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.

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

Mimu in a red dress 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.

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