Putting My Best Foot Forward

Bondage Meets DragonballZ!

I will start by saying Happy New Year to all! Last year was an interesting experiment for me. I had so much material in reserve I decided to take a break from active shooting for, well, the entire year. I honestly thought my stores would shrivel and go away, and I would start again in 2014 needing to slowly build myself back up. I actually entertained the thought at times of just walking away from things if that shriveling was too much. That retraction was never the case. Despite no shooting for my own stores, a relaxation in my release schedule and showing Twitter and Facebook the hand I had my best year ever. Success in a year where a business functions on stored inventory is rare, and it is in large part to having the greatest fans possible. You all rock, and I am looking forward to a year exploring new concepts, taking chances are larger ventures and dusting off previous concepts that need to be continued with new vigor!

Image courtesy of The Burglar Ensured His Getaway by Making Sure I Would Never Get Away starring Kerri Taylor and available at http://www.clips4sale.com/38048/10057951.

I Can't Be Found, Not Like This

At least he left my panties on me!

She struggled against the tight ropes, but her attempts grew increasingly feeble. The position and strictness of her bonds drained her energy quickly leaving her dangling from her wrists and whining into her gag. All she would have to do is scream when the doorbell rang, but there would be no rescue at this time of night. It was already far too late for visitors or packages or cherub-faced girls selling cookies. She was not even sure she wanted to be found this way. It was not enough to bind her so securely and uncomfortably. He had to cut off her expensive dress as well. She dangled there practically naked, her body beaded with perspiration and drool flowing from her gagged mouth. If only she could reach a knot, just one knot, but he made sure none were near her hands. Her fingers were useless anyway. They had gone numb ten minutes ago. Her struggles exhausted her, and she focused her remaining strength on not falling over. She feared dislocating her shoulders if she fell. The ropes crushing her shoulders together pulled her shoulders back so sharpy. Kerri did not even know that was physically possible, but she hung there a very pained and helpless proof of her own physical flexibility. She heard him upstairs again rummaging through her things. Panic suddenly overtook her. What if he wanted more than her valuables? She hung there ready and on display, and the only thing between her and his advances were a very skimpy pair of panties. He came downstairs with a pillowcase full of her things over his shoulder. She looked at him wide-eyed over her shoulder as he put down the sack and moved in behind her. Slowly he pulled down her panties as she cried into her gag. He slid them off of her ass, down her thighs and left them hanging off the ropes at her knees. Adrenaline overtook her exhaustion, and she thrashed in her bonds despite the pain. Then he laughed and smacked her hard on the ass. "What kind of creep do you think I am?" he asked. He told her that he would call the police to free her in an hour, and he wanted to make sure the boys at the precinct got a good show. Then he left after whispering something into her ear that haunted her for years to come. Then he left her to wait, pained, tired and knowing full well that in an hour she would become the most traded evidence photo in the history of the precinct.

A fun storyline for me focuses on the shame that a damsel feels at the thought of rescue. The bondage is brutal, and they naturally want release. The cost of freedom though is discovery in a very shameful state. The villain stripped ur heroine naked and left her contorted into an exposed position. The contrast of a need for release against the fearful anticipation of being found in such a state is a true mental predicament.

Put Your Best Foot Forward, Both of You

It often surprises me just how much detail I can remember about something that happened years ago when it involves bondage. I can remember the first time I tied someone up, the first bondage image that really stoked my fire and my first bondage shoot, all with vivid detail. You are full of it Ted. Who said that? Me, you are full of it. Really? I have a heckler in my blog?!? I was unaware that they had started seating anyone yet. I see we have a doubter in the gallery. Read on Mr. Doubting Thomas.

The first time I tied someone up was my next-door neighbor Luann. I was eight, and she was in high school. It was the summer, and she often sunbathed in grass where our two lawns met. She had a purple bikini that really did something for me, even at the age of eight. I lived in a small town, and she babysat for the parents on our street. She most likely babysat for other streets as well, but an eight-year-old is not privy to those details. She watched my Sister and I one night. As she sat there wearing blue jeans, a white and blue floral top and her clogs (it was the 70s after all) we somehow convinced her to play cops and robbers. We wrapped yarn around her ankles and her wrists in front and then kept asking her where she kept her money. Eventually she slid over to the next cushion on the couch and told us to look underneath it. We had stashed a bunch of monopoly money under it, took it and escaped upstairs. I would love to say we left her like that for hours, but we let her go right after that.

