Posts in Category: Smyrna Studio

Wendi in Profile

I spent some time last night doing light and posing experiments with my lovely wife, Wendi.  Generally I do not get anything usable out of such a session since I’m focused on what works, doesn’t work, and on experiments. I deliberately push things to extremes in order to study the *why* as much as the *what* of how the pose or light acts and looks.

Then there are times when with a little post work, I come up with something truly extraordinary.  The last time was the image “Stark Elegance” (nsfw) where it was a particular pose and expression that was the inspiration for an image.  This time, it’s just the way the light fell, the softness of the detail on her hair, her expression.   It’s probably one of the most elegant portraits of Wendi I’ve taken yet.

Enjoy.

A Sleazy Drag King shoot

I had the pleasure to shoot the lovely Bettie N Love in a gender queer drag king shoot for submission to a new magazine.  These are a few of the outtakes from that shoot.

You can find more of Bettie N Love at her Gods Girls page:  godsgirls.com/girls/Bettie  or on her Facebook page: facebook.com/bettienlove

Enjoy.  One NSFW image included.

My Lady in Red

My lovely wife, Wendi, posing in her playful new red dress and shoes.  There’s more to her new outfit, but you don’t get to see that….. yet.

My Lady in Red

My Lady in Red

My Lady in Red

My Lady in Red

My Lady in Red

My Lady in Red

The Long Awaited Naked Photographer Post – sort of.

Yep, that’s right boys and girls.  Step right up and take a seat for the palest show on earth.  That’s right, I’m in front of the lens again and this time, I left all those pesky clothes in the closet.  Now, before you cover your eyes and after your gaze, understand that all these photos are safe for that bastion of purity and safe haven from all things prurient; Facebook.  Nary a female nipple, nor hint of my southerly charms shall inflict your innocent eyes.   Fear not for I those posts are not ready.   Yet.

Read on to see what happens late at night when a photographer is bored and his wife is out of town and the models have all gone home.

A classical look from the archives.

It’s that time again.  I’m thinking of making this a weekly post.  This time, we’re diving through late 2011 to experiment with more B/W conversions and edits.  Images below the fold are NSFW.  You’ve been warned.  The gallery from the original shoot is here.

We start with an image that I had passed up at the time I shot it.  Back then, I couldn’t quite get the emotion I wanted to come out.  A bit of work with filters and color.

Nothing Left.

Nothing Left.

NSFW images below the fold.

Snowpocalypse Part Deux

We got hit with a second snow storm a week after the last one.  At least this time it didn’t shut the entire city down, stranding motorists for days.  Being stuck in my home (working from home, damned interweb tubes things) I couldn’t let a camera sit idle.

Steve the Skull playing in the snow.

Even Steve, the skull in a jar, likes playing in the snow.

A single drop of water, frozen in time.

A single drop of water, frozen in time.

Frozen drops on the van.

It’s unusual to see frozen beads of water on a car.

 

 

Atlanta Snowpocalypse 2014

A few shots of the Snowpocalypse 2014 that brought Atlanta to a stand still this year.  Shot on January 28, 2014.

Abandoned lawn mower in the snow.

Even the lawn mowers were stuck.

Jess and Nathan beginning the trek for supplies.

Jess and Nathan beginning the trek for supplies. Will they ever return with my peanut butter M&Ms?

Leafless tree in a snow filled sky.

Leafless tree in a snow filled sky.

 

 

Edits from BettieNLove in rope and stockings.

I’ve been experimenting and working out a new workflow between Lightroom, Photoshop, Vertus LiquidMask and OnOne’s Perfect Photo Suite this week.  What better photos to stare at for hours on end than the lovely Bettie in her rope and stockings.

I have a pretty good workflow now and it’ll only get better when I hear bck from OnOne about why the photoshop and Lightroom plugins for Perfect Photo Suite aren’t working.  Loading and saving the images separately breaks up the creative flow a bit, but not enough to completely derail the process.

Enough babbling about software, I know all of you are just here for the pics, so here you go.  Enjoy.   And as always, NSFW behind the break.

Cropped and brought out the colors quite a bit.  I love her tattoos.

Cropped and brought out the colors quite a bit. I love her tattoos.

Bettie N Love in stockings and rope.

I had the wonderful privilege of shooting a new model today. Bettie N Love with her friend Joe Soap doing the rope work. I’ll be editing the set over the next few days, but here’s a teaser or two for you. More explicit and NSFW photos behind the fold.

Bettie in a corset.

Bettie in a corset.

Bettie N Love in ropes.

Bettie N Love in ropes.

Rope marks.

Rope marks.

Flag Day 2013

I posted a challenge on Facebook this morning.  Instead of sharing the same tired old meme-photo that a million other people share, put some effort into this day and go out and take your own photo.    True to ‘challenge karma’, I have done the same.

Old Gloy on a clear blue sky.

Flag Day 2013