Dance After Dark Photography

I shot with Jenny this morning, and we had lots of fun. She climbed one of the parking garages downtown and practically hung by her toes. More pictures in Jenny’s gallery.

Happy Mother’s Day to all you mothers out there!

Shooting with Erica and Carrie yesterday, we were constantly making horribly inappropriate jokes. Since we were walking downtown with two women at my beck and call, we kept making cracks about me being a pimp. Later, as we were walking out of the Maitland Art Center, a lady walking past with her dog stopped short. She explained that her dog isn’t dangerous, but she still has to be careful. Carrie was wearing nice stockings, and the lady explained:

“She’s a little too friendly. I wouldn’t want her to jump all over your pretty hose.”

As we walked back to the car, I couldn’t help asking, “Was she talking to you or me? Don’t want no bitch jumpin’ all over my hoes.”

I tell you, life is just more interesting when you live in the gutter.

I shot with Ana Aesthetic this past Sunday. More photos in my photo galleries.

More photos of Erica here.

But it’s okay. I got him, too.

Today Bruce Ruiz and I went on a rampage at the Rollins College campus. Shots were exchanged. Thankfully, there were no injuries. Thumbnails below and more photos here.

What does it look like to kayak down the Wekiva River? Well, if you’re the #2 man in the kayak, it looks like this:

Here we see the back of jeweldevil’s head as we paddle downstream. I took a minute to take a few pictures. Unfortunately, it was so blasted bright and hot that only two of the photos came out at all. I’ve got a few other shots of paddles, but this one and a shot of the sky were the only two that I liked.

We had fun, but I definitely prefer the downstream ride. We went downstream as far as we could go, and we fought against the river to get back. Daniel and I agreed that if we’d gone any further we might not have made it back at all. The original plan was to kayak peacefully downstream to Katie’s Landing and then get shuttled back to the state park. Alas, they don’t do that on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. That little fact wasn’t posted on the website. The good news is that it was a lot cheaper, totaling about $24 instead of $40. The bad news is that it took us 3.5 hours, and I still hurt. My muscles have recovered, but I forgot to put sunblock on my legs. They’re crispy.

The best part was just as we left the beach. The water was clear and deep, letting us see all the way to the underwater forest on the bottom. It was gorgeous. You should try it sometime.

More kayaking pictures

P.S. We discovered that you can’t do a damn thing from the front. I don’t remember canoes being so hard to steer.

I was gone this weekend, visiting Melissa in Tampa. On Saturday night we went to Clearwater to see a bunch of her friends twirl flaming things, and much fun was had. I wanted to go several weeks ago, but I got so sick that I missed the chance. Here’s the first photo from the extremely large batch. I took about 650 pictures, though a lot of them will be discards or repeats. Toward the end I got tired of barely missing some particularly interesting action and started shooting continuously with faster exposures, which made for some great photos and a whole lot of in-between shots. More in the Fire Dancing gallery.

Be afraid, folks. In deference to Michael’s tender sensibilities, I took this without the aid of a mirror. I would have gone wandering with the camera today instead of resorting to my last-resort model (myself), but it was drizzling when I got home. A few things popped up, as things always do, and then it was time to cook dinner.

More here, if you’re brave enough.

Well, today I didn’t get a chance to run around with my camera. All of the photos I had on hand were a little too old to post in good conscience, so I used what I had left. That’s me and the cat, but she wasn’t cooperating. You’re stuck with me.

More photos in Salem Jade’s gallery.