The first bondage image that stoked my fire was a water-color by John Willie. The image was off a girl in a white blouse and black skirt strapped to short post with thin straps. Her breasts were exposed, and a woman stood behind her ready to beat her. It was an add The Adventures of Sweet Gwendoline in Penthouse. A friend of mind had "borrowed" some of the magazines from his Father's stash and we were going through them. I tore out the advertisement and kept it for years until it was lost in a move. In high school I actually bought the book and still own the first edition as well as a later print with added content.

My first bondage shoot was in Atlanta with a model named Faith. We shot at a photographer's studio. I remember the lawn being heavily overgrown with old toys mostly obscured in the grass. I thought to myself, "This is where I die!" I could not have been more wrong. The photographer was a great guy and gave me some awesome tips. Faith wore a brown print dress and white heels for the first set. We did a lot of ass up shots before moving on to bra and panty sets in black heels. I kept thinking it unbelievable that anyone would let you tie them up and take pictures. It was a six-hour drive there for a three-hour shoot and then a six-hour drive back. That was back before I started hating driving!

The image above was from my first dual-girl shoot in my current place. Angelique offered to do a two-girl set with Kerri Taylor. I am always a little stricter with Angelique, so she got a big ballgag and her breasts exposed. They both had their elbows welded which back then was more of a challenge for Angelique. These days she can touch her elbows on her own. Back then it took more persuasion and prompted more glares from her. The poor girls spent the entire time tied together. They both commented that I crunched their elbows together which was never seen with their backs to the door. I told them the fans know which got some eye rolling. At the time Angelique hated drooling, and the gag was so big that she could not not hold the drool in her mouth. I remember trying and the massive well of spit pouring forth. She went, "Ewwwww!" as the stream of saliva streamed over her breast. Kerri drooled just as much because I cinched her bit gag so tightly. Angelique kept shaking her head causing the drool to lace over her breasts while Kerri just let it keep flowing in one long strand that went from her lower lip down to her thigh. They both struggled in earnest but were very careful to not cross the streams. I guess models consider drooling on your shoot partner gauche!

Image courtesy of They Wore Tight Skirts And Rope That Hurts with Angelique Kithos and Kerri Taylor!

Thrift Stores Are Sweet

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30,000 and counting!

Kerri wears a lot of duct tape

First I want to thank everyone who visits this blog for bringing it to over 30,000 views! I remember when I first started and didn't even have 3 views. I was overjoyed seeing it get over 100. Over 30,000 is just incredible, and it wouldn't be possible without so many lovers of strict bondage!

I recently put together another compilation clip. I like to do these from time-to-time. I find that a lot of people new to my store like the sampler aspect they bring. I also see that people who bought the full clips will still buy the compilations with shorter, all-action versions. I think the latter are like me in a certain respect. I love seeing five beautiful ladies totally helpless and squirming all in one video. There's just something about 25 minutes where you have five of the hottest ladies around around jacked into complete helplessness and groaning through some thorough gags.

I decided to put in Kerri Taylor for this compilation because I love the position I did with her. Kerri is very expressive and easy to play off of because she acts so put out by her captor. I told her about my, "please tie me up" series and her comment was that tape bondage is lame because once you wiggle around a little it starts to slide off. She told me about one tape restraint where she got out in a couple of minutes. She moisturizes a lot which is the enemy of tape. I tried to explain to her that this was going to be different, but she laughed and said, "sure." I mean really? She had worked with me a half dozen times, she should know it's not going to just slide off.

I think her first clue that the tape wouldn't just slide off was all the cotton rope I tied her up with. 250 feet of cotton rope is a full restraint in itself, and it would make sure no tape would slide around. The electrical tape came next, covering every inch of rope. She wouldn't be getting to any knots and that stuff was not sliding anywhere. That rope was crushed into her skin by the time I covered everything with duct tape and used it to add a full arm sleeve taped to her chest and waist. She wasn't really happy at the extent I was going to to prove that tape can be a great restraint. We fixed that with a stocking over her head, a bit-gag and a duct tape blindfold. Kerri had worked with me before and knew the way you admit defeat with me is struggle like hell until you can't go on anymore. Her white flag was uncomfortable wriggling, arms slowly going numb and a nylon-covered face slowly wetting with her own drool!

