Revisiting the Land of the Dead

I spent an entire 8 hour day shooting the many miraculous and mesmerizing tombs of New Orleans.  I was planning on shooting a few spots in Savannah, but with the rising crowds of St. Paddy's Day, the biggest local holliday, Lauren at Defining Art and I decided to concentrate on an interesting abandoned site and the famous Bonaventure Cemetary.  I'm usually not drawn to the sites that pull the majority of the population to visit, but I stepped whole-heartedly into the moss-strewn blossoming arms of this simultaneously ghostly and hope-filled.  This was my first time modeling for infared and I had always wanted to explore this medium after shooting the military grade film of yesteryear.  I hoped my veins might create some interesting patterns through my then transluscent skin (now clouded by a bit tan)  Look for these, possibly, in the future.

I also got this image recently from Bill Ballard and was infatuated with the mood - a side I think has never been caught on camera before:

Levingston's Magic Continues

I edited a few of Dave's images from my studio at Midtown, Savannah and Fort McCalister. 

Destroyed Blinds were Light Bliss:

More to come from Dave in the next few months and hopefully more to come from future Maine summer explorations with Dave.  I'll be moving back to Eastport and possibly another city in Maine to work on my sailboat in May.  Afterwards, I'll be travelling along the coast and then the islands around Jamaica and further.  I hope to continue full time as a travelling model in coastal cities, villages, and nearby.  As the dream is realized, I will make a stopover in NY for 6 months this fall.

Knotted in Light

My recent double shoot - two days with two photographers has produced one sucessful image so far among the pools of light created by the tree canopy of my window filled upstairs apartment:

We shot in my extra room in Midtown Savannah and at Fort McAlister.  The state park was inspiring near dawn, but also made my mind jump to the enoromous drift wood wonders of Jeckyl Island.
Antoine and Dave Levingston have some of the most raw talent and enthusiasm of any of the photographers I have worked with so far.  We have future plans: possibly out west or in Antoine's studio or out in the paintd deserts where Dave has managed to harness the majesty in the past, so be on the look-out.

The Beginning

I have several portfolios, but I decided to establish this blog as an arena for the free-form stream of consciousness that must break free to the frozen surface of daily life.  All entries will be directly influenced by my travel and local escapades that spring from the life of a fine art nude model.  I also do fashion and runway, but I'll mainly post events related to fashion nudes in this arena.

The first few images are an explanation of my title: dyaphanous:

What do I have planned next?  Perhaps classical or hellenistic wet drapery.