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Thoughts, Musings, News About The Site And My Photography

If you have any questions, comments, suggestions, please email me on artcore-cafe (at) outlook.com and I will try to answer.



Careful, Kayla!

22nd May 2015 22:01

Kayla is on her way down from darkest Sheffield to stay for a few days shooting with me, and others :) Always a fun, if exhausting, experience! From her whatsapp messages I get the feeling she's stuck somewhere on the M1 right now.


Another House Guest

7th May 2015 22:24

I have the lovely Zara Moore staying with me for the weekend, while she shoots with visiting photographers. We've already had a productive shoot.

It should be a fun few days! What's more, Tomoko is visiting on Monday :)


I Told You Xi Was Back

7th May 2015 06:23

After a bit of a delay (Xi had an accident), we had our long awaited shoot on Monday. Xi was even more stunning than I remembered. We worked so hard and fast that the flash units overheated twice! The first results will be up later this month. I hope she'll be a regular :)


Yes, I May Be Mad

30th April 2015 05:57

See what I did there? Oh well. I've been working too hard, and have a bit of a backlog of updates. As before, I'm not committing to doing extra updates permanently, but for the next month or two, I'll be doing an extra update every week.


I'm A Little Bit In Love

20th April 2015 15:41

Well, I'm in love with my girlfriend (Hola Su!), but after today... I have just had the pleasure of a shoot with an extraordinary, mystical, fey, beautiful and all sorts of other positive words, model. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Vincent Littlehat, coming soon to a website near you. A unique look, wonderful poses, hardworking - oh yes, she's coming back!


So, I Was Just Passing Through Lima (As You Do)

8th April 2015 08:22

I walked into the apartment and immediately thought what an amazing place for a shoot it would be, with natural light unlike anything we could ever get at home. I went onto Model Mayhem and found a grand total of 4 models in Lima, and contacted the best... She got back to me straight away and we shot yesterday. A lovely, bright girl called Rosa. She's back tomorrow as she wants me to shoot her for Suicide Girls (great site, terrible name - sorry!). I've been asked to shoot for them before but said no, largely because of the name, but I've decided to do it this time :) Back to work now - that is what I'm here for!


Travel Advisory

4th April 2015 12:35

I'm coming over all transatlantic for the next 10 days. I should have internet access most of the time, but things may be a little delayed. All the scheduled updates are on the site, I just have to log on and flick a switch to make them visible. I've put up tomorrow's update (Mystique's introduction, 2 sets!) early.

There is still the problem with renewals - the billing company have accepted that the problem is at their end but they haven't fixed it yet. I just need to log on each day and manually give access to any renewed members. If you don't get renewed correctly, drop me a line and I'll do at ASAP. If I don't manage to do it the same day, I'll add the time to the end of your subscription.


Weekend For The Ages

31st March 2015 19:27

Wow. Just wow. Mia and Elen were so amazing on Saturday morning that we arranged a second shoot on Sunday evening. Rather a lot of sets to process and publish! Two gorgeous girls who know how to model and work really hard. All that and my day out and shoot with Karlie Simon during the day Sunday.


Xi's Back!

25th March 2015 19:09

I shot the amazing Xi Zhou a couple of years ago. In fact the last time I saw her was when I booked her for a full day to experiment with my Leica M just after I got it - she's the most technically gifted model I have ever worked with. Sadly, I didn't really shoot for sets at that time, so when I put images together for publication I've had to mix and match a bit. Then she disappeared :(. It turns out she was back in China for a while, but she has returned to the UK and we will be shooting for next month. I can't wait! I'm also shooting Mia Sollis with her friend Elen (another redhead!) on Saturday. I can't wait for that either! And I'm spending Sunday with my friend Karlie Simon doing domestic stuff, but we plan on doing an art-nude shoot - no-one's ever done that with Karlie before!


Miss Transylvania

22nd March 2015 20:44

Well I don't know about that, but she's from Transylvania, she's 5 ft 11 in tall, redheaded, and gorgeous! I shot Mystique last week, and I love the results so much I'm going to put up two sets of her next Sunday :) Let's hope we can get it together again soon!


Payment Processing Issue

20th March 2015 19:12

It has been brought to my attention that some recurring payments are happening, but the membership isn't renewing correctly. It seems to be down to a difference in ideas as to how long the month is between the member software and the billing providers - I've raised a support ticket. I have extended the affected members manually. If you think a payment has been taken and your membership not renewed, drop me a line and I'll fix it ASAP.


Congratulations Deena

17th March 2015 22:42

I've just had a brilliant second shoot with Deena D. She really is awesome. She also had some great news, she's pregnant! She's going to continue modelling, but will be travelling less. I'll be shooting her roughly once a month throughout the pregnancy, kind of like I did with Ursulla a couple of years ago, but this time it will be making full photo sets. The first shoot will be at the end of April - can't wait! /div>


Festival d'Erotisme, Brussels

7th March 2015 14:32

So, here I am at the Festival d'Erotisme in Brussels. This is fun! Lots of famous performers like Carla Cox and Lauren Crist. I've been taking photos which are very different to everyone else - I'm the only one here using the available light and depth of field. I've got some astonishing images. The problem is I am unsure of the legal situation regarding putting them up on a pay site. Obviously I don't have the required paperwork for the performers, but the people running the show clearly do. I will investigate, and if I am sure it won't get me arrested I will put up some sets. If you like these small samples, tell me and I will make more of an effort to get them up here :)


A Little Bit Of Bondage

2nd March 2015 07:51

Kayla is staying with me again, and one of the photographers who visited is a bondage specialist. It was fascinating to watch him work with her, and I thought it would be interesting to try a little stylized bondage photography. Cool, isn't it? The way I looked at it was to show Kayla confident and in control, and I think we nailed it!