Recently some lady called me out of the blue asking for photos of Katerina. She was with a publication group and she favored my photos over her other photographers. The odd part was the one and only time I’ve worked with Katerina was October of 2006. Either she hasn’t been taking enough photos for the past 2 years, or I just might be that good!

This is why you should have great organization and archival skills, as I was easily able to find the photos to send out. With bigger publications, the trade off is usually credit, recognition, and promotional – not monetary. I sent them original images, so they airbrushed them slightly but they are still pretty straight forward. The photos were taken at the Royalton Hotel in New York City.

Here is a bonus picture

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I remember my first session three years ago with Anthea at her college apartment, and she was nervous and inexperienced. Her apartment was small and dim, with a headboard that was crooked. We stayed in the bedroom for our shoot. I brought Jocelyn with me to keep Anthea company and to encourage her, as they took turns modeling so the pressure wasn’t entirely on one person. Jocelyn would soon end up walking around topless being a helpful assistant to me, as we worked on shooting Anthea in some lingerie. When she was finally able to see some of the final images on the computer, she was shocked at first and was uncomfortable seeing herself in such revealing images. A year would pass before she contacted me again for another shoot at my studio, this time she was a lot more confident, and the shoot was a ton of fun. Another year would pass as we just had our third session, this time at the Royalton Hotel in New York City. The images may be relatively simple in concept and execution, but without the confidence and chemistry the model and I had established, the result would have been unnatural and posed.