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Who is this guy?

29 Enero 2008 por admin

What would happen if you got asked this question?

28 Enero 2008 por admin

An interesting subject came up last night, as I was talking to a few friends. Yes some of them know what my job entails, and they were asking me all the questions that surrounded it… Until one of my friends sat back and thought a moment.

He thought and thought, and then posed a pertinent question along the lines of “Would you let one of the photographers who take the pictures for Nena Blue, do your wedding photographs?”

Bump, you can imagine the scene… I am sat in a bar with some friends, and we are all having a really rowdy session, then someone drops this question… Deadly silence, and I have a group of expectant faces pointed in my direction.

And what do I say? Well, I said… “Um, let me think about that one…”

It may seem a clear cut answer, either yes, or no… But then you get a lot of headaches, of if you did ask one of your contributors, which one would you ask…

There are lots of things to be taken in to debate. If you want the lights done right, you know which ones you would ask, but if you wanted something special when it came to composition, or humorous touch, or something, then who would you ask?

Yeah, I know all of the people on the site are really good at what they do, but would you really want your grandmother to know that the guy, or lady, with the camera usually takes naked pictures? I know it is something, but I am not sure… I wouldn’t really want my grandmother to know that the photographer, takes naked pictures. I don’t even think she knows what I do all day… I usually say to her that I am just programming things on a computer.

I’ve digressed slightly, this is not meant to be ranting on whether my gran likes my job, but it is more about would I invite some of the guys from work as photographers for my (non-existent) wedding…

Well, let us turn to the evidence… Lets get the photos up here to compare…

So first up is this image from the Bessons’, with their creative lighting skills, and also their way they can bring out something that most people would either not see or completely overlook.

Or we could get Chad Michael Ward in to do some… Well, that would be different, and as I am a big fan of the style of the Matrix films, and that slightly gothic, dark mood… I think this American genius may be someone cool to have as your wedding photographer…

But I think that the choice, would have to be…. (No, not you Mr Page, if I’m going to be having glass pointed at me, you are going to be up there with me!)

I think that it would have to be Lady Morgana, for the plain and simple fact that my partner is a good looking girl, and I am a plain ugly brute (that is why I am usually behind the Nikon!) and who better to capture the natural grace and beauty of a woman, than a woman???

Well, it was only a strange conversation that went awry in the bar last night, so I can go back tonight and give the guys the link to this post on the blog of Nena Blue and tell them to read the answer!

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Something that will NEVER be mine to hold!

28 Enero 2008 por admin

Grrr, I am really annoyed…

Look at that beauty, that elegance… The beautiful tones of colour, the luscious shape… I could sit here and stare at these images all day.

When I encountered these images this morning whilst looking through Nena Blue, I was drooling, and ogling that grace and beauty…

I WANT, I WANT AND I WANT…

(I am talking about the guitar here, not the model, but she is beautiful as well!!!)

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Looking for ideas for baby photos!

27 Enero 2008 por admin

Looking back into the galleries, I am still constantly amazed by some of the imagery that I find in there. I love it! It is like having the best photographers in the world popping around for a cup of tea and showing you their portfolio!

Also, it is a good place to get ideas, but my ideas are a little different to what Nena Blue holds on a daily basis. I am looking at new and interesting ways to do portrature, because I am waiting on the arrival of my niece into this world, and I have been elected to do the photography! I think that is probably I am the one with the biggest camera, or something like that…

No, seriously, though as a point of reference to getting ideas, it is a great place to start… What with some of the creative lighting effects, and also the vision that some of the photographers have, it makes me really think on how I take photographs back in ‘the real world’.

So, enough about me trying to get images sorted out for taking baby photographs, and here have a look at these three from Sacha Hüttenheim!

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So I should be happy that it is the weekend…

25 Enero 2008 por admin

I’m scratching around Nena Blue for some inspiration… I am looking for some dark imagery to match the mood I am in, because of things that have happened within the family over night. However, I am finding it hard to find something really dark… Because that is not what Nena Blue is all about.

Yes, there are some dark touches within the pages on Nena Blue, but there is nothing that really relates to how I am feeling at present.

I know I should be able to find something, but I just don’t have the inspiration for going really deep!

If people wonder where I am going to be for the next few days, I may have to be visiting the family, so if there aren’t any posts… Don’t worry, I have not been abducted by aliens!

Here are a couple of very nice images by Oleg Sizonenko that I have found whilst having a look through Nena Blue this morning.

Enjoy!

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What blog readers do not usually get to see…

25 Enero 2008 por admin

The blog seems to be falling more and more by the wayside, perhaps it is because it is a little disheartening when I get on to it and find that there are more and more Spam messages that need dealing with.

Yes, it is all well and good blocking Spam e-mails and posts from the site, but then the problem is you cannot block everything, or you would be there all year! And also if you do, who would see it?

