Isabella Sessions

The garden of Earthly delights comes to mind. Back by popular demand, Isabella has kindly agreed to disrobe in our garden to the delight, or was it shock of our neighbours. Their curiosity was great when they became aware of our session in the garden and in plain view. With barely perceivable discomfort, Isabella stood her ground as I was snapping away. I particularly enjoyed the contrast of her pink skin against the foliage and the blue trellis in front of the shed. I usually work very hard when I am shooting. Very caught up in the moment and deep in my creative mode. It is only much later that I get to view the results of the shoot, work on the images in Photoshop and can finally sit back and admire the photographs. Writing about them as I do for Flickr brings much to light by way of my feelings and emotions that the photographs convey. I must give a big thank you to my wife Mary Bogdan, who is the gardener and creator of this seemingly wild, ambient, magical location. All the lighting is natural, outdoors daylight. We did shoot a video recording of the session. The raw footage will eventually be edited and uploaded. If you would like to see a short film showing some of my other sessions please follow the links below. Great photography requires dedication, time and effort. But above all there are costs involved as well. Equipment, props and model fees, not to mention time, are all "out-of-pocket" expenses for the artist. If you enjoy my photographic art, you might like to help to support it. To see behind-the-scenes videos and get a glimpse of my process, please follow the link below. Vimeo.com/sollang/vod_pages The Photography of Sol Lang - Video-on-demand. Please note: Contains Nudity Thanks for the support!

I walk through windy silence, a humming blade of grass whispering the secret of the eternal. She needs… no, wants me to know what lies beyond the void. And I, safe within my ignorance, continue to gaze. View large version Great photography requires dedication, time and effort. But above all there are costs involved as well. Equipment, props and model fees, not to mention time, are all "out-of-pocket" expenses for the artist. If you enjoy my photographic art, you might like to help to support it. To see behind-the-scenes videos and get a glimpse of my process, please follow the link below. Vimeo.com/sollang/vod_pages The Photography of Sol Lang - Video-on-demand. Please note: Contains Nudity Thanks for the support!

Although this image is nothing more than a classic nude, I had to hide it from public view and flag it "Restricted" as per Flickr rules. Enough said. Oh yes. View the large version. We did shoot a video recording of the session. The raw footage will eventually be edited and uploaded. If you would like to see a short film showing two of my other sessions please follow... Great photography requires dedication, time and effort. But above all there are costs involved as well. Equipment, props and model fees, not to mention time, are all "out-of-pocket" expenses for the artist. If you enjoy my photographic art, you might like to help to support it. To see behind-the-scenes videos and get a glimpse of my process, please follow the link below. Vimeo.com/sollang/vod_pages The Photography of Sol Lang - Video-on-demand. Please note: Contains Nudity Thanks for the support!

Lately I have been wondering if my work is making a difference in the world. I seek out beauty and truth. Of course I can only follow my own aesthetic, which is subjective. Truth is absolute. I believe that there is only the one. Unfortunately, it is subject to interpretation. As I saw within 3 minutes of the Republican debate in the race for party leadership, truth is quite illusive to men (and women) seeking power. This was the most pathetic group of uninspired and uninspiring individuals I have ever seen vying for this position. Not one ounce of charisma among them. I am not an American and I know very little about the details and facts pertaining to American politics, but I am a fairly good judge of character and I found not one of these men gave me a sense of strength of character. They were unsure about what they were saying. If I were a voter I would have a tough time. Unfortunately I had not seen the Democratic debate at all, so I cannot address it. The part I saw was when they were responding to the question about believing in the word of the Bible. It was so obvious to me that they were saying what would get them votes rather than saying what they really believe. Not a true conviction among them. I finally saw the movie “300”. Violence in abundance, but visually it was quite delightful. The story too, although quite simple, was interesting with some human values in heroism. The age old conflict between nations. Two (or more) camps of humans, each believing to be superior. Each trying to annihilate the other for the good of humanity. Kind of where we are today. Nothing changed in 3,000 (?) years. We humans are still trying to destroy each other. Nation against nation. It is the true definition of obscenity. And me, I am NIPSA’d by Flickr. What a sad joke! Isabella, with her super shoes, to the rescue. She looks quite proud to be wearing them. They are sexy. Can anyone really stand safely on such heels? Maybe that is why we see her sitting here. But no, really, she stands and walks with them quite well. It’s like I am describing a doll. She also speaks and moves. But here she sits and is looking quite lovely. When she poses for the camera, I sense a story going through her mind. She must be thinking of something that has made her feel emotion, desire, passion. Shoes? See a short video of part of this shooting session. And, of course, the large version. Great photography requires dedication, time and effort. But above all there are costs involved as well. Equipment, props and model fees, not to mention time, are all "out-of-pocket" expenses for the artist. If you enjoy my photographic art, you might like to help to support it. To see behind-the-scenes videos and get a glimpse of my process, please follow the link below. The Photography of Sol Lang - Video-on-demand. Please note: Mature content Thanks for the support!

Today I have been un-NIPSA’d I was rather surprised to find out that I was NIPSA in the first place and requested an explanation since I have been moderating my photographs rather diligently. Well here was a surprise. They accused me of tag-spamming. That means that my tags were irrelevant to the images I was posting. Although it is true that I would mass tag in batches, so it wouldn’t be unusual for a tag here and there to be on a wrong photograph, but I never thought that would be a reason for NIPSA. Well, here it is. I was wrong. Anyway, I spent the better part of my free time this week on removing the tags that were assigned to too many photographs. I know I did remove many relevant ones, but I also managed to bring myself into the good graces of the Flickr Police. So now my images are all searchable, although mostly moderate or restricted. Art – restricted…. hmmm. This Sunday will be a photo exchange day between the members of my Photo Seminar Group. We are a group of avid photographers who meet once a month to discuss, critique and share ideas on the art of photography. Once a year, around Christmas time, we make the meeting more festive. We share some wine and food while discussing photography. Then we pick names and exchange photographs. It is a good way to build a photography collection. I think this year we will take the full two weeks off for our Christmas break. Lucky that the holidays fall on Tuesdays. Makes it all so convenient. I think this year we’ll try to make it down to New York City, again. We (Mary and I) love visiting the galleries in Chelsea at this time of year. Who am I kidding? We love visiting NYC any time of year. Almost forgot this photo of Isabella from a shoot last April. I keep coming back to these image files, finding them more and more inspiring every time. Never any shortage to yield yet another image that I am happy about. View the large version. Great photography requires dedication, time and effort. But above all there are costs involved as well. Equipment, props and model fees, not to mention time, are all "out-of-pocket" expenses for the artist. If you enjoy my photographic art, you might like to help to support it. To see behind-the-scenes videos and get a glimpse of my process, please follow the link below. The Photography of Sol Lang - Video-on-demand. Please note: Mature content Thanks for the support!

View the large version. Great photography requires dedication, time and effort. But above all there are costs involved as well. Equipment, props and model fees, not to mention time, are all "out-of-pocket" expenses for the artist. If you enjoy my photographic art, you might like to help to support it. To see behind-the-scenes videos and get a glimpse of my process, please follow the link below. The Photography of Sol Lang - Video-on-demand. Please note: Mature content Thanks for the support!

Great photography requires dedication, time and effort. But above all there are costs involved as well. Equipment, props and model fees, not to mention time, are all "out-of-pocket" expenses for the artist. If you enjoy my photographic art, you might like to help to support it. To see behind-the-scenes videos and get a glimpse of my process, please follow the link below. The Photography of Sol Lang - Video-on-demand. Please note: Mature content Thanks for the support!