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She's originally from Richmond, VA. She's living in New York to make the most of a job opportunity that was offered to her, working for a law firm.
In our conversation, she talked about her belief in the existence of a supreme being and in the immortality of the soul. She spoke about the concept of morality, the charity work she has done, and her obedience to the law of the land. When it comes to the last one, she was referring to these three points:
In the Bible, where she quoted a verse that says that those who refuse to obey the law of the land are refusing to obey God, and punishment will follow. In the United States Constitution, where she paraphrased Article VI about how the laws and treaties of the United States are the supreme law of the land. And in legal theory, saying how obeying the law requires knowingly doing the right thing.
I don't know if Abraham Lincoln is her favorite U.S. president, but she talked about him quite a bit and gave me a little history lesson on what the Civil War was really about. She knows a lot about that subject and could write a book on it if she wanted to.
She has a tremendous amount of respect for cops. She's part of an organization that offers help for family members of those in blue who have died in the line of duty.
I could've been home straight from work on a Monday night and not have visited the park. I was a bit exhausted when I made up my mind to walk through the park to see if anyone would want some company in the form of an unplanned shoot on the moment she was asked. I was glad I made that visit to the park on that Monday night.
I love the shots of her feet resting on her sneakers. I was enjoying myself around that portion of the shoot, thinking just how amazing it was that many women were totally fine with me taking photos of their feet. Having a foot fetish is fantastic, and having those angles during that portion of the shoot, being so close to the soles of her feet, justified everything that made sense with this world. I was living the dream.
She was a pleasure to shoot photos of. She enjoyed the experience, and she was made to feel that she has an existence in this world because I gave her the time she needed to talk about what is in her heart.
ON HER FEET Nike - Free TR 6 Spectrum Character - Sneakers Performance/Activity - CrossFit, Cross Training, Gym & Training, Running & Jogging Color - Salmon/Purple
"These are one of my favorite pairs of training shoes! No break-in time and are super comfortable. I use them for my at-home workouts and absolutely love them!"
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People ask me how do I know which women to approach. Does she look like she's in a good place in her life? Does it look like she's enjoying life, enjoying herself, and is happy with who she is? Would being around her be a positive experience? Does she have a good sense of who she is, what she wants out of life, and where she's going? Would this photographic collaboration between us become a positive force in the universe?
If the answer is yes, I walk over and say hello.
As I walked north, I looked to my left and saw this beautiful creature reading a book. This is the kind of scene that dreams are made of in the park where you see a pretty girl reading peacefully, you strike up a conversation with her. I asked if I could take photos of her feet and she said yes. It sounded like a normal conversation the way we went about this and she felt honored and pleased to have been chosen and asked to be a centerpiece of my work.
She's the one who is simple, consistent, a quintessential feature of what makes her a most interesting lady. Gracefully refined and dignified, as in tastes, habits, and literary style. She is The Most Elegant Form.
ON HER FEET Dr. Martens - The 1460 Boot Character - Boots Performance/Activity - Hiking, camping, hard work, or whatever the day throws at her. Color - Black
"You know that they're not going to go out of style ... I don't think they are ever going to be something that aren't trendy because they're a classic shoe. Once you wore them in, they're amazing."
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QUESTIONS PEOPLE HAVE ASK ME. HERE ARE MY ANSWERS
I'VE ALWAYS HAD IT IN MIND, HAVE YOU EVER EXCHANGED YOUR CONTACTS WITH LADIES IN THE PARK AFTER PHOTO INTERVIEW TO FURTHER INDULGE IN FOOT FETISH INTERESTS.? . OR IT REALLY WAS JUST A SPUR OF MOMENT WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INTERACTION? MAYBE A STORY OR TWO CAN POP UP IN MIND INSTANTLY.. THAT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING INSIGHT FROM YOU! THANK YOU FOR SHARING NATIONAL! KIND REGARDS! A: Yes, to answer your first question. That's part of what I loved doing so much in all of the years I've done this: there were times when a spark or a connection was formed. Sexual tensions.
Normally, after a shoot was over, the subject and I would share a few more words with each other before going our separate ways. Meeting up with the ladies after the shoot was a byproduct of doing this, meaning that it was never really my goal to get something going with every single lady I photographed. I really enjoyed doing the shoot with nothing else happening afterwards. I got my fulfillment from putting together creative images. As far as those with whom I did go the extra step, there is one I would like to share.
There was this one time when a lady I approached was walking through the park, killing some time before she was supposed to meet up with a guy for a first date. During the conversation in the shoot, we knew that if we really wanted to, we would wind up sharing the same bed at some point in the near future. We would say little things here and there to imply that a sexual arrangement between us was certainly a possibility. Nothing overt.
After the shoot was over, I told her I wanted to fuck her. Yes, in those words. She kept nodding as she was hearing me explain what the situation was going to involve. I gave her my number, and we said our goodbyes. She lived about an hour's drive from the city, and I figured it would be about a couple of weeks before I would hear from her, and so I didn't think too much about it. I could've stayed in the park to do a shoot with someone else, but for some reason I decided to leave right after that shoot was over. I guess I got lazy with myself.
Fifteen minutes after leaving the park, I'm in a deli, looking to buy a can of beer to drink while I walk home. While inside the store, I received a call from a number I didn't recognize. I answered it. It was the girl whose feet I just shot photos of. She identified herself; I told her I remembered her in a tone that conveyed that I was glad to hear from her before asking her what was up. She was probably a bit nervous and excited to call me because I could hear her breathing a bit heavy as if she was trying to catch her breath. She told me that her date "canceled" on her and wanted to know if I could make myself available to her. I told her to come over to my place. I gave her the address and the time that this was going to happen, and she was excited and relieved.
