Bramley Apple

Reverse side.

Every corner of a house presents numerous opportunities for a good model, if you let her turn around in different position, to show her body all around.
It is like a house-seller showing you around, but you're not interested about the house itself.
One thing's for sure, we're all sold on Martina by now!

I should buy a lens hood for this Contax-Zeiss Sonnar T* 85mm f2.8 and start using it more frequently, because I really like the results its capable of and I need to make it perfor...

General view.

I didn't show you a general view of the mansion in Sotto il Monte, where I shot last time with Ania, so it is time to do it now.
This is the front of the main building, during the finish of our time together, with the late afternoon sun grazing the skin of Ania.
Most of the photos were made with the incredible AF-S NIKKOR 20mm f/1.8G ED, with its incredible depth of field and definition of a high quality wide angle lens.

A different look from the usual separation of the subject fr...

Owning the door.

We use to think about doors like a momentary passage, a simple connection between rooms, until now.
Linda is making of this door her personal stage, and she rocks!

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The ballroom.

This is the ballroom in Consonno.
It must have been much better looking back in the golden days of this small village, but it is not a problem for us, because the beauty of £liasndra is enough to monopolise our attention, and the contrasting background makes her even more striking.

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Look in the mirror.

Ask a model to look out of a window and you're going to get a good expression, but ask her to look in a mirror, and she's going to look (at) herself.
I'm not important in that moment, it's like I'm not there at all.

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Every model wants to do this...

Don't ask me why, but most models playing on a chair are going to try turning upside down.
I don't find this position particularly easy on their features, because the face changes color, is congested with an excessive amount of blood and the features are less recognisable; the breast is hanging down the wrong way and assuming an unnatural shape; the hair looks awkward... 

So this is not the most compelling way to see a model, but it is still fascinating because it is introducing...

Soft box.

Windows are magnets for photographers.
We need light, and windows not only provide the quantity of light we need, but also the quality of light we prefer, especially if wide and with white curtains!
It's like having a giant soft box, and there is nothing better to display the beauty of a model like Annalisa.

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"You can send photo with handcuffs?"

You may remember this request from Rabbit, this is another example of the handcuffed photos I sent to her (first was published on April the 9th).
And this one she actually published on the stories of her Instagram profile, properly censored, as you can see on the third photo.
Yes, I did tell her not to show handcuffs on Instagram, but it was my profile that was suspended soo after, not hers 😂.

Beware, don't say I gave you her handle!!!

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For the man who has seen everything.

After so many years of working together, there is not much of Martina's body we have not seen yet, albeit we never get tired of seeing her!
But, about our new shooting, there is a new element I wanted to show you, and it is my new watch.
This is a 42mm Laco Leipzig bronze, with the dial artificially aged by Laco artisans, and the bronze case aged by myself few hours after it arrived.
I will show you this watch better somewhere else in the following days, with Martina's body always a...

Martina 17.

First taste from yesterday's shooting.
She did tell me the apartment was not particularly good, and she was right!
Also the light was not very good, with an overcast sky and small windows.
We sticked on the only side of the apartment which gave more light, and fortunately I took with me the two spotlights to help.
We did manage to make 480 photos in 2 hours, and Martina was as beautiful as ever.
Her new hairstyle gave me some problems, always getting on my way whilst I was tryi...

Artistic.

I should make more photos like this one, balanced but with no rules.
The random pic you're making whilst fooling around, trying unusual angles, a photo that is not convincing even whilst you're shooting it, you keep changing angles slightly because the composition is never right.
Then, you realise you're wasting too much time on a single photo, and you release the shutter.

After some months, you see again the photo, and it looks fine.
Not perfect, not a masterpiece, but just ri...

Feminine.

My models are some of the best examples of femininity, and Lauretta is no exception.
On Patreon I've posted only 3 photos of this beauty, but this is the cutest of all, just a regular women looking pensive.
How could we live without these injections of beauty in our lives?

If you want to learn more about the Bramley Apple Project or Archives, ask me on bramleyapple@yahoo.com 2023-04-26 07:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Again!

I have booked Martina once more, this is number 17, and we should meet on Friday the 28th.
The apartment is not going to be the best ever, but I'm pretty sure with Martina I'm going to come back with some good pictures anyway.

One thing we can do even in a small place, is to display my new bronze watch on her beautiful body.
It arrived yesterday from Germany, and I'm already experimenting with my accelerated ageing process, but I'm still not happy with the result... I hope to make...

Every room.

This new abandoned mansion I inaugurated with Ania on Saturday was huge, and every single room we could reach in safety was full of photo potentials.
Even a dusty bathroom was a good set in the presence of Ania, and her smile brought a breath of fresh air in this desolate location.
Fortunately, this time I manage to persuade her to keep the shoes on for the whole time.
We were lucky with the weather and the sun was hot, but inside the house Ania soon developed goosebumps and cold han...

New photoshoot with Ania yesterday.

As anticipated in the past days, on Saturday I shot with Ania for the third time.
This photoshoot in an abandoned house was different from most of the others, and required a specific approach, one that could do justice both to Ania and the surroundings.

