Bramley Apple

MARTINA 20.

I was lucky that my 20th shooting with Martina coincided with my will to experiment with my Profoto A1 flashlight, because the apartment was really dark!!!
On the first floor of a condo, with frosted glass at the windows and white curtains, so people couldn't look inside.
The apartment was also very small, so I used exc...

Shower.

Should I make peace with flashes, now that I have a decent trigger that actually works?
After all, the times I've used it, I got some good results, even if the experience was not free of issues.

Also for Martina on Friday, I will take with me the Leica SL2-S and the Nikon D810, and whichever I end up using, I will tr...

Kiki in the mirror.

Kiki is one of the exclusive models for Patreon, and DA Secret Album, of course.
But she can look at herself in the mirror as much as she wants!
Of course, she is not going to have such a good point of view on her backside as we are getting with this photo...

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105.

Even when the light is fading away, you can't stop snapping pictures of Martina.
It's a long time since I used this Nikon 105mm f2.5 AI-s, and it is a pity, because it worked very well!
It is the fault of the Contax-Zeiss Planar T* 100mm f2, that has bullied the similar focal length from Nikon away from the scenes.
A...

My cup of tea.

My experiment with tea or coffee cups to help my model assuming natural poses was very successful, and I will have to remember to use this trick also in the future.
In this photo, for example, Ania feels totally at ease, casual, as if I wasn't even in the same room with her, and with my huge black camera.
I was very hap...

Limelight.

I used 2 lenses during this last shooting with Sugar, mainly the Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f1.4 AF-D, and a little less the Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f1.8 AF-D.
This photo was shot with the latter.
The light is coming from the Profoto A1 (remotely trigged from the camera) on a tripod for studio lights that goes very hig...

Brand new shooting with Sugar!

I'm really getting fond of this model!
Sugar is a simple and kind girl, she is not intimidated by me (because she understands that I have no hidden purposes), and we're working very well together.
I had some technical issues, I always do when I use flashes, but everything went so smoothly that 2,5 hours were enough for ...

Across the table.

Follow my advice, and look also at the BW version of this photo.
This was shot with the Contax-Zeiss Planar T* 100mm f2, on the Panasonic Lumix S1.
When the Leica SL2-s arrived, the Lumix was downgraded as a videocamera only, but I must admit it was a powerful machine, also for BW!

Today I'm shooting with Sugar, I...

Leave the door open.

Good manners requires to knock on a bathroom door, before opening it.
But what if the door is already open?
And this is what you see inside...

Maybe it is a message.

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Let's make a dial.

I have chosen the main camera I will use on Saturday with Sugar, it is going to be the old and trustworthy Nikon D810, ideal to use with the Profoto flashlight and the new remote control trigger in auto mode.
Main lens is going to be the Nikkor 50mm f1.4 AF-D, luminous enough to autofocus even in low light scenarios.
In...

Warmth.

The feeling this photo transmit is of warmness, which is accurate as it was August 2021.
My "Saudek wall" in the house in Merate was still available, and complemented the skin colours of Linda very well, and I'm talking about colours in the plural form because the real contrast in this photo is between the tanned and the w...

Locations...

Locations are always a problem for me, especially from when I can't count on the house in Merate.
Nowadays I'm also prepared to pay for a hotel room, adding to the general budget but, for models like Sugar, that is preoccupied about not showing too much, the hotel room is not ideal.
For her I need to wait for the hot se...

Not your regular beach-goer.

The body of Lauretta is articulated, and it was a pleasure to work with such a capable model.

The true strength of my #BramleyApple project is the variety of the models... but also their beauty, different for every single one!

Yesterday I was walking around the "lido" of Mandello del Lario, homeland of Moto Guzzi ...

In the Summer, this time.

My second shooting with Martina in 2024 is planned, for June the 28th.
She is not going to be wearing a Winter jacket this time, and she will happily stay naked all the while.
I was going to wait until September, but Martina proposed me the ideal solution: early in the morning, when she is rested and with no make-up, an...

... or flash light?

Yesterday I anticipated that today I was going to post one of the last photos I took with the aid of a flash, to show you the advantages of this technique over the natural light I normally use.

The main advantage I want to point out is the exceptional quality you can get with flashes, because of the medium aperture...