Image courtesy of The Burglar Ensured His Getaway By Making Sure I Couldn't Get Away with Kerri Taylor.

The Gentleman Bondager

Allow me to cover you mam up for you Mam!

For years I've had fun calling myself a good guy who does bad things to people. As a joke once I called myself the "Captor with a Conscious." It comes from the even tone that I use in most videos and the almost apologetic attitude I take when I'm being bad to some girls. Some people find it amusing, others condescending and some even endearing. I just find it what comes natural.

Kerri Taylor has always been a favorite damsel of mine. She never stops wiggling and never stops whining. Even better though is that she always reacts. She just doesn't constantly squirm as you tied her, spank her and grope her. She actually queues off of what you are doing and reacts in a way that is very believable. She will look at a rope in horror if you say it's for a crotch rope. She will furrow her brow with concern when you show her a big ballgag. She sells the story.

I worked on a custom request with her where she was a swimsuit pageant competitor with a rival that wanted her out of the business. It was a blast to do because every time I'd go to strip her down she'd react so genuinely. At one point I pulled down part of her top to expose her breast. She looked at her breast and then me with a combination of horror and disgust. I then cover her breast by grabbing it firmly and joked that now her modesty was protected. She turned away with the wonderful reaction above. You can't script things like that.

As far as bantering back and forth and perfect reactions Kerri ranks highly as a favorite model to work with, and the video above is one of my favorite scenes with her!

Image courtesy of Tight Straps Keep the Bikini Contestant Under Wraps with Kerri Taylor.

Please tie me up!

I really think too much about what I'm going to say sometimes, especially in this blog. It's really not as hard as I make it. I tie people up for a living ... write about that. See, that was easy. I've always been that way when it comes to writing though. Over-analysis lead to paralysis, and I really over-analyze anything written. They hell with that, let's talk about tying people up!

The rest of the year is pretty much petal-to-the-metal when it comes to shooting. I have customs, shoots, drawings, DVDs and everything else bondage coming out of my ears. And I love it. First up we have Hannah Perez. My wife has wanted to put her in a super-heroine outfit for a while now, and that means I get to be a bad guy most likely. If that's not lucky enough I have my own shoot with her split between some custom work and what I'm sure Ms. Perez will consider incredibly jacked restraint. That's in 3-days so we're in the planning stages. I'm thinking right now we'll do a take on the whole "please tie me up" burglar scenario and perhaps the hogtie from hell series. I haven't seen any encasement work with her either, so I'm sure we'll do at least one nylon and a lot of duct tape scene!

Bare feet is a rare feat!

After you shoot for a while you notice that a lot of the content you produce is based on an intersection between your own interests and those of the people viewing your work. I'd be a fool to claim otherwise since I got into the business because I wasn't seeing material that lined up with my personal likes. I put together a list of what I liked. I put together a list of what I felt was not being done to my tastes. Those two lists coalesced to help form the mission statement that has been my work for so long.

Something that has always been missing from that list is bare feet. It's not that I don't like bare feet or that I think high heels are so incredible they must always be worn. I shoot more around the moments right after everything goes to hell in a hand-basket for the heroine and those moments usually involve someone fully dressed. Even more I find high heels make someone more helpless. If you cross a girl's ankles barefoot she'll still hop around. The same treatment with high heels on makes for someone who's not hopping around and makes for a lot of wriggling on the floor.

Tastes evolve though and so does the work. Over the years I've started to find that shoes coming off implies drama and tension to me. It implies struggle, change and evolution of the scenario. It implies time passing and therefor adds length to the story. Feet are also expressive where shoes are more static. Don't get me wrong, I'm not moving away from a lot of high heels. I'm just saying that some clips benefit greatly from bare feet. The image above speaks to my point. The clip started with Kerri Taylor in high heels. She was sitting and standing and unable to do much until she got down on the floor. As she struggled her heels fell off and that's when things seemed the most fervent. Her position on the floor allowed for more control and more struggle. The loss of her shoes gave her an edge in her attempts to get free, but the ropes held fast and seemed even tighter at that point.