I went back to the Nikon D810, and coupled it with the AF-S NIKKOR 20mm f/1.8G ED,
This is a difficult lens to use for nudes, like all wide angle lenses, especially as extreme as a 20mm.
The secret is to keep the subject in the...

Sub-meditation.

Quinn is my submission for today, or shall I say submissive...
Even if my handcuffs are mainly intended for aesthetic purposes, it is indisputable that the end result appears as a proud slave.
This is a very different image from her previous photos of Quinn, less refined, but equally appealing and convincing.

Today I'm shooting with Ania, and tomorrow I should be able to give you a first taste of this new photoshoot... wait for it!

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Framing.

There's been a lot of framing going on in this picture, but the silhouette of Martina still manages to stand out!

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Wonder Woman.

The buyers of the house in Merate are happy people indeed.
I'm less happy because I've lost my main location, but I might be able to use it until September anyway.
Also, we have plenty of great memories in this house, and I feel it is time to move on, and search for new creative avenues.

Bianca is surely among my best shootings in this house, and I will never forget this one-hit wonder woman!
We are so privileged to see her body and, currently been an exclusive Patreon model, b...

Over refined?

I was looking the short time-lapse video from a fellow photographer on Twitter, showing the complete retouching technique he applied on his photos.
On one hand I felt ashamed about how little I know about Photoshop techniques, on the other hand I was not impressed by the final results he was posting nor by the philosophy that lied behind.

In a way, my ignorance about retouching techniques is helping me to stay true to nature as much as possible, I don't change the color of skin or li...

Ania is ready to go.

I have finished and safely stored Ania's second photoshoot in Archives, the one shot in the ghost town of Consonno.
It took a long time because of the number of photos and all the new photoshoots coming up in the mean time.
I'm also preparing some BentBox for download from this photoshoot, complete with hi res backstage videos.

BentBox is not working very well, I guess because they ask for such a huge percentage, but it is currently the only place where I can upload the full video...

Bricks.

A brick like the ones in this photo can look very different, depending by the orientation, whilst Martina looks beautiful however you turn her.
I would love to take Martina in an abandoned place once more, but she is too busy and expensive these days, I'm lucky enough I can still shoot with her in any way possible...

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Don't save up for the future.

I tend to keep the best photos for later, to think about something appropriate to write up about them, or just to wait for the right moment.
But I just risk to forget about them, lost in the huge number of images in my Archives.

I will try to stop this and, whenever I happen to find an interesting photo while browsing in my Archives, I want to grab it immediately and show it to you.
I could call this "impulse posting", and I hope we share the same kind of impulses.

If you wa...

Expressive.

Whatever the situation, Annalisa's poses are always intense and communicative, even when her body is mostly hidden.
I can do the best I can to produce my images, but the greatness of a model is in this ability to transcend the bi-dimensionality of photography.

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Happy memories.

I have a bad memory, that's why I am so font about photography, I guess.
I prefer to take pictures instead of relying on my memory.

But also my photos need memory to be safely stored, and I happen to have problems also with that, it is never enough!
At least I can buy more TBs for my photos, and make sure not a single one ever gets lost.

Because I would feel bad if I had to loose photos like this one of Cristiana, I need the help of technology to remember this special moment...

Inked diva.

With so many tattoos, the body if Ada is as expressive as the face.
This bed in Merate hosted many girls, and each of them interpreted this furniture in a different way.
That's why I leave some freedom to my models, so each and everyone can express her own individuality.
Ada surely did a splendid performance, and I was there to witness the hatching of her true self.

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Happy girl.

Ania is a happy creature, and is enjoying her body as much as we do.
Here she was showing to me the effects of training on the tone of her muscles.

I think I will make this photoshoot entirely available on BentBox in the future (with the relative backstage video footage) so one can appreciate the sequence of photos.
Of course I will secure a copy of this contents also in my Archives, for future generations and a privilege bunch...

And, by the way, we have another photoshoot ...

Glasses.

I don't remember getting so many photos of Martina with her glasses on, but I'm glad I did, as she looks very different and still plenty chute.

Maybe I should try with other models as well...

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Before the golden hour.

During the photoshoot with Stella, the light was changing.
This was at the beginning, way before the setting sun started to get a decidedly hot hue.
Also the new model and me were still warming up to each other, but there are interesting images coming also from this initial phase.
I guess the experience of both of us helped to work efficiently right from the start.

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"You can send photo with handcuffs?"

Rabbit was willing to play with handcuffs, it was the first pair of real ones she ewer got to wear on her wrists, and apparently she was impressed by the experience, enough to send me the request you read in the title through a private message.
Obviously I was happy to work on some of those photos, and I've already send them to her.
Now, what are we going to do with all these photos of a naked handcuffed lady?
I guess I can share some with you here, and also on regular social media, ...

Edge of the frame.

Not always the best parts of a photo are in the center of the frame.
The head of my models is usually in the upper side of the picture, with the eyes in perfect focus.
This might not be the area of best optical performances from any lens (which is the center), but is where I need to place my subject from a logical standpoint.
Anyway, whilst shooting and when you look back to the pictures you've taken, never forget to check also the edges of the frame...

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