The reason I put quotation marks around the word canceled is because I suspect that it was her who canceled the date, not him. She was in the mood for sex, and she wanted it as soon as she could possibly get her hands on me. Sex wasn't a foregone conclusion with the other guy, but the situation with me was presented to her on a silver platter.
She was so glad that she went with me that night.
We saw each other several more times, and we thoroughly enjoyed each other's company every single time, feet and all.
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I'D BE INTERESTED IN HEARING AN ANSWER TO - UNLESS YOU THINK THEY'RE TOO PERSONAL, IN WHICH CASE FEEL FREE TO IGNORE THEM.
1) WITH ROUGHLY WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE WOMEN YOU'VE HAD MODEL HAVE YOU ALSO GIVEN THEM FOOT MASSAGES? A: If you're talking about during the shoot, then about one in every four. I could've given a lot more than that, but giving them massages was not something that crossed my mind much. I loved taking photos and appreciating the view. That ratio may not sound like a lot, but it's also not very little.
2) WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR MODELS HAVE LED TO FOOT KISSING OR OTHER FOOT WORSHIP SCENARIOS (MORE THAN JUST MASSAGES)? A: If you're talking about both during the shoot and at some other point afterwards, away from the park, I don't know if I could put a percentage on that, but it was less than one-in-four. The ones in which those things occurred, those were memorable. Something that I can say happened at a higher percentage in the park -- either during or immediately after the shoot -- was making out with them, touching this part of her body and grabbing another part of her body. Those moments were emotional, affectionate, effusive, uninhibited, loving even.
I have another story to tell. I have so many of these, but I only have time for one more.
Most women have to justify having sex with you. They are attracted to you; they want to do it, but they want to meet you out for one drink because some of them can't just jump right into your bed. A lot of women would love to jump in a man's bed who she's really into. Many times, though, they won't do that for fear that she'll be judged as a hoe, she may see herself as a hoe, and she may not be able to live with herself. Me, being who I am, I know this, and so I'm going to take the edge off of her.
A woman I shot one afternoon, during which I found out what she did for a living. After the shoot, I told her, "Listen, let's get together and do something sometime. We probably won't run into each other again, and that wouldn't be good. Take my number. Send me yours, and I'll set something up for us."
Here's what I did. Typically, when someone tells you what they do for a living, you can kind of figure out what their hours are. For this particular lady, it was safe to guess that she didn't work at midnight. Her hours were typically from 9-5, Monday through Friday. I reached out to her and extended a fake invitation to go do something. Remember, she didn't really want to do it either. She had to do it to feel justified in giving you her body, from head to toe.
There are reasons why a woman would want to meet you out somewhere, namely safety and to make sure that you're not a creep. Since the woman and I already made a pretty good connection in real life, in the park for a photoshoot, that was kind of the first date already. We felt each other out, and the vibe, sexual chemistry, and good communications were there, and so in that sense it was already a date.
Here's what I did: I set her up to flake or not be able to make the date, so when the next time we got together, she came straight to my place. That was good for me, and it was good for her because she knew that I put forth the effort to see her outside of the house. I invited her out during a time in which I knew she couldn't make it. A woman reading this would think that I'm playing dirty. Hey, I'm doing this for both of us, baby girl.
With this woman, I knew she was working at 1 pm. I said, "Stacey (not her real name), what's going on? National here. Listen, meet me for lunch today or tomorrow. Let's have a couple of drinks, have a bite to eat, and get acquainted."
HER: "Oh, I'd love to, but I'm working tomorrow." ME: "Oh, you are?" Of course I knew that. Of course. "You're working, no problem. I'll tell you what: why don't you stop by for a glass of wine once you get off work? You get off at five?" HER: "Yes, I get off at five." ME: "Why don't you stop by at 7:30? I'm going to open a bottle of wine; we'll relax at my place." HER: "It's not a problem; I'd love to do that."
Here's why it wasn't a problem for her. Because she knew I "put in the effort" to see her outside. It's not that she didn't want to have sex; it's just that she didn't want to rush into with no other activity in between for fear of judgment, a fear of how she would've felt about herself if she did it too quickly. Yes, I never had the intention to go, but I kind of gave her the way out so she wouldn't have that inner battle. I took that battle away from her so that she would feel calm and relaxed for when she came to see me.
Her feet were exhausted for having walked around all over the place that day. Being that she already knew that I loved her feet, she offered them to me by placing them on my lap and a sensual treatment of her feet ensued. It was such a stress relief for her and her imagination took her straight to the clouds where only the two of us occupied that scene in her head. It feels like all of your questions have been answered when a nice woman has her feet on your face before your tongue does what it wants to do, and that's what I had with that woman. That started a sexual relationship between us.
3) HOW MANY (TOTAL, NOT PERCENTAGE) HAVE TURNED INTO REPEATED SESSIONS? (THIS WOULD INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM CASUALLY GETTING TOGETHER JUST ONE MORE TIME FOR ANOTHER MASSAGE OR WORSHIP SESSION, TO DATING AS A REGULAR COUPLE FOR SOME TIME - AS LONG AS SOME OF THAT TIME INCLUDED AT LEAST ONE MORE MASSAGE OR WORSHIP SESSION.) A: By "how many," I take that to mean the number of different women this has happened with, not the number of total times.
I don't have the exact number because you start to lost count after a while. Let's just say that it's enough to count in one hand and with a calculator on the other. That includes both those I've seen once more away from the park and those I've been intimate with multiple times, casual lovers and girlfriends alike.
