belly

Photographed by Robert Triboli

Sacramento, CA - Summer 2011

I have latkas and donuts in my belly. I hear the gym calling.

New Year Already?

Photographed by CS Photographics

Little Rock, Arkansas - Spring 2011

In America as soon as Halloween has passed, Thanksgiving is upon people's minds. And while Thanksgiving comes and goes, signs of Christmas are everywhere. Now that Christmas has been celebrated, bits of wrapping paper and holiday trinkets will linger, Hanukah will persist for two more nights, and thoughts of the coming new year are even stronger.

The new year offers the sense of opportunity for renewal. The date marker not only the start to a new calendar where the cycle starts anew, but the commencement of a fresh period of time. An occasion for changes. I like to think every day of the year can be a day to modify your life to live to the fullest, but if a concrete break from old and new is helpful, I can embrace that (this is, after all, tradition). I, too, am cooking up a list of goals for 2012 - professionally and personally. Are you?

girls

Photographed by Mel Brackstone

Models: Rebecca Lawrence, Candace Nirvana and me

Todos Santos, Mexico - October 2011

Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas! Happy Chanukah!

Europe!

Photographed by Marcus Ranum

Edited by Bergkristalle

Pennsylvania - Summer 2011

A year ago I had it all figured out. Or at least, I had my general schedule worked out to have me work nonstop in 2010 and to jet to South America come the start of 2011. I was to embark in a 6 month backpacking trip and spend as much time speaking Spanish and as little time speaking English as possible. Then life happened.

I am spending the bulk of January in Europe. A plane ticket and a shoot goes a long way. If anyone here reading this has ever wanted me to come shoot with you - make it happen! This is going to be my year of a bit more spontaneity.

Today is today is tomorrow

Photographed by Robert Farnham

Todos Santos, Mexico - October 2011

Today I commence my journey home. After a full day of travel, I will return from the future and be in Oakland to once again experience today. Crossing the international date line make possible bizarre statements like this.

nudity or not

Photographed by Mac Moss

Greensboro, NC - Spring 2011

On occasion I do shoots which require my comfort with nudity but do not ask for nudity (or much showing) n the final images.

Lisa Jupiter

Top and bottom photographed by Helmut

Middle photographed by Perry Julien

Models: Lisa Jupiter, myself

Lisa Jupiter lives in Sacramento, which conveniently enough is only a train ride away from Oakland where I will be spending a fair amount of time this winter (December through February). If anyone is traveling through the San Francisco Bay Area, I think it would be wonderful to team up with her for another shoot. (hint, hint)

Shooting with friends

Photographed by Eric Mayr

Anoush, Rebecca Lawrence, Myself

NYC, NY - September 2011

Both of my shoots today were duo shoots - one was with the lovely Ayla Maya who I recently met and the other with my good friend Anoush. It was a long, but good day.

Light painting

Photographed by Brett

Queensland, AUS - November 2010

Instant coffee cannot truly be considered coffee, but mixed with a bit of milk, the warm, sweet, coffee-like flavor has become a familiar experience to me while in Australia, staying with people who typically do not drink the caffeinated beverage or choose to purchase the milky flat whites from corner cafes. I am enjoying my second cup of the morning (so it may be noon - morning and afternoon is all relative) and liken my experience to that of a beverage half way between a chalky-rich hot cocoa and a real coffee.

The weather has been uncooperative here in Australia; less than the balmy to warm as I had hoped for, rain and overcast skies have been a continue part of my experience. Today I take a trip to the Snowy Mountains (which currently do not have snow) with a photographer I met at Zoefest last year, Brett. I hope the wind and cold will be to a minimum. Originally light painting and shooting with stars was part of the agenda, but between weather issues and a broken camera, the plan has changed. Two zoefests ago, Rebecca Lawrence and I shot with Brett and did some light painting, but not with stars.

beastly

Ron Compton

Connecticut - September 2011

Happy Thanksgiving

Photographed by Rob Randall

Raleigh, North Carolina - September 2011

Happy Thanksgiving! Australians do not celebrate Thanksgiving as people in the United States do, but Thanksgiving has always been an important holiday in my family and I find myself feeling incredibly thankful for these past years of my life.

plop

Photographed by Ken Prevette

ABQ, New Mexico - October 2011

Still on US time, I woke at 5:30 am for a shoot that had to be postponed due to weather and proceeded to cook breakfast and plop myself down on a couch with lightroom, the internet and Season 1 of Mad Men. Perhaps not the best use of my second day in Sydney, but I'm content. I feel being able to sit and enjoy simple pleasures, rather than feeling pressured to constantly tour around, is part of the nomadic lifestyle as opposed to a tourist lifestyle. Yesterday I took a ferry to Cockatoo Island and photographed the artwork and installations that are currently exhibited, as well as the permanent structures of the place.

