A gallery of my work organized by year.
What started as a simple lighting test to experiment with lighting angles, fabric textures and skin textures or muscle highlights ended up becoming a much more intense shoot than planned. As you’ll see from the images below the fold, the look is intense, textured, detailed and appears to have a fairly complex lighting setup.
What i used, however, is anything but complex. I used two speedlights inside 30 inch softboxes with radio slaves. For most shots they were set to 1/8 power and set perpendicular to and about 6 inches from the wall and about 3 feet from the model. They’re above the model’s head and tilted down to give a good wash of light over her body and still throw a soft hightligh on the wall.  Because they’re softboxes insted of grids, i got a good highlight on the chains and cloth as well.
I would have preferred either larger softboxes or stip boxes to give me a fully parallel light rather than the downward cast light I have now. However, sofboxes large enough (72 or 80 inch would be perfect) would not have fit in the space we shot in and strip boxes that tall would have been almost as unwieldy and not given me the wash on the wall that I ended up liking very much.
The sescret to the complexity of the scenes is in the textures and contrast of the intricate cloth, the way it’s draped and the contrast with the wall behind it. The mix of hard chain with the soft silk of the cloth is mirrored in the intense textures in the model’s skin. Even the smooth skin of the lower back has an unusually pronounced texture.
I’ve included a quick snap of the light and prop setup that shows the space we were shooting in (my bedroom, in this instance). So jump into the comments and tell me how you’d shoot something like this or if this inspired you to shoot something, post it somewhere then come back here and etell us about it.
The images below are not safe for work. The nudity is mostly implied, but it bondage and eroticism isn’t implied, it’s right out in the open for anyone to seel.
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.
Original processed image here: http://www.dreamlandvisions.com/gallery/v/2013/bettie/20131123-DSC_6762.jpg.html
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.
Both images are behind the cut. Wouldn’t want to cause any spontaneous combustion amongst the various HR departments around town.
I spent today among some great friends and incredibly beautiful and talented people at Colab today.  AFPME organized a group shoot at Colab today. It was a fun, creative and somewhat adventurous 6 hours.
Here’s a sample of some of the photos I took.
Model: Gracie Selona
Model: The Lady J
I had the pleasure of shooting the lovely Mistress Sabila and her boy, BJ last night. We started with a bit of shibari on him and moved on to her doing aweful/wonderful things to him. Then, in an incredible bit of bravery for her, a full nude shoot of Mistress Sabila herself.
The full set can be seen here. Enjoy.
A couple more NSFW shots behind the cut.
The last two shoots I’ve done with this lovely lady have been for gifts for someone special to her. This shoot is different. It’s a shoot just for *her*. I think she shows just how playful, elegant and sexy she really is here. What do you think?
Photos after the break.  Link to the full set here: LittleBird: Just for Her
The first couple of edits from Sunday’s group shoot at Atlanta Bound IV.  Enjoy. More to come in the next few days.
(behind the cut for NSFW)