A couple of years ago, I saw this one-piece outfit online somewhere, and my imagination took off! I knew there was a fantastic shoot with this costume in my future. I had a particular type of model in mind. At the time, I didn’t know who, but I knew it would come to me one day. That day, I met Elena at her personal pole studio to try out some 360 videos of her doing pole; she is a world-class pole dancer/artist.

Everything about being in front of the camera comes naturally for Jayme. For example, she knows to point the edge of her hand toward the camera because she is holding her hand in her hair. This prevents the hand from looking unnaturally large. We really don’t think of our hands as large, but if you hold your hand open next to your head facing a mirror, palm toward the mirror, you will see what I mean.

My friend Roxanne was in LA for a short visit some time ago. She made some time for a quick shoot with me for one of the two afternoons she would be in town. We literally had no place to shoot the day we were going to shoot. The places I would usually shoot were just not available.

We were shooting in what I like to call the Blue Room because of the baby blue painted walls when I decided to turn on a bedside reading lamp behind me to my right. Trisha was backlit by the late afternoon sun coming in through the window above and behind her.

On the 7th of April 17 years ago I met Lindsay for the first time for a photoshoot. She was lovely and a pleasure to photograph. She had and still has such beautiful energy. We captured a lot of great images during our brief afternoon shoot. I know neither of us ever imagined that life would reintroduce us 12 years later.

Generally in my photography, I aim for intimacy and photograph my subjects up close. I try my best to capture the beauty and the soul of the person I photograph. Usually, I achieve this by filling the frame of the image with my subject. But sometimes you can reveal more about a person from a distance, such as in this photograph. Or, am I revealing more of MY feelings about this addict and his life choices.