raw organic nature experience
Ally went with me to the headlands today for my class photoshoot.
Photography in nature is something I have felt to be the most exhilarating, raw, organic, natural feeling possible over the years, and especially this summer on the nude shoots. It's a catharsis! I decided to shoot some shots in the manmade bunkers
to give a juxtoposition of the nude form in the mankind creations and the nude form in nature. Ally posed increadibly well. I asked her to pose in a contorted manner to create tension with the manmade environment
and then to pose soft and fluidly with the natural environment.
She also had a great idea to capture some motion, be it actual motion or just a suggestion of motion. I guess the most amazing part was that not only were her poses just coming so naturally and easily (compared to most models) (probably because she is a photographer, but the shots just seemed to create themselves. There was definitely some evidence of divine inspiration. After seeing her lie on dirt, grass, wood, as well as concrete, it was apparent that she was becoming literally one with the earth...after all the dirt and scratches she had all over her. I joined her for some poses and it was such a natural and free feeling to lie nude on the earth, or on trees, and feel by body becoming part of where it was brought out of. The one shot of Ally and Me curled up in the fetal position with our bodies intertwined almost in the shape of a yin yang was something that just came naturally with no thought or planning, after litterally feeling our birthroots. Being that she was unshaven (as women are NATURALLY!) and this added the most beautiful texture, lines, curves to the shots. She was also willing to hold her body in very exact positions on high trees, in the weeds, on the dirt, concrete and branches. 
It was an amazing shoot.
Photography in nature is something I have felt to be the most exhilarating, raw, organic, natural feeling possible over the years, and especially this summer on the nude shoots. It's a catharsis! I decided to shoot some shots in the manmade bunkers
to give a juxtoposition of the nude form in the mankind creations and the nude form in nature. Ally posed increadibly well. I asked her to pose in a contorted manner to create tension with the manmade environment
and then to pose soft and fluidly with the natural environment.
She also had a great idea to capture some motion, be it actual motion or just a suggestion of motion. I guess the most amazing part was that not only were her poses just coming so naturally and easily (compared to most models) (probably because she is a photographer, but the shots just seemed to create themselves. There was definitely some evidence of divine inspiration. After seeing her lie on dirt, grass, wood, as well as concrete, it was apparent that she was becoming literally one with the earth...after all the dirt and scratches she had all over her. I joined her for some poses and it was such a natural and free feeling to lie nude on the earth, or on trees, and feel by body becoming part of where it was brought out of. The one shot of Ally and Me curled up in the fetal position with our bodies intertwined almost in the shape of a yin yang was something that just came naturally with no thought or planning, after litterally feeling our birthroots. Being that she was unshaven (as women are NATURALLY!) and this added the most beautiful texture, lines, curves to the shots. She was also willing to hold her body in very exact positions on high trees, in the weeds, on the dirt, concrete and branches. 
It was an amazing shoot.
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