Chad Michael Ward

[Thursday] NOLA - Day Two

Our first night here was an odd one.

The Deradoorian performance brought in a  house full of drunk, smelly hipsters who took over every room in the house and essentially negating any possible privacy or sleep we might have wanted until late into the night.

Finally, after midnight, Lillian and I had the house to ourselves.  We spent another hour hanging out on the gorgeous porch talking about life before finally crashing out for a nic...

[Wednesday] NOLA - Day One, pt 2

Managed to sneak in an hour long nap then it was off to dinner at The Country Club down the street.  The weather is absolutely perfect at this time of night with the humidity offset by a nice evening breeze.

We ate on the porch of the establishment where we were joined by a furry little friend (seen above ) who treated himself to some of Lillian's shrimp.  As the sun set, the streets came alive with dozens ...

[Wednesday] NOLA - Day One

It's 7:30am and I'm running on 2 hours sleep.  Lillian Winters and I are about an hour into our five hour journey to New Orleans by way of Dallas.

We started off the adventure arguing with baggage attendants.  Apparently, the Airlines have been looking for new ways to gouge customers for more money.  To check out 5 bags cost $270, which was more than the plane ticket itself.  We originally only had 3 checked bags, but were told that our two carr...

[Tuesday] Travel Notice

Hey gang!

Starting today through mid-next week, I won't be making regular posts.  Instead, starting tomorrow, I'll be heading down to New Orleans for a week of shooting the lovely Lillian Winters for the sorta-sequel to Katie West Goes to Hollywood, tentatively titled Lillian Winters Does New Orleans.

If all goes as planned, I'll be updating Patreon throughout the week with journal entires and photos of our adventures.

[Monday] New Photo Set: Mika Lovely

Last week, Mika Lovely was in town and made a stop by the house for a quick afternoon shoot.  

I wasn't sure what we'd be shooting, so when Mika showed up with a suitcase full of latex, I had to come up with a quick lighting scheme that would work with the shiny material.  Normally I don't shoot latex, its not really my flavor...so I had to hope that my lighting style would compliment the rubber.

This lighting style also incorporated the use of color...

[Monday] Photo Set: Fallen Constellations

You never know what you're going to get into when working with Nickie Jean.

Nickie recently partnered with Lucia Garcia to form the art and music project entitled Fallen Constellations.  She asked if I would come spend the day with them and shoot some photos at her house.

I brought my camera but no lights, assuming there would be plenty of sunlight to work with.  

This was not the case, as her house sat mostly in shadow, w...

September Goodie Bag and Book Discount

It's a new month here on Patreon, which means my second "Goodie Bag" is now available, featuring wallpapers for your computer and phone, social media icons and banners.

This month's image is a 2011 digital painting I did featuring Dutch Playboy model Ancilla Tilia.  Click on the download link above to get yours.

Also available this month is my sixth book, STORYTELLER: NUDE.

"STORYTELLER: NUDE is a new collection of more than 100 b...

[Friday] Behind the Scenes: Combichrist, "Throat Full of Glass" Music Video

"We want naked girls and we wanna shoot each other in the end."

It's the summer of 2010 and I'm sitting in the dark of El Compadre on Sunset Blvd. with Combichrist's frontman, Andy LePlegua and the band's manager, Jason Fiber discussing details for their upcoming music video for "Throat Full of Glass".

Or really, i should say, that was pretty much the ONLY detail they insisted on.  The rest, I was told, would be up ...

[Wednesday] From the Archives: Dorian Dane's Rainy Day

As most of you know, California's been in a severe drought the past few years, which means we've had very little rain to play in.

Last winter, a brief storm made its way through Southern California and I had the bright idea to shoot some semi-nudes out in the storm.  I put out a model call on Facebook and Dorian Dane answered.  We agreed to meet the next day to shoot.

Only it didn't rain the next day.

Sure, it was overcast, but there was very ...

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[Friday] Behind the Scenes: Michael Rosner & Angelica Kotliar

Sorry this is a couple days late.  Took me a minute to get this thing fully edited!

Last year, I worked with Michael "Roz" Rosner on a series of body-painting shoots.  

Here's a little BTS video of our second shoot with Angelica Kotliar.

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