Jan 2010

happy new year ... i hope!

figure

playing with figure lines and composition

happy holidays

wishing you all the best!

self: contemplating

well its that time of the year again:

.upgrading hardware (hum, if I could afford any...)
.figuring out what’s next,
.refining direction for my art and
.reinventing me!

Matisse does Playboy

having fun!

the battle within

from beginning of time the struggle between light and darkness ...
model: my dear friend Alice, makeup thursday special

Amelie Noia

my recent session with beautiful model: Amelie Noia

portraits

model: Rebecca Noell

model: Amelie Noia

model: Bad Charlotte

a few classic portraits form recent and not so recent work

relationship 101

I often thought this one would be a perfect cover for a text book cover
from my archives with model: Veronica and her friend

happy thanksgiving day

what better way to express this day but with the goddess figure of Lady Anais
from a recent session

Esperanza

model: my dear friend AKA

fermata

model: Alice

fermata

waiting

while I change my lens!

jazmin bliss

from my archives!  for a business promo card a few years ago

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*edited

Dervish

art model: AKA
one of my favorite works in a very longtime

physical memories

model: RerJa

been thinking how for the longest time I’ve been interested in memories of movement in time and space. so I would ask dancers to pose for me.

theater of life

from slayed geisha series with LadyAnais

AKA: Blessings

well here is one of the images I edited.

inspired by one of my favorite artists: Haleh Bryan

there are many many more and I will post them. AKA is magnificent friend :)

Dhatura CD

proposed sketch for Dhatura's up coming album.
to produce an image like this takes a whole village of creative artist...
I am grateful to work with them

AKA

AKA is coming! 

see her also here

Model Transformation

 been wanting to share this for sometimes now ...

Mdrid ... more

nothing left to say...

Mdrid

these are form a session last night with Madrid.

she is a muse by every definition. thank you dear for being in my life

Sierra Nevada

back from my short vacation!
California is so beautiful <3

mused

long before she came to visit, I knew this is would be for her...

model: Brooke Lynne

crack pot art

 

My dear friend Mary Grace work is been published in a book and I had the plesuer of photographing them! so much fun

see her work at crackpotart.net

NevaehLleh

one of my favorite images  from a session a few years ago with NevaehLleh

RedSonia

I love shooting portraits, this one of RedSonia is from our resent visit to the "Old Getty Villa"  

outdoor test shoot

I am still learning in how to do outdoor nude photography
model is ArtSonata

tree of life

a concept I did sometimes ago, not sure if its working and I might re do this one.
model is: LadyAnais

without you

model :ArtSonata 

Utopia

 yahoo dictionary: Utopia

1. An ideally perfect place, especially in its social, political, and moral aspects.

2. A work of fiction describing a utopia, An impractical, idealistic scheme for social and political reform.

stock photogrphy

occasionally I go for a walk in my neighborhood taking a camera with me.
mainly shooting textures to support and enhance my art (stock photo).
well this one I had to share. it’s detail of a small decorative palm tree  :)

learn how to fly

occasionally I ask my models the reason they pose nude?
often the answer is:   for personal growth and over come fears
model: Penelope Grace

alone

 

no words
no touch

summer day dream

from a shoot this past summer  with the amazing  Brooke Lynne

body scape

 

from my studies in form/light and colors
model is my muse RedSonia

in between

to be present
in between
now and ever

more of my experiments with time and movments

Om

 

for the start of new week.

model: Lady Anais

No. 13

 

well looks like as I am getting old I am also getting _______!
this is my blog’s entry No. 13 and  I feel weird so a detail of the sunflower I took a few weeks ago.  

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sloth

from my “seven deadly sins” series
did you know if you don’t fallow your dream it is considered a capital sin!

 

also  sloth:
 “the failure to utilize one's talents and gifts” wikipedia.org

The Birth of Venus

last year I had a golden opportunity to work with Kaori Night in her short visit to US. this was a once in a life time chance to recreate one the all time masterpieces in art world
the Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus”

I remember after month of planning and hours of work by the makeup artist Mel
finally I looked into view finder of camera and tears came to my eyes it was so magical