The PhotoSmith

Quick update - March 1, 2025

I apologize: the set featuring HippieModelChic is delayed. I zonked out last night before 9:30 and slept for more than 12 hours. I think I'm fighting something (or the flu shot I got earlier in the week caught up with me). I was already feeling wiped out -- yesterday was a long day of good meetings, and then I came home and slipped into my most important role (being a dad). I'm usually a night...

the unending seconds (tease)

A tease for this evening's set.

hinna

I'll be posting a second featured set of HippieModelChic this evening, but it may be late.

fleur de farine

An experiment I cooked up in the studio a long time ago.

fadensonnen (black and white edit)

I can't tell which has more oomph -- the color of the monochrome.

fadensonnen

A pinprick of light against the darkness courtesy Lady Disaaster

Discord Server

I'm admittedly more familiar with Discord as a user than as an administrator, but I'm going to start using the server I created (and neglected)… bear with me while I work out the bugs and please feel free to offer suggestions as to what I should use Discord for (if you have any specific ideas).

The Week in Review (Feb 16-22, 2025)

These are the posts available to paid members in the past seven days.

the unfettered sky

Playing with a series of SolveiG at the shore.

no money; only banter

Something a little more daring from the session with Sea. How do y'all feel about the occasional bit of erotica?

it's hard to keep a clean shirt clean

From a photo session with Sea, before Asheville was devastated by Hurricane Helene.

Intimate filmmaking clipreel

A sample clip built for Bull City Boudoir demonstrating my skills at filming intimate moments. A much smaller square version plays on the site.

Renee in the snow

It's snowing here, but the roads are too messy to go collaborate with someone (Chloe and I tried…) so here's a scene from 2014 with Renee on a rooftop in Manhattan.

nasa huli ang pagsisi

Black and white or color?

spirit duplication (color edit)

spirit duplication

A scene from a boudoir photo session with a loving throuple.

Should I open an online store…?

Something else I'm currently working on is getting the thousands of photographs on my portfolio website formatted for inclusion in an online store -- it's absolutely embarassing when people ask me at art markets if they can browse my catalogue for purchase online. This is slow-going and a dream I've been struggling to realize for years, but I think I've finally made a breakthrough.

As I'...

I need your feedback: Bull City Boudoir

I want my way of making art to be as accessible and inclusive as possible, so I've launched Bull City Boudoir -- an unapologetically inclusive intimate photography service that serves Durham, Raleigh, Chapel Hill, the Research Triangle, and the world beyond.

I believe the site is ready for prime time, but I would lov...

is the world coming back to surrender its love? (February 2025 featured set Color Edit)

As much as I love the black and white edit of this set, there's something wonderful about the creamy color of the warm light on Erica's skin, don't you think?

is the world coming back to surrender its love (February 2025 featured set)

Some of my favorite studio images ever come from this performance art session with Erica Jay -- the first and only time I've worked with a studio audience. (A concept that I might need to revisit)

is the world coming back to surrender its love? (February 2025 featured set preview)

This month's second set with Erica Jay goes live shortly.

The week in review

These are the posts available to paid members in the past seven days.

In the queue

These should be available later today or early tomorrow for patrons at the Circle of Confusion level and higher.

is love

"skint valentine"

what we have is
what there is
and who we are

and who we is
is love

Tom Pickard, “skint valentine” from Poetry 209, issue 5. (Chicago: Poetry Magazine, November 2017.)

and who we is

"skint valentine"

what we have is
what there is
and who we are

and who we is
is love

Tom Pickard, “skint valentine” from Poetry 209, issue 5. (Chicago: Poetry Magazine, November 2017.)

and who we are

"skint valentine"

what we have is
what there is
and who we are

and who we is
is love

Tom Pickard, “skint valentine” from Poetry 209, issue 5. (Chicago: Poetry Magazine, November 2017.)

what there is

"skint valentine"

what we have is
what there is
and who we are

and who we is
is love

Tom Pickard, “skint valentine” from Poetry 209, issue 5. (Chicago: Poetry Magazine, November 2017.)

what we have is

"skint valentine"

what we have is
what there is
and who we are

and who we is
is love

Tom Pickard, “skint valentine” from Poetry 209, issue 5. (Chicago: Poetry Magazine, November 2017.)

what do wandering souls find? (color edit)

A new formula that I've been working on for color images.

what do wandering souls find?