Tying Kim

I'm not sure how many ways I've tied Kimberly Marvel. I've booked her at least a half dozen times with multiple ties per shoot. I can't say enough good things about her. She's a genuinely nice person and a great model (especially if you want someone who can ham it up).

She is not personally excited by bondage but knows how to look good in rope. Because of physical issues, she is planning on cutting way back on the amount of time she spends wearing the ropes but she is a competent rigger and hopes to get some work as the dominant.

She was the first model I tied up. I learned a lot from the experience and from going over the pictures afterwards.

Because of some cancellations, she had a hole in her schedule (and in her finances). I booked her for a couple of hours. I ran across a tutorial on Chinese bondage and had been wanting to try it. Unlike Japanese bondage, almost all of the rope stays behind the model. The most distinctive feature is a spiral wrap around the woman's arms.

I did a basic version of this plus one with extra loops of rope connecting the spiral wraps to the back of the neck. It looked really good. Kim's husband called it "awesome".

I've had her in Japanese box ties before so I avoided that. I did a chair tie and a rope harness with her arms tied to the back.

We were shooting in a hotel room. It was a sunny day with a lot of light coming through the window. I like natural light and this was as good as I have had to work with. The pictures turned out good. All have nice lighting and Kim looked better than ever.

Photography - how I started

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.

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.

Four weeks in chastity

This marks a full four weeks since I first locked on my Jailhouse chastity device (with breaks on Saturday nights). I have also been wearing my collar for just under three weeks continuously plus time before that.

The chastity device is still comfortable most of the time. I am still aware of it some of the time but I've worn it so long that I am more aware when I am not wearing it.

The collar is a different matter. Part of the time it is comfortable. Other times it hurts, especially when worn under a suit or coat. It is tempting to take it off. I am seriously considering gluing the bolt in or otherwise making it hard to get out to reduce the temptation.

Two weeks

Today marks two weeks since I locked on the chastity device. Since then I've had two breaks. The first was Saturday night for less than eight hours. I locked myself up again when I got up Sunday.

I had to put it on twice. I'm not sure that I used the stocking correctly to get in and I noticed that one testicle was free. At the time I assumed that I hadn't put it on correctly.

Thursday night I had a testicle slip free. It wasn't painful. It just slipped out. I took the whole thing off for a couple of hours then put it back on using a smaller ring - the middle-sized one.

I had been planning on trying the middle ring to stop any possibility of pull-out but I was planning on waiting until the weekend so that I would have access to the key in case of problems. I decided to take a chance, anyway.

It all worked out. I've been wearing the middle ring for more than two days with no irritation. In fact, it is more comfortable. Also, there is no chance of pull-out. It is too tight to get a finger in.

I was in such a hurry to put it on before that I hadn't really checked out the construction. At first it appears to be a series of rings welded together. Instead I think it is a series of "C"s

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braed to a flat plate. There is some copper exposed on the inside (I can tell by the look and smell). I will keep an eye on my penis to be sure that the skin isn't turning green like happens with a copper ring. It that happens I will have to coat the copper with something.

Another Day

Another day in the Jail House chastity device and still no problems. After two and a half days I'm prepared to declare it a success.

I finally tried peeing while standing up. No problem as long as no one is nearby. It would be obvious to anyone near that I had a lot of metal on my penis.

The big openings mean that peeing is not likely to splatter although it can come out at strange angles if you aren't careful.

I put my collar back on last night so I now have two pieces of steel locked or bolted on my body.

The Jail House after a day and a half

So far the Jail House has been the most comfortable chastity device I have tried. After a day and a half it it isn't rubbing. It has been a very easy device to forget that I am wearing.

It is also the best-looking device I have tried. The plastic CB series just doesn't look that great. My Bird Cage looks pretty good but after trying it on, I like the Jail House better.

The Jail House has seven rings welded at the bottom and with a space at the top. This gives it a curve. The rings hold my penis in place. I had to use a stocking to get into it but my penis has not moved around. The head of my penis stays put in the head of the device.

It has a hole at the tip and in theory you should pee through it. There are six curve bars holding the tip and in practice there is plenty of room in between them for peeing through.

Erections are not painful. They don't feel as good as in some devices, either.

There is no way to come while wearing this. It is too tight to get much stimulation from moving it around and the skin that I can touch is hyper-sensitive. I might be able to slip my penis out but the spacer is way too small to get my testicles through so it would be hanging from my testicles. Trying to get back in would be very difficult, also.

I might be able to take the medium ring but I am going to stay with the largest one for a while so that I can adjust to it. It's been a few months since I wore a chastity device and my skin might need to toughen up.