4) I EXPECT THE MOST COMMON QUESTION YOU RECEIVE, BOTH NOW AND HISTORICALLY, IS "WHO ARE YOUR FAVORITE MODELS" AND MAYBE ALSO "WHY" (WHICH I THINK YOU'VE ANSWERED A FEW TIMES OVER THE YEARS). BUT I HAVE A SLIGHT VARIATION, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO SHARE: WHO ARE YOUR FAVORITES OUT OF THE MODELS WHO YOU COUNTED IN MY QUESTION #3? A: Who are my favorite models and why? I've alluded to who my favorites were over the years, but I've never compiled an official list of who those women are, where they rank, and why they are ranked where they're ranked. I will, for the first time, delve deep into answering that question in a few days, so be on the lookout for that.
To your last question, the most I can say about that is "I love all of my children equally." I know, they're not my children, but I hope you know what I mean.
WHAT ARE THE MAJOR TRENDS IN FOOTWEAR YOU'VE OBSERVED IN YOUR WORK (I'VE SEEN A SHIFT TO UNIFORM WHITE SNEAKERS), AND WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THEM? DO YOU HAVE ANY PREFERENCES IN TERMS OF WHAT THE WOMEN YOU APPROACH ARE WEARING? A: I haven't made any observations. I only observe the lady as a whole. I was genuinely interested in the ladies I spotted at the park or what they were doing. Depending on the woman, it may have been due to admiration, intrigue, or a desire to learn more about her. She's captured my attention because she's a beautiful curiosity and they received my attention gracefully. The footwear she had on just so happened to be the footwear she had on at the time I saw her.
I don't know if I had a preference because different footwears brings a different type of personality that can shine through to the people who view the photos I take. If there one type of footwear I typically gave no consideration for were women who wore Crocs. I made an exception for one lady, but that was it.
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GET "THE SHOT"? A: When I react to my shot with a high degree of astonishment and impactful punch. I know when I've got "the shot" when I'm surprised by it, despite being its author.
Whenever that happened, it was good photograph to me. Whether anyone else agreed with my evaluations didn't matter. Picasso did not care if other artists "got" his abstract intent, and that's why he's considered a genius. Many photographers simply "went about their business" without being recognized in their lifetime, but their work has lived on and been acclaimed as historically important nevertheless. Weegee was a New York photojournalism pioneer who documented crime in New York City, but was not recognized as an avant-garde photographer before his demise, much like VanGogh with regards to his painting.
What counted was finding satisfaction in my endeavors, regardless of the opinion of others. If I found satisfaction in the process, the end-product did not need someone else's approval to be valid.
Is photography an art form or a trade? If you're an artist, then it's art. If it's a method for achieving income, then it's a trade.
"Good" is subjective at best, and the pursuit of photographic excellence should be gauged by the degree of personal joy it engenders, not what outside opinion determines.
If you don't do it (photography) in order to satisfy an inner drive, then you will never be happy with your results since your expectations are never yours but those of others. Satisfying your own sense of "good" should be your prime directive, which as I see it, is the only way to achieve a genuinely individual vision and its portrayal in your photographic output.
NATIONAL. I HAD A DATE SCHEDULED WITH A GIRL. EVERYTHING WAS GOING SMOOTH. ON THE DAY OF THE DATE, SHE TOLD ME SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT. A WEEK LATER, SHE SENT A TEXT THAT SAID, "HEY, STRANGER." WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH THAT? A: Don't get mad at women for flaking on dates. You want to understand that sometimes that's just how women operate. You just met her. You don't know what's going on in her life. She may have a boyfriend; maybe there's an ex who wants to get back into her life; maybe she's sick; maybe she's on her period. Excuse my language there, but that happens. She may be ill; she may be on prescriptions and doesn't want to drink. Sometimes women will commit, and at the last minute they just want to sleep. They want to lie in bed and watch a show that involves dancing or "stars."
When you get mad at women and let them perturb you, you're not very solid as a man and understanding female nature. Never get mad. What you do is say, "No problem. Hit me up when you're ready to get together." Send.
Let's say she gets back to you days later or a couple of weeks later, "Hey." Don't give her a lot of chit chat. Instead, you put her on the spot. This is all you've got to say, and I mean it... this is all you've got to say: "10:00, tonight, my place. Bring a bottle of wine and wear something sexy." Send. If she likes that, she'll make it happen. If she's wasting your time, and she's looking to use you for whatever reason she's trying to use you, perhaps to kill some time, we're not going to allow her to do that. Again, send her that text the next time you find yourself in that situation.
The next thing she's got to say is, "What's your address?" If she's not saying that, she has to go.
AFTER YOUR FINALE, WILL YOU STILL RETURN ONCE IN A WHILE OR WILL YOU BE PERMANENTLY GONE FOR GOOD?
I AM NOT EXACTLY SURE, BUT IN MY OPINION, I THINK FOOT FETISHISM, TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, IS PERHAPS BORN WITHIN US FOOT FETISHIST AS A FORM OF INSECURITY? THIS REPRESSION ALONG WITH THE INSECURITY MAKES US MISERABLE AND WE PROJECT THESE INTENSELY NEGATIVE FEELINGS ONTO OUR ENVIRONMENT, THE WORLD, PEOPLE AROUND US, ETC. I THINK THAT EXPLAINS WHY SO MANY FOOT FETISHISTS DEPRECIATE AND ARE DISRESPECTFUL TOWARDS THE WOMEN WHOSE SOLES THEY ARE CANDIDLY FILMING, SECRETLY JERKING OFF TO, OR WHAT-NOT. I BELIEVE THAT WHATEVER COMES OUT OF OUR MOUTH (WORDS), BEHAVIOR, AND OUR ACTIONS ALWAYS COME FROM WITHIN US ... ALL THE INSULTS, DISRESPECTFUL BEHAVIOR, IMMATURE RESPONSES, ETC. ARE ALL INDICATIONS OF THE STUFF INSIDE US ... IT REVEALS WE ARE SAD, MISERABLE, INSECURE, AND JUST UNHAPPY AS HELL ... WHO KNOWS? IT WAS JUST MY OPINION. A: To answer your first question, I'll visit the forum every once in a while just to see what's going on, but I don't see myself posting messages in someone else's thread. I don't know what else there is to look at or comment on.
