Bramley Apple

Sold!

I'm positively impressed for having sold the entire shooting of Dottir on BentBox for an absurd price, because they keep a huge percentage on the sale for themselves, and I still made (nearly) enough money to pay for the next shooting with her.
And this is convenient, because we're actually talking about doing another one, but I would wait until June or July of next year to do it, possibly in some of my special outdoor locations, and with her body nicely tanned...

I tend to consider ...

Filling the image.

The body of Slim is owning the frame.
The photo is not particularly hot because of what it is showing, but Slim really manages to give it a lot of pathos, and not only with her face expression, but with the entire body expression.
The naked skin, the strong tattoos and the bi-colored hair are contributing to make her presence even more poignant.
This was a very special day in Milano for me, with a very special model!
Even if she acted as a replacement for Sophia at the time, I fee...

Room 9.

Back in the Ex Manicomio di Monbello with Maria for this Monochrome Saturday.
She was tired after over 4 hours shooting and exploring the place, so she told me this was the last corner we were going to shoot.
A very dark corner indeed, but I really wanted to take a picture of my model with this door, because it is a symbol of what this place has been whilst it was open.
It was one of the most important asylum in Italy, famous for having a son of Mussolini among the patients.
A sad...

Another Friday with Martina.

The shooting 19 with Martina (from March 2024) is going to be remembered as the most colorful, as I was experimenting with colored gelatin on my led spotlights.
After so many shootings with Martina, I was feeling the need to differentiate the last ones from whatever we did before.
Editing these files is not straightforward, and requires specific treatment of the BW version, but I like how the final results look, and the new appearance of such a well known body, somewhat I still wanted t...

Letting her free.

Some days ago I was talking about my 2014 Leica M240, and I used it also for this shooting with Kiki in January 2021.
With a flash it is still a very good camera also in scarcely lit rooms and during Winter.

2 more photos of Kiki today on regular social media and on DA Subscriptions.
It is time to let her free, no more exclusiveness on my paid platforms alone.

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Leading lines.

Wide angle lenses, like this 20mm, are useful to create a relation between the foreground, the background and the subject, with everything in focus.
In this case, the leading lines of the stairs and the handrail are taking us towards Ania, whilst she is climbing in our direction.
The composition results more dynamic thanks to this wide angle view.
It might not be the best lens to enhance the beauty of Ania, but in this case I had to make the most of the location, and the choice was a...

La Maja desnuda.

Cristiana reproducing the famous painting from Goya.
In the case of Goya, he made another version of this painting with the dressed model, but in the #BramleyApple Project there is no place for dressed models!
Instead you get the BW version.
Now that we have true Monochrome photos from the Leica M10 Monochrome, which are much superior, the converted color images appear less interesting, somewhat wash out, but I still think they are important for me and my followers to familiarise wit...

Offering.

This is a pose I like in particular way, because the model it is not only naked and relaxed, but she is offering a conscious view of her body in the fullest way, the stretched torso, the armpits, and even the full face by keeping the hair tied.
The gaze Rabbit is giving us is further enhancing this offer, and making it more appealing.

2 more photos of Rabbit today on regular social media and on DA Subscriptions.

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Leica M-agic.

I have been distancing from my Leica M240 since I bought it in 2014.
I stopped working with it for my work in Milano for Codcast Channel, just to start using it again when I started with nudes in 2016, and it was one of the only 2 cameras I was using for all 2017!
The arrival of mirrorless cameras was really paramount to further abandon the rangefinder Leica, both for the older sensor that was getting more and more disappointing especially in low light, and because of the rangefinder me...

Monochrome Saturday (elsewhere).

Las week I forgot to post the BW photo of Barbora on regular social media, let's see if this Saturday I get it right.
But I'm changing tactic today, and on Patreon I'm posting a colored photo of Barber that is going to help understanding what musical instrument she is holding also in the BW photo.
The BW photo is more dynamic, with a slight deformation of her nearest leg due to the Summicron 50mm, not a wide angle distortion, but in that photo you can clearly see the leg and foot are to...

Regrets.

April 2021, In Milano with Martina.
I knew the time would come for me to regret every time I refused to work with Martina, and the time is now.
Either it was not the right season, or the right apartment, or it was too close to the previous time we met, or it was my trial period in a new job and I didn't feel like asking for a day off: all very reasonable justification at the time, but they now sounds feeble.
Even if I managed to make 20 shootings with Martina, more than I did with an...

Unstoppable.

March 2023, this was my first shooting with Sugar, in a house of another model, a kind of a club of sort where models and photographers could meet.
But I did it only once, because the owner of the house didn't want me to go back, ever again, asa my work was already too hot for her tastes.
But this didn't stop Sugar and me working together many more times over!
You can't stop art.

2 more pictures of Sugar from this first shooting today on regular social media and on DA Subscript...

Peeling paint.

This wall was a perfect background for the perfect body of Elfa, the tiles, the peeling paint of the graffiti, the strong colors and contrasts, everything is helpful to make the subject stand out, even if she is positioned off center.
The quality of the Fujifilm GFX 50S II + "Martin" (the Zeiss T* 1,4/85mm Planar ZF named after the Patron that sponsored part of the purchase), is showing in the best possible way in this sufficiently lit room in the Ex Manicomio di Monbello market.
Also t...

