Photography has been a journey for me. I started without a clue. I had a vision, but no idea how to bring that to life. As I pushed through, finding my way in the darkness, there were moments when I was offered a glimpse into my future. A photograph would appear on my LCD that clearly defined the work I would soon create. This was one of those photographs. I’ve had several since, as I keep pushing forward, more reveal themselves. But at this moment, I knew it was possible to create in the physical world what had only been in my mind thus far. Linda Tran was one of the first women I photographed with my idealized body type. She tended towards softcore work, in fact, I believe all of her work was pretty tame. But for whatever reason she took this pose and created a formula for my future work. I wanted drama, vivid color, daring exhibitionism, heavy shadows, and the suggestion of something intensely erotic. The moment when thoughts of sex intuitively become action. This was shot with a 5 megapixel fixed lens Sony camera and a set of construction lights (hence the double shadows so close together). Its not my best image, nor the best I will ever create, but it is special because it answered a question I had been asking with a thousand photographs before it.

Its rare that i use day to day elements of my own sexual aesthetic in my work. I guess they’re just a little too plain. Something about setting up a photo makes me want to include pretty outlandish attire and settings to make the photo really stand out. Its not that i don’t find what i shoot sexy, its just that if you were to take those elements out of the fantasy of the photograph and introduce them into real life, they wouldn’t translate for me. A good example is latex. Frankly, Im not all that engrossed by it. I dig the way it looks in a photograph, and I’ve had my fiancee wear it from time to time where appropriate, but beyond that … eh. The honesty truth is that i find women wearing glasses to be incredibly sexy. I’d imagine for most folks, this would be a simple process, if i dig glasses, just pick up a few pair and have the girls wear them in my shoots. The problem with that scenario is that im far too detail oriented not to notice that the glasses i picked out at some random store, don’t necessarily flatter the women who wears them. It would take me at least a full day of shopping with the woman to determine exactly which frames looked best, then and only then, would they be sexy. My fiancee lucked out and made an astoundingly good choice in frames prior to us meeting. They’re so fucking hot that people comment on them all the time. Give me a girl in perfect frames, a t-shirt worn thin that follows her every curve, a worn pair of 501’s, and maybe some converse all stars or just her bare feet. Thats all i need. In this set, a little of my personal sexuality is seen as Kumi writhes around my living room floor in her personal set of glasses (perfect frames for her face) and a casual top. The stockings give it that tinge of the surreal. Enjoy!

-kelly

When i first started dating my gf, it wasn’t long before she complained about my mattress. I can be extremely observant concerning some things, and completely oblivious to others. The latter being my mattress and its deflated status. It just stopped being perky and damned if i could tell. I caved and got a nice new mattress, leaving my old one feeling a tad neglected. Yes, that red mattress you see was my old one, all recycled and freshly painted with house paint. Chelsea is always fun to work with. What an incredible rack that girl has, i’ll post photos that better illustrate later. After we shot this she disappeared for awhile, shooting Feast 2.

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-kelly