I don't think this is something that's exclusive to those who share our fetish. There are people who possess those traits walking the streets of every city and town around the world and they don't have sexual liking to feet. There are videos of women being followed around the streets of a city while the cameraman closes in on her ass for several blocks, or candid videos of filming women up their skirts or candidly filming women changing their clothes in the locker room of a school or the changing room of a clothing store. They're not any more respectful than candidly filming women's feet.
THIS IS A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED TO YOU A YEAR OR TWO AGO, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THIS AGAIN: SINCE THIS IS SOMETHING YOU'RE INTO, WHY DO YOU LIKE SMELLY FEET? A: To give this the perfect explanation, I would say it is sparked by the perfectionized image of a woman's appearance in general. It mainly exists because of today's wealthy and prosperous civilization where women can present themselves in an almost perfect way. These women are expected to present themselves in a perfectly, almost inhuman, divine way, with beautiful makeup, beautiful clothing, and in a flawless state of being. This means actually repressing and hiding all things her body does, which aren't appreciated, such as burping, and in this topic of discussion, having feet that have a smell to them.
Smelly feet are basically as idealized as the phenomenon 'perfect woman' itself. The image of this very attractive woman, being presented through culture, media, and fashion, combined with the fact that many men would think that everything about her smells like roses and perfume, simply cannot imagine these women having anything wrong with them. We (or they), like all other people, know that smelly feet do not hold any attraction whatsoever. However, those who are into the scent of her feet, when sexually aroused, would like to pretend that all that comes from a woman is wonderful, beautiful, and nice.
To learn that this beautiful, flawless-like female has feet that have a smell to them leaves quite an impression for us (or them). The power of the thought that it can smell when it isn't expected out of her is a very erotic element, which is not accepted by the general public. To these women, finding out that their feet might smell a bit is still a taboo for them. From a sexual point of view of many foot fetishists, discovering the scent from her feet is something as wonderful as the woman herself.
The odor of her feet is proclaimed to be foul and unpleasant, yet the odor of the genitals is being categorized differently, as it's part of the normal sexual system. Some foot fetishists are convinced the scent of her feet, causing the arousal, is a natural instinctive one, like the arousal from the scent of her "kitty clit," shall we say. Those who are into her smell explore this part of the fetish instinctively and open-mindedly, without any limitations of taboos set by their culture.
For the most attractive females to have smelly feet is an illusion and a utopia. Most of us are into this part of the fetish simply because we think of women as something divine, wonderful, and never have seen the contrary, as all occurs behind closed doors. What's left is fantasy... and 99% of us tend to glorify the image of the attractive lady as being so detail-oriented about her appearance, without taking as much into consideration about how she handles the smell of her feet.
Partly, as in many cases for those who appreciate the smell, we have been fantasizing for a long time about this image, and a glorified image has already been programmed over the years. In a culture where it would be normal for their feet to smell the way they can, this part of the fetish would not exist.
I think in most cases, women feel very comfortable having a relationship with us, as she knows everything she does will be enjoyed and that some imperfections will be accepted.
--National
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quote:Originally posted by HighArchesPT: I do remember a few photos from the selection above. Trip into the memory lane
Nostalgia is always a great thing. Thanks for remembering some of them.
quote:Originally posted by Jota Milagros: My favorite photo in the Most Elegant gallery is #14 because it shows both her smooth soles and her beautiful face.
If there was one thing I wish I had done more of in the past, was to create more photos like the one you described.
It was a slow day, and the weather kept a lot of people away from the park because it had rained earlier in the day, and it was threatening to rain again before dinner time. At no time during that day was it sunny. I used that in-between time of no rainfall to see what was happening in the park. It was getting dark, and I was running out of time. When you find yourself looking for someone to shoot on a day like that, you keep moving along because you never know who's going to appear in your line of vision and in which part of the park such a lady would appear into your existence. Those elements will merge at the same time, and you have to muster up the courage to ask nicely for their photos.
A woman walking one way while I'm walking towards her. We pass each other. She saw me but didn't think anything of it, and I wasn't sure if I wanted to ask her to pose her feet for me. I wasn't sure what it was that made me unsure about her, but I decided to give her a shot anyway because... why not?
She looked to me like someone with self-respect and someone who also respects and honors others. Someone who is often ethically and morally upright, is patient with people, and has good consideration and care for others. After talking with her throughout the shoot, I had no reason to believe otherwise.
I turned around, caught up to her, and told her what I was about. She did something no one else had done. She texted her husband to see if it was okay for her to allow me to take photos of her feet. When he replied with a yes, she was ready to participate in the fun.
This shoot reminded me why I loved doing this type of photography: it showed me how I saw the world. It revealed what I saw in other people. At times, it even showed the real person peering out from the inside. The camera gave me the tools I needed to capture those things in exactly the way I saw them in my mind. It was a meditative experience with her.
MORE ABOUT MS. MINDMATTERS As far as what she does for work, all I'm going to say is that her typical day includes conducting legal research, preparing legal documents, reviewing contracts, and appearing in court for legal proceedings.
