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About the photographs and galleries: Full galleries require membership for viewing, and members may
enter via the members entrance. Guests may see samples at the photo index & subscribe here.
I attempt with my photographs to merge the erotic with the artistic,
and chose photos and sets to publish for quality, not quantity.
You will not find every shot I have taken in a shoot in each gallery,
but instead, what I feel are the very best shots I have taken.
Photographs vary in approach, tone and genre from series to series:
some contain full nudity, others do not. Some are subtle, others
are more explicit. Some are conceptual art, others pure cheesecake.
Some are fun and sexy, others contain darker or more serious moods.
Ultimately, my goal in creating them is to create a very visceral
mood, a body of work in each gallery in which every piece is of
quality and is original in its approach to eroticism, portraiture
and visual art. All of the photos in the site are original and
exclusive, not the resold, rehashed content you find at most adult
sites. I run the site myself and work for myself, so I'm not part
of a virtual bordello, nor is what is found here chosen by anyone
but me.
What you won't find here is shallow language, feigned intimacy,
photos taken purely for shock value or work made expressly for
heterosexual men who are loose with the credit cards. What you
also won't get here is the sense -- as one member described, thankful
it wasn't the case here -- of "being my personal gynecologist."
What you will find here is sexuality and creativity nestled together,
and a very real and genuine look. I am not a stick figure, full
of silicone, 19, nor am I pretending to display a sexuality that
isn't mine, and neither are the women or men who model for me.
I'm a queer, naturally curvy and fit redhead in her thirties with
lots of pretty bits to look at and lots of little flaws too. I
do not retouch anything to death. We all try to keep present when
working and save on rare occasions when there isn't enough coffee,
don't look as if we've been hit over the head with a 2x4. Lee
Press-on Nails are parked at the door; intellect and aesthetics
are not.
The photographs at this site have been taken by a variety of photographers,
some the best in this genre, and are most often taken by myself.
Art direction and processing is usually done by myself, as is
the modeling. In some series, additional models appear. Guest
photographers and models have included:
Membership fees not only pay my bills so I can keep creating original
work, but help benefit young adult sex education at scarleteen.com, and so I encourage you to subscribe. If you are interested in
prints, some are available: contact me via email. For more independent sites like mine, with original content
and personable management, take a look at the Femmerotic portal.
Technical Information: For the self-portraits and my own photography work, I currently
shoot with a Canon G2 (some of the older photos were produced
with an Olympus 3040Z or a Sony Mavica). For self-portraits, I
use a handheld remote or timer. I use a diverse array of lighting,
I prefer natural light rather than artificial, and shoot with
both tripod and handheld. To process and edit photos, I use a
stripped-down version of Adobe Photoshop, and try to do a minimum
of editing. Some series involve more intricate montage, collage,
background and/or foreground overlay and detailing, also usually
done with Adobe.
Want to model for me or this site? I'm based in Minneapolis, and I do travel on occasion, so check out my professional portfolio if you're interested. You don't have to look like Kate Moss or
Marilyn Monroe: I do diverse, body-positive work, encompassing
all shapes, sizes, orientations, genders and colors. All you have
to be is comfortable in your own skin and open to collaboration
with me (and I'm a peach to work with, I assure you). I'm happy
to shoot you solo or with your partners, nude or clothed, and
glad to work with you to do what really interests you. Models
who shoot work for use on this site will be compensated either
with a small fee, or with copies and full use of the photos. I
also freelance for those who do not wish to appear on the site
but want photographs for their personal use only, as well as for
companies such as Gay.com and On Our Backs. I have done a great deal of body-image work with women recovering
from eating disorders and poor body image, and will do that work
pro bono if it's local and the model cannot afford studio fees.
Want to photograph me? I don't model for other photographers all that often anymore,
and are very persnickety about it, but if you have a great project
or idea, woo me. Again, I'm in Minneapolis, Minnesota, so shooting
here is a breeze, but I am willing to travel for paying work.
I'm very flexible in terms of ideas and art direction, and highly
open to experimentation. Interested in collaborating? Have plenty
of coffee to spare? Get in touch. At this time, I'm only interested in working with other female
and/or queer photographers, and/or photographers working with
experimental equipment and media. In other words, I don't want
to shoot with heterosexual men anymore, and I don't want to do
prototypical modeling work.
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