Natural light or...

It was a long time I didn't post a photo of Cristiana, if I remember correctly, so here she is, in a beautiful natural light.

And speaking about natural light, the source of my inspiration, the force that shaped my style and dictated my choices of cameras and lenses in the past years; that natural light is not going to ...

Cars are no longer sexy?

Young people are not interested in cars.
In the countryside where I live it is still a necessity for the social life, because of the distances and the lack of public transports, but in the city it is utterly useless, and some youngsters don't even feel the necessity of getting a driving licence.
Add to that the rising p...

Good actress.

Quinn is a very good actress, capable of great expressions.
You could say that the filter provided by the looking glass is helping her to forget she is in front of my camera, or that it is easy because she is not looking into the lens, but the truth is she is just a great actress.
She is also very competent with her hai...

Cornered.

It is easy to shoot in a hotel room, clean and tidy, the model can walk barefoot and lean on the walls without worries of getting dirty; and light, although low, is enough for my style of photography.
In these conditions we can concentrate only on the beauty of our current model, in this case Sophy.

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Solid state drive.

I find the consistence of Martina's breast really appealing, especially when she was younger (this photo is from May 2019).
Perfect dimensions, and great firmness.
The arm compressing one of the boobs is giving our fancy plenty of elements to think about, and we end up feeling even more driven towards this ideal specime...

Adding more Sugar.

I have another shooting planned with Sugar, our third together, for June, the 22nd.
I have to check if the location is still accessible, but I was planning to take her in the same abandoned mansion I've visited with Ania, albeit this time I will use a different approach: no Nikon and 20mm lens, but only my traditional came...

Stand up and play with me.

I frequently sit low on the floor to shoot my pictures of beautiful models, because it works very well to elongate their proportions in a pleasing way.
But, in this picture, Rabbit appears to call me like she would do with a child, invite me to stand up, and play with me...
Should I obey? 

If you want to lear...

Future Diva?

The career of Anna has just begun, in case she wants to continue... and maybe one day she is going to become a star, just like the one circled by paparazzi on the poster hanged to the wall.

Or she might remain a regular girl, with a normal life, and some indiscretions are pointing in this direction...

But, in both...

Disorder.

Perfection is boring.
I find this photo of Martina so interesting because of the shadows that are hiding important elements like most of the face, because of the awkward but elegant pose, because of the confusing background...
This casual portrait exemplifies the concept of entropy, as the chaos within the frame is crea...

39.

This is the number of photos present on Annalisa's collection on Patreon, a fairly decent number, but there are plenty more to post in the future from our 2 shootings!
I find this one adorable, with Annalisa removing her hair to show us her clean profile, but I'm posting 2 more photos from this shooting today, one on my re...

Delicious contrast.

I love the shape of Anneth, how the shoulder profile is so thin, whilst the breast and bottom are generous.
She represent the seduction of femininity in the purest form, whilst her face is so innocent.
I'm lucky she listened to me and didn't put on any make-up, because that would have spoiled this delicious contrast. 2024-06-04 07:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Shadow hunters.

Censorship sucks, but we creators have to comply if we want to fund our projects with the money coming from Patreon.
Fortunately the shadows are helping in this case, and we can still appreciate the spontaneous pose of Martina.
I particularly like the out of shape necklace, that is still remembering the previous pose of...

Flawed.

The expression of Sugar is mysterious, and the pose I asked from her is strange, but the experiment has been successful, and the photo is challenging and memorable, whilst the composition is well balanced.
The background behind Sugar is too busy, so the picture is far from perfect, but it is working better than any of the ...

I hate modern cars.

For the stay of my Brother from Australia, I had to rent a car, because two seater sportscars are not ideal to transport 4 people + luggage around Italy...
I was given the new T-Roc, petrol, manual.
And boy oh boy do I hate this car!
Clumsy, large and weighty when there is no reason to be, because the trunk is small!...

What did I get into?

This is the first time I asked Martina to wear handcuffs for me, within the first hour of our first ever shooting in 2018, and yet she had no problem letting me make my fantasy true.
She had plenty of time to know me better in the passing years, but in this occasion, she must have thought exactly what the title is saying.....