She has to read a lot. The case papers, the witnesses' statements, the relevant procedural rules, earlier decisions of the courts that affect the way the case can be put, any relevant statutes or subordinate legislation, and the cases that resolve ambiguities in them. She may also have to draft some of the case papers herself if she has been brought into the case at a sufficiently early stage. When she's not preparing for a hearing, she may be researching the law so that she can provide advice to a client so that, hopefully, legal proceedings can be avoided in the future, or writing that advice.
SOME THINGS ABOUT HER FEET I don't comment on socks, usually, but I liked hers. The bicycle patterns on them told me that she was going to be a cheerful and friendly lady, which she was. There was a bit of charm to the character of the socks in addition to the design, namely that it looked as if she had had them for a long time and that. It has been washed and worn so many times that it has become stale in terms of its texture. Not that I'm complaining; I'm just simply pointing that out.
I love how these photos came out. I also love the angle in which the camera shoots from below her feet, looking up at the sky above her as her feet dangle from the edge of a surface. I've made shots like that before when the women would sit cross-legged. Those shots never got old for me, and it was something I enjoyed doing. I started incorporating those shots towards the end of my shooting days, but I'm glad I was able to do them because it accomplished so much in that it gave me a new way to enjoy admiring their feet. It's not something you see from impromptu shoots done in public with a complete stranger. Those shots helped me breathe a sigh of relief.
The shoot would've gone longer, but I got what I needed from the photo session. Besides, it started to rain a bit, and we had to wrap up the shoot.
She's an incredibly wonderful person, and she's easy to make laugh.
ON HER FEET Teva De La Vina Ankle Boots Heel Height - 1 in. Weight - 1 lb 5 oz Waterproof to keep her feet dry
"I bought these about a year ago. They are perfect. I wanted a something that would work with any outfit and these worked. I was initially worried that in the rainy days, I would get water in my shoes if I wore leggings, but that did not happen. It rained so hard one day, just like it had a few hours ago, and my feet stayed nice and dry. I felt secure walking around on all types of slick surfaces.
"I remember once wearing a pair of Merrell boots on a rainy day, and I was always slipping and sliding around... not in these shoes. I felt safe and secure running up and down all those subway steps.
"The only thing that I didn't like, was that they got scuffed up pretty easily. After wearing them a few times, they looked very worn-in and used. I was a little sad by that since they were kind of pricey and I had just got them. I guess, these will just be my dedicated, rainy New York City shoes."
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The unexpected is what is thrilling about being alive because you never know who you're going to meet next, and you don't know what adventures lie ahead for you. Carrying a camera is like having a license to see. If you have that license to see, it becomes sort of like a Geiger counter as it pulls you in the direction where things are happening or where you intuit things are going to happen, and what I think I like about sharpening my emotional and intuitive instrument is that by dealing with these fragments of time—that only a camera can stop—we become visual athletes in the park, hungering for the next interesting intersection of human behavior, of natural backgrounds, of lights and shadows, the potential of what the world can present to you, everything. All of those things were made possible every day I was out there just because I had a camera in my hand.
When I was out photographing, it became exciting. The joy of it was ever-present, and I found myself smiling all the time at the wonder of the continuous supply of potential women to meet. When I was out there, really concentrating on my own work, the women I wound up asking didn't see anything negative in that because I possessed the park that was in front of me. My physical expression showed that I wasn't doing something negative, and they got the impression that I was going to present them in the most fair and best way possible. You have to figure out how to behave in the park so that you're free to do the thing you want to do.
If you're not out there working, you're not going to have the luck, but you've got to keep working to make it. There was a famous American sculptor who was interviewed—someone from the 40s, 50s, or 60s—and he was asked if the muse comes to visit him. He said, "When I'm not in the studio, I don't know what she's doing. If you stay in the studio, however, the muse will definitely be there when you're there." The same is true when it applies to this: when you're out in the park, looking for someone fascinating to photograph, then luck (meaning the muse) will definitely come to you. All of that to say that if you don't leave your apartment, you're not going to get lucky.
As human beings, we are gifted with a visual scope. We are incredibly binocular. We've got a great scan, and with that comes the development of finely-tuned survival instincts, and that is what underscores the making of photographs, impulse, and instincts. Too often, we narrow our instincts down to doing things that have already been done.
There was once a well-known educator artist in the 20s in America named Robert Henri. He once said, "We are not here to do what has already been done." That stuck in my head. When you think about it, it's that way in photography, too. In a way you can't help yourself because the frame is practically the same frame for everybody, but you can fill that frame with your own intuition, the thing that calls out to you.
If you listen clearly to your heartbeat of your impulse and instinct, if you do not hesitate, you bring the camera up, and as long as the information is in there, you might actually succeed in making an interesting photograph, and it will teach you to tune yourself, the instrument of yourself, so that you'll be faster and closer and better, and your timing and your understanding will be more effective.
By accumulating these instincts, you'll begin to see the accumulated understandings that you have arrived at, and therein lies your wisdom. It's a reflection of the things you hold dear or important or meaningful or necessary or lively. Your spontaneity and your understanding are cohesive in that moment, and the only way you can find your identity as an artist, as a human being, through photography, is to look at these pictures and read them for the truth of your singularity and your instinct. It's the simplest thing. You're armed with it as a basic native intelligence.
We, however, sometimes fail to use it in the truest way. We modify it so that it looks like someone else's work or something you saw on Instagram or something you saw in a book, and I say to hell with all of that. You make your own mistakes because your mistakes will be your education.
If that's what I had to offer after all these years, then take from it what you can, but it's how I went about my journey through the park by believing this native instinct.
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NATURAL CLASSIC I like this woman very much. She is Landa Monroe.
