Dark pinup w/ east coast vintage beauty, Nicole!

Good evening, Steemit! It’s been a rough 24 hours. It’s kind of remarkable that I was able to get a post made last night. There was a whole chain of unfortunate events that started yesterday morning. I’ll spare you the details, but the culmination was my car being smashed in the parking lot of a Super America. Hit and run, of course. I’m just grateful none of us were inside […or in front of]. It’s just stuff and it’ll be fixed, but it still sucks. The police are suppose to follow up to obtain the security footage, but I’m looking at another deductible only two months after @guthrie and I were rear-ended in May. I’m not going to be on GEICO’s preferred customers list.

I’m working on a funny Steemit post. One many of us can relate to. More or less, it’s going to be about the hazards of trading cryptocurrency […or dealing with crypto in an capacity, really] while sleep deprived. I’ve gotten few deposits for shoots at the end of August in Palm Springs and Los Angeles. I missed some investment opportunities when the market tanked in early June. I’d straight up ran out of cash and that was a fault in allowing crypto spending and STEEM rewards to pay bills, dinners, flights, etc. I had some money and picked up some EOS and BitShares.

Tonight’s photography is comes from last year. One thing I aim for is being the aspirational photographer. I want to be the photographer my clients have to save to shoot with. I’d rather shoot with clients that make our collaboration a priority. I did quality over quantity for years, and transitioning to the reverse improved my work exponentially since 2012. My friend Nicole saved for this shoot and it was as important for me as it was for her.

I had a special connection with Nicole even before meeting her. She reached out to me on Instagram and amongst countless beautiful selfies, there were incredible Deadpool cosplay pictures from NYCC! Naturally, as an avid comic book enthusiast, she was appealing to our kindred geek spirt. We set up the shoot with her friend Monica, a talented vintage hairstylist in New Jersey, and I booked my friend Sunny for make-up. Monica offered her house for our location, which was amazing!

This was my third shoot in a row for the day, and on the drive to New Jersey, Sunny and I were both feeling it. The fatigue and exhaustion was setting in. Fortunately, hair and make-up took almost two hours and I had the chance to recharge. A nice creative break and opportunity to settle my thoughts gave me a chance to appreciate the dark, ornate interior of Monica’s home. I was able to think of interesting ways to incorporate the plants and vintage oil lamps to light Nicole’s face.

Not atypical of shoots I’m feeling fatigued during, I did get a second wind once Nicole came downstairs shoot ready. She had three distinct looks with a soft, frill and sheer pink slip, a seductive black corset, and a red and black matching set. As I’m readying this post, I’m already seeing how well these shots will fit in the “Dark Pinup” book I’m doing with @wcpublishing. One of my favorites of the year, without a doubt.

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