Kerri Taylor in Tightly Tied with Some Groping on the Side is available for fans of strict restraint, bit gags, bare feet, brunettes, groping, big boobs and drooling!

Time Out

I get into these periods where I feel ultra-creative. That sounds like a good thing, but it's usually a nightmare. I'm the type of person that isn't a bull in a china shop. When ideas pop into my head I get a lot of them. That's generally disruptive to moving forward on any idea. That's why I try to write down everything. It can take 30 seconds for something cool to be forgotten forever.

I'm in that period right now. I have a great idea for a photo campaign. I'm working on some interesting ideas for new videos. I've gotten back to 3D modeling and drawing again. On top of that I've been programming. You know what they say about trying to be a jack of all trades ... you end up being a master of nothing.

That means the goal is to simplify. I still want to do everything, I just can't do everything to the scale I'd like. That's the key to pulling off being a jack of all trades. I don't want to be the best comic artist in the world. I'd just like to have a comic. That means doing pages at a level I would consider terrible for a commissioned work but totally exceptionable for a comic page. Being a perfectionist and a jack of all trades never works.

I will not however accept sacrifices in my main areas of film and photo. Those are the areas where my ideas are the richest. I have a video series idea that is fresh for me and I feel compelling to fans of the genre. As with everything though my original scripts are technically complicated. That's why this week I'm continue to work on keeping the spirit of the idea but in a form that can actually be accomplished! While I do that, updates have begun again.

The other day was a sampling from a "lost" tape. Every so often I pull out a tape to file it away. Since I suck as cataloging up front I have a process where I run through all 63 minutes to make sure I ripped everything worth showing. Every so often I find some footage as I did the other day. It's of Kerri Taylor in a taught chair tie. We were having trouble with some dialog, so I said the hell with it. We started with her gagged and just showed things getting worse and worse. Finally she's tied with ankles up, elbows together and raised and her neck pulled down. Normally she'd have the chair moving all over the floor but the position made her feel like she'd fall on her face ... it's nice to have a little psychological restraint every so often. She knew she was in trouble, she was facing a corner ... she was in Time Out.

Hogtied and Hurting

You know that you put a lot of rope on someone when you keep extra rope on hand just in case but you still have to go get even more. The last time I had to do that was when I had about 600 feet on Angelique Kitos for her version of the hogtie challenge! I used 200 feet alone for her arms on that one.

That happened with this hogtie as well. It was supposed to be a 300-foot hogtie challenge for a custom video request, something I've done a number of times. As such, I had 400 feet handy just in case. After I had her arms almost completely encased in rope, I knew I was going to run short so I had to break out 100 feet more to finish the tie!

It sounds like a lot of rope, but that thin cord goes fast. I like a lot of coverage on these ties, so it takes at least twice as much of the cord as it does the nylon rope I normally use. Thirty bucks in cotton cord doesn't sound like much but for one position that's a lot of rope! I can get 1000 feet of nylon rope for that much. It's worth it though. The challenges are fun ... correction, fun for me. They also seem to be popular with people.

So, what's notable about this sequence. Oh yeah, 500 feet of rope and a jacked hogtie! Kerri Taylor did a wonderful job on this one aptly dubbed 500 Feet Equals Hogtied and Hurting.

Sometimes losing a bet is a win

I shot again with Kerri Taylor recently and have to say again that I'm amazed at the material I get out of her. We were chatting about some crazy stuff people had tried to get her to do, and I quipped that I'd better cross that off the list for today. She responded with I can try what I want because she knows I'll get her out fast if she needs relief.

In the middle of shooting I was explaining a position, and she started teasing me about it. Granted it was a chicken wing hogtie and frogtie, but she really thought it sounded silly. I told her that it's a no-joke position, the kind that is agony from the start and hell near the finish. She told me that she could take anything, so we made a little bet. If she could hold out for 6 minutes from the time I finished tying, I'd make the last set an easier one. If she had to bail, she owed me one more short set at the end of the day.

The banter was playful until we got to the chicken wing. Her elbows were already smashed together and when those wrists went up to her shoulders she knew it was going to be a challenge. By the time I did that extra pull on the hogtied to get things tight she was already making noises of strain. We got the gag on and away we went. My job was to move the camera around her and get the right panning. She really couldn't do much. The position basically made her furniture. She wiggled her fingers and a foot, but she mostly made pained grunts.