Her sense of style was what drew me to her. She has a distinctive and confident approach to fashion and personal appearance. Her unique way of expressing herself through clothing, accessories, and overall appearance, reflects her personality, tastes, and preferences. I love her attention to detail, such as how her outfit was put together, color coordination, and the choice of accessories. Landa exudes confidence in her choices, which enhances her overall presence and how she is perceived by others. It's about her personal expression and the ability to curate a look that feels authentic and resonates with the her.
She was giving herself a break, standing by the fence that surrounds the Reservoir, looking out into the water and also taking in one of the best views of the city skyline. Everything about this scene was made special by the fact that all of this was happening in Central Park. This is where magic happens.
I walked up to her, and within the first ten seconds I asked if I could take photos of her feet, to which she accepted.
SELLING THE IDEA Now that I mention it, let me take this time to speak on this a little bit. The first ten seconds are critical. In those first ten seconds, you have to sell the idea of taking photos of a complete stranger. You have to be confident that you can pull this off; you have to be extremely friendly and pleasant, and in those first ten seconds, you have to convince them that you're not a freak. My request was for a vision, idea, or concept, and I found that there were many people willing to collaborate. Get out there and discover it for yourself just to see how amazingly true that is. That's it. You don't have to say too much; you don't have to keep it too long; you don't have to talk to them for five minutes before you finally get around to asking them if you can do what you really came there for. I walked up to them and I immediately told them why I made the approach: to make images of their feet.
You have to ensure them comfort. You have to say this in a friendly and confident manner, and it really does take seconds for them to say yes. They have to see the camera in your hands so that they know you're not some creep with a phone, and right away they need to know that they're in good hands. The second thing is that you have to give them genuine comments that relate to how they're dressed or how they look, or point out an intangible element that inspired you to approach them.
The third thing is you tell them that it's completely free and that it's not going to cost them a thing, and that we need to let them know that it's happening right here and right now. They need to have the impression that you're not going to take them into an empty warehouse down in the back alley somewhere.
HER REACTION, BEING THE SUBJECT OF MY CREATIVE WONDERMENT It was as if she was marked by good fortune or privilege, judging from her reaction, that gave me the sense that she gets it. She was sold on the idea of how foot photography can be done that was in a manner characteristic of, influenced by, or how it was a representation of a current popular style or trend. That is what, in essence, this is all about, and I was able to convey that message to her. We then walked around the park for a few minutes, having a conversation, getting to know one another a bit better. Also, she loved my sunglasses and wanted to see my eyes. She was probably preparing herself to swoon had I removed them when she wanted me to. I had to save that moment for later, teasing her that she wasn't ready this.
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Landa is from Brazil, a country in which its reputation precedes itself. This is the land of beautiful people, glorious beaches like Copacabana, and legendary soccer players. There's also a little party called Carnival, which spills over into the streets with a nationwide spectacle of color and culture each year. It's packed in with stunning geological features that include not just an enviably beautiful coastline, but natural beauty spots like the massive Amazon rainforest and the Iguazu Falls. The daily rhythms of life are intimately intertwined with the waves, where beach parties, volleyball, and women (like her) in teeny bikinis make up the tanned, toned, beach-cultured scene.
BEAUTIFULLY SCUPLTURED, BEATIFULLY TALENTED Monroe is one of the lucky ones whose feet look as good as the rest of her does. When someone like her unveils how her feet look, you are presented with an early birthday gift because they look like the stuff dreams are made of. They were moist and incredibly soft, which is incredible, considering that she was a part of an indoor soccer team when she was in university. Her feet fragrance, her naturally feminine pheromones, were starting to come through just a tad bit (which is perfectly fine and perfectly normal in my book), but they were more exquisite than anything else, hinting citrus notes from the sweet-smelling lotion she used on her feet earlier in the day. One had to get very close to her feet in order to pick up on the fact that they smelled refreshing, sparkling, zesty, energetic. How did I know that? Because she allowed me to get that close to them. All she could do was smile. That's what you call an amazing woman.
A NATURAL WONDER WHO'S INCREDIBLY GIFTED Landa is a software developer with several years of experience in civil engineering, bringing a unique combination of technical knowledge, customer service skills, and problem-solving abilities to the world of software development. She's responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the infrastructure that forms the backbone of our communities, including buildings, roads, bridges, airports, all of that good stuff.
She analyzes data and materials, such as soil and water samples, to determine their suitability for construction. She collaborates with other engineers, architects, and construction professionals to ensure that projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards. She monitors construction sites and ensures that work is done in compliance with building codes and safety regulations. She plays a crucial role in building and maintaining the infrastructure that enables modern society to function, meaning that she's responsible for ensuring that infrastructure projects are safe, sustainable, and able to withstand the demands of the future. During the times when she was in between working at different engineering firms, she would teach children how to speak English as a second language, whether it was in Brazil or in Thailand.
She understands how the appeal of feet in the feminine form can captivate the senses of many people, and so what you'll see here are how her acceptance and unbiased understanding of what makes feet beautiful shine through. While we're still on the topic of feet, I'd briefly mentioned how she played indoor soccer for her university. That's her, wearing number 18.
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NATURAL CLASSIC A real fun shoot I had here with a 19 year-old Mexican-American from Texas.
Just like the last woman I showed, this one was also enjoying the view by The Reservoir, located in the heart of Central Park. People want to know how I decide who to approach. When one goes out to explore on this type of adventure as often as I had throughout the years, that person will experience a sudden and overwhelming feeling of certainty or clarity when he comes across someone who can make for a fantastic subject for a shoot. That's what I felt when I saw her. I knew she was going to go along with participating in the shoot. But I didn't know that the shoot was going to turn into what it turned into. This shoot brought shades of the Natural Evolution Era back into the fold, even if it was going to be for the final time.
