Dark pinup w/ Ryder James!

Good evening, Steemit! I’m sitting here, almost asleep and it’s not even 11:00p.m. Remember all those blog posts that I used to start at 2:00a.m., just as my European friends like @allangraves and @eveuncovered were waking up! I’ve been trying to get back to a reasonable schedule, and now that I have it, it feels extremely weird. Being tired at 10:00p.m. makes me feel like an old man. My early day was extremely productive, though. I’ll try this for a while. @guthrie [finally] went back to school today, so I’m hoping it’s the beginning of a routine I can keep.

I had a big, big shoot yesterday for La Femme En Noir. You can read and see some of the behind the scenes in @vermillionfox’s newest post, “En route”. I’ll have some more on that soon, but after a successful shoot, I spent the morning editing photos from my November trip to Los Angeles. I’m still uber behind on edits. The last few weeks of @guthrie having breaks, vacations, sick days and snow days, really impacted my ability to work. Today, though, I was energized to look through photos from this past fall.

One of those wonderful shoots was with a Northern California model named Ryder James. She snagged my very last shoot during this west coast trip. In fact, I photographed her my very last day there, just hours before catching my flight home. Her hair was done by my darling friend Analisa, and make-up by Nikki Napalm; another friend and talented LA artist. Ryder looked incredible in the wardrobe she brought and the mansion/estate turned these first few images in to a dark fairytale.

Thanks for reading! These are just the first few images from this shoot with Ryder. It was a great feeling to scan through the entire shoot again. I’ve been so busy catching up on the last of my Viva Las Vegas edits, this was the first time I’ve looked back since taking these photos in November. So many great shots to come. For more photography, art, illustration and the stories behind the work, follow me here @kommienezuspadt!