I've gotta get shooting again. It's been another dry spell and I need some practice with the 4x5. My resolution to take the camera out and photograph inanimate objects crumbles every time. It just seems a waste of film and time to photograph anything but beautiful nude women. Yes, yes...I'm spoiled.

Anyway, I've still got film from Newfoundland to develop and scan and a few potential shoots coming up. One model wants to "talk about the shoot" ahead of time. I don't want to "talk about the shoot." I want the model to show up, do whatever feels good (or barring that, whatever I tell her to do), and with some luck we'll have good pictures to show. "Talking about it," as in discussing a concept or planning something specific is too much like the wife nudging me at 2AM saying, "Honey, we need to talk." I really don't plan photoshoots. I don't want to plan shoots. I want to record something that's happening. This makes me think I really don't want to photograph this model or any model that wants to "talk about the shoot."

OK, that's a pretty hard line to take, I know. But I think it serves as a filter to prevent me from photographing girls that don't get it, aren't ever going to get it and even if they did get it, would freeze up. A shoot - my shoots - must flow. No rules, no barriers, and a whole lot of trust. I know that's a tough thing, to trust a photographer, particularly one a model's never met, but it's the price of admission.

Re-reading the above, it's apparent now why I'm not shooting a whole lot.

Jackie, nude in my motel room in Minneapolis last summer. Excellent model of exactly the type I like. Uninhibited, curious, beautiful and kinky.