Whether you like it or not.

During our first encounter in a claustrophobic hotel room in Bergamo, I was overwhelmed by the sensuality of Maria, and got distracted by her enthusiasm and willingness.
Spoiled by choice, I was acting more like a kid in a candy store, than like a professional photographer knowing what he was doing.
I was also making my first experiments with the GFX medium format camera, and still had not found the ultimate lens combination for it.
I'm not too concerned about this first shooting going havoc, because it was a useful experience and helped us bond together, but I'm happy to have another chance with Maria to finally do justice to her beauty.
In fact, I was so impressed with the potentials of this model, I will have her here in Italy for 3 days of shooting, starting on August, the 22nd.
This is the first time I'm trying such a stunt, and it is going to be a huge investment for my humble project, but when you find a model you really love, and with whom you go along well, you may as well stick with her!
It is much safer than trying 3 new models, that are always a gamble, and lately I found some of the newest to be problematic, leading from mild disappointments, to open clashes with them.
I usually manage to take some good photos also with the models I don't get well along with, but I still prefer to work with people well rested, willing to collaborate with the photographer, clean, and overall nice.
Maria has been all that, and she also tickled my instinct and my heart, so I decided she is a keeper.
And as my time for photography is limited, I have to select only the nicest people to work with.

Maria warned me about "the bush between her legs" also this time, as if that might put me off, but I reassured her again about how much I like it, so I hope she is going to show up just as "bushy" as the last time...

I hope you like her as I do, because I will gather a lot of material about her in the next days, all at once, and I will have to show it to you in the future, whether you like her or not!

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