Microtel

Photographed by Bob K

Rhode Island - July 2012

Did you know that hotel are now around $80-100 on the cheapest end of the spectrum even when in the middle of nowhere in Pennsylvania? I was surprised as well. Tonight I am at the Microtel about an hour and a half outside of Pittsburgh. I have a bit of wine, a can of tuna, a bag of chips, green beans and dried mango. And of course, a cozy room to splay out naked in.

On this trip through upstate New York and the boondocks of Pennsylvania, I am meeting up with photographers I have met several years ago and am able to come out and see every once in a while. I always enjoy seeing them again even if I do have a bit of extra driving to do. Long expanses of road without traffic can sometimes be enjoyable to drive, especially with a good book on CD. Right now I am listing to, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," at the almost insistent recommendation of a good friend. I'm enjoying hearing the story, so he suggestion was a good one. Today I took advantage of the extra time in my schedule and spent a couple of hours at the Corning Museum of Glass while in town. For three years I have heard about this place, and was always rushing off somewhere else. Something tells me I am the only model to stop there thus far.

DNS

I had thought my internet was infected with the hairy, scary, gross DNS virus, but as it turns out, I was just having difficulty with internet at some of my hosts' homes that coincided with the outbreak of the virus. I am sitting in McDonalds using their free internet and this is the happiest I have ever been in a McDonalds. :)

Photographed by Bob K

Rhode Island - July 2012

Random fact about me: when driving long distances and wearing thongs on my feet, I drive with only a thong on my right foot.

Fire

Two days ago I had the most invigorating shoot. During past shoot with Bob K, there had been mention of this awesome fire spinner who he believed would be a good addition to his 3D photos with me. With elements of fire and a larger number of people involved, setting up a shoot always becomes trickier and discussion of grandeur does not always actualize. We had a large factory space to use, and the scheduling worked perfectly - Spagga, the fire spinner, was available to come by for a short time.

With the debris of the ground swept aside, my hair pulled into a braid to keep it out of the fire's not always completely contained path, the fire extinguishers brought to the set, the lights set up and tested, and a bit of rehearsing choreography, we were cooking.

These unedited photos are from the digital stills - the final products will be the stereo film photos and even more dynamic

Photographed Bob K

Fire Spinner: Spagga

USA

I have not disappeared. I have not fallen through a rabbit hole. I just went into an internet free vortex for a while in Europe.

Today my travels in the USA commence again with a trip from Rhode Island to Albany, New York. I will work my way from Albany to Syracuse and Corning and down to Pittsburgh, then to Morrisdale, over to Washington DC, up to Philadelphia, all the way out to Asheville and then east to Raleigh. I foresee some hotels, couches and nights of sleeping in my car. Some days of solid driving, others with me modeling and networking, and a bit of time coming up with new adventures. Pittsburgh is letting me down a bit, but with the way my schedule works I have to find an appropriate place to be between Corning and Morrisdale or within a three hour detour. I am confident I will sort things out.

Schedule:
Troy: July 9 - 12 
Upstate NY/Rochester/Buffalo/Syracuse/Binghampton: July 11-12 
Pittsburg, PA (Or anywhere between Corning and Morrisdale): July 14 - 17 
Morrisdale: July 18 - 19 
Washington DC/Baltimore: July 20 - 24/25 
Asheville/Knoxville: July 26 - 30 
Raleigh, NC: August 1-6 

Photographed by John M

Edinburgh, Scotland - June 2012

UK

Today marks my first day creating a blog post on my iPhone. Impressive, the may not be, but since I have had the technology for a while and never explored how to do this, I find making note of my new, small achievement not too silly, or perhaps overly silly. Those of you who know me are probably well aware that technology is not a strong suit of mine, but that like a monkey even I do well following a clear demonstration. Today is also my first morning in Dublin, Ireland. Friday I departed Boston for Scotland and knowin I had a morning shoot upon arrival, one which was to have me out in the cold waterfalls of the countryside, I drank a cup of wine, read a short while and endeavors to sleep immediately in the plane. I have a knack for falling asleep anywhere (although only when intentional)so I fared alright. During my quick layover in Amsterfam and that flight, I continued to try to snooze. When my plane landed and throughout the day I was practically my normal self - assisted by a bit of coffee, but that is my norm anyway. Graeme the photographer who came to collect me was remarkably great as tour guide and brought me to a lovely, isolated place outside of Glascow where I relished in the mossy ground, lush greens, and enjoyed the sight of a couple of black slugs (new to me). Although we did not have the heat wave present the previous week in Scotland, weather cooperated and the day was good. Then onwards to Edinburgh I went... I must get ready for my shoot, as I'm under the impression blog writing is not an adequate reason for tardiness to a commitment. :) Suffice to say, I'm safe, happy and well, and I made it past the border (which was actually rather difficult and felt like a full on interrogation).

All over the place

Photographed by Bob

Providence, RI - May 2012

My Boston trip has been marked with car rides from the border of New Hampshire to Rhode Island, back to New Hampshire and then once again yo-yo-ing down to Rhode Island. The variety of my shoots these past days have been tremendous with one shoot allowing me to scale up a rock wall and lounge on a nearly disintegrated car, to looking cute and cheery in bright clothing in a sunlit room, to prancing in sprinklers for 3D photos, to twisty-bendy figure studies, to wrapping my face in thread, to wearing fetish ballet slippers, to sliding myself within a table.... and the list continues.

I depart for Europe tomorrow afternoon and have most of my details neatly written out. July will bring me time to return to my blog.

Cheers!!!!

Polaroids by Rick Poston

NYC, NY - May 2012

Yikes

Photographed by Here4Art

NYC, NY - May 2012

I awoke in a panic. My hands are shaking. There is a warm cup of coffee within hands' reach, perhaps I best not drink this. I depart for Europe on Friday and have a to-do list which scrolls about a mile long for me to tackle in the next few busy days. Apart from my current realization of how soon my trip is, I have been having a wonderful time on the east coast this past month. Graduate school taught me how to procrastinate, and I'm not sure how pleased I am with that. On the plus side, I'm rather good at compartmentalizing, so as soon as I jump into model mode, all fears will be assuaged.