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During
the sitting with Tracy and during
the December sitting, Karina & I experimented with
handcuffs. On the December sitting page, I speculated that Karina
might enjoy a little light bondage. When I saw Karina in April,
she said, "you know, I really do like it". That was all
the inspiration we needed for our sitting May. A quick visit to
the friendly,
neighborhood fetish store, and we were set.
Just for a change of pace, I've digitally applied some sepia toning to the pictures on this page. What do you think? |
Karina is beautiful and adventurous, and she enjoys erotic posing. There are some more extreme erotic pictures on her secret page. Although I enjoy the occasional erotic theme, I have to admit that I'm not always comfortable with making such pictures. But when I think about it, that's how I got started doing nudes in the first place -- I felt nude photography would be a challenge because it did (at first) make me uncomfortable. So, now I'm thinking that since I have access to a talented & willing model in Karina, I should extend myself in this area. My assessment -- well, let's just say I want to do better -- these aren't bad, but I want better. Note to others -- the best method for improving your ability & technique is to stretch outside your comfort zone. You don't have to range far from your zone, just a little bit each time will do it. Don't be satisfied with attempting to repeat past successes -- try some new stuff as you go.
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Opinions on digital versus traditional photography can make religious wars seem friendly. I remember seeing a digital evangelist in a newsgroup challenge people to go to his website and tell him which pictures were digital and which were traditional. "Silly person," I thought, "all pictures on your website are digital. Some might have started life on film & paper, but these were digitized before you put them on your website." For the record, I use a 6x7 camera, Tri-X film, and Ilford paper; I'm also an advocate of Phil Davis' Beyond the Zone System.. I spend ~5 or 6 hours in the darkroom for every hour in the studio. And for me, the measure of a picture isn't how it looks on the website (I admit that I scan my "work prints" for this site) -- the measure of the quality of a picture is how it looks on the wall. I say that because I didn't do a good job in determining the exposure for the following pictures, but with some PC software, I was able to compensate quite a bit -- these would be difficult for me to print to my satisfaction. But with digital, I can still make decent images (and apply sepia toning) from non-optimal negatives.
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Finally, these last three pictures are my favorites from this sitting.
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