A trio of firsts!

This has got to be one of my favorite images of all time. I mean, it's of my wife the lovely Angelique Kithos but I liked it before we even started getting serious. It breaks my heart to this day that there is no video of it, but that's what happens. You shoot video and go to yourself, "that would have made a great photo." Then you're taking photos and you realize that you're missing on on great video. Regardless, I got a wonderful photo and that's all that matters.

The first thing that jumps out at me are that Angelique's expression is perfect. I asked her how she could pull it off and she said at the time she literally hated me. Photographers do this thing that really piss models off. They say they need 5 more shots and then they see an angle that is just too good to pass up so they take 3 more shots. I think this was the 14th or so shot past that, but it was worth it. Anyway, she was sore and hurting and pissed off. She didn't call the safe-word though, so she must have know the material was going to be good.

The next thing that makes it special is that she has wonderful legs. The angle makes them look even longer and they run right up to those pulled-down panties. The really special part is her breasts and arms. She had done some tough bondage, but I was the one that got those elbows to touch. I also convinced her to do real breast bondage. So there she is, shoulders on fire, breasts aching, panties at her knees, drooling on herself and almost 20 shots past the point where she absolutely couldn't take it anymore. And yet she let me keep shooting. It's not a bad day of shooting when your first shoot with someone ends with her elbows toughing, her breasts bound and her naked ass sitting on your couch.

Ted Michaels

Don't Go Anywhere

I pulled out the big kitten eyes yesterday and suggested a tie-em-up. Angelique had an outfit on that just said to me that she should get grabbed and tied up. It wasn't like it was a vampy outfit or anything; she just looks hot in anything and it made me want to do an impromptu clips. Imagine my surprise when she told me that the big, pleading eyes worked and I should try it more often. After shooting the clip I plan on just that. It wasn't long before she was tied up on camera, had a vibrator jammed against her most protected areas and was hogtied to struggle, drool and, well, do things that vibrators help make happen. I'll have it up on the store soon.

A big thing off of my list was getting an iPod clips store up. It only has five of my best-selling clips so far, but I'll let you know that they look wonderful on my iPhone. It's great to have portable, um, entertainment! I plan on updating this store just as regularly as my regular store! I also want to thank everyone who has visited my regular C4S store and most importantly purchased clips. This has been my best month so far, and I'm encouraged enough to continue putting up content :)

I managed to shoot a custom with Angelique and will go into the editing phase soon. I keep mentioning customs, but this was one that was really fun to shoot. Nothing against anyone, but the communication aspect of shooting customs is the most difficult aspect. The customer always has a very real image in mind and my translating that image properly is a challenge. This last custom was a case of me and another person thinking in the same way ... we communicate visually and through storyboards I was able to nail it. I'm sure he'll be overwhelmed with the results. I'll put up a sneak peek of it as I get time to work on things.

Last but not least, my top-selling slip is still Angelique Kitos in Hogtie From Hell. Others are coming close, but she reigns supreme as the overall clip champion and the champion in total sales!

Tomiko in Tight Trouble

When you have so much backlog of material, the process of coming up a new clips to put up can be an interesting process. Do I put up something from this year or do I dig into the archives and go back eight years? Do I want on-screen tying, abduction fantasy or just a really tight position with fervent struggling? Sometimes though it is just random.

I was tweeting yesterday and it was suggested I might want to follow Tomiko. I knew I had footage of her from last year, but I couldn't remember all the details. After reviewing it I felt like a fool for not having put it up already. Tomiko is a great model and a superb actress, and the clip had it all; there was tight restraint, forced stripping, groping, on-screen gagging, on-screen tying and a ton of struggling. It's difficult to get so many elements into a clip sometimes. Either I forget something or the model gets tired or there is an equipment issue. This shoot though we got it all, so I'm putting it up today.

As for other news, the super-heroine custom is still on for this week, Angelique had the coolest idea for a shoot I've heard in a long time (you'll have to wait, I'm not giving it away) and I'll be putting together not one but two DVD videos with all footage shot in smoking hi-res HDV. As for DVDs, I have a story I've wanted to shoot for a while and I'm going to work on Angelique to help me out with it when time allows.

Finally, what a difference a day makes. Two days ago I was doing back flips because I got a web site up and going. Yesterday I was crest-fallen because a couple serious issues with the site popped up, that I did not think could be resoled; however yesterday a solution presented itself, and I am happy with how things are working now. That doesn't mean I'm done though, not by a long shot. Everything is a work in progress!