Dachs Thoughts

I had a terrific first shoot with local model Seraphina. She had reached out and we finally managed to get together. The time flew by much too quickly, but we still managed to get a wide variety of shots. I was also able to try out my new light panel and a new lens, which is always fun. It was very nice to make connections with another local model and I hope to work with her again many times in the future.

I had a chance to shoot with a model who is new to me, Tennessee based traveling model Erin Divine. She had reached out to me and we managed to get together. She has been slow traveling across the country with her dog, engaging in rock climbing along the way. Interestingly she originally had a background in academia before she got into modeling. We had a nice time working together before she had to rush off to another shoot on the coast.

Today I had a nice photoshoot with North Carolina based traveling model Keira Grant. This was our first time working together. We had originally planned to work together last year when my jury duty required me to cancel our planned photoshoot. She is a very experienced model and also does painting and photography herself, which helped her posing and collaboration. It was a lot of fun to work together. Not only did she pose well, but she was also patient and fun in trying some things I experimented with that I hadn’t worked the kinks out before.

I had a very enjoyable photoshoot with a model who reached out to me on Instagram, European based CurlyandBlond. She is originally from Hungary, but currently lives in Portugal, apparently preferring to move locations every few years. She had great communication prior to our shoot, and was very pleasant to work with. She had been staying in the city where it was quite cool, and although warmer out at my place it never got very warm. We ended up shooting everything inside but still were able to get a nice variety of shots. She said she was planning on leaving full time modeling in roughly a year which is disappointing, but I’m happy I got to work with her this time. Hopefully I will get another chance.

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I had another opportunity to work with traveling Czech model, Išinka Luxova, whom I worked with last fall in San Francisco. She was again staying in western San Francisco, far from BART, so I bit the bullet and drove over and picked her up and brought her back to my place. She is a very photogenic model and we were able to explore a good variety of shots. Despite driving for over 225 miles and having a day that lasted 11 hours, much spent in traffic, I very much enjoyed our shoot and I think we created some nice images.

I had a photoshoot at my place with semi-local model Her Stillness Dances. She drove down from Petaluma, and we had a nice day to shoot. Despite good weather outside we ended up spending all our time inside or in the garage. She is fun to work with and poses wonderfully and the time flew by too quickly. Her dance training shows in her posing. While I had hoped to be able to work with her frequently after first working with her last year, it’s been more than a year since we have worked together. She pulled back from modeling for a while to go back to school, so I’m glad I got a chance to work with her now that she’s back to a bit of modeling. Hopefully we’ll work together again soon.

I had the pleasure of again working with Seattle based traveling model, Liv Sage. I picked her up at BART and we had a nice half-day shooting together. Liv is enjoyable to work with and we were able to work on a variety of different shots. She was staying at the same studio in Oakland that a model I had worked with earlier this month, and I ended up dropping her off after the shoot. I had also noticed that the traffic back in the afternoon has gotten perpetually bad, so I went a northern loop back home which was a little further, but avoided that worst of the traffic. I’m having a lot of shoots these days which is fun, but I’m trying to keep it from getting overwhelming.

I got together again with Colorado based traveling model Jessa Ray Muse for a photoshoot at my house. We shot together a couple of times in outdoor locations in Colorado and California as well as at my house. It was nice to see her again and work with her. It turned out to be a nice warm day although we ended up shooting mostly inside. We still got a nice collection of shots. I kind of wish I had more time, but I also was lacking a bit of energy due to poor sleep … a nagging jetlag problem even though I’ve been back home for a while. Nevertheless, still a good, fun, productive day of photography.

Québec based traveling model Christelle, with whom I had shot back in February, was returning after a month in Thailand. She had asked if I could host her for a few days and we planned on doing some photography as time permitted. Like when I came back from Bali she was a bit jetlagged and ended up trying to adjust her sleep schedule. It was a very pleasant visit. We had some nice meals as well as managing to work in some photography spread over a couple of days. I think I got some interesting shots, and some that were a bit different than what I have taken before. I eventually dropped her at BART where she connected up with a host in SF, eventually heading to a music festival in southern California. A fun and different way to spend a few days.