Dang. These posts are slipping later and later. Many of my friends in Europe and London are certainly reading this at almost midday. Once upon a time, I talked with 
It’s 2:00a.m., and I’ve been working all night on editing photos. Most of my evening was spent batch processing [yuck] picks from the last La Femme En Noir shoot. I have to get these to 
These photos are from a shoot with a lovely Latina pinup in Los Angeles named Erika. The entire day, I was booked with back to back shoots. One of those days that just feel like a blur, but once Erika arrived, I remember have absolute focus on our shoot. She was quiet, and polite as we walked throughout the estate, giving her a tour of the many rooms and halls. She laid her outfits on the table and we decided to start in almost complete darkness in the main hallway. I was able to capture the seduction of the shadows quickly.
After utilizing the lamps in the dining room and hall, we made our way to the study; one of my favorite rooms of the entire mansion. I’ve shot there so many times, I’ve struggled to come up with original ideas for every shoot. During this shoot with Erika, though, an avid book reader and lover of prose, I decided to pull 1/3 of the library off the shelves and surround her with books. It was amazing to looks down and see such a visual spectacle. She looked amazing. Everything was perfectly in place.
I have one more set of images to finish for Erika so look forward to that in the coming weeks while I continue on this war path of catching up on owed work. I love being home and having time to focus on the post production of all of these shoots. Friday, I’ll be setting time aside to meet with 
