long time no see

It's quite a while that I've posted new infos on this blog, I know. I've never forgotten its existence, but iExplorer is driving me nuts, because it crashes down each time I try to make a posting. And my internet connection is so slow that I would have to give away my hours of sleep. But nevertheless, today I find some minutes to give you a rough update.

At first let me quote a line from Monika Hajkova, whom I've sent the photos you see on this blog: "So I just try to do it again and it works it,jupi...I really LOVE the pics with the hat on my head. u have to send me more pics like that please.so have a nice weekend.bay bay Monica" That's sounds like a compliment, doesn't it?

You probably think that the life of a photographer is just hanging around with the models, having a good time, maybe a lot of sex with the most beautiful women on earth and so on. Maybe it's true in general, I don't know. But it's certainly not in regard of my life. My life is full of things that train your frustration tolerance. E.g. you've filled up your schedule with many appointments you're looking forward to. But then you get short term cancels one after another: daughter is ill, car got involved in an accident, must go to work, traffic jam and so on. Thus, many shooting days became unwanted holidays. But what can you do?

On the other hand, incidents help you not to drown in depression. Lucy had just canceled the shoot on the farm which I had rented, when a few seconds later my resentment against her made place for joy: Monika Hajkova asked me if we could take advantage of the nice weather which might be the last chance for outdoor shoots this year. So I switched from the horse production with Lucy to a shoot near Karlstejn with Monika. Here are some examples (and that's all for today):

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Search for new locations & first shoot

Since there are more and more unexpected (but nevertheless welcome) visitors on my blog, I feel obliged to continue what I've started.

So, yesterday I checked out what people call here AMERIKA, MEXICO and so on. You find them close to Karlstejn. Very beautiful but quite as dangerous because the main entrance is closed. People have to climb down which every now and then costs the life of somebody, or maybe only 15.000 Czech crowns, if they are caught by the police. Here is how it looks like down there:


















































Not too many models will climb down there with me, I guess ;-)

But as it seems that the image uploading function works again, I'd like to finally show you the promised photos of Monika Hajkova:







Today I took advantage of the fine weather. Well, it was kind of chilly, it's October you know, but the sun was shining, and young Lucie is a nature girl. She has a dog (a big black German shepherd dog), she's riding horses, she likes climbing and she's not afraid of low temperatures. Those two pictures (her very first time outside nude) were shot today in Divoka Sarka:

If you like them, I'll post more ;-)

Tomorrow unfortunately there will no shoot. The one with Daggi got canceled because she flew to London already yesterday for a couple of days. And right afterwards she has a two weeks job in the Seychelles. Kind of sad for me because I was really looking forward taking photos of her. But on the other hand: if I had to choose between a short bad paid job in cold Europe and a long well paid one in the Seychelles ... guess what?

So, tomorrow I'll move back into my friend's apartment while he spends some days in the mountains. And on Tuesday I'm supposed to see Lucy again. I've rented a farm and a horse for her for one afternoon.

Finally here's a view from out of my hotel room:

Moving to Prague 6

It's surprising to me that I could welcome the first visitors on my blog without telling anybody about it and without registering it to a single search engine. Google seems to care for its children :-)

As I told you yesterday, I was moving from the center to Prague 6. I like this part of the town very much. Maybe because of Divoka Sarka, a large wildlife park, where I've had a lot of shoots during the last years. Today, however, I used the rest of the day for going shopping in Metropole, a big shopping mall in Zlicin. Oh, I'm sorry. You're probably looking for news and informations about the models I want to work with, while I'm jabbering about my boring personal life. So here we go:

Monika Hajkova was kindly trying to help me with finding a place to stay until the end of the month. At present she stays in České Budějovice (in the South of Czech Republic). She says she 's ready to work with me - she wouldn't belong to the girls who stand in awe of low temperatures. I'm checking out new locations and will inform her as soon as I have found something fitting to her. BTW here are some photos we've done early this summer:

No pictures today, sorry for that. Blogger says:

"Unable to upload image

We are aware of this problem and currently working on a fix."

So, what can I do :-(

Lucy confirmed that she will be ready for a shoot with me on Sunday. A very nice girl called "Daggi" promises to stand in front of my camera on Monday and maybe also on Tuesday. I've never met her before, so I'm kind of curious. And I have appointments with my old friends Petia, Marketa, Nina Parish and more. We'll see what the future has in store and I hope that uploading images becomes possible again.

Meeting with Kathy

Not always things develop according to your wishes. Kathy told me yesterday that she expects workers at her house which gets renovated this year, but she wouldn't be able to say when they will come - she was not able to get them on the phone. So the day today started with waiting. And it grew older with waiting. And older and older. At 3 PM she finally got the message that they will come at 5 PM. But since Kathy has to go to work already at 6 PM there was no chance to get together for at least a cup of coffee or so.

Tomorrow I will have to move from the center of Prague into another part of the city: Prague 6. While October was a fine time to shoot in the past 2 years, it is awfully cold this year. Not a good basis for the work of an outdoor photographer like me. Nevertheless, tomorrow and/or Saturday I want to check out new outdoor locations which I intend to use this month.

Right now it seems that my first shoot will take place on Sunday. I invited Lucy, a young, intelligent girl, who turned 18 this year at the 4th of July. She never worked as a model before. All she did was some half nude photos in nature this summer with me.

Here's a photo of her:

The first days

I came to Prague two days ago on Monday. At the moment I'm living in my friend's apartment close to the Charles Bridge. During my stay (probably 4 weeks) I intend to shoot again with many models*, but my calender says it is October. And when you go outside after sunset with only a T-shirt covering your breast, you begin to believe it's true. My first shoot today "Flash in the Zoo" with Katty N. got canceled by her. "Too cold", she said. What can I do? She's right.

Tomorrow I'll see a very nice person and in the meantime a good friend of mine, Kathy Anderson. It's a private meeting, so I don't think we will shoot. We will rather visit a restaurant, change news and have a small talk. I'll keep you informed.

That's the first post in my first blog, it's half past midnight - enough for today ;-)

*Let me list some models I've worked with within the last years (maybe you know some of them): Monika Hajkova, Kathy Anderson, Nikki Sun, Lea De Mae, Nina Parish (aka Valentine Rush), Katty N, Katka Henesova, Jana Mrazkova, Elena Nikulina, Anita Queen, Romana Kunova, Kristy, Barbara Vee, Radka Varna (aka Heather Sims), Zuzka Kourilova, Catrine Martini, Pavla Kroupova, Edita Ungerova, Lenka Gaborova, Jana Horova, Sandy Style, Sonia Red and more.