Don't Touch Me; Touch Me

With the backdrop down, I come up with another concept.

If you've read my modeling FAQ, you'd know that I usually don't mind if a model brings a single guest to the sitting. Ashton was accompanied on her 2 month road trip by her boyfriend. When we met at the door, I got a good first impression of him; they asked whether he could attend the sitting, and I had no problem with that (although advanced warning is usually preferred). Throughout the sitting, I had put him to work, holding reflectors, helping move the lights, etc. He was greatly supportive & enthusiastic -- I think he particularly liked the hair dance images.

There's no denying that there was a good deal of eroticism in Ashton's posing, so I come up with a simple but erotic concept. We start with Ashton leaning against the wall, while I take advantage of the swinging, pivoting LCD screen on the digital camera to photograph her from below, looking up.

Yes, I am experimenting with a different effect for these images -- I've increased the color saturation of the "colorized" images greatly. I like the coppery tones.

I can't quite achieve this same angle with the film camera, but I love this perspective. I love the diagonal of the picture rail (where I usually hang the backdrop), and of course, it's a pure joy to look at Ashton's figure.

(Architectural note: I have an interesting cove feature to my walls, where they curve up to join with the ceiling -- see?)

You!

Don't Touch!

There's no denying that there is a significant erotic electricity to the images we've done so far, and at this point, I come up with a concept that goes further in that direction. I ask Ashton's boyfriend to get more involved. My instructions to Ashton is to lean against the wall & non-verbally will her boyfriend to touch her. The following images are the result.

I find this images to be highly erotic, don't you?

What I like about them is that the eroticism is more cerebral than, umm, hormonal. I also like the coppery glow of the light.

Contact!

Ashton's boyfriend moves close enough to touch. While the next set of images gets no more erotic than this one, I'm not quite comfortable displaying them in the public galleries. I think I'll put together a page for the secret galleries for the remainder of these "Touch Me; Don't Touch Me" images.

I really, really, really like these images. In fact, I think I'll try to find a model willing to pose for an adult sitting & I'll use this kind of feeling for the whole sitting.

This sitting concludes on the following page: In The Shower