Her face showed the strain and as minutes ticked by she was really gutting things out. I gave her the option to bail multiple times, but she wouldn't let me. After 6 minutes I lifted her head up and told her to say, "I win, you suck!" She didn't sound happy. I ungagged her and she begged me to be quick. I could hear in her voice she was just about to lose it, so I cut her elbows. I filmed the complete untying so people would know just how hard models have to work for these positions. She could have tapped out at any time and basically put herself through hell to one-up me. And she did. She won! Of course, I won too because the video made a killer clip of what happens when a rigger and a model decide to go toe-to-toe.

Check out Kerri Taylor in Tied to the Point of Tears if you want to see a great position, some real agony and how far Ms. Taylor will push herself to make me lose!

Bikinis and Belts

Back in April somebody suggested the idea of shooting girls in bikinis, straps and ballgags. It was a simple request for a girl in a bikini, ballgagged and struggling on a couch. Don't get me wrong, I love all three of those elements, but the way I shoot doesn't just allow me to pick things I like and throw them into a video. The idea sat around for months until I could figure out how to shoot it in the way that worked in my mind.

How the hell hard can it be Ted? Well, I used to write methodical scripts. This was huge fail shooting fetish material because you have such limited time with the models. The shooting is fast and furious and gives limited time for coaching on dialog and character. Detailed scripts slow down shooting. I learned very quickly that you needed to set up a scenario that was easy to grasp and could be explained while the model was getting dressed. The story, however simple, needed to make sense to me as well because we're shooting on-the-fly. The girl rolls off the couch? No problem, just stop, change the angle and start filming again. A strap falls down? No problem, just say something like, "that's why I should always go an extra notch and put it back on."

I'm also big on "whys" Why was this girl in a bikini and high heels? Why would she get tied up? The visual works but the "whys" always bothers me until they can all be answered. The task then was to let the idea percolate in my head for a couple months until I could justify the desired elements with a plausible story that could be shot on-the-fly. A favorite model of mine was coming by to shoot, and I asked her if she had a bikini. When she said yes, the entire idea just popped into my head. She had a body similar to girls in bikini contests and she had a sassy attitude on video. Everything just fell into place. She'd be a bitchy winner of many a bikini contest. Her rival wanted her out of the way for the next contest and hires someone to come by and take care of the problem. Anyone who's ever seen a girl's closet knows that there are a bazillion belts, and there you have it.

Kerri Taylor in Tight Straps Keep the Bikini Contestant Under Wraps is born!

I am "HENCHMAN"

I get to play the assistant to a super villain today which means I'm a henchman. It's not just the shirt that makes me a henchman, even if it does say "HENCHMAN" ... it's that I get to tie up two gals and be, um, henchmanish. As you can tell I'm a firm believer that it's fine to make up words. I'm also a firm believer that it's awesome to have people ask you to do rigging for them. It's great practice to capture (pun intended) the vision of others rather than tie in my own style.

All the intro footage is being shot which leaves me a lot of time before my scene. Well, intro footage if you count two girls tussling and then spanking each other. That gives me plenty of time for updating clips. I still have a bunch of re-masters to finish, but that's not stopping me from getting new things done as well. I showed a sneak peek from a clip yesterday, and it's actually up today. It stars Angelique Kithos and Kerri Taylor in They Wore Tight Skirts and Rope That Hurts. It was a fun one because tight spaces are always a challenge for lighting and filming. It requires models that know how to keep moving and are smart enough to let me see that their elbows are tied even though they're jammed into a tight corner!

Ever clip I shoot there's always a scene that I kick myself for not filming. For this clip I shot a short intro of them pleading. Then I tied their elbows and chests and asked them to move into the doorway. Why I didn't take a photo of them from behind with those arms tied is beyond me. I was just in a hurry to get the scene going. The moral of the story is that I have a small digital camera for candid shots for a reason! Maybe next time :)

Tight Skirts and Ropes That Hurt

The last couple of days have been fun and exciting, and interlaced with some oddness as well. We've been hosting the charismatic Kerri Taylor while she's shooting in NC, and that means we got a big chunk of her time. I shot a boat load of maxed out bondage before anyone else got time with her. Sorry everyone for the rope marks! We got in a requested set of a bikini and belts, a storyline video where Kerri gets tied up for an insurance scam, a hogtie variation that I think was tough based on her continuing to say, "ow ow ow" and capped things off with a pile of rope, electrical tape, duct tape and a stocking hood position. That was day one of of her visit!

