TWO PHOTOSETS TOGETHER! - Hogtied secretary and lotus-fold bondage. -- The fold-tie is something John Savage used to do a lot, decades ago. I loved looking at the pics in his magazines. Every time I start doing a lotus fold, I can't resist tying the feet for some reason. It's my little obsession. The other influence you see here is the gag. That gag was used by Sean Harper and Brian Tarsis in the early days of Harmony Communications; somehow I was lucky enough to inherit it. It goes through the wash really well!
TWO SETS TOGETHER. - Dress Set: When I'm tying up Darla Crane, I tend to go into the Zone and just rope, and rope, and rope. Luckily, she's very patient with me. :) This was a day where I just felt like roping in a random way to see what it would look like. -- XCross Set: Here are some unusual bondage elements for me... I don't often do bondage with Xcrosses or corsets. But I'm glad I did, because Darla just looks so natural like this!
TWO SETS TOGETHER. - I was working on my computer when the phone rang. It was Ashley Renee. She said her photographer had an emergency and couldn't work with her... and that she was just sitting around in full makeup with nobody to tie her up. Talk about a damsel in distress! I invited her over and tried to be a good hostess -- by tying her up in the BondageMobile. :) I found the lacy black slip in the wardrobe room. I'm not sure where it came from. It might have been a gift from Volcane. Doesn't Ashley look beautiful in it? For the boss set Jon Woods did on-screen tying.
Secretary Alexis is duct-taped to her chair and temporarily gagged with a bunch of pens shoved into her mouth. She manages to get those out and then uses one pen in her mouth to try to dial the phone for help. This doesn't work and she eventually finds herself tipped onto the floor. -- This was a completely unplanned shoot. Another rigger had scheduled a two-model video shoot for this day, but then one model was sick, so I asked the other model - Alexis - if she wanted to stay around anyway and get tied up all afternoon. We made things up as we went along, and it was kinda fun! Alexis was the one who had the idea about having her hands taped to her body.
TWO SETS TOGETHER. Akira Lane and Artemis Antone. -- AKIRA SET: I was so excited about having a van. This was a really fun day; it was my first time tying up Akira. (And the first time she'd ever been tied up by a chick.) I'd printed out some photos of various bondage positions, and Akira picked the ones she wanted to try. It was neat that she wanted to try this one, because she looks sooooo cute like this! -- ARTEMIS SET: There wasn't much light out there on the porch, but I think it was worth it to do this set anyway. It's kinda cute 'cuz you can see how wrinkly her feet are getting from being in the hot water so long.
I couldn't decide whether to light the set brightly so we could see every inch of Andrea, or make the set shadowy to emphasize her scary situation. Finally I decided to photo it both ways. So this set has pics both bright and dark.
Andrea Neal was one of the most popular bondage models of the first internet era. She was a doll. Just about everybody liked her - fans and photographers alike. (In an interview video, when Dorothy asked Andrea what she liked best about bondage modeling, she replied "the people".)
Andrea's pics became so popular that underground groups formed to trade her photosets. This grew to such an extent that for many photographers, putting up Andrea Neal photosets generated more work than income. If people don't trade these pics all to heck, then I'll be very excited to show you other sets I still have of Andrea... no one's seen them! On the other hand, if this set winds up plastered all over the internet and Yahoo Groups, perhaps it'll work better to store the rest of her photosets for another 7 years or so. :)