I walked up to her. After I was able to get her attention for a few seconds, the first words out of my mouth were: "Excuse me, I was just walking by, I saw you, and I wanted to say that you look fuckin' amazing." That certainly got her attention, her eyes wide open; it certainly snapped her out of whatever she was daydreaming about and it brought her back to reality. She truly appreciated the comment and thanked me. We could tell she was considering her attraction to me. She was simply caught off guard being approached romantically in that manner. But I wasn't done.
ME: "Listen, I want to ask you a question. What is the difference between a Ferrari and an erection?" LATINA: "Um... I don't know. What's the difference?" ME: "I haven't got a Ferrari." LATINA: "OH MY GOD!"
You know how when someone laughs so hard they cover their mouth? Yeah, that was her reaction to my joke. I made another comment to her as she was laughing, hoping that would get her to laugh some more, to keep the momentum going, which she did. I forgot what it was I said, but the harder she tried to stop laughing, the harder she laughed. She felt embarrassed or couldn't contain her amusement, and so she hid her face as a way to express her extreme laughter without fully showing it to others.
She asked if I was Rico Suave (a cool, confident, good-looking Hispanic ladies man who dresses sharply) caused I "looked like him." She wasn't asking if I was his identical twin brother because we don't look like each other. She asked because I gave off "Rico Suave" vibes.
ME: "Probably. C'mon, it's a beautiful day. Let's go for a walk." LATINA: "Okay, where to?" ME: "Wherever the magic takes us."
It was that point where I knew that no matter what I said, she was going to agree with me, no matter how outlandish or politically incorrect it was.
After about seven minutes of walking around, all the while keeping the vibe between us flirtatious, we found a spot to rest. When I told her about how sexy I thought her feet were, she was down for the shoot, no questions asked. She liked the idea of doing a little bit of foreplay with me with her feet.
I have a preference to big feet with long toes. I think that bigger feet on a woman can add much to the appeal of that woman. I enjoy qualities in a person that aid as focal points of interest. She loves her own feet because she knows they look pretty sexy, and she said that she's glad that none of her friends can borrow her shoes and ruin them, being that their feet are smaller than hers. She chooses to embrace them rather than to be depressed about them, which is the right attitude to have.
She took a quick liking to me. She responded to me well. She loved and respected how bold I was from the beginning, and she was curious and anxious to see what more tricks I had up my sleeve. She loved every moment of it.
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After the shoot was over, she talked about some errand she had to run "very soon," at which point I asked her what she going to do after that.
HER: "Um, nothing." ME: "That's where you're wrong. We're linking up." HER: "Cool, I like the sound of that."
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We have reached the halfway point in our final edition of this thread. While you take a moment to visit some other thread in this forum, I shall act as an electronic bookmark so that you'll know where you left off.
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An incredibly passionate person when she sets her mind to something, whether it's the work she does, the art she creates, or something that fills her with drive and purpose. Her passion is part of who she is. It's an almost tangible, living thing inside of her that colors her perspectives and animates her creativity and resourcefulness.
Alexandra someone who demonstrates kindness and compassion for others in her everyday life. She's willing to go a little out of her way to help someone who needs it. She's generous with her time, energy, and money, and she stands up for someone who's being taunted or bullied. She gives emotional support to someone in a crisis, and she doesn't see someone in need and just walks away because she doesn't know that person. Alexandra is willing to step in when a situation calls for it.
She had jazz music playing from her Bluetooth speaker as she went about putting together her art. She loves listening to that kind of music because, "Jazz gives one the freedom to play one's state of being—feelings, emotions (happy, sad, spiritual, angry, etc.). There are no restrictions; just express yourself/your unique state of being through music. And if one is able to connect to the musician's expression or state, you have found a soul mate. It isn't easy to find someone who feels like you. And it's beyond people; it's a form of relationship without any difficulties of person-to-person worldly relationships. Pure bliss."
Too bad the shoot was short lived because I love this woman's feet. Her feet are a classic showing for why admiring and loving women's feet makes all the sense in the world. Why do I love women's feet? It's because of feet like Alexandra's.
You can listen to Alexandra explain what her vocation consists of: Click Here
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NATURAL CLASSIC There was one other time I shot photos of someone who was lying in the hammock and I enjoyed it very much. I wanted to make this shoot something that was going to leave me feeling proud of myself for the photos I was able to produce out of that situation. I was able to accomplish just that.
Doing shoots with someone in the hammock allowed me to take photos of the soles of her feet hanging off the edge of something, leaving a lot of space in between those and the ground. That space allowed me to take photos of the bottoms of her feet from below. That was an angle I enjoyed shooting from, and that was something I've done during my final stage of my photographic journey, and this shoot featured those shots.
NATALIE IS A LIFE SAVER Natalie graduated from a college ten years ago studying Organic Chemistry and writing a thesis on a novel method for the synthesis of steroid backbones. For years, she's worked on the research and development team of a small biotechnology startup based in Massachusetts.
She is a medical professional with a decorated history of working in the biotechnology industry. Her areas of expertise are in cell culture/cell analysis, cell-based assays, spectroscopy, flow cytometry, public speaking, and medical devices. All in all, the interests of her research team are focused on having a better understanding of the interaction between the patient's immune system and cancer cells in the tumor. Her laboratory works to identify new strategies to harness the immune anti-tumor response and expand the therapeutic window of traditional immunotherapies.
She's a relatively quiet person unless surrounded by family members and it's an engaging conversation OR obviously when working. With working, her job is to communicate and get to know people better to help find the right path to make the best of a patient's health because their lives are in her hands. She loves what she does and loves to communicate via phone and email. Otherwise, she is a quiet person that likes to observe, think, re-energize. Engaging conversations with people that are close is what makes he happy. Otherwise, she is quiet.