Yesterday we shot for Angelique's store where Kerri Canary rescues Wonder Kithos from a vicious chair tie only to end up subdued and in a cranked hogtie. When there are no visible gaps from wrists to elbows you have a tight position. Later two rival crime fighters tussle over who will capture a villain but the villain ends up getting the drop on them. The reveal scene is priceless as well as their bickering at the end!

Tomorrow Jack McNaughton stops by with his big box of super heroine goodies. I get to play the bad guy. Experience has taught me that Angelique will most likely draw blood because she gets me back for all the tight ties when I play the villain in Jack's videos. I'll still have a chance to grapple with both gals and tie 'em up tight so I can't complain.

Other than that it snowed, I got to use my new lights, my ankle is hosed again, I ran out of gas taking Kerri to the car rental place; oh yeah, I almost forgot. I tied Angelique and Kerri together in a very unique two-girl tie. Elbows welded, they both dealt with a tough one. I'll put up the video in tomorrow's update, but I'll give you a sneak peek tonight :)

Angelique Kitos, JJ Plush, Kerri Taylor, Savannah Costello ... Oh My!

I am in the middle of a satisfying week. Why is that Ted you may ask? Hell, even if you didn't ask we're going to invent a fake person named, um, Bob. Again I say that I am in the middle of a satisfying week. "Why is that Ted?" asked Bob. Why thank you for asking Bob, I'll let you know!

The very lovely Ms. Kithos was having a conversation with the very lovely Stacie Snow and suggested she come by to shoot with me. Before you know it we've settled on a weekend in February and are almost done hammering out the details. For those of you that do not know, Stacie and I share the same birthday and get along like peas in a pod. The shoots are always fun and she never fails to deliver on the type of content that I do. If that's not enough, Ms. Kithos also set up a shoot for me with Kerri Taylor. Kerri is incredible to work with, and we have this odd working dynamic. I can get her into just about any bind without issue or without her needing pain-killers for the next week. It always brings a smile to my face getting a model into a predicament that others cannot seem to convince her to do!

On the equipment front, I tested out my new lighting and love it. The easiest way to light is to use shop lights. They're cheap and pump out a lot of light which is great for video. They also pump out a lot of heat and roast the model like a turkey! The new lights are cool lights (no pun intended); they generate next to no heat. That means the models will last longer in the ties, I won't sweat like a pig and I'll be doing less color corrections in the post-processing. On top of that, I finally did some test video with my main camera. Yes, a couple years ago I bought the first SLR digital camera that also shot HDV 1080 video. Holy crap does it shoot great video! We'll be putting that baby on a tripod for extra angles and footage in the future. Ms. Taylor will be the first to be filmed with it.

On the health front, not many people know that I severely sprained my ankle and had a minor sprain with the other ankle. The short version is for a week I couldn't walk. I had to cancel two shoots that broke my heart. Well, I can walk again, have no more bruising and the swelling is down enough to allow full mobility which means I'll be doing on-screen rigging by Friday.

Last but by far not least, I just finished the most successful online month of my very short career. My sales hit an all-time high, my C4S store has quadruple-digit hits each day, my website is almost up to the amount of hits where I will start updating it bi-weekly, I finished my store-front revamps (that almost killed me) and I released my first DVD video.

Since I've blathered on a lot today, I'll make the rest short and sweet:

Best of the Breast: Big Titters in Bondage is available at http://www.videos4sale.com/38048 if you happen to be a fan of Angelique Kitos, JJ Plush, Kerri Taylor or Savannah Costello. It features lots of drooling, breast bondage, crotch rubbing, groping, welded elbows, on-screen tying and pure hotness! It was shot in 1080 HDV and the quality is stellar!

