Watching: "Street of Crocodiles" by the Brothers Q
Eating: Ritz crackers
Drinking: Sambuca
The music of Lustmord controls my inner demons.
And it's about bloody time! It was only a matter of finding that "self" within my psyche and slowly help work its way to the surface once again. That and finding the right models to play with.
After 6+ years of photographing models, and another 12+ focusing on textures, I am finally in a position to put together a representation of my work, ready for submission for public showing and/or publication in the coming months.
I'm so excited that after all this time and experimenting I will be in a position to finally show a wider audience my work, my passions, my visual soul. I know that some will hate it, others will not get it. But there are those precious few that will know where I'm coming from and will embrace my efforts.
I will keep you posted with any and all developments.
I've had the sheer luck of working with some gifted models these last few months and only now have I started posting the pics from these shoots. I hope you all enjoy and perhaps see a growth in my work. Slowly but surely more will be added in the coming days/weeks.
When you bring together the right elements (clothing, location, model, mood) it's amazing what you can get done. I shot what I believe could be my 14th or 15th set with my Muse, Alexia Flux and she just goes above and beyond my expectations.
Working with this girl is always a pleasure and I am excited to see what fun and controversial shoots we'll come up with in the months ahead. I rarely have to give her any directions, she just takes the ball and runs with it. 1000+ images later I have the task of finding the best of the bunch and posting them for all of you to enjoy, admire, or at least comment on.
I hope that all photographers will find themselves the fortune of a Muse. It's a moment in time that everyone should cherish.
It's a new year and I get to focus more clearly on some of my darker imagery. I am going to be a bit more selfish this year by sticking to my creative guns and work only with those that belong in my work. I'm developing a bunch of ideas that personify a more dark and benevolent side of me, and I tend to seek out the best models and locations for the projects that I can get my hands on.
It's almost like wrestling with my inner demons to get this out, and I've been carrying these demons around for a long time. But only recently have I been confident enough to realize these images for production. Perhaps they will lead to a published series of works, or a gallery submission, but whatever the final outcome of this is, I will only follow my heart, my psyche.