2385 - 2398 Rebecca
Elvaar: I hate this shoot. She's a very pretty girl, but we thought we'd
try a little 'romantic' lighting and it didn't work out too well.
Fortunately we redeemed ourselves with Kristy's shoot later in the
day.
Abby: Rebecca IS a pretty girl, but we got her on a bad day, cold-sores
and bruises. Like Julie S, she lives life to the fullest each
Friday and Saturday night, and in fact, she is a friend of Julie's
S's. Bad white balance by me means he looks the wrong colour. Grrr.
2399 - 2404 Lonnie
Elvaar: You can always tell a farm girl by her hands. I guess that comes
from tossing hay bales around, while us pussy city kids just have
fat Nintendo thumbs. I ran into Lonnie in the pharmacy a few months
later and we had one of those awkward "don't I know you?" moments.
We said "hi", have each other a quizzical look and continued on our
way. It was about an hour later the penny finally dropped for me -
she's probably still wondering!
Abby: Lonnie was terribly quiet and shy, but she had the thickest pubic
hair I had ever seen in my life (and I have seen a lot). Bonds is
an Aussie company that makes underwear and casual wear. pretty much
every aussie girl (and guy!) will have at least a few pairs of
Bonds jocks - renowned for being comfy, fitting, and spunky in a
slightly dowdy way.
2405 - 2414 Jeanette
Elvaar: Jeanette is one of those cool shy chicks who gets more chatty as
the shoot proceeds. When we noticed her piercing we asked her to
tell us about it and to our hilarity she picked up a twig from the
garden and started this whole corporate style presentation about My
Vagina. The other cute thing about Jeannette is she's a 'blinker' -
we found this out when we did an indoor shoot. Blinkers, as the
word suggests, blink every time they hear the shutter go, and in
Jeannette's case the reaction time is exactly right so her eyelids
are shut when the flash fires. Bizarre.
Abby: Due to her blinking, her set is a lot shorter than it could have
been (many images were useless cos her eyes were closed). Jeanette
reminds me of a character from an impressionist painting, with her
milkmaid complexion, haunting eyes, and richly textured hair. We
shot this in April in Melbourne, in Elvaar's back yard. You can see
Jeanette wrapped in my doona while we took a quick break.
2415 - 2428 Kristy
Elvaar: Kristy is a skinny little slip of a thing. Check out the strange
apparatus by her bed - we're totally unfamiliar with its
application but we did also notice a somewhat more elaborate model
in her cupboard, comprising no less than 6 chambers. The light was
divine for this shoot, and she was a very chirpy model.
Abby: Kristy is every bit the little rascal she comes across as being in
her pics. A big Eminem fan, and flat-mate of Rebecca. We were going
to do a girl-girl shoot of these two, but Something Happened when
we were setting up that changed our mind, and we decided to leave.
Ask Elvaar for the full story.
2429 - 2433 Gillian
Abby: Cool scar, lame location.
Cass: The beauty of shooting backpackers, is that, in the peak season
they are in abundance and bring with them the excitement of summer
and free love. They feel sexy and invincible, and think we're the
best thing since sliced bread, as we encourage this vibe. The
problem with shooting backpackers is that they don't have their own
bedrooms to do shoots in and we sometimes struggle to find suitable
locations. In this circumstance we shot English Gillian in the
confines of our studio. Obviously it wasn't a preferred location,
but at the end of the day, it's more about the spunky naked woman
in front of the camera, than the colour of her bedspread. She was a
prime example of a woman with a vengeance. An intrepid explorer
with a prime destination. I expected it to be the back of some sexy
young Spanish mans Kombi van somewhere up the sunny north coast of
NSW, but on this particular day, it was our studio, to do a shoot
for us. Can anyone tell us what it is about English girls and their
inability to contain their fits of giggling?
Vid dude: Gillian was very self-conscious about her scar, and so naturally
enough had never done anything like this before, but she actually
was really quite confident. We had this idea of regularly hiring
furniture to use in studio shoots, and Abby chose various types
every few weeks. Sometimes she didn't make particularly inspired
choices, but as we hadn't used the cane furniture yet, and as we
had no other bright ideas, and as Cass had dutifully supplied us
with such colourful props as a doorscreen thingy and some fake
flowers, we went all out and combined them in one shoot. Upon
reflection, perhaps we shouldn't've.
