It is our great good fortune to be able to present the work of Michael Helms to you here. If you have ventured here from deviantArt you probably know all about Michael — when it comes to nude photography, he practically owns the place — and if the DA management had any sense they’d give him a healthy cut of their revenue for his making them look so good. But somehow I doubt they do that. So you DA users can stop now and go back to admiring Michael’s work there.
But if you’ve come here from other reaches, you may not know about Michael and that is a damn shame. Michael is, to put it very simply, a genius. His technical virtuosity is matched by very few, but that is not the core of his genius. His understanding of light and especially color are extraordinary, but that is not the core of his genius either.
Michael’s genius lies in the way that he can see beauty and bring it out, very gently yet very surely, in such a way as to be able to photograph it. Now it goes without saying that Michael regularly works with the most beautiful women in the world, but what is astounding is that his portraits of them transports this beauty into something very close to, and not infrequently attaining, the true Divine. That is not to say that Michael makes them more beautiful — we’ve worked with a number of the same women he has and so we know whereof we speak — but that he is able to get into a photograph the true, undiluted nature of their beauty.
We suspect that Michael is so inspired by these extraordinary women that his inspiration, his obvious gifts, and his wonderful character reflect back to and inspire the women he works with and in this marvelous positive feedback loop, the Divine is created.
Someday, Michael will work with Someone We Know and a singularity of Awesomeness will develop in LA and the universe may come to a screeching halt. But no one will mind.
Michael Helms on Deviant Art
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UPDATED: Craig Morey is holding his next Erotic Art Photo Workshop on Sept 20, 2009! There is a substantial discount for early signups. Get more info on Craig Morey erotic ehoto workshop here.
Basic Details:
Date: Sunday, Sept 20, 2009
Time: 11:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Oakland CA, USA
This workshop is open to both amateur and professional photographers and to non-photographers. Craig will be conducting a full shoot of artistic nudes and erotic work with Amber (soon to be here on X-muse!), one of the his most popular models.
Workshop students will learn basic studio setup and lighting, camera settings, composing shots, nude image theory, and working with nude models.
Craig also tells us that he is now offering private tutorials. Opportunities to work one-on-one with a photographer of Craig’s caliber are very rare. so serious students of nude photography shoud be interested in this. Details are available by emailing him through his site.
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Craig Morey is having his first show in three years! It opened last week at Madame S in San Francisco.
This show is special. He is showing large (24×36) color prints of recent rope work for the first time. For more info and a link to Craig’s online gallery, see his blog page.
For those interested, Craig also new auction items plus discounted prints from the show available on eBay.
Craig is a fantastic artist and richly deserves your support. Check out his show if you are in town and his work on-line if you are not.
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For those of you who are familiar with Craig Morey’s work — and if you appreciate photography of the female nude, you should be! — you have a rare opportunity to learn a true Master of the craft. Craig is holding an Erotic Photography Workshop on Sunday, April 26 , 2009 at his studio in Oakland, Ca.
This workshop is open to photographers and to non-photographers both and photographers will be able to shoot as well (or so I understand). He’ll conduct a full shoot of artistic and erotic work with one of his favorite models, Amber (whom I know and she is very good). Space is very limited, so check this opportunity out soon if you are interested.
You can get more info and register for Craig Morey’s workshop here
Full Disclosure: I’m not affiliated with Craig in any way. We’ve known each other personally for several years (our studios are 5 mins apart), and I’ve been a fan of his work since I discovered it in 1992. I hosted one of his workshops two years ago, and they are excellent. I don’t derive any financial benefit from people signing up for this workshop or buying his prints; I just think the guy is an amazing photographer and the people here would benefit from his work.
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