Natalie seems fun to hang around with. She can be described as someone who's relaxed and not easily angered or worried. Drama does not involve her. You would be a nice friend who can hook you up with her friends.
EVEN THOSE WITHOUT OUR FETISH CAN SEE WHY WE DO Her feet are sensational. It doesn't get much better than this doctor's feet. I always enjoyed shoots that were quiet for the most part, shoots where the subject would allow me to take all the photos I needed while she read a book or just looking out into the world. Enjoying the lovely front-row view of her feet gave me the peace of mind to slow things down and relax. I wanted the view to last forever. If you visit the doctor's office and her feet looked like that just mere inches from your face, it'll speed up your process of your road to living pain and stress free. There is not a man in world who would kick those feet out of bed.
THE CONCEPT OF FRIENDSHIP I take friendship very seriously. To have a good friend, you have to be a good friend. I take a lot of time and effort with the amount of friends I have that I don't have the time to increase the number of friends in my circle. With women, I'm looking for a companion and lover. If she could be that, she could be my friend. If not, she can't be my friend because I won't know if she knows what it's like to be my friend. Over the last fifteen years, I've had a few women who I didn't sleep with who were my friends. Natalie is one of them.
Natalie is a friend in every sense of the word. She, before I got involved with the woman I'm with now, used to fix me up with her friends. She fixed me up with a lot of her friends: business professionals, women who ran their own businesses, etc. She would tell them what I liked, how I liked it; she would tell them about how we met and about my foot fetish; it was like ordering pizza and getting it delivered to my house. In return, whenever there was a party, I would bring some of my friends along, as it would become a really fun night.
The arrangement I got her to agree to was to have a feet-only relationship where one's wish was the other's command. When she wanted her feet to be indulged in a deep massage after work, she'll text me. If I was available, I came through. In a foot fetishist's dream come true, I had her feet all to myself, the deep and calming massages, the smelling, the worshiping. All of that in exchange for our friends meeting new people, her friends being introduced to me, and vice versa. That's what friends are for. Male-female friendships are typically based on a false premise, but Natalie is someone I can call a friend.
What started as an innocent question asking if I could take photos of her feet, turned into an amazing friendship neither of us could ever forget.
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I've never done this before, but for the first time ever, I am going to give my official Top Ten list for the Greatest Shoots I've Ever Done that'll carry us right up to the moment when I unveil the shoot that rests at the top of that list at the end of this week. I am going to count down what I ranked as my ten best shoots. We're going to start with Number 10 in what is going to be a ranked countdown from ten to one.
There were quite a number of shoots that were candidates for winding up on this most prestigious list of my Top Ten. There were certain shoots where I didn't have to think twice as to whether they belonged on the list, and I just wrote them down. When I started to put together the names of candidates, I wound up with about fifteen of them. I then took a few more days to see if I had missed anyone, and I had a few more on there, which brought my total to twenty seven. It took me about a week to narrow that list down to ten.
I want to stress that this is my list. I'm sure there's going to be someone on my list who you wouldn't put in your top ten list of shoots I've done. If narrowing it down to ten shoots was a bit difficult, I thought ranking them was going to be even harder. It was difficult, but not as difficult as I thought it was going to be going into this because I wanted to know if there was a method for ranking any kind of list easier or simpler. There's a video on YouTube called "Bubble Sort" from someone named KC Ang for anyone out there who wants to have an easier time ranking a difficult list. There's bubble sort, there's selection sort, merge sort, and there are many variations of sorting algorithms that can help you out.
I also want to stress that this is not my top ten list for the favorite feet I've photographed. Some women on this list didn't have my idea of how the perfect set of feet would look on a woman, but I included them on there regardless because this list highlights a combination of how I enjoyed how the photos came out and how accommodating the lady was (meaning which ones allowed me more room for experimentation of different ideas on which poses would look great for which angles, allowing me to push myself and expand my limits). The overall aesthetics of the shoot were the deciding factor as to how I was going to compile this list.
NUMBER 10 - LINDSEYNOVA I always liked this shoot. I left the park immediately afterwards to grab some drinks with a friend. As I walked out of the park, at no time did it ever cross my mind that the photos I shot of Lindseynova would ever make it to my Top Ten of best shoots I've ever done. It wasn't until I started to put this list together that I considered Lindsey to become part of the discussion. After having gone back and going over the photos, re-reading the story that went with it, reliving the shoot all over again in my memory, I realized how great this shoot truly was. I mean, I knew this shoot always had a place in my heart, but not to this extent. In fact, I liked it to such an extent that I bumped another shoot that was on the original list off the list to make room for this one, and when I get to the Honorable Mentions later in the week, it'll be on there. (I won't say which one it is.)
The one on the left was one of my favorite photos I have ever taken. I don't know what she was looking at. Perhaps she wasn't looking at anything in particular and was just pausing to figure out what she was going to write next. The angle, the way it was being underneath the soles of her feet, gives the sense that the viewer would be lying on the grass on his stomach, and he gets to have that view, all the while having a nice conversation about something to make the day at the park more pleasant. Having that view, the trees in the background, the angle the sun was trying to peek through, and Lindsay being completely fine with me taking all the pictures I wanted of her feet in their pure texture was therapy to me.
This was a recipe of what a quiet afternoon in the park was all about.
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Number 9 on the list is someone who I haven't showed before. The great thing about this week is that in addition to me finally showing the list of my favorite shoots, two of those are those you've never seen before. Both of them were occurred during of the stretch of my final five to ten shoots I've done. This is exciting, and I hope you like them both.
The never-before-seen girl who I placed at Number 9 will be shown later.
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