Libertine dark pinup w/ Christini!

It’s already feeling like summer in uptown Minneapolis today. Almost 95º. @caffetto is nearly empty. Everyone’s outside sitting on the benches and patio tables. I’m inside grinding away on edits, as @vermillionfox draws on her iPad Pro and @guthrie jumps from game to game on his. @tarotbyfergus just showed up, so I’m going to try and make this Steemit post before our first games of Magic: The Gathering in over a week commence. This is definitely the routine I’ve been missing during all the winter and spring travel.

I’m still cutting through an enormous amount of work, but at the pace I’ve managed to keep over the last few weeks, things are beginning to seem realistic as far as catching up […in relative terms]. I still have tons of Viva Las Vegas shoots that I haven’t even opened yet, but clearing my plate of November and March edits from LA, Seattle and Vegas is a monumental achievements. At the end of this year, I’ll be cutting the edits I return to clients from 10 to 5, which will be give me a more reasonable workload.

These photos are of Los Angeles based pinup, Christini Martini. This was our second shoot together. Years ago, I met her as a client for “Ladies First”. If you haven’t read my previous post, “Guest photographer for Photos by Ana J's "Ladies First" event!”, now two years old, I suggest taking a quick read through of that. I’m typically a guest photographer for this event, and Christini was one of several clients that booked and sold out the occasion. Our first shoot, we only have 30 minutes behind the camera.

This shoot, she contacted me and booked a private session during a week of back and forth travel across Southern California, ending in Pasadena with our shoot at the mansion estate. Fortunately, having already shot together, we knew each others’ approach to modeling and shooting. We shot outside of the estate, and throughout the various lamp lit rooms. Christini always takes great direction and has quite a bit of modeling experience. One of those dream client situations. I wish we could shoot together more often.

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