Boudoir Bujinkan babe.

A knock at the door. I know its her. She’s been writing to me. Nervously I get up next to the door.

“Who is it?” No answer.

I knew their wouldn’t be. My hand sweaty, I open the door. She stands there, looking at me. I step back to let her inside. She comes close and I smell sex, murder and blood on her. She’s been busy.

The door closes and I go back to the living room. She takes off her coat revealing red and black boudoir lingerie. It hugs her figure like a second skin. I lay the money on the counter as she turns down the lights.

Introducing Chara. Before you start to wonder, none of the above actually happened.

Chara is a  married woman with two children who got into modeling on a whim. Yes you heard me correctly, on a whim. This struck me as more than odd.

Chara has two degrees, a bachelors in psychology from UCSD and a masters in social work from San Diego state. After all that work she up and decided to sign on with a modeling agency and get an account on model mayhem.

So how does she get that sexy body and amazing abs? Brace yourselves. She eats pizza, french toast, and frozen waffles with lots of whip cream. Yes, I agree, I am also jealous enough to throw her from a cliff. I can just look at ice cream and get fatter, and she claims to have 50 gallon barrels of whip cream and handcuffs in her backyard.

Of course she does workout. She doesnt have a strict gym regime but we discovered we had a common love. Ever heard of Zuzka light? She’s a former porn star who went legit, got a boob job and started doing workout videos. Chara loves her videos and so do I. If you’ve never worked out to one I challenge you to incorporate it into your routine.

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Boudoir Belarus Bombshell.

Enter Katrina. She’s one of those movers and shakers who always has a lot goin on. First of all she’s written a book. Say what?! Yep She’s an author! I’ve always admired authors, mostly Stephen King, Clive Barker and H.P. Lovecraft. Although Katrina didn’t write a boudoir horror story. But did pen a pretty good tale about her struggle with lyme disease.

What? Never heard of lyme disease? Don’t feel bad. I thought it was a mixed drink that had tequila in it. It turns out lyme disease is not a delicious drink designed to make me better looking to the opposite sex. The CDC states lyme disease is caused by tick bites, and if left untreated can cause a host of unpleasant symptoms, including heart palpitations, Bells palsy, and even arthritis!

Katrina used a wide variety of alternative techniques to battle her lyme disease. If you want to know more go out and get her book, or go visit her site.

So what does Katrina do when she’s out not writing books, and being on tv?

Turns out she’s way into self help books. This took me by surprise. Why would this successful hottie need self help books? Hell, maybe she’s successful and hot because of the motivation she gets from the books! When pressed she stated her favorite self help authors were Jack Canfield and Brian Tracy. Her absolute favorite though? Tony Robbins. You could see Katrina’s eyes light up when she would speak about Tony Robbins, she even said that he had changed her life after studying and implementing his routines and philosophies.

Katrina immigrated from Belarus around 12 years ago. In her native country she was an assassin for the government and volunteered at orphanages. When she came to the states she first lived in Manhattan, then came to San Diego.

Katrina has a pretty strict diet. Of course this comes as no surprise. You don’t get as sexy as she is wolfing down big macs and french fries. While we were shooting she detailed some of her diet routine. For breakfast she blends kale, cucumber, celery, parsley, and a bit of ginger for a wake up. Personally i’d take bacon and eggs, but you really can’t argue with the result her diet produces!

Moving on to the technical side. I am still shooting with the Paul C Buff (Alienbee) beauty dish. As you can see from the shots in this entry is produces very pronounced shadows. Now when I shoot with a softbox I don’t get the same shadows. Now i’ve read places like Scott Kelby’s site that their is “sweet spot” with the beauty dish. This sweet spot seems to be about twice the diameter of the dish. However I still am getting the shadows even with using the prescribed distance. I’m not to worried though, I still like the end effect, and its fun to experiment. Oh and by the way, Katrina loved the Stephen Hawking book, what hot girl can resist quantum physics?

