The past 60 days have been interesting from a photographic perspective.  I've got a couple of models here in Texas I'm shooting with.  Two in particular are just terrific.  "K" I've talked about in my previous journal--what a joy it is to work with her...so spunky and sensual and funny and sexy.  She truly is a tomboy with killer lingerie.  Funny story...I had scouted a location for us to shoot at (outdoors...a tree-covered path, good privacy, near a body of water), we went there, started shooting some glamour, then some nudes and all of a sudden "K" gave a start.  Through the bushes on one side of the path was a squatter's camp with a couple of tents (and a couple of individuals staring at her).  We beat a hasty retreat.  I can't believe I missed the tents when I scouted the site the day before.  Or maybe they'd set up in between my scouting episode and the shoot.  Anyway, she was a good sport about it and we got a laugh.  And before and after that incident, we made photographic magic.  I love her creative ideas.  And she looks dynamite in (and out of) red and black.

And then I shot with a young blonde model named Laura.  Expect to see some results from that shoot soon.  Lovely lady and very easy to work with.  I'm very happy with our results and we will shoot again.

I also had a chance to shoot with a model named Janice.  Superb art model...very great poses.  Impervious to the cold.  Great eye and a sense for composition.  Plus a terrific set of scarfs that we used to great affect.

Finally, two models back in my home stomping ground.  MaeDayPhotography is well-represented in my portfolio here on DA.  I shot her first nude shoot a couple of years ago.  She's an amazing model who has traveled (and shot) internationally.  We finally got a chance to shoot again.  The shoot was abbreviated (one location didn't work out b/c of the temperature, two others b/c of insufficient privacy).  But the results we did get were great.  And more importantly, it was special to get a chance to catch up with her, find out what was going on in her life and loves.  Just a tremendous individual and a real artist.

The second model goes my Melancholic on her MM account.  We've done two shoots and got great results both times.  I love working with her.  You can see our collaborations in my most recent portfolio results.  She's picky on who she shoots with and she's a joy to work with.

As I think back, I know I haven't shot as much as I would have liked to these past 60 days.  But these past 60 days have seen a couple of just epic shoots with models that are really, really, really cool people, easy to work with, fun to interact with, classy individuals who are about creating art, not a sense of diva in them.  And I think back on that collection of women and I feel blessed.  It's great to get a chance to make art and to have enjoyed being with the people you made the art with.

One last thing...a giant in the field of photojournalism recently passed away.  Horst Faas won two putlitzers as a photographer...he was brilliant.  But as a good as a war photographer as he was, he was even better as an editor.  In Vietnam, he mentored, managed and helped guide a stable of brilliant photographers...guys like Eddie Adams (pulitizer prize winner) and Nick Ut (pulitizer prize winner and the man who shot probably the most iconic photo of the war) were among the photojournalists in Horst's stable of talent.  I had an opportunity to talk with him once at a gathering with Tim Page to promote "Requiem"....a book the two of them had put together about so many of the photojournalists (Sean Flynn and Bob Capa to name just two) who died in Indochina.

Horst passed away in Munich on May 10th.  He was an amazing man.  Here is an example of some of his work.

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