Highly Subjective

Location: San Francisco, CA - Edge Studios
Model: Erica Jeanne

There's actually no milk involved in this image, but that's what I think of when I look at it.

This is another image from last weekends Nude Photography Workshop. The model, Erica Jeanne, was a pleasure to work with. She actually gave me a nice compliment by asking if she could use a few of my images in her online portfolio. Thanks Erica, I'm glad you liked them.

Location: San Francisco, CA - Edge Studios
Model: Iona Lynn

Location: San Francisco, CA - Edge Studios
Model: Iona Lynn

As I mentioned back on the 11th, today I participated in another Nude Photography Workshop. I had an OK time, but I have to admit that my heart just wasn't in it. I've been so swamped with work that I haven't had much time to think about what I wanted to do. I almost cancelled my reservation, but I decided to go ahead and give it a try.

In addition to my 10D, I also wanted to try the new Holga that Anne Marie (my girlfriend) gave me for Christmas. I ended up not doing that because I haven't had the chance to really play with the camera yet. I wanted to shoot a couple of rolls prior to today's shoot so I would have an understanding of the kind of results I could expect. Since I didn't get a chance to shoot those rolls, I decided to leave the Holga at Home

I came home a little disappointed, but after reviewing my images I think I managed to get a few that I like. This first one is of model Iona Lynn. She was a real pleasure to work with. She's obviously done this plenty of times before, because she needed very little direction from me. Given my lack of experience with models, especially nude models, that was really helpful.

I'll be posting more images from the shoot as I go through them.

Location: San Francisco, CA - Edge Studios
Model: Joyce

Location: San Francisco, CA - Edge Studios
Model: Joyce

Location: San Francisco, CA - Edge Studios
Model: Dominique

Location: San Francisco, CA - Edge Studios
Model: Joyce

If you come to this site regularly, you've probably noticed I haven't been posting as much lately. I've been very bummed about that. I just haven't had the time to go out and shoot recently. I'm hoping to change that soon. In the meantime I'm at least trying to find the time to go back through some of my older images. Here's a shot I did of Joyce back in June (07).

Location: San Francisco, CA - Edge Studios
Model: Alyssa

A couple of weeks ago I made an image entitled, Disturbing Dominique. It was my first time playing around with the Liquify tool in Photoshop. Tonight I decided to give it another try with this image of Alyssa. It has a few flaws, but I'm pretty happy with how it came out.

I'm no stranger to image manipulation, but historically I've always used more traditional photographic techniques... composition, color, contrast, etc... I'm only just beginning to dive into the kind of manipulation that is possible with Photoshop. Although I have no intention of abandoning my photographic roots, this is definitely an area I want to explore.

As a frame of reference, I'm including two additional versions of this image. One is straight out of the camera, no manipulation at all. The other is where I originally stopped in my post-processing. The best way to view them is to click on the first image, to bring up the large version, and then cycle through them using the arrow keys.

I find it very interesting that through manipulating this image, I made it into something that I actually like, and captures my attention. I thought the original image was so uninteresting that I almost tossed it. I'm glad I didn't

My original (post-processing) version.

Straight out of the camera.

Location: San Francisco, CA - Edge Studios
Model: Joyce

Location: San Francisco, CA - Edge Studios
Model: Joyce