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Happy Thanksgiving! Be sure to check your inboxes on tomorro..

Happy Thanksgiving! Be sure to check your inboxes on tomorrow morning! 👀👀👀

I had just finished working with Brielle and she had some ti..

I had just finished working with Brielle and she had some time to kill before leaving. I asked if she'd mind me snapping a few shots with my funsaver lens since, at this point, I hadn't used it too much.. and she was hella down, hellllaaaaaa down.

I love the candid style this lens has...

Heather had the inspiration to do a lingerie scene in the ba..

Heather had the inspiration to do a lingerie scene in the balcony window first thing in the morning while she takes in her cup of coffee, and the warm morning sun. The idea was to create a near-silhouette so you can really take in all the curves of Heather’s immaculate figure. this was the morn...

I just can't get enough of Natalie, and I hope you guys can'..

I just can't get enough of Natalie, and I hope you guys can't either because I've got so much more! She's the queen of hitting me up last second, but each time I manage to find a dope spot for us to work, and each time she shows up and kills it. This set was shot at a peerspace up in Oakland. I d...

Yeeeaahh more from Heather and my Nevada City shoot, this ti..

Yeeeaahh more from Heather and my Nevada City shoot, this time in the form of instax!

I basically brought EVERY form of camera I could think of to capture this trip in as many ways as possible. I literally had a checklist of different combinations of body/lens/filters and I'd go down ...

Folks, let me tell ya about Glass, the latest classy-but-als..

Folks, let me tell ya about Glass, the latest classy-but-also-kinda-naughty set I shot with the incomparable Heather in Nevada City. First, she wears the shit out of that blue gown, and the color popped just right. The whole aesthetic reminded me of these artworks on sewing patterns from...

Jordan West booked a suite at a pretty nice hotel and brough..

Jordan West booked a suite at a pretty nice hotel and brought me in to shoot into the night, felt very Deuce Bigalow but with a camera lol. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that the room was facing the sunset almost perfectly, so we snapped up a bunch of scenes taking advantage of it. In gen...

I meant to get this set out before Halloween but my october ..

I meant to get this set out before Halloween but my october shit got all kinds of messed up. Check out this sexy set with Sin tho! She had this costume on for pride back in the summer and I DM'd her and insisted that we shoot it in the studio. She's such a character, has a huge personality, and h...

After the white shoot, we were hungry af, so Heather put on ..

After the white shoot, we were hungry af, so Heather put on this boobalicious top and we strolled over to get some mexican food. It was like a lunch date between a beautiful influencer model and a scraggly cargo short wearing dad.
I used the a7r II and the 3D printed funsaver lens for maxim...

This was a fun set with Alice Crowe. I was feeling inspired ..

This was a fun set with Alice Crowe. I was feeling inspired to shoot something that was punchy and saturated and I knew ahead of time that this corner dining set was going to be perfect. Alice was an excellent fit for this with her unique kinetic modeling style.

I'm using the FD 50mm ...

Thank you for blessing us with your patience as we had a lit..

Thank you for blessing us with your patience as we had a little fun with the hotel set and then all the Halloween shenanigans. It all timed so well as the belt-on-boobs set was the end of the first day of shooting, and this marks the beginning of the second day. So it gives me great pleasure to a...

Zoom in on the first image, all the way. See those perfect s..

Zoom in on the first image, all the way. See those perfect stars glinting off her eyes and freaking TEETH? That is so unreal, and I swear that they are legit. My photographer friend @jasonandthesecretsauce, an incredibly talented person btw, said that he h...

Fionna as Elvira, tell me this isnt the perfect match up?? I..

Fionna as Elvira, tell me this isnt the perfect match up?? I can't take credit tho, she hit me up asking if I'd take her halloween pics and of course I said heck yes. She told me the concept, Elvira, and literally that same night I watched the 1988 flick and holy fuck.. Fionna was made for this! ...

Sorry I'm late! I forgot to schedule this post and the airbn..

Sorry I'm late! I forgot to schedule this post and the airbnb I was at had GARBAGE wifi, but I've had a very exciting week of shoots with Fionna, Natalie, Jordan and, of course, Heather. Some REALLY exciting stuff coming up from all of them soon, with Fionna's Halloween sets dropping tomorrow AND...

Natalie blesses us with a set that is absolutely impossible ..

Natalie blesses us with a set that is absolutely impossible to promote on instagram. Some of you really really old heads may find this outdoor shower to be familiar as it dates all the way back to when I worked with both JMO and Heather here. As I mentioned in a previous Natalie post - this locat...

