In times past, I’d venture up to the Pacific Northwest for a couple weeks for the 4th of July. Really prime time up there. Gorgeous weather. Super stereotypical American summer. Fireworks, long days, heat waves, everything in bloom. Really is one of my favorite parts of the country. While up one year, I reached out to Floofie. We were both making content for Zivity at the time. She was a prolific art model working out of Portland. We met in a small town in Washington and spent the day shooting on the river. This was our first set of the day. Click thru to see the rest. You can peep her Instagram here
Kam. September, 1975
I’ve known Kitty for a long time. This was I think our second or third shoot together. All on Polaroid Spectra film. No longer available. Perfectly picks up that gritty 70’s vibe. The Polaroid may not have been invented as a way to take dirty pictures, but that ability certainly led in part to its dominance in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. The ability to document your lovers without running a roll of film down to Suzy at the local FotoMat to develop. Hop on Kitty’s Instagram here if you’re so inclined. I’ve got a good number of sets of her to post in the coming days. They’re a bit more saucy than these. . . You’ve been warned.
Nevaeh
Rosie was a traveling model from Southern California that came through for a half day of shooting. This I think was one of three that day. Click through for more. . . It was an unusually dark and rainy day for Northern California. This set is lit by a huge sliding glass door just camera right. The gray sky and big window made for a beautiful soft light.
Lauren WK, Set 1
I photographed Lauren WK for Zivity back in 2011 at LeftSpace Studios in San Francisco. I had become assistant to and friends with the proprietor, RJ Muna, and had convinced him to let me shoot after hours. It was just Lauren and I in this enormous rental studio, with all the lighting and equipment I could ever want. I felt like a boss! Click through to view the complete set of 40 images. We shot two more sets that night that will be showing up here sometime in the future. Wow, ten years ago. I think I discovered her on Tumblr. Damn I miss the heyday of Tumblr and the era of the “alt model” She’s still modeling, still looks amazing, she’s aged much better than I have. Check out her Insta here.