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Roping in Anna

I hadn't shot with Anna for about 7 years (life intervened), but she resurfaced and I jumped at the chance to set up a shoot again.

We only had a few hours, but I knew she used to be into shibari back in the day, so we managed to squeeze in a shibari set.
The front bottom "panty" ended up a little sloppy, but unfortunately I didn't have time to tighten it up.
The light here is scat...

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Roping in Anna - Teaser

Anna Opsal and a bit of Shibari.
As always the full set is available on the Photographers and Vault tiers.

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Eye In the Sky

This is another one of my favorite locations in Lanzarote.
It's a cave halfway up the side of a volcano with a hole in the ceiling about 10m - 35' up, but as a special feature, there is also a large T-shaped entrance where some light is seeping in.

Not a lot of light, but enough to photograph, and in this case, I added a Profoto B10 flash with a 2' Octobox in front to add a little fi...

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Pale Cave-dweller

I've been wanting to work with clay on the body for some time, but since my studio is not equipped with a shower, I've been limited to outdoor locations and frankly i haven't had much of a chance in the Danish climate.
But I brought some clay to Lanzarote and had a couple of hourss one of the days after the last workshop to give it a go, and here is the very first result, more, and some behi...

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Cassies Canyon

Whenever I'm in Lanzarote, I always visit this place, which has several Slot canyons, which is spectacular to photograph in, and I did this set with CB Modelling last year.
Slot canyons make for very interesting backgrounds, but they are not easy to photograph in:

There is a massive amoun...

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Cassies canyon - Teaser

CB Modelling in a slot canyon.

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Window of a sinner BTS

BTS from the Window of a Sinner post

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Window of a Sinner

Some month ago I rented an Airbnb that used to be an old watertower, that had a lot of fun nooks and crannies, and one was this weird cut-out hole in the concrete.
And as you may know, one of my mottos is, if there is a hole, put a model in it, in this case The Endless Sinner, but I also have some upcoming ones with Wiana.
The light here ambient light from a window reflected by a large 1...

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Joshua Tree - Teaser

Venusdesierra in Joshua Tree

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Joshua Tree

This is Kaela, or Venusdesierra, or V Wild Art from my first trip to Joshua Tree.
All natural light.
Kaela is a rock climber, which definitely comes in handy at times…

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Lark’s Stairwell

The Lark reference is a direct translation of her name in Danish.
Both images were shot with my Canon Dreamlens 50mm ƒ0.95 - at around ƒ1.2 on a Sony NEX-7 APS-C camera, which makes the lens approximately 75mm, and only uses the center of the glass.
Had I used a full frame on this setting, I’d need at least a ƒ1.4 to retain focus beyond 1-1,5m away.

And that is really...

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Box Bend - Teaser

Just a little teaser (pun intended).
Remember, you can upgrade and downgrade your tier at any time, and only pay the difference between the tiers.

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Box Bend

I’m sure you all know Laetitia, the darkskinned French former ballerina and aerealist. The first three images was lit using my Zeppeliner 57” deep umbrella, and the fourth was a 52” white reflective umbrella, as this allowed me the maximum distance between model and lamp to get the most even light.

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Sweet Lena

This is a pretty old set with Lena, and for all the images, it’s natural light only, and some variation of shooting mostly against the light (backlight), which is one of my favorite shape-creating techniques.. We only worked once, as I was passing through where she lived, but we did get a nice set done. She looks so innocent in these, but she had a dragon tattooed on her entire back 😈.

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The Mask

Sometime during Covid, I made a livestream erotic workshop with Mellanie Villefrance AKA Miss Blondt (she doesn’t shoot erotic images anymore), and these images are from that livestream workshop.

The first was shot with a Lomo Petzval on a shift/tilt adapter that allowed me to alter the plane of focus, only leaving the eyes in focus and the rest out of focus.
It’s a trick I learne...

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The crucifixion of Angharada

Driving home from work, I noticed a huge pile of stacked trees in a parking lot.
Incidentally, I was shooting with Angharada over the next two days, so I wanted to include this location.

Because of the direction of the pile, we decided to shoot at this early in the morning, as the clear sunlight would streak the model from the side and cast long shadows.

But when I picked her ...

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Sasha free soul

This set of Sasha was taken during a trip to Riga in a rental studio some time ago. All of these photos were shot with a large rectangular softbox on a white background. The reason it doesn’t appear white is due to the inverse square law: the background is much farther away compared to the light's proximity to the model. The inverse square law states that every time you double the distance, t...

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Sasha free soul - Teaser

A small sampling opf Sashs from the full set.

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Katharina in the wild

I’ve only shot with Katharina once, but unfortunately, subsequent tries failed, and then she stopped modeling.
These images were captured during a short road trip in southern Sweden, and are all shot with natural light. The first was shot with a Lomo Petzval 85mm, which creates the swirly bokeh in the background.

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Kate's patterns

Kate Ri in the studio.
In this set from 2017, I was playing with various fabrics and having the sun cast shadows on the model. I’ve experimented with this, but I keep coming back to the fringe curtain if I want to do patterns. The ones above seem too structured to me today.
Don’t get me wrong, they can work, but it’s a bit of a one-trick pony.

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Bodyscapes

This set with Janni is 11 years old (she no longer models). We've worked together five to eight times, but for some reason, I’ve only published a few pictures of her so far. There will be more.

In all the images, she stands on a white acrylic plate, which reflects the light that falls onto a white paper background, thus eliminating shadows and replacing them with reflections.

Ther...

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Angelina Hurt

Every time I see this image, I think of the Johnny Cash version of “Hurt” produced by Rick Rubin. There is a lot of emotion in this image. Technically, it’s shot 5-8 minutes after sunset in Joshua Tree with my 50mm Canon Dreamlens 0.95, creating the very dreamy bokeh, and enough light to shoot despite the minimal lighting conditions.

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Rooftop Gymnastics

This is the Carillon Doll on top of an abandoned factory outside Milan, Italy.

It was quite challenging to edit this image, partly because of the intense but unclear tan lines, as well as the deep tan, color, and roof color. I ended up separating the model from the background so I could edit them individually to improve the overall look.

And in case you're wondering, in Photoshop, t...

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Rooftop Gymnastics - Teaser

A couple giveing you an idea about the full series

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Rooftop Gymnastics - BTS

BTS of Carillon on the rooftop

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Phallos

I took this photo with Luoluo models and Wiana in Alcudia Bay, Majorca, a few years ago, and I still love it. The intensity of the models' gaze and the symbolism, almost over the top, make a great combination.

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Top and Bottom

A little Shibari roleplay with the Endless Sinner and Zsan of Sweden in the studio. Honestly, binding this ended up taking more time than expected, so it was too dark before we started.

I had to revise the plan and decided to create a living room mood, include my chandelier, and set the light (a softbox on a boom) from roughly the same distance.

Then, possibly because of time pres...

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Top and Bottom - Teaser

Zsan of Sweden and The Endless Sinner. As always, the full series is available in the photographers and vault tiers, and you can upgrade and downgrade anytime.

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Anna-Conda

Back in ’19, I picked up Poppyseed at the airport and visited a public swimming spot nearby (second picture). Opposite that, there was a stone sculpture that looked a lot like a giant serpent, so I named the image Anna-Conda. Back then, I didn’t like giving names to images, but it’s easier to relate to than a random number like 2909.

These days, I try to find a name that resonates, ...

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Anna-Conda - BTS

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