Please, hire me to be your art model :]

Photo by Eric Hiss, 2012

Spring Break

I haven't been modeling, as you may know, and it's been a relief in that I can get what I need to get done, but it's sad in that I'm not having that modeling fun time :P A photographer I worked with sent me some photos from our last shoot (he's away on vacation, so didn't have the time to get them to me until now). I find them wonderful.

Photography by Carlos Torreblanca, 2012

SF shoot, photos from a fellow model

Photos taken by Keira Grant, March 2012.

I had another successful shoot in the city today. Starting out in the city already (vs. driving in the morning of) works SO much better. Thank you Tobias! My shoot today consisted of dancer-ish poses in black shorts and a strapless bra. I will later be made into composite images with my arms/legs turning into inkdrips. Pretty stoked. Plus the photographer, Bonnie, was super chill. It was worth the $20 parking (ugh, fuck parking in SF) and the baby oil (good for the pictures, probably horrible for my skin) and getting super cold 

(from the air from the fan). I can't wait to see the finished images :] I'm happy with the photos Keira sent me. I made the last one my new avatar for my Model Mayhem profile. I still kind of wish I was better at this whole modeling/posing thing, but, I'm just going to stop beating my head against the wall for that.

Break

Photo by Eric Hiss, February 2012. One out of the many Ring Series (more to come in the future).

I'm officially taking a break from modeling for a while, because school is getting work-heavy and I need to make sure I spend time doing that...the pressure to pass these classes is on and I'm a terrible student. I'm making the exception for a few shoots I had previously scheduled for this month already, but not taking on new projects. In the mean time, I think I'll do some self portraiture to see and better understand my movements and how I pose, and how to improve. But after I study, of course :p

Art Models Unite!

 A sort of "behind the scene" shot of model Keira Grant in her natural environment. Unedited photo taken by me.

 Taken by me. Edited black and white image. Model is Keira.

Edited image, taken by me. Model is Keira.

March 2012.

I've had the opportunity and delight to meet one of my most inspirational/influential art models in the area again, this time to shoot and model a bit together. It was fun, I wished I didn't have to leave when I did, but that's life. I ended up shooting Keira a bit, which is cool for the experience and I actually like some of the photos I took (shocker). I look forward to seeing her images and the ones of both of us modeling together and reuniting with her in the near future :] 

Polaroids and People

Photographed by Carlos Torreblanca, February 2012

I have had a lot of stuff going on lately and some amazing experiences with amazing people and a very successful shoot! I got to meet my model-crush-idol (SQUEE!) and have gotten really close with an old friend who is visiting/staying at my house from out of state. I totally blew off all my schoolwork this weekend, but, am trying to make up for that. It was kind of worth it, though. My shoot (photos above) was kind of far away but I was well paid and spent enough time there for it to work out. I got a little lost, but at least there was no traffic. I met another inspirational model at the shoot and may even get the chance to model some corsets in the near future! :D I really like how these images came out - they are a little different for me, but I like that as I feel I need more variety in my portfolio. I like that there is something somewhat voyeuristic about these images, touched with a little moodiness. I don't know if that's what other people read into them, but that's what I see. I look forward to working with Carlos again, he was a cool guy. I loved the random Spanish music he was playing in the studio. haha.

Longing

 

Photo by Larry Raye, February 2012

The rainy days are here again. But the last shoot I did was during the nicer part of the day. Larry and I met at Peet's, enjoyed getting to know each other over black coffee, and then headed to a park nearby to shoot with Iris, my Brazilian Rainbow Boa. It was the first time I've taken her out of my house farther than the front of back yard. I was nervous, because a) she was far from a heat source and subject to dry air for a while and b) she can really move, when she decides to. Of course, I had her contained in a large storage bin with an old shirt for her to hide under, and a spray bottle, just in case. I did not plan for her to be out longer than a half an hour or so. She tried to dive for the ground when I first took her out but when we got to a good place she calmed a little. Iris is not the most still serpent around. She wants to get places. I hope that Larry was okay with all her movement. I know it's frustrating shooting a constant and unpredictably moving creature.

The rest of the shoot went well. We did a lot more hiking than shooting. It was cloudy and ready to rain by the time I got home in the afternoon. I found myself feeling strange and somehow "off" (it's been happening a lot lately) and had difficulty getting what I needed done. 

There is a word I used, or maybe it was Jake, for this image, that was longing. I do feel that there is much longing in my life right now. I am longing for other places, things, or people at any given point in time. I gather this all has to do with feeling unhappy. You want anything else but to face your own unhappiness when you are unhappy. Now that I've addressed that, I think I can stop "going" and appreciate what is here, now, and focus on what I am trying to accomplish here, now....have longing for what's in front of me.