Mal Martine At the Junkyard

there are days that I know exactly what i want to shoot and it doesn't work. The location or the weather don't cooperate. The model doesn't give their best. The gear craps out. Etc. Of those only one kills me and that is the model. In this case the model @mal_martine rocked as usual. The sky did not cooperate. The location was not the one I wanted but it turned out pretty awesome. I didn't have the lens I wanted (i had loaned out my Nikon 24 1.4 to a friend) But what I did have was Mal Martine and some speedlights and I was ready to go. 

_Mithras

Sister Dee and Luna Vary

it had been a long time in the making by the time that i got these two together. Anyone that followed my work knew that Luna was a muse for a while - a go to woman that was equally strong in submissive and dominant roles and that looked good in front of the camera. Sister Dee had been someone i knew for a long time - she followed my time at Hardtied/Infernal Restraints at Intersec and had a presence on camera that I loved. the two of them had the equally good as subs as doms thing going and for this shoot it was Sister Dee topping Luna. I truly wish I'd have gotten to turn the tables and put them the other way around for a shoot...

MissAliceXoXo - Purple Rope and Flowing Hair

A few more shots from my shoot with MissAliceXoXo - she was cool enough to bring her own purple rope. 

MissAliceXoXo Nude - Black and White or Color

Musings - Mariah at Pandora's Box

 I had met Mariah a long way back - by the time i was competent with the camera she was working at Pandora's box and the owner hired me for some shots....The images taken around that time before I became a speedlight convert were essential in the creation of the "stark-arts" style... Mariah always brought out the best in me during shoots. Wherever you are I hope life is treating you well...

Pandora Tied On Cobble Stone

Dog Walking

Luna Vary - Retrospective

There are pretty women that are useless in front of the camera and there are those that you might pass in the street without blinking that light up and just become something magical in front of the lens. Luna Vary was one of those women. Great to shoot. This is a collection of her because I'm bored and haven't posted in a bit...

Mitsu Vs Rope - Black and White

two more from my shoot with Mitsu last week - stunning clothed or in rope I can't wait to get her outside for some sort of spectacle.

Martine In Bathroom

Martine With Scissors

Mal Martine doing what our moms always told us not to do - playing with scissors

Mitsu Bound - Again

Beautiful strong and intelligent - Mitsu is an incredible subject to shoot.

Hoping it won't be too long before she is back in front of my lens.

Mal Martine Returns

new york has been cold. snowy. rainy. grey. my usual locations not as viable as i'd like. but when beautiful women like mitsu or in mal martine ask to shoot you don't say "i don't shoot indoors" - you suck it up and produce the best stuff you can. 

Mal has been a source of inspiration for while now. friend. muse. collaborator. enjoy.

Mitsu Bound Against A Wall In Color

I went into this shoot with mixed feelings. Excited to shoot Mitsu again abut disappointed that the February weather was so cold. 10-15 degrees colder than average. I was dying to get her outside. luckily i think i was still able to create a setting of juxtaposition with the still life of a "normal" kitchen against the beauty of the bound woman. Enjoy

 for more images of Mitsu

Shot with D800 and 58 1.4 with one SB-910 off camera bare.

Mitsu in Black and White and Color: Bound and Tatted Beauty

A long time ago I was just a guy trying to learn how to take pics with studio lights in my apartment. I didn't have a site. I didn't have any serious gear. But I had a desire to learn. I stared with a craigslist ad looking for models willing to shoot tfp. One of the very first to respond was Mitsu. She hadn't done a ton of modeling and I hadn't done a ton of shooting. We produced some nice images like the ones below. These images were some of the ones that contributed to the creation of Stark-Arts. I had no idea really how to light. I was using strobes rather than the speedlites that I use almost exclusively today (which allowed me to escape the studio)

Fast forward 6 years or so and Mitsu and me reconnect and do a new shoot. In the meantime I've learned to tie, learned to shoot images that were not so "stark" and Mitsu somehow became more beautiful. You'll see quite a few posts with this exquisite (and super freaking cool) woman this week and in coming weeks and hopefully I'll find her in front of my lens again in less than 6 years.