Pensive.

Saturday, I was talking about how even the single fingers of Barbora were perfectly positioned as if on an elaborate choreography, even the ones of the feet, because she is a great model and a dancer, perfectly conscious of every part of her body.
Cristiana is an example of a different type of model, not so professional, but natural and casual, she has no idea about what she is doing with her hands, nor with most other parts of her body, which is not a defect, just a different approach to ...

Tornado.

During the Covid lockdown I managed to escape few times, and one was to shoot with Naike.
That was a transgression in itself, but nothing compared to the tornado Naike.
Two more pictures later today, you know where.

I realized I forgot to post the Monochrome Saturday post on my regular social media, so I will postpone it until next Saturday.
On Saturday I was trying to sort out the Seven's damage, and went to show it to the insurance inspector, that was helpful in giving some s...

Comfort is overrated.

Not sure Sophy was comfortable in this photo, But I'm sure she looks good in this position!
She is definitely one of the models I would gladly photograph again, if she comes back to Milano.

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Monochrome Saturday.

Today 2 photos of Barbora from our shooting on August, in her new Italian house.
On Patreon she is in the bathroom, in my regular social media feed she is in the living room.
Both photos were shot on the Leica M10 Monochrome + Summicron-M 50mm, and there is NO COLOR versions of these photos, and never will be, because these are the purest kind of images you can ever see, dating back to the origin of photography.

The house Barbora is living in reminds me about the one I was living ...

A promise is a promise (even if I'm late).

Last Friday I tried the usual trick of posting 3 pictures of Martina from the same shooting (April 2023) in my various platforms, but I forgot to place the other 2 photos in my Dropbox, so I didn't have them with me when I was supposed to post them, and I had to fall back on older pictures of Martina.
This week I will try again, and for Patreon I have recovered another photo from the same shooting (you can tell by the hairstyle), a photo I had in my Dropbox folder for a long time but never...

Easy job.

I miss the house in Merate, where I could set up some pretty complex light schemes for my models, but also bring in cars and motorbikes, or carpets and stools from my home for that matter.
The amount of freedom I had there was something I couldn't replicate anywhere else.
Even the ex Asylum or the ghost town of Consonno I'm using now are better looking, but not as versatile, because I can't take there elaborate props, and I don't have much privacy with the models alone (as anybody can i...

In love with Stelladiplastica.

I know Stelladiplastica is not the most popular model here on Patreon, probably because I never managed to make the most of her great talent as a model.
But I still love her, and I'm grateful to have had 2 chances to shoot with her.
I hope this photo will be the one that is going to finally make at least some of you fall in love with Stelladiplastica.
This or the other I will post later today on my regular social media feed.

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Improvised studio set.

This is a much more recent photo compared with the one of yesterday, June 2025, so recent I was already using the Fujifilm GFX 50S II + "Martin" (the Zeiss T* 1,4/85mm Planar ZF named after the Patron that sponsored part of the purchase), and this photo was shot on this medium format camera!
Inna is another model that deserves more attention from me, because I previously posted only 3 photos of her on Patreon, but I really enjoyed working with her and managed to make a huge number of photo...

Casual nudity.

I was banned from YouPic on Friday (I've been in since 2012), tried to open a new profile, but that was banned also in a few hours, I guess they really hate me!
Probably they are considering abandoning nudes and embracing AI, not sure, but I was sorry to have all my photos gone from there.
It was more or less a waste of time for me, because in 13 years I still had to reach the 5,000 followers there, but I was still attached to it as I had it going even before starting the #BramleyApple...

Hand picked Apples.

Staying on your knees is frequently associated with humiliation and submission but, even in this position, Karina looks elegant and majestic.
She is the typical example of my belief that vulgarity has nothing to do with the amount of skin you are showing.
Some people look vulgar even when wearing underwear or swimming costumes, other people like Karina can look elegant totally nude, and these are the models I'm trying to find for my #BramleyApple Project.
Recently, I've been turning ...

Color Saturday.

No Monochrome Saturday this week, but you're not going to be left wanting today for sexy a photo, not on Patreon anyway...
Because we're following Ania in the abandoned boiler factory in Carvico, in July 2024.

Not sure if next year I will manage to work again with this magnificent model, or ever again, it is always a mystery when these beauties are going to give up their modeling career...
I tried to contact a model from AdultFolio lately, but she does not reply to messages on tha...

Adding Complexity.

This photo of Martina from April 2023 is very complex.
Our shooting number 17 is one of the barely touched ones, and there is still plenty to explore.
This photo is complex for the pose of Martina, and for the many lines in the frame, mostly parallel, but giving depth to the scene.
Martina is looking through the glass of the window, but also through a mosquito net you can see on the left of the image.
We can see her reflection on the glass, but the hair is adding complexity and cu...

Just in.

This is not the best composition of all times, but nothing is cut off, so it must be legitimate, albeit a tight fit.
But the pose of Lauretta is very good and expressive, dynamic and relaxed at the same time.
I especially like how her profile is framed by the dark hair.

2 more pictures from this shooting in February 2023 on my social media feed and on DA Subscriptions.

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