I’m back at the routine and it feels good. The Texas trip is behind me. I’m trying to enjoy these next few weeks of calm before I leave for Viva Las Vegas next month. I’ve had a chance to review some of the photos I shot in Texas […we’ll get to that in a minute], but I’ve also been able to make good on some commitments. 
While I was in San Antonio, I booked a very expensive room at The Menger Hotel for an important shoot. It was one of the main reasons I made the San Antonio trip to begin with. At 9:00a.m., an hour before call time, she texted me and cancelled. It was pretty devastating, actually. I certainly wouldn’t had driven the 4.5 hour trip south, and I wouldn’t have dropped the money on this hotel. I was determined to make the most of the bad situation, so I texted my friend Liv and asked her how spontaneous she was. She texted me back intrigued.
I’d shot with Liv in 2020, just before the pandemic shut the entire world down. She booked with me on my first trip through Texas and our collaboration was a stand out of my time there. She’s a burlesque bombshell with elaborate costuming, stunning curves and a classically beautiful face. Within hours, Liv was ready and showed up at The Menger. We shot a series of photos in a few outfits and made images that I feel rivaled our first shoot together. I used a new approach to my hotel lighting as well.
These are just a few photos from this outstanding shooting that salvaged my overnight stay in San Antonio. I’m grateful that Liv was able to help me make memorable images of a pretty bleak turn of events while I was in Texas. For the rest of the evening, I’m going to wind down with some sculpting in Nomad on the iPad. Tomorrow will be my first kickboxing class since getting back to Minneapolis. I need to rest up and stretch tomorrow. Thanks for reading. Have a great night!
