An Evening With Bunny

Its been about two years, in the before times, since I got to hang out with my dear friend, collaborator, muse, Bunny. Felt great to catch up, shoot some tintypes, eat some pizza, have a few cocktails. Things are definitely heading the right direction pandemic wise, but it doesn’t quite feel normal yet. I still feel constricted and cooped up. Held back. . . These nights of normalcy make for wonderful memories though. Oh, and I discovered I could use my little Canon point and shoot with the built in flash to trip my studio strobes. Thats how the color images below were made. Might have to play with that some more. I quite like the results.

Leola, Pleasure Preistess

Leola was a model that was making frequent trips up to the Bay Area. Building a life and profession around her Tantra practice. For one reason or another, the Bay Area is an epicenter for personal growth, development, exploration. There is a current of sensuality and sexuality just under the surface. Plant medicine has been decriminalized in Oakland. Burning Man is based here. If you dream it, you can be it. The only constraints are your own imagination and inhibitions. She’s incredibly comfortable in her skin and in front of the camera. Really fun and easy to shoot with. I look forward to the next time we can make some images together. Give her a follow on Instagram. Maybe book a session and shed some layers. Leola, Pleasure Priestess. Click thru to see the rest of her images here.

Lana Shay

Lana is another model I shot for Me In My Place, once upon a time. I can’t recall how I got connected with her. Probably stumbled across her Instagram. She and I have a few friends in common up in NorCal. Its been awesome to watch her life and business blossom. She’s a coach and teacher, writer, proud sex worker and lover of life. We spent a warm, late spring afternoon in her bedroom with all the windows open. Taking photos and chatting about psychedelics. . . I encourage you to check out her site at https://lanashay.com Click Thru to see all the images.

Heather Monique

Heather Monique, and the set that started. . . Something. . .

This is the first set of images that Heather and I shot together. In a 1950’s ranch house on the San Francisco Peninsula. I had convinced her to shoot with me for Me In My Place. A pay site/blog of “real women, in their homes” I’d say we killed it. Heather, aside from being a gorgeous model and woman, is an incredible business person and marketer. She’s grown to nearly a half a million followers (Insta) and is now doing incredibly well on OnlyFans The above image has received tens of thousands of likes and has been posted to countless fan accounts. It kinda launched it all. I’m super proud to call Heather a friend and look forward to many more shoots together. Click thru to see a bunch more shots from this first day.

Marisol

Marisol is a local resident and sometimes model. You can peep her Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/sollyluna021/ She’s got a super eclectic body of work. An incredible look and great taste. I’d love to shoot with her again one day. Click thru to view the rest of her tintypes and a handful of digital shots we took between the shots.

Valkyrie In Chains

Val is a local artist and sometimes model here in the Bay Area. I’d been following her work for some time. We finally got it together to collaborate on some tintypes one weekend during the Covid lockdown. I think she’s the first person I took the chance of working with during social distancing. I feel its fairly safe to live limited one on one interactions if everyone is following CDC guidelines as they move about the their lives. Click through to see the rest of the tintypes we shot that day as well as a good number of digital images we captured in an empty unit in my building. Val’s Instagram can be found here if it hasn’t been removed. She likes to push boundaries: valkyrie in chains As always, the original tins are for sale. Enquire here. Click thru to see it all

Olivia Preston

Olivia is a traveling model from Canada and one time Playboy Cyber Girl of the Year, 2018. I caught her on a West Coast trip and we spent the day shooting tintypes and a bunch of digital imagery. A neighbor friend of mine, with impeccable style let us shoot in her space. Gorgeous and sun filled. Lots of backlight. My favorite.

Click through to view the entire set of 140 images plus tintypes. The original tintypes are available for sale. Drop me a line for more info.

Meet Floofie

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.