"Joie de vivre" This was the last shot I took during my session with Sandrah. I love that a woman in her 40s decided to start jumping on the bed. I snapped it, looked at it (since you never know what you'll get in energetic poses), and said "Yup, that's the one." #artnude #intimatephotography #bnw

"Peeks & Valleys" Mostly I threw this up here so I didn't forget that I thought of this title for it, which made me laugh. With Kristy Jessica (@kristyjessica.bsky.social)in Utah. #artnude #intimatephotography

"Panties In A Bunch" The lovely Inna, from a shoot at a Philadelphia riverfront apartment. I love to take shots that are elegant and empowering, perhaps even insightful, but I've had fun this year with shots that acknowledge that a nude woman is also just so sexy. #artnude #intimatephotography #bnw

"Thermodynamism" Not really a word, somewhat surprisingly, but an apt portmanteau. The desert is chilly as hell in the morning. In the golden glow of first light, is @kristyjessica.bsky.social absorbing the heat, or generating it? And how about you—getting warm? #artnude #intimatephotography

"Pistols At Dawn" @kristyjessica.bsky.social throws some shapes at daybreak. Kristy herself is a pistol (def. 2: a notably sharp, spirited, or energetic person — Merriam-Webster); and, doubled up by her shadow, that's how we arrive at the title. Aren't I clever. #artnude #intimatephotography

Though I just shot with her this weekend, my mind wandered back to this composite from my previous session with @mandiimonarch.bsky.social last winter, making this part of the series revisiting my archive. If you're gonna be haunted, it may as well be like this. #artnude #intimatephotography #bnw

"The Welcoming Angels" Between Matisse's "The Dance" and "The VVitch" lies this disorienting image, shot looking downward into an arced mirror embedded in the earth at Sperlak Gallery in south Jersey. Featuring @astridkallsen.bsky.social and @meghanclaire.bsky.social. #artnude #intimatephotography

"Splash Zone" I wouldn't generally crop my model's head out of a shot, as I have here with @ayeonnagabrielle.com, but I was focused on the interplay of water and skin. I liked this one best, but her eyes were awkwardly mid-blink. This, then, is the compromise. #artnude #intimatephotography #bnw

Charisma Davis lifestyle models a bright orange 60s-era Lamborghini. I've been playing with light overlays this summer, and while the in-camera version of was sensibly exposed, I wanted that bleached-out feel of a summer heathaze. Still new to this kind of editing, but think it came out pretty well.

An untitled shot from my early-July session with Kim Jay, the second time I’ve gotten to work with her. Her tats were never going to completely integrate with the historical environment, even in a cottagecore dress. So it was mostly just the fun of trangressing. #artnude #intimatephotography

"Enter the Secret Garden" Has it been two months since I posted? There's much to share from that span I hope to get around to. Meanwhile, here's one hot off the press, shot this week with @meghanclaire.bsky.social at Sperlak, an eccentric sculpture garden in New Jersey. #artnude #intimatephotography

Need to solidify my criteria for this "from the vault" series, which is now on #4, or 5, or even 6, depending on which previous posts officially count. Anyway, this is Kim Jay from December of last year, maybe my most fun shoot to date (and most of them have been fun). #artnude #intimatephotography

By its nature, a location like this is visually busy, and you go there specifically to capture some of the flavor of it. That competes with compositional simplicity, and it's tough to find the right level of visual clutter. I think we did okay. Model: Erin Divine #artnude #intimatephotography #decay

"Homesteading" Very cool opportunity to shoot in a sort-of boat graveyard also laden with old cars, heavy machinery, and disintegrating buildings. I took Erin Divine with me, and we spent a couple of fun hours making the most of it. I could have stayed much longer. #artnude #intimatephotography

Third from-the-vaults shot I've published here, as well as the third overall I've put on Bluesky taken at this specific window at Raccoon Creek studio in NJ. This is Isinka, from 10/2024. I do enjoy a grainy black and white. It's like pointillism. #artnude #intimatephotography #bnw #blackandwhite

Continuing my whenever-I-get-around-to-it series of fresh looks at the sessions that brought me to this point, here's a never-before-seen shot with @aimmodel.bsky.social from last September. #artnude #intimatephotography #bnw #blackandwhite

"Advanced Exposure Settings" With @zoecwest.bsky.social and the hand modeling of @gregogardner.bsky.social, owner of the Raccoon Creek Creative Studio where this simple composite was shot. The subject is little subtly small for a social feed, but... eh. #artnude #intimatephotography #cheeky #humor

In addition to being a photographer, I'm my family's photo archivist. Every so often I get some negatives from family member, which I dutifully scan. This happens to be my own father—now passed away—at Schiphol in 1971, preparing to return to the States after a string of overseas deployments.