I am unsure to why these people think that spamming a blog is a good idea, because, when they do, I just send the e-mails and the posts which are done by an automated system to the bin… But that makes a long job, looking through them all, and seeing which is actually a useful comment, or what is not…

On an average day, the amount of spam comments is somewhere around 50, but some days, like this morning, it was a lot higher… It is something that becomes a little bad, and I don’t know if people get to see this, when they have their own blogs, but it makes me wonder why people actually bother when they are getting all this sort of thing…

So enough of the grumping, from this end, and time to battle through it with a few photographs!

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So, yes, I am a little annoyed by people….

24 Enero 2008 por admin

I seem to have surpassed myself in the level of blogging today! What with the cat, and also the replacement of images…

However, I want to comment on something, that I have found to be quite upsetting in the forums… The way that people see the models in the adult industry.

I am upset by people saying that a lot of these models are lifeless bimbos with no talent, just a good body… However, I want to disagree with that.

Most of the people who I have had the pleasure of meeting and working with are far from stupid. The image of the industry may seem something bad, but when you boil it all down it is exactly the same as on the television, or in the fashion magazines. Yes, the genres are different, BUT there is not a lot of difference between some of the concepts.

Everybody I have met is unique, some are absolute crackpots, some are absolute genius… Some just make you trip over and gag at their sheer creativity, beauty and whatever else.

Some people who I have spoken to think that some of the models are just the same as a product in a butchers shop window… Just like the chunk of meat that you would drool over when your mother cooked Sunday lunch, but this is so, so untrue…

If you need to be reminded about some of the best and most commented entries on Nena Blue, they are actually PHOTOGRAPHED by a MODEL….

You know the ones I am talking about, Vampires et al, were photographed by the extremely attractive Morgana, who just happens to be as good behind the camera as she does in front of it.

Just let this image stick in your mind…

OK, rant over, I have been looking at a collection that Nena Blue is unleashing on the world on Monday, and I am stupendously amazed by this collection. It is a collection by the aforementioned Morgana, with the model who I only know as Jewels.

I am not going to tell you what the collection is here, but I know that it will make a good splash when you see it, and also that there will be some serious talking to be on this topic.

And it goes to prove that the ‘industry’ that we are in is more than just a little bit of something to waste time. There are creative, dark, moody, and also bright and cheerful…

For more like this, come in to Nena Blue and have a good look. I am sure that you will agree with me after this, that it is not all blonde bimbos with big tits…

So, the model is Morgana, but for an extra ten bonus points… Who was the photographer?

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Meow!

24 Enero 2008 por admin

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At least when we moved house, we didn’t lose the cat…

23 Enero 2008 por admin

With Nena Blue moving house, there have been a few difficulties, like the move was done before the last backup of pictures from the blog, so a couple of entries have lost their pretty images! I am going to try and find them again, and put them back to where they belong!

So what does the move mean to the people who look at this blog, and at Nena Blue? Well, probably not too much, if you don’t understand the geeky language of website land… However, the one single-most important factor is that the pages load a lot quicker, and there is not as much lag between clicking and the screen changing! That is the easiest way to say it.

Also with the move of server, and the change of tour, we have some very exciting new photographers, and models with Nena Blue, and I would like to introduce one model and a photographer here.

This young lady, is Apnea; a beautiful woman from America, and absolutely amazing in photographs.
The photographer is ‘Lithium Picnic’… (He does have a proper name, so if you can guess this, and post it up here, I will place a few more goodies on the blog!)

Also, joining the ranks is a certain Mr Chad Michel Ward. If you do not know the name, you have probably seen some of his work before, and I will get some of that up when it becomes available to me.

So without further ado, here are three very beautiful pictures of Apnea, taken by the very talented ‘Lithium Picnic’.

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Nena Blue is moving house…

22 Enero 2008 por admin

Not in the visual sense… We are not upping from the office and going somewhere warmer. (I wish we would, it is only -1C here at the moment!) We are getting the server moved to somewhere else, so the load times should be quicker.

However, with the main site running, there is a few glitches to work through… Like the images are disappearing from the blog, and also the fact that the e-mail system doesn’t work, so if people want to talk to us, the method to use is here.

And for the first time, here at Nena Blue, yesterday, we had more Apple setup running than we did Windows based boxes. (Marcelo brought his machine as well!) So the only blue screens we saw were them over on the website!

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Who is this guy?

What would happen if you got asked this question?

Something that will NEVER be mine to hold!

Looking for ideas for baby photos!

So I should be happy that it is the weekend…

What blog readers do not usually get to see…

So, yes, I am a little annoyed by people….

Meow!

At least when we moved house, we didn’t lose the cat…

Nena Blue is moving house…

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