Good evening here in the Twin Cities! I slept in […my nights have been slipping later and later until the early morning, mostly on account that I love what I’m working on right now. Some MTG games are responsible for that as well]. I had time this afternoon at 
One thing I that has been nice is getting to the photography posts earlier in the evening. I’m still trying to balance as much illustration as photo editing, and the drawing seems to be at it’s best after midnight. While I was at the coffee shop, I dug in to a HD buried deep in my day bag. Once I connected it to my Mac, I found a few outstanding gems from a shoot at NOIR in Los Angeles in 2015 with my good friend, Jenni. NOIR is an all inclusive black and white photography event I used to hold annually. Years later, finding these images, I decided to edit them and share them in color.
Jenni has gone on to become one of my best friends in Los Angeles. She and her husband Bert have regularly hired me and offered me a place to stay for years while visiting the west coast. Jenni is a profoundly creative woman, even making several of her gowns and lingerie by hand. She has a commanding presence in front of the camera and this particular event, the hotel was over the top class, the hair and make-up team were quite literally some of the best in the world and lingerie was sponsored and borrowed from What Katie Did, a leading boutique brand. I felt on this night with my lighting, too.
This visit down memory lane was great, remaining me of some of the best shoots of my career. 2014 and 2015, I would consider my breakout years and the work from that era is what really put dark pinup as a genre […or maybe sub-genre] on the map. One final observation is just how tack shape some of these photos are, and that’s a testament to how incredible the D750 is at handling low light. My Z6II is on its way to Nikon to be services, and even though that’s the second generation of mirrorless cameras, some of the D750 photos I’ve taken I still think are superior.