Daylight Savings... DOH!

Made the mistake of trusting my calendar printed last year to tell me when Daylight Savings Time ends, so I counted on "falling back" an hour this morning... guess I got some bonus sleep, but a little less accomplished. Next weekend for sure!

Doing a road trip to Chicago this week, but as usual when traveling, I'm having trouble finding locations, especially "nude friendly" ones. With highs in the 40s, it's a bit much to ask models to do outdoor nudes as I'm sure most women would object to having their nipples freeze off entirely. Any Chicago readers out there able to help a blogger out?

Widespread reports of vote switching on touchscreens, with voters touching the Obama button and McCain's name lighting up. To my knowledge, NO reports of it happening the other way around. Ever. Another reason to vote early, especially in Ohio. Or if you live in Springfield, USA:

I know I'd posted this a while back, but the video was pulled from YouTube, so here it is again.

The photo is Valentine from warmer, sunnier times in the California high desert.

Spiders

The nominations and winners for the Black & White Spider Awards were announced today, and three of my shots were among the 37 finalist "nominees" in the nude (amateur) category.

I'd like to thank the models, Valentine (Torsion and Torso) and the duo of Malinda and Mandy (Moment).

Also congratulations to fellow finalists A. Owen Layne and Gary Breckheimer, as well as everyone whose work made it in the show. I certainly feel it's an honor to be included.

Valentine

A couple shots of the charming Valentine from our impromptu shoot a while back in California... a professional photographer, I invited her to shoot with me after the workshop and was glad I did. She was great to work with and was up for various ideas, intrepidly wandering the hotel grounds half nude to make the most of our vanishing daylight. She was also a blast to talk with and I'm hoping to make it back to California to shoot with her some more before long. Thanks V!