so many amateur models in my small, conservative corner of California affords be a complicated mix of complications. I have numerous women contacting me often wanting to work with me and have images of themselves for posterity, but most are afraid to have those images shared online. Thi...
2016-02-16 23:46:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Needless to say, this first half hour of shooting with her set a perfect example for how the rest of the day would go. After this we immediately drove out to the dunes where her boyfriend and I set up a haphazard bedouin tent and shot her in the bright, soft light and howling wind.
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2016-02-15 07:08:37 +0000 UTC View Post
"It's all about the bootie, this thang is my money maker!" she bellowed with a southern twang that made me laugh out loud. And I couldn't argue there.
Having been a dancer and burlesque performer for many years, Porcelain knows all too well how to move and pose to make the most of her shape. S...
2016-02-15 07:06:10 +0000 UTC View Post
"Alright, just get naked already!" I jokingly commanded, to which she responded "Woo!" and danced around happily, taking off her body suit and jumping back into position.
Her voluptuous shape makes a photographer's job far too easy. Porcelain's idea to make her reds as bright as possible worke...
2016-02-15 07:02:26 +0000 UTC View Post
For how sweet and bubbly Porcelain is, it's funny how serious and almost intimidating she can look in her images. The experience of working with her could not be more different.
2016-02-15 06:59:47 +0000 UTC View Post
As mentioned in previous posts, this is a very slow, tedious process requiring the model to hold still for many seconds at a time. Occasionally you can see that the lines are out of register with the shape of the model, which means she was moving as I was dragging the laser across her body. It reall...
2016-02-15 06:58:29 +0000 UTC View Post
She always has great outfits, often a lot of oddly designed lingerie and flowy kimonos, dresses, and slips. She looks incredible in all of them, and out of them.
Her elegant poses always kill me. She moves gracefully, holds poses for as long as I could ever need her to do, and always ans...
2016-02-15 06:56:13 +0000 UTC View Post
It's pretty easy to see why she goes by the name Porcelain, her skin is the most perfect, pale shade that just loves the light.
Using this lighting process I felt bad for having to shoot a little dark, making her skin look almost tan, but thankfully the next set-up we shot at the sand dunes ca...
2016-02-15 06:53:20 +0000 UTC View Post
I was honored to have Porcelain drive down from San Fransisco, where she was performing some burlesque shows, just to shoot with me today. I had only worked with her once before, but we immediately made a connection that has only developed further in the last few months.
Porcelain is one of th...
2016-02-15 06:49:28 +0000 UTC View Post
"Dead languages on our tongues, holding on to our last hopes..."
2016-02-15 06:44:44 +0000 UTC View Post
"If masturbation is a crime then I should be on death row."
—Jeremy Piven
2016-02-15 03:34:05 +0000 UTC View Post
"Masturbation is not the happiest form of sexuality, but the most advisable for him who wants to be alone and think."
—Robert Anton Wilson
2016-02-15 03:33:01 +0000 UTC View Post
"In the early days all I hoped was to make a living out of what I did best. But since there’s no real market for masturbation I had to fall back on my bass-playing abilities."
—Les Claypool
2016-02-15 03:32:16 +0000 UTC View Post