New Website

If you're still following my blog you might have noticed I have done anything with it in a while. I got busy with going back to school and didn't have a chance to update this for a while.

However, now I'm back to doing photography for the summer.

Also, instead of posting on this blog, I'm going to concentrate on keeping my work at my new website at http://www.shadowofheaven.com/

Please make sure to visit me there!

NEW SITE!
http://www.shadowofheaven.com/

Goddess

The pose in this is very powerful and assertive. She seems to screams for adoration and worship. The cloth draped around her waist remind me of Greek goddess. As much as I love the pose the background is what excites me most. The clouds turned out much better in this one then in the piece My Wife. I want to keep experimenting with the background of the image and will include more images of skies in my work in the future.

Embrace

Even though this is from the same photoshoot as The Red Corset, it turned out very different. This photo is very blunt with its sexuality. Also there is a lot more contrast and darkness in the in the figures. There more that I can say about this piece but I want people to draw there own conclusions from it.

I'm getting a better idea of my process now. I know it took a while (2 years) but I think I'm finally figuring out a system to make work the way I do. I've also found a better way to work the backgrounds of each piece to show more depth then they have at times in the past.

*I've noticed that this image appears really dark on some monitors, while this is a darker piece you should still be able to see quite a bit of detail in the shadow areas if your monitor is adjusted properly.

The Red Corset

I named this one the red corest for obvious reasons. The corset is what your eyes are drawn to at first. Afterward the eyes wonder to other area and the scene can be taken in fully. The corset also represents sexuality which is enhanced by the color red.

The colors in this piece remind me a lot of my Our Lady of Rapture. The background turned out different in this one as I increased the amount hat the wall showed up. I think it helps to anchor my work when I have a defined background. Otherwise everything starts to look a bit bland. have many more photos from this shoot that still need to be finished. I hope that they turn out as well as this one.

Pleasure

The hair is my favorite part of this photo. There is so much energy in it that it really makes the piece, without the hair it would be boring. Needless to say that there were a lot of shots involved before we were able to capture this one. The thing I enjoy most about working with nudes though is the way the lighting hits the skin and captures the innate beauty and lust of the body. I've been exploring the concept of the world that I'm trying to create and found that my common thread among my work is allure. With this discovery comes erotic and nude images. What better way to allure man then through beautiful flesh and the hint of something more.

While working towards evolving my style I'm trying to do more with the background then just leaving it plain and empty. I've experimented with this piece and tried to bring more contrast into the space around the model. I want to work on this more but I'm backlogged as it is with photos from several different shoots that I need to catch up on, I wish I had more time to work on my portfolio.

Let me know what you think of this one.

King and Caretaker

I really enjoy working with the king in this world I'm creating. I could talk about the characters in this but instead I want each person to have their own interpretation. I took this a few months ago and finally had a chance to complete it. My work is starting to evolve slowly and its interesting jumping from pictures that I've taken recently to ones that I took when the perspective I had was slightly different.

I'm still trying to figure out what I'm trying to do and I get closer to the answer all the time. I figured out that I'm creating another world that is full of sin, religion and lust. The world is one that I paint with vibrant colors to make it more alluring the same way that people take pleasure in their sins. I'm still trying to put the rest of this into words and will write more on it later.

Clouds 1

I know I just posted an image but I wanted to put this one up as well. I actually finished this photo a while back but was debating whether I should post it. This is my first real attempt at an HDR panorama. I really like the results and it reminds me of a series by Alfred Stieglitz called Equivalents. With this series Stieglitz shoots just clouds and does an absolutely amazing job.

I'm thinking about starting another series of nothing but clouds similar to this photo. Let me know what you guys thinks.

PS. - I know there are a few watermarks on this one but with this type of image I'm afraid that someone might steal it and use it on a different website if I don't take precautions.