I like to view what people are hitting my site about so that I can make the content of my site more useful. Sometimes, I'll notice a search that seems to ask a question but I'm not sure if I've got a great answer for it, so here's some short answers...

So I told Mimu that I'd tell everybody she went on a rampage and broke all my gear, because after our shoot, I was down one flash, one lightstand, and one tripod....

Somebody's writing a documentary about the TFP modeling community, some more thoughts on image theft, and a Leica M8 is shown to be pretty awful for real use in Iraq.

I feel that every guy has this misapprehension that asking a girl to pose nude is like coaxing a girlfriend out of her clothing. Or that there must be a sexual connection between model and photographer. Really, the whole public perception of this sort of photography is very skewed.

A few observations about working with models.

Power lines, a mountain bike, and the trail downhill.

Ursula with her back turned to the camera and a water bottle.

Ursula with a chain

Ella lying on the ground near a creek

Ella making an arc, reflected in the water.

Ella making arch forms

Ella making arch forms

Kitten in a science fiction glittery costume with the moon in the background

Kitten against the Port of Oakland and the setting sun.

The San Mateo Bridge. While we were talking, Emily was taking a bunch of pictures. I only took one. I carefully evaluated metering and decided this was really the picture I wanted to take.