Leila & Aries, Surrender, March, 2003

Page created May 19, 2003

 

I recently put together a profile on the One Model Place web site -- I am photographer #24608.  Check it out -- this site is a terrific resource for models & photographers (especially if you have some kind of pop-up blocking add-on for your browser).  Soon after I put together my profile, Leila contacted me & volunteered to pose for me.  I looked at her profile & thought she had porcelain skin & lovely eyes, but her overall appearance was a little more "goth" than my usual model.  But we talked a bit & I found out that she was somewhat experienced with more adult posing, which is something that occasionally interests me, and we decided to try this particular setup -- Leila brings her boyfriend Aries to help us out.  (Fool that I am, I cover her lovely eyes for most of these pictures.)

I'll forego my usual verbiage -- instead, I'll simply share the premise:  eight men bring eight women to the warehouse; each woman is bound & blindfolded in an isolated area; the men draw lots & pair off with another woman, and they can do whatever they wish.  Go.

  

  

 

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Assessment:  I started doing nude photography mostly because I thought it would be difficult.  Now, several years, lots of models, &  many sittings later, I guess it's not so difficult.  I don't consider myself to be a world-class nude photographer, but I'm often pleased with the results.  

However, I don't feel the same way about bondage and/or erotic photography -- it, too, is difficult, and I am not as skilled with it as I am with fine-art nude photography.  These two were terrific to work with:  Leila was pliable & willing, and Aries was wonderfully gentle.  Working in my basement is difficult -- the ceiling is low & for this sitting, it was a bit cold, and the quarters are a bit tight, but I am beginning to figure out some methods of creating interesting lighting.  (One criticism I have of most of the bondage photography I've seen is that they tend to focus on the artistry of the knot work while ignoring photographic considerations.  My strength is photographic skills, but I don't have much experience with bondage or erotic work.  Take this sitting, for example:  the restraints are subtle, perhaps too much so, and while I get the sense that the models were willing to go further, I chickened out.  Perhaps I should try again.

I suspect that I'll think more about working in this genre.  Any feedback or advice from site visitors will be appreciated. 

 

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