Weather

Photographed by David Gilliver

Melbourne, Australia - Spring 2011

Today, the weather controls all.

time change

Photographed by Kris Rodammer

Boston, MA - Spring 2011

Between a few flat whites (coffee!), a photo exploration and ferry ride, upbeat music, grilled vegetables and scotch, I've managed to stay awake and energetic until now (9:23 pm) despite the fact that it is probably obscenely late back in California where I was a day and a half ago, but now I am starting to crash.

I'm not convinced my body is thoroughly happy after being cramped on a plane for so many hours, but tomorrow's morning shoot will tell.

good day

Photographed by Robert Triboli

Sacramento, CA - November 2011

I smell onions and tofu cooking on the stove and have homeroasted coffee in my belly...

My previous two weeks in the bay area have been a perfect balance of relaxation, work and play. My good friend Rebecca Lawrence stayed this past week, and learned that the West coast may be pretty awesome, at least up until midnight.

Sometimes I joke about how my job is to be pretty and creative, and to withstand the cold. The weather is always unpredictable in the bay area, and Robert and I were worried about our plans to shoot outdoors during our shoot the other day. Our backup plan never came to fruition, as we braved the cold all morning (the locations were well worth a dose of chill) and shot in the guest bedroom until dinner.

Onwards to even warmer places...(Australia!)

Cop

Photographed by Jose Cordova

Dallas, TX - October 2011

Shooting topless across from a Texas police station, and being able to see stationed cop vehicles surrounding the location, makes for a slightly perilous shoot. (Take note of the cop truck directly in my line of sight)

Too many options

Photographed by Chip Bulgin

Baltimore, MD - Fall 2011

The concept of a home is very appealing to me. But my plans to run around the southern hemisphere may interfere.

chill

This morning I was playing dress up - I had on a pair of white panties.

Photographed by Doug Earle

San Antonio, TX - October 2011

High contrast

Photographed by ProDigiArts

Maryland - September 2011

Photographed by sn7photo

Maryland - September 2011

I'm rather keen on high contrast. And a great environment to shoot in. Now that I am back in the Bay Area though, shooting outside might leave us with a few too many goosbumps in our photos.

Texas, California, Australia

Photographed by Xan

Binghamton, NY - September 2011

I am slowing down with my travels as this year comes to a close, and going to be in only a few more states and locations. Of course, this is all relative as my concept of "a long time," is about a week or two in a city. :)

Booking :
Texas, California, Australia

San Francisco/Sacramento/San Jose: November 2 - 13, December 14 - January 2

Australia (Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne): November 16 - December 12

Texas (Houston, San Antonio): January 6 - 15

January 18 : Gone for 7 months

yee haw

Photographed by Alvin B

Chattanooga, TN - October 2011

Look, ma, I've got clothes on. Well...almost.

I have spent the past week in Mexico with a group of art models and photographer as part of a yearly event called "zoefest." There have been an abundance of naked, beautiful girls running and the proportion of talent and art making has been equally as high, as each model here is highly creative and talented. I have enjoyed seeing my friends and making new ones, creating art and socializing, but after a week I can easily say it is time to go home.

Mexico

Photographed by Jose Cordova

Dallas, TX - October 2011

Vamos a Mexico!

Vida esta buena.

hotels

Photographed by Perry Julien

Hotel, Atlanta, GA - October 2011

Anthony Ho

Hotel, San Francisco, CA - 2011

I am a believer in using hotels as a convenient and good shooting location. All hotels offer some basic backdrops for shooting, and depending upon the hotel, can provide anywhere from a basic to a grungy to an elegant location to shoot in. There are often ample lamps around for available light shooting, or a few lights from your home or studio can transform a hotel into your own studio for the duration of the shoot.

And if a model needs a place to stay while in a city, she's usually happy to make use of the bed after the shoot.

Tarzan

Photographed by Carol Blankfield

Maryland, Nudes In Nature Event - September 2011

Crisis averted. I am traveling in my usual manner - with only a modest sized suitcase. However, I appear to have neglected to bring several key clothing items I generally live in. I need to keep busy modeling so people don't realize I only have about one set of actual clothing. :)

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I ended up working with two photographers from Houston when at the NIN event in Maryland - these photos are from one of them. I found myself climbing a tree and balancing on a perhaps not so stable limb (sometimes I may think I am Tarzan) and climbing onto a pile of sticks and twigs because I was drawn to the texture (and I wondered why I was a bit scratched up).

The big one

Photographed by Rick Ochoa

Brooklyn, NYC - September 2011

I am packing for warm weather and cold weather. Clothing to wear when not shooting and wardrobe for shoots. Lacy, pretty clothes and shiny, clunky heels. Some things are clean and others stuffed in a bag awaiting laundry. Clothing for the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere. This is an excessive amount of stuff.

As much as I hate it, I have deemed this the time for my large suitcase. Oh how I detest the thought of dragging this massive bag around and feeling like a typical girl.

Easy Terms

Photographed by Edward Badham

Birmingham, AL - Spring 2011

With access to a location like this, it seems scandalous not to create a somewhat racy series.