For this shoot with @rayvenrjackson.bsky.social last summer, the goal was to portray the thrill of a self-dare; the exhilaration of transgressing by stripping naked outdoors, coupled with the heart-stopping fear of getting caught. She nailed it. #artnude #bnw #blackandwhite #intimatephotography

Closing in on a year since I started exploring #intimatephotography, there's a part of me that really wants to revisit every shoot from that year and uncover a new shot that appeals to me, like this one with @themariebrooks.bsky.social from last August. #blackandwhite #artnude #naturallight

A shot of @scarletfevers.bsky.social. This remains the only time to date I've photographed a subject inside my actual home. Has a different feel from other window-light portraits I've taken, reveling in the warmth of the light over the brightness. From October, 2024. #artnude #intimatephotography

The late Mark Hollis was the architect of my all-time favorite album, The Colour Of Spring, which features the track “April 5th,” which I believe makes today Mark Hollis Day. Sure, you love Spirit Of Eden, but don’t sleep on Colour Of Spring. Give it a spin today. #talktalk #april5th

Was editing some very sexy photos when, through a series of mental distractions, found myself trying to remember where this was taken. It was across the water from Petersburg, #Alaska, on 08/01/2022. So I've decided to make this post here, then get my head back in the game. #blackandwhite #nature

Is this one of my favorite things I’ve ever shot? It’s too recent to be definitive—but I love it. Has the feel of a Dahmane shot, whose work made a big impression on me, and what I love about erotic art. Shot in Philadelphia with the remarkable Megan. #intimatephotography #nudeart #blackandwhite

Prepping for a shoot tomorrow; I needed to pull these off the memory card. Taken last month, during a two-day power outage, without even my dead phone to keep me company. Nothing to do but tend a fire to keep the house above freezing. I amused myself by taking #macro shots of the fire. #photography

“Mantelpiece” Models: Riah and @mandiimonarch.bsky.social #artnude #intimatephotography

Gettin' weird with @mandiimonarch.bsky.social and Riah. Why is this the first pic from a prolific shoot that caught my eye? This was their idea for a pose. The wide angle lens makes the tub look bizarrely small, and the whole image vaguely surreal. #artnude #intimatephotography

"Gentlewomen" Oftentimes I'll cycle through presets about 3/4ths of the way through editing a photo, just to see if they bring some visual interest that I like better than what I'd been doing. This one did. Feels like an album cover. Models: Corrine & Rachel #portraiture #intimatephotography

"Bell peppers." Inspired by the actual photos of bell peppers by Edward Weston. If his peppers looked vaguely human, surely I could make human bodies look vaguely pepper-like? Post processed to give a bit of that hand-tinted wet plate look. Models: Rachel and Corrine #artnude #intimatephotography

I've never done a destroy-the-outfit shoot before, but I thought it emblematic of this session that was a small personal hell to arrange and conduct. Not Rachel, she was great—organizing things from scratch is not my forté, and (of course) it fell during a snowstorm. #artnude #intimatephotography

I'm here to network and promote my recent foray into intimate photography, but I've been taking pictures for decades. Here's a favorite from 2018. (The #macro hashtag has a weird cross-pollination with something I don't understand that is NOT macro photography, so beware there.) #photography

A bit of badass-ery to get your day off on the right foot. Full-tilt masculinity meets full-tilt femininity. Model: Kim Jay #artnude #intimatephotography

Looking forward to a productive 2025. In the meantime, another one from last fall. Model: Giulia Location: Raccoon Creek Creative Studios #artnude #intimatephotography

A shameless attempt to get @aimmodel.bsky.social to repost, to get into a few more feeds while I try to gain traction on this new platform. Will it work? From a late summer shoot in Bridgeport, New Jersey. #artnude #intimatephotography #decay

This is a setup, but what's funny is that the exterminator was actually walking around outside, so it was appropriate for the moment. Model: @mandiimonarch.bsky.social Location: Raccoon Creek Creative Studios #artnude #intimatephotography #whosthere

From a late summer session with @themariebrooks.bsky.social at Raccoon Creek Creative Studios. I ended up photographing a lot of subjects by the light of this particular window this year, but this was one of my favorites. Would love to work with Marie again. #artnude #intimatephotography

Playing in a shaft of sunlight on an otherwise gray day. Model: Kim Jay #artnude #naturallight #intimatephotography

"Approach" Sometimes a session takes a left turn as it gradually dawns on you that won't get to where you were hoping. Such was the case here, but we still found something interesting. Like a hazy, tucked-away memory of an encounter. Model: Christine Location: Raccoon Creek Creative Studio

"Fall Colors" Just joined, first post—let's open this thing up with a shot I wouldn't have ever bothered trying to adapt to IG standards. Taken in October to celebrate autumn, with all the warm yellows, reds, and oranges that make the season so inviting. #artnude #intimatephotography #redheads