New twists on old favorites

The first four or so years I shot I did what a lot of people do when they shoot bondage. I had my favorite positions and relied on the models, clothing and settings to provide variety. Everyone got the same four or so stock positions with something unique thrown in for flavor. And EVERYONE got a hogtie. That gets a little boring as a rigger, so I started experimenting and that continues to this day.

Symmetry has always been in my nature. I wrote recently about loving elbows that touch because of the look. I was referring in part to the symmetry. Going against that was very out of my nature but when you challenge yourself artistically that's when you often get the best results. I started experimenting with asymmetry. Wow did I love the results. Bondage is about drama and a nice, tight tie can certainly bring that, but the angles of an asymmetrical tie do the trick nicely when done correctly. Since then everyone has been getting a mix and every shoot is an experiment in what I can do with lines.

I've been doing my "hogtie hell" series with a number of models, and Kerri Taylor was no exception. She's done it twice in fact. The first one was a sweet asymmetrical hogtie that was far more taxing than the tightest hogtie. It cinched her in 3-dimensions and pushed her flexibility to the max. Her exact words afterward were, "I'm going to hate you for about ten minutes so just leave me alone. After that we can be friends again." That only lasted about a minute, but it's a great way to let you know that it wasn't an easy hogtie. Kerri Taylor in Hogtie and Strappado from Hell was a fun one!

Left Elbow, Meet Right Elbow

The first time I saw somebody's elbows together behind their back I couldn't fathom how it was even physically possible. I grew up in a small town. Hell, we didn't even have a gymnastics squad ... sure, some of the cheerleaders could do splits but there was nothing like this in the routines. These were the innocent years before I knew about forward and backward facing shoulders, double-jointed gals and overall flexibility.

As I became exposed to more bondage material though it became obvious that it was possible and that it looked shit hot. The majority of your hand mobility comes from the shoulders and the elbows. When you weld them together that equals a whole lot of helplessness. The first time I ever got elbows to touch on a gal was with Julie Simone about 12 years ago. I looked so young she actually joked about wanting to see my ID. She said she needed some tight stuff for possible work in California, so the floodgates had opened. Over the next two days we shot and her elbows were welded every which way: strappado, hogtie, chair ties and even taped wrist to elbow. That sold me on the concept, and it's been a staple from then on.

Angelique introduced me to Kerri Taylor a while back and I've loved shooting with her ever since. Tough as nails, her elbows weld without any issue and she can hold it for a long time. That makes for great video. As you can see I seldom miss an opportunity to get into the shot and inspect my handy work. In the clip this screen shot was taken from she struggled so hard that the chair did a complete 360 and moved all the way across the room ... but those elbows stayed glued the entire time. Check out Kerri Taylor in Chesty and Chair-tied to see for yourself ;)

In other areas, last night I managed to get an iPod store up on C4S featuring five of my best sellers. All of them are on my iPhone and the quality is incredible! Check them out at Ted Michaels Damsels - iPod ... or don't,

Suckin' hind wind

If you're not from my part of the country the title probably doesn't mean much too you. If you are then you know it means being way behind in the race, the race today being my task list. I've gotten a lot done but nothing from my primary list. I guess I should be happy finding a spun aluminum pole with no wobble for the post-tie rig and coming up with a no-marring fastening system that relies about 3 bucks in hardware. I had hoped to be working on some RM versions of clips based on a request from a frequent customer (why RM I don't know, the quality is such bleh). The customer is always right thought, so he'll get his wish.

I'm also way behind for my clips for today, but I did get some work done on my first video release. I don't have a name, but it focuses on 3 gals with ample breasts, so don't be surprised if it has "Busty" somewhere in the title. The first gal will be Kerri Taylor who I work with often and appears multiple times on my clip store. Her work on Chesty and Chairtied is the update today which will also appear in all it's 1080p, hi-res glory on the first video over at C4S when it's ready. I'm thinking of adding a bosomy blond and the wonderful JJ Plush as well. Time will tell!

Before that though it's back to the pole tie rig for the custom shoot where Angelique Kitos will appear as a plucky and yet unlucky heroine that gets caught snooping, tightly tied to a vertical pole and made to suffer the indignation of a big vibrator welded to her sensitive areas. After that, I'll work on some classic material of Maria Shadoes being abducted, man-handled, put in one hell of a hogtie and then hung from a hotel door like a side of beef in a meat locker.