Today's Photoshoot

I was contacted last month by a photographer from ModelMayhem.com, and we scheduled two photo shoots. The first was supposed to happen two nights ago, with a 3 a.m. call time for hair and make-up. Due to weather conditions and the flakiness of a few models, however, the shoot was cancelled. I finally got to work with them today, and was it ever worth the wait!

The concept for the shoot was high fashion/beauty/budoir/lingerie/underwear in the desert. The girls all wore various styles of lingeriee, and the guys were mostly in button down shirts (left open) or shirtless with jeans. I did do one shoot in underwear, however. The location was about an hour outside of town, in the middle of the desert. There were high sand bluffs all around, so the landscape was utilized in a stunning way to compliment the shoot. Bedroom and livingroom furniture was set up in various spots on location. On top of one of the bluffs, overlooking the mountainous backround was a plush purple lounge chair. A red velved fainting couch was set in a small narrow valley between another two bluffs, and a white bed with white sheets was set in the sand with a combination of the bluffs and the mountains framed artistically behind. I got to see some of the photos on camera, and they came out magnificently.

I shot with three girls. The first was Ania, who I thought would be a total bitch when we first met. To my surprise, however, we got along very well and really enjoyed eachothers company throughout the day. She was wearing black lingerie and posing on the fainting couch. I was dressed in dark washed fitted jeans, with a black long sleeve button down left completely open. We shot various poses for this first look, and the pictures were magnificent. She had a wonderful awareness of her body, and we worked very well and very comfortably with eachother. We got great feedback from both of the photographers.

I forgot the name of the second girl that I shot with, but she pretty good to work with as well. Though I must admit I felt the shoot with Ania was much more intense, I believe we got some good shots out of the second look as well. She was dressed in a coral colored bathing suit, while I wore a tan straw fedora, brown boots, a yellow/brow/tan plaid short sleeved button down, and the same jeans as the first shoot. We shot directly against the bluffs and none of the furniture was utilized.

The third girl I shot with was named Dominique. We have modeled together previously at the Redken hairshow last January. We were going for a more edgy look and we shot on the plush chair on top of the bluff. She wore black panties and a white mesh, entirely see-through top and thigh-high lavender boots covered with black laced embroidery. I had dark grey slacks, a blue buttondown, black suede and leather shoes, and suspenders. The poses were a lot more intense and we fed off of eachother VERY well. We were so into eachother and the shoot that the rest of the models gathered around at the base of the bluff to watch us from a distance. We were tugging and tangled in my suspenders, causing them to detach and fly off in all directions, kissing, scratching eachothers backs and chests... it was intense. When we finished shooting, they had me pose by myself.

The first girl that I worked with, Ania, asked me to join her for the final shoot of the day. She was the steriotypical beautiful European blond, and she was dressed in tan leopard print lingerie. I was wearing black leopard print briefs, and my hair is died black right now, so I think our looks complimented eachother quite well. We were posed on the bed, and the strobes were set up as the sun had already sunk behind the mountains. I saw the pictures on cam, and with the dark background and the overhead lighting all I can say is that the pictures looked INCREDIBLE! They were sensual and erotic without being perverse or pornographic. Though it was freezing I think these were my favorite photos of the day. The lighting made my body look RIPPED. We are going to shoot together again before I leave for CT.

Both of the photographers, Meagan and Matt, were amazing to work with. I wound up riding there and back alone with Matt in the truck with the attached trailer, as there was no room in the model van. We had great conversation, the same taste in music, and got along famously. He's one of the coolest guys I've ever met, and if we lived in the same city I can tell we'd hang out all the time. We talked a lot about relationships as well, as I am recovering from a recent break-up and he is separated from his wife of nine years. Both of our splits have been incredibly amicable, recent, and we both continue platonic relationships with our ex's, so it was nice to talk to someone who was in the same place I am emotionally. He said he would touch up any of the raw images I wanted to use for my portfolio. He's truly an amazing guy, and his wife should think twice before letting him go!

Matt and I stayed behind to pack up the furniture as some of the female models had to go to work. I got home around 10 p.m. covered in dirt, tired, and with a wonderful sense of accomplishment. I am incredibly tired, but I had a WONDERFUL day. I am looking forward to seeing the images from the shoot and keeping in touch with some new friends from the shoot. I should be receiving the CD within the next few weeks. I think there will be some amazing looks for my portfolio.