The Gargoyle's Perch

So I needed an outlet other than the modeling sites where I post photos and troll for wannabe models who think someone can make them famous. I'm going in some new directions, and while I will post some of my favorite older work, I'm hoping to make this a repository of my new photos as well. Don't expect philosophy or wisdom, as I gave up the former and never achieved the latter. If I had one principle, though, it would be "simplicity is the soul of beauty."
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MUCH OF THE CONTENT IS (N)OT (S)AFE (F)OR (W)ORK, NSFW, ETC. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
I get nostalgic when thinking about really, really productive shoots with dynamite models.

I get nostalgic when thinking about really, really productive shoots with dynamite models.

Detective Story, 1999 or so.

Detective Story, 1999 or so.

Keira Grant, 9 November 2010 There is a Victorian hotel near where I live, and I was able to book several rooms and gain more or less unfettered access to the ballroom and two entire floors for a full day.  What better way to enjoy such a place than to wander around with a camera and a lithe, beautiful, emotive young woman like Keira?

Keira Grant, 9 November 2010

There is a Victorian hotel near where I live, and I was able to book several rooms and gain more or less unfettered access to the ballroom and two entire floors for a full day.  What better way to enjoy such a place than to wander around with a camera and a lithe, beautiful, emotive young woman like Keira?

This was the best shoot I ever had, with the most wonderful model I ever worked with.

Keira Grant rocks, in case you hadn’t already heard.

More Kitty.  Colorful Kitty.  Waiflike Kitty.  

I like working with waiflike women.  It’s just a personal aesthetic of mine.  Such women are sometimes angles instead of curves, but that’s okay.

I first met Kitty on the Internet in about 2003, and we finally booked a shoot in the late spring of 2004.  I drove to the Gulf Coast that morning knowing the shoot wasn’t going to happen, but I drove anyway.  A tropical storm had come in from the sea, and the weather, while not particularly dangerous, was far too bad to try shooting photos.  Soon afterwards Kitty sort of disappeared.  

Then one day a few months ago I got an email from her expressing a desire to do the shoot we never got to do.  Finally we were able to schedule it around family obligations, weather, and scheduling, and it happened yesterday.  It was as good as I had hoped.

More Kitty from yesterday.

SNAP: Special Needs Adoptions Project (Facebook)

This is my current volunteer project.  Here is where we will be posting profiles of animals who are hard to adopt for one reason or another, whether it’s because of age, infirmity, their looks, or their breed.  It is my firm belief that there is someone for every pet, but this area is not populous enough to support the numbers of deserving animals who come through the doors of Southern Pines Animal Shelter.

Check out the shelter’s website(s) and if you see any animal that piques your interest, contact them for animal and adoption details.

Southern Pines Animal Shelter

1901 N. 31st Ave.

Hattiesburg, MS 39401-1221

601-544-6632

http://www.southernpinesanimalshelter.org

http://www.facebook.com/southernpinesanimalshelter

http://www.facebook.com/SpecialNeedsAdoptions

From my David Hamilton period.  1997 or 1998

From my David Hamilton period.  1997 or 1998

Blonde in the mirror

Blonde in the mirror

The lady in the blonde wig.

The lady in the blonde wig.

Ghost nude

Ghost nude

Bruce was left at the shelter by the family that had him for twelve years after adopting him as a puppy.  They said they were moving and couldn’t take him along.  The folks at the shelter posted his story on Facebook and were trying to find him a new home very quickly.  He was sad and depressed, and after having him here for a month, I think he was either emotionally neglected or abused, possibly both. Anyway, I brought him home with me, and while there have been some bumps in the road, Bruce is settling in fine.  He’s happier and healthier, and he’s more outgoing.  I think he still misses someone, but for whatever time he has left, he has a home here.

Bruce was left at the shelter by the family that had him for twelve years after adopting him as a puppy.  They said they were moving and couldn’t take him along.  The folks at the shelter posted his story on Facebook and were trying to find him a new home very quickly.  He was sad and depressed, and after having him here for a month, I think he was either emotionally neglected or abused, possibly both.

Anyway, I brought him home with me, and while there have been some bumps in the road, Bruce is settling in fine.  He’s happier and healthier, and he’s more outgoing.  I think he still misses someone, but for whatever time he has left, he has a home here.