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Boudoir, Burlesque and Dentist.

Enter MJ. She’s the stunning blonde you see pictured in this blog. I initially met her on Model Mayhem, corresponded for about…a month? Anyway, way too long. As luck would have it I met MJ for the first time at a Pro AM modeling group event in Presidio park.  Below are two of the photographs I got of her that day.

MJ and I ended up getting along famously and shot for about a good hour and a half. At the end she was like, “oh we are totally doing a boudoir session!” My day was complete!

MJ shows up for her boudoir shoot with enough bags to smuggle several small asian kids outta the country.

MJ starts out with a very cool geisha robe on a black background. And As most models who have shot with me will tell you I started yapping and talking. In fact I usually end up talking so much that I forget that its a photo shoot and not a night at the comedy club.

Sorry to say, but ladies and gentleman, MJ is married and off the market. Not only is she married, but she’s married to a U.S. Marine. They’ve been married for about four years, but have been a couple for about 8. Interesting story about how they met. MJ was at a 21 and over bar, and met her future husband there, when he was 19! Turns out this future Marine had borrowed his buddies ID to get in. I think we can all agree he’s a lucky guy!

Although MJ is currently a stay at home mom, she isn’t content to rest on her laurels. She has two degrees, one in journalism, and one in…Dental Science?!  Yes, I asked her twice, laughing she said she was serious. Hell, for all I know, she may be crazy, but she sure takes great pictures so i’m not gonna complain.

What else does MJ do? How about Insanity. Ya know, the work out that makes me throw up. MJ decided to get into a bit more shape, and on a whim got ole Sean T from beachbody rockin in her livingroom.

A strange fact about MJ? She and her friends were once mugged at gunpoint, during the day!

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Boudoir, Beauty dishes and Alienbees

Yes dear reader I am still trying to figure out this damn beauty dish from Paul C. Buff. Actually I think it’s not too different than the Alienbees soft box. But for me it’s been a bit frustrating to shoot with. However it might be more to do with the fact I’ve been shooting in direct overhead sunlight than anything else. I should know better than to try and shoot in the crappiest light possible. Anyway, enough nerd photo talk, on with the boudoir shoot!

Neena was the first openly gay model I’ve shot with. At least to my knowledge. When I found out I kinda played with the idea of somehow integrating her status into this entry. However the more I tossed it around the more I thought I’d just come off as exploitative.

Kinda like….”hey I love gay people, come be a fan of Oni Studio!” Gag! On a personal note though I was kinda curious how other photographers took her status, and if she had ever had a problem with anyone.

I hinted around at it by asking, “hey do you have any model mayhem horror stories?” Boy did I get a pretty good response out of that!

Neena said she had been contacted by a photographer on Model Mayhem and they had set up a boudoir shoot. She had taken her girlfriend Nyla (New York and L.A!) to the shoot with her as an escort. They said when they arrived at the photographers home that it was filthy.

Not only that, but that his female relatives were present and that they were staring at them. Now check this shit out…They guy had old rusted KITCHEN knives hung up on the walls like they were works of art. Um..you did say this is a boudoir shoot right??

Now for the last part…the guy wanted her to come out back to some type of underground structure! I asked Neena what the structure looked like, but she said her and her girlfriend told the photographer they were uncomfortable and left.

It was a funny story, but in a way it really pisses me off. Guys like this are the reason it’s so hard to shoot with models from model mayhem. Almost every model I contact for a boudoir shoot has a horror story from model mayhem. It seems it’s filled with creeps who try to use their camera to get laid.

Guys, if you have to use your camera to get laid your doing it wrong.

If you haven’t figured it out already, you can get the ladies in five easy steps: Get a job, join a gym, take a shower, (yes everyday) and keep your damn house clean.  Wait..was that four or five? Ah who cares, it doesnt matter. Just don’t be a douche bag!

Anyway, i’ll get off my soapbox. If you have any Model Mayhem horror stories i’d love to hear them!

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