Dark pinup w/ Betty Machete!

“Winter is here!”. The Game of Thrones quote echoing in my head as we all make it to Hive account@caffetto in -10° weather. January is always the worst in Minnesota, and we’ve escaped mostly pain free the entire season. There was an unavoidable feeling that the worst was still to come. In addition to frigid Arctic temperatures, it feels like Hive account@guthrie has only been to school four times since the middle of December. Christmas, New Years, teacher in service days, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and now an entire week off of school because of snow and cold temperatures, it’s really disrupting my routine.

Things are good, despite the schedule […or lack there of]. Myself, Hive account@vermillionfox and Hive account@tarotbyfergus are still getting in Magic: The Gathering games. I’ve still been able to draw. I’m currently brainstorming concept for characters in “Eat the Rich” […working title] story I’m doing with Hive account@ghostfish. Hive account@coppercoins is going well. I’ve also been editing, continuously trying to get out from under the mountain of work still owed. One client at a time, but I’m making progress and enjoying the chance to revisit these shoots. One of those shoots was of Betty Machete.

Betty is a LA based pinup. I had an opportunity to shoot with this vintage beauty in 2015 during my annual, all inclusive NOIR event. I loved the images I’d gotten of her during that shoot, so I was over the moon when she contacted me about a shoot during my last trip to Los Angeles. We found a date that worked for us, and as the shoot approached, I became increasingly excited for this collaboration. We’d be shooting at a massive estate inland, and most importantly, I’d have more time to shoot. NOIR sessions are 30 minutes, typically. My style of photography takes a while to find a rhythm.

Working with Betty this second time was a reminded of how we captured lightning in a bottle during that first shoot several years ago. These are just a few of the first images from our recent work together and there will be more to come. As always, I tend to save the best photos from every shoot till last. Still looking at two days of Hive account@caffetto cabin fever, so there is more art on the near horizon. For more photography, illustration and the stories behind the work, follow me here Hive account@kommienezuspadt!