Around two and a half years ago Kimberly Marvel posted her travel plans which included Columbus. Wow, a chance to actually meet and tie up a real bondage model! I asked for a session and she agreed.
At that point I had been to several bondage workshops so I knew I could tie a woman up but I didn't have a lot of experience. I hadn't really discovered what I could do and what I liked.
Kim is more likely to schedule shoots with unknown people than most models so I was not the first inexperienced photographer she had dealt with. Her husband commented on that yesterday.
The first thing that I learned is that I can do a good job of tying up a woman for photography. My ropework is nice and neat. I seldom look over the pictures I took and find messy ropework. It looks better than some professional sites and a lot of the bondage magazines from the 1970s.
I learned a lot about photography from that session. Most of my photography to that point had been outdoors landscape so I needed experience with indoor lighting and flashes.
Kim had book a room based on the stars the motel got. She ended up in a century-old hotel that gets a lot of convention business. The room was small and it only had one small window so most of the pictures were with lights or flash. These photos look flat and have distracting shadows in the background.
Near the end of the session I had her in a hogtie on the bed and I noticed that the window light was playing across her. I shot several pictures without a flash and they were easily the best of the day. Since then I have always tried to work in some natural light with good results.
I am definitely a glamor bondage photographer. I try to make the model look good and I spend a lot of effort on lighting.
The final thing that I discovered from that first session is the thrill of looking at a set of pictures and knowing that you took them.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Photography
I'm going to take this blog in a different direction. I've done several photography shoots with professional models this year. I will talk about them some.
Kimberly Marvel is the alpha and omega of my photography right now. This is a fancy way of saying that she was the first model I shot and the most recent. She was married last Summer and is now traveling with her husband, J. R. Marvel. He is just about what I expected Kim's husband to be like - friendly, nice, a little goofy. They make a cute couple and they still act like honeymooners.
I used the same room (and the same corner) two shoots in a row. Also, I've taken a lot of pictures of Kim in the last couple of years. So I decided to try something a little more moody.
There is an attic off the second floor. It has a single round window. I had Kim dress in panties and a white blouse and tied her up there. My camera has an option to take double pictures, one with natural light and one with flash. The natural light ones came out just the way I hoped. Kim was right in the light so the rest of the attic was shadowed and looked a lot larger than it is. Very moody.
Next we went down to the basement. I did a box tie with black rope and photographed her under a harsh fluorescent light. Again it came out just about the way I wanted. I may play with the color a bit. The tan walls combined with the light and gave it a slightly green hue. On the other hand, if I fix the colors I will lose the harshness of the light.
The third shoot was with a bolero-style straitjacket. Kim wore a corset and shiny pants so the only things exposed were her face and breasts. Part way through Kim made a bad joke and I remembered that she hadn't been gagged yet so she called for her husband to bring the gag, "Hey, Gag Boy" He wondered what kind of name that was for a superhero. "You're not a hero," Kim informed him. "You are a sidekick - Marvel Girl and Gag Boy."
We ended with a long tickling session. Now that she is married, Kim only lets her husband tickle her but they were willing to let me tape it. She is very ticklish, especially for him. Normally she is a good actress and model but she loses all control when he tickles her. We had to give her a couple of breaks to recover (although J. R. took advantage and did a bit of tickling when he knew I wasn't taping). When we finished she was so shaky that she had to be helped to her feet. After resting for a bit she went to change and dry off her female parts.
Fun day.
Kimberly Marvel is the alpha and omega of my photography right now. This is a fancy way of saying that she was the first model I shot and the most recent. She was married last Summer and is now traveling with her husband, J. R. Marvel. He is just about what I expected Kim's husband to be like - friendly, nice, a little goofy. They make a cute couple and they still act like honeymooners.
I used the same room (and the same corner) two shoots in a row. Also, I've taken a lot of pictures of Kim in the last couple of years. So I decided to try something a little more moody.
There is an attic off the second floor. It has a single round window. I had Kim dress in panties and a white blouse and tied her up there. My camera has an option to take double pictures, one with natural light and one with flash. The natural light ones came out just the way I hoped. Kim was right in the light so the rest of the attic was shadowed and looked a lot larger than it is. Very moody.
Next we went down to the basement. I did a box tie with black rope and photographed her under a harsh fluorescent light. Again it came out just about the way I wanted. I may play with the color a bit. The tan walls combined with the light and gave it a slightly green hue. On the other hand, if I fix the colors I will lose the harshness of the light.
The third shoot was with a bolero-style straitjacket. Kim wore a corset and shiny pants so the only things exposed were her face and breasts. Part way through Kim made a bad joke and I remembered that she hadn't been gagged yet so she called for her husband to bring the gag, "Hey, Gag Boy" He wondered what kind of name that was for a superhero. "You're not a hero," Kim informed him. "You are a sidekick - Marvel Girl and Gag Boy."
We ended with a long tickling session. Now that she is married, Kim only lets her husband tickle her but they were willing to let me tape it. She is very ticklish, especially for him. Normally she is a good actress and model but she loses all control when he tickles her. We had to give her a couple of breaks to recover (although J. R. took advantage and did a bit of tickling when he knew I wasn't taping). When we finished she was so shaky that she had to be helped to her feet. After resting for a bit she went to change and dry off her female parts.
Fun day.
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