Halloween season continues with Heather! This is scene two o..

Halloween season continues with Heather! This is scene two of three and it was at least 75% lit by pure candle light so praise technology that we can pull as much detail as we did out of what would normally amount to pure darkness. Now, this location was pretty dope, I talked about it last week b...

Fionna perfectly channeling her inner and outer Peg Bundy in..

Fionna perfectly channeling her inner and outer Peg Bundy in this set and I'm over here looking like wish dot com Al Bundy haha. Loved this scene with her and, if things go smoothly, we'll have another one before Halloween as well! Anyone have a guess what her costume is gonna be? Think: black ha...

ooOOOooOoohh wouldn't you like to run into a ghost like this..

ooOOOooOoohh wouldn't you like to run into a ghost like this while lost in a strikingly well kept forest in the middle of the night? haha. So Heather and I hooked up recently at this super unique haunted house themed workshop conversion that my buddy MISTY (you know, the 70s retro "Lucky" house l...

ANOTHER JORDAN BANGER! This one takes place outside in the a..

ANOTHER JORDAN BANGER! This one takes place outside in the atrium with a full pitcher of water at her disposal. One thing I love about Jordan is she is always down to try something fun, and wet t-shirts = fun. Not to mention it was 100+ degrees outside on this particular day so wet t-shirts = met...

When Heather calls, you answer. That's basically what happen..

When Heather calls, you answer. That's basically what happened with this set we shot in an old Berkeley hotel's bathroom. Heather hit me up one morning as I was heading up to the studio and says "Hey Mike, I'm working with [other guy] today and I'm staying in this fancy hotel in Berkeley, wanna s...

I want to say summer is wrapping up and I need to hurry with..

I want to say summer is wrapping up and I need to hurry with these sunny themed shoots, but it's currently 97 degrees outside so I think I've got some time.

Natalie is a bombshell beauty overflowing with personality and in this shoot she's wearing this vintage 70s showgirl top that I'...

One of my all timers, Juno, looking lovely in her birthday s..

One of my all timers, Juno, looking lovely in her birthday suit/art gallery. When I used to shoot in my house, in the before times, I'd occasionally shoot on this couch. My plan at the time was to buy a new set every other year to keep the shooting backdrop fresh, but my wife fell in love with it...

I saw a picture on Instagram of a model with significant bre..

I saw a picture on Instagram of a model with significant breasts, wearing nothing but a belt wrapped around them. Naturally, I sent it to Heather and told her we had to try something like this in Nevada City.

Heather, being the absolute trooper she is, was totally down. By the end of our fi...

I am sitting on a literal mountain of Jordan West content an..

I am sitting on a literal mountain of Jordan West content and I'm starting to finish it faster than I'm releasing it so be prepared for a short run weekly series featuring this toweringly beautiful woman, that cool?
In this set, we opted to use the existing practical lights and play with th...

Jeana Turner, runner up on America's Next Top Model, runway ..

Jeana Turner, runner up on America's Next Top Model, runway model, influencer, and wig designer, a woman who has is hyper dedicated and who has capitalized on her beauty in ways that others would've squandered. We worked together back in 2017, literally weeks before the first episode of her seaso...

Toggling back to my more professional kit, @heathermoni and ..

Toggling back to my more professional kit, @heathermoni and I shot this beautiful set where she gives the camera a heart attack with some of her insanely daring poses! I mean, this is a technically well executed set and all that, got my ma's old 50mm 1.4 canon fd le...

As promised - The rest of the Alice Crowe set! This girl is ..

As promised - The rest of the Alice Crowe set! This girl is an absolute natural in front of the camera and, as you can see, she's a natural in front of the camcorder too..

btw today is my birthday 👀

Truly an absolute gift of a model that could not have come i..

Truly an absolute gift of a model that could not have come into the picture at a more perfect time. I believe I’ve mentioned this, but this year I’ve started experimenting again with capturing that late 90s disposable camera look. What brought it on this time was the resurgence of popularity ...

The Marilyn Monroe artwork in the background is so fitting o..

The Marilyn Monroe artwork in the background is so fitting of this because I always thought Peach had an allure and aesthetic about her that felt Monroe-esque. She's since changed her stage name, so I've no idea what she's doing now, but I've always enjoyed working with her because she's such a weir...

During the planning phase of our Nevada city trip, I had env..

During the planning phase of our Nevada city trip, I had envisioned that @heathermoni and I would shoot this grainy, low light, super simple all nude shoot. When we were actually on the ground, I committed to switching between cameras with the secondary always having my...