Day 46/365

Shooting pictures of male models is something I’ve been meaning to do forever. I tried starting it up late last year, but October 1st was the last time I ever did a male model shoot. Here’s what I ended up with on that shoot. I was pretty happy with the results.

After that shoot however, the effort to book male models completely died. Female models were coming to me with almost no effort on my part and I had many, many other things to tend to. So the male model “project” was dead.

Until now.

Because now, I’ve got 10 male models to look forward to shooting with, not counting the female models, weddings, engagements, etc. Oh and the avalanche of emails from other male models that I’m still trying to keep up with and book.

All in all, I’ll probably end up with about 15-20 male models between now and April. That’s a lot for me to handle given an already heavy workload, but it’s been getting pushed off for far too long and I’d forgotten just how easy, stress-free and just plain fun it was to shoot with good-lookin’ dudes.

It’s just a completely different dynamic.

I don’t have hair and makeup to worry about, I don’t have a giant wardrobe to choose from (models bring a selection of clothes with them – girls usually bring everything in their house), I don’t have as delicate a balance to walk when talking to my subjects, and on and on.

And when male model shoots work, they make me very, very happy. Like the one below did.

My personal favorite:

Looks like a young Robert Redford to me:

I’m going to be shooting both an engagement session and a model session tonight. So I’m going to be a day behind again.