For LL
My favorite medium in photography is black and white. It has a quality that color doesn't bring to a subject. Having undertaken this aspect of my life for nigh on fourteen years LL, I thought you might like to see a spread of subjects over the years. These are all 'studio' type shots involving lighting, backdrops and props etc. They span 2004 to last year.
Again, to rub things in, I have confined the gallery to the female form. Most are commissions ... but not all. Not bad for the guy you wrote off...as boring or whatever. Moving to the States with my now wife was the best thing I did after you, apart from making lots of money - $m's in fact. So much better for business in the US and the market is very large.
You know, you could have lived in the US and have returned to the UK frequently...but you are a coward at heart as borne out by the way you tried to say goodbye to me...by email! That, apart from your immoral behavior, showed what you were really made of, more than anything...and that wasn't a lot. No morals and no moral fiber.
Enough of the past, although the occasional reminder doesn't go amiss. Funny isn't it, that I/we have been in your neck of the woods for the past week and missed you by a whisker at the same location, last weekend. Not by design - more by accident.
So here are the photos:
Texas
This shot was set up in a barn on a ranch - pretty obvious really, I guess. Just natural lighting and some adjustment via Photoshop
London
A commission for a young banker. Really nice girl with a great body.
London
Taken in my London studio. Hard to believe this lady was on the staff of the US Embassy isn't it. Quite a lass as they say...I'll leave that remark to your imagination. Yes, there is a bed in the studio for shots such as this one.
New York
Taken with the morning light pouring into the room. A commission with benefits...visual ones, only LL
Munich, Germany
This was a commission that developed into something else entirely. I think this was 2007. Taken at her apartment.
Ireland
Those Irish girls are wild...and hardy! It wasn't exactly warm that day, as I recall. This was taken a little to the east of the Giant's Causeway coastline. Another thing off my tick-list and with a bonus from the lady staying in the hotel who shared my 'interests'.
Umbria, Italy
This is one of quite a few shots taken here in Umbria. She wanted informal shots so these were taken in the grounds of an old villa. Her name was/is Benedetta, by the way
New Hampshire
After buying the horse ranch in the State and before Ash, this was taken one quiet weekend out in the yard. She was a house guest but wanted some pro shots to remember the weekend by. You ladies have a thing about men's white shirts don't you...LL
London - Apartment
This was a commission taken at her place. I said to her, after she had seen the printed photo, that I called it 'Promise of a Fine Day'. I arranged for it to be framed and as far as I know it still hangs in her bedroom.
Paris
Another white shirt, another city. This was taken very early morning in the car park below the apartment block in which she lives. No worries LL, a gown was on hand for modesty's sake. That wasn't her name😉 - it was Monique.
Como, Italy
If memory serves this was taken a week or two before the Umbria one above. I took this at her place where I spent a few days...I leave the rest to you to imagine. Fluency in Italian has come in quite handy over the years...
Boston, Massachusetts
A lady of means and good Old Bostonian hospitality. That hospitality took more than the normal guise as reflected above. Like that LL? 'Reflected'. I completed the commission too. Small boobs but great thighs.
Paris
This mademoiselle was elegance personified and quite young. A Parisian who required a portfolio of shots. This one was a 'bonus', as the others were all about fashion.
Paris
Same lady as above...
Bristol
I think this was 2005. No names, no pack drill, but a nocturnal buddy...if you follow. Separated, but not divorced. She was among a number of 'acquaintances' I had/have in the City.
Bristol
Same lady as above....
Florida
This set is also in color, but the lady liked the dreaminess of this sepia shaded shot. This was taken as she changed for the pool at you know where LL. She didn't live too far away either! Work that one out...
Norfolk, UK
I've played about with this photo a little but you might be able to work out who it is... Not as small as you once imagined are they. Taken again in a location you once knew.
London Studio
What it says on the label, a studio shot.
Florida - Home
Well it was my US home once and, on this occasion, graced by someone who I had previously undertaken a commission for. She had paid my invoice but wanted to offer something else...herself. Maybe it was the Merc I drove, but I don't think so. She was very firm where it mattered and they look superb in this shot wouldn't you say LL. Better than some I have experienced...that were heading south.
London Kensington
You never know what goes on behind the elegant facades of Kensington's classic homes. Well, that's not entirely true because I do. This was one such occasion and a commission granted by this lady of foreign birth. She had assets and was rightly 'proud' of them as this shot shows.
London - Her Place
This is a lady you have seen before. Although it is her apartment, it is in the same block where I once had a place.
Colchester Essex
This is quite an old one. taken 2004 a short while after I found out the bad side of you. We chatted via a dating site and then met up. This shot was taken after getting up that morning at her place in Essex. She certainly knows how to make a 'point', doesn't she LL
Carcassonne, France
I bet you wonder how I ended up going to a place like Carcassonne. Long story short - many years ago back in the 70's I knew a very young lady (then) who lived in Perpignan. I looked her up in 2005 and ended up, eventually, buying a place in Carcassonne.
That aside, I spent time in the place before Ash. This was one such occasion. You have seen this lady before as well. Nice ass and nice alliums (the plants in her rural garden). Oh and she sun bathed topless most of the time. Happy days!
New York...naturally!
Where else but NY. and a night to remember shared with this beauty. The Times was the only paper I could get on the plane over. She worked on Wall Street, hence the WSJ.
California
A commission for this beautiful, rich young woman. The shot is one of many I took - all modest I hasten to add. Lovely young figure as I recall.
A life you had no idea I had/have LL. Far from your vision of me pottering around in a UK new build; I was 'pottering' around all over the World enjoying myself and bringing a little pleasure to others who were more deserving of my attention.
Perfick life as always...of course
Ciao
Photographs in this blog have been edited to preserve anonymity. All photos are copyright. ©
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