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July 30,2010 Sitting date: December 12, 2009
This is Melissa
-- she's a prolific, enthusiastic, well-known traveling
model.
This
was the first time I've met her. My conclusion:
Melissa is a root
beer float! She's sweet & creamy & a little
bubbly; she is a taste that is both exotic & familiar.
The very first
thing that struck me: Melissa is always either smiling
or laughing.
I really love
these "Getting Started" setups, where I photograph
the model in her street clothes and continue to photograph
her as she removes them.
A few
models think it's an odd concept. Most models tend
to feel neutral about the idea. Some models, like
Melissa, are positively enthusiastic about it.
Melissa's
playfulness is a large part of her appeal (along with her
great figure & looks, of course).
Melissa does "saucy"
well.
Okay -- this
is almost inappropriate:
I've
never played strip poker. Or rather, no one has ever
played with me, probably because no one wants to see me
naked.
But I
get a little thrill when we get to this point in these "Getting
Started" setups.
One of the
joys about working with experienced fine art models is being
around women with confidence.
That was fun
for me, and it was especially fun for Melissa.
It's a bit
of a challenge for me to work here in my home for nearly
all of my photography sessions. At the time of these
session, I had completed a run of sessions, and to keep
things fresh, and look for a new location for the next setup.
After discussions with Melissa, we come up with a new-ish
idea. Go see, at...
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