We don't hire furniture anymore.
2434 - 2446, 2447 - 2458 Tabbitha
Elvaar: Have you ever SEEN a rosier glow? Tabbitha would have to be THE
healthiest, happiest model I've ever worked with. And talk about
sweet - she didn't understand why anyone would want to see her at
all, let alone naked. The ball pit was a pet idea we'd had for a
while. It was loads of fun, and predictably, a ball fight broke
out. Abby wanted only two ball colours, and that have worked
better, but finding 4000 plastic balls isn't easy. We hired them
from a guy who usually does kids parties and when we told him what
we were going to do with his ballpit he did the 'see no evil, hear
no evil' thing. Phillistine!
Abby: Tabbitha is one of my all-time fave models. Being Czech, she did
not speak English very well, but she indicated she understood us
well, and Elvaar and I had a ball on this, her first shoot. Looks
like she had fun as well. I love shooting first-timers, you can
tell how much of a thrill it is for them.
I really like the ball-pit shoot. Something about seeing Tabbitha's
bottom poking thru the balls as she rolled around got me very
excited. Check out what the static electricity did to her hair!
(this full shoot is in
gold:Deviations).
The thing with pee shoots is that just because the model is keen
and I'm ready, does not mean we're going to get a good shoot. Some
models let it gush with no problems, but for some models we have to
wait up to half an hour making small talk and running a tap, to get
their bodies to co-operate. Tabbitha thought maybe the familiarity
of sitting on the loo might help, but it did not. Poor girl could
barely stand after squatting over the basin for so long, but it was
all in fun and we got some great pee pics. Tabbitha banished Elvaar
from this scene, as she thought he'd be a distraction. To this day,
he's still hurt about that.
2459 - 2487 Jamie
Cass: Huh? It feels odd writing about Jamie as a model, now that she's
part of the family. I've lost all my bearings. But what I do
remember is that everyone swooned the moment she stepped into the
scene. Jamie is also one of the first models I ever interviewed and
shot. She came into her interview wearing all this weirded out
belly-dancing gear. I have to admit, I thought she was a little
freaky at first, and she was exceptionally excitable. However, I
soon learned that this is usually what makes a up all the qualities
of a perfect Abby model.
Abby was very excited about the introduction of Jamie, especially
since she was so confident and agreeable. We like those kind of
girls here.
And now you all know about Nelson. He's the cute chubby pooch who
made his way into the shoot because he needed to be close to his
mama. Awww! I spent most of the time during Jamie's shoot being
somehow sucked into scratching Nelson's fluffy belly. What a sucker
I am.
Jamie's house was very classic. It was a pretty old styled town
house, which she shared with a bunch of skaters and people of like
minds. Skating is of course one of her fave hobbies, and her
passion for is shows...literally. Or should I say physically? You
probably noticed the war wounds on her knees and arms. It's easy to
forget what it's like to get all scratched up from being fearless
and young.
Another cool thing about Jamie that guaranteed her to be a
successful Abby model, was her well acquired collection of ripped
and truly well loved undies. Have you seen her shoot? If so, then
you will surely have seen her collection of fave knickers. Nelson
reveled in having a good sniff at them as she produced each
priceless pair. Clever dog!
The funniest part of the whole day was when Jamie tried to excuse
herself for a moment to go to the toilet. We'd all been drinking
cups of tea compliments of our lovely host and the time had arisen
to relieve herself of the gallon or so of tea in her bladder.
'Ask her about the pee scene,' Abby whispered hurriedly after me,
as I chased Jamie down the hall, asking innocently if she'd like to
pee for us in front of the camera. 'Like to?!' she exclaimed - good
thing this sounded like loads more fun to Jamie than a boring old
toilet anyway. Nice one!
The whole day was a winner and very worth while... obviously,
because not only did we gain a fabulous model for the site, but
also an awesome extension to the family here at Abbywinters.
Abby: The first thing I remember about Jamie was helping us find a
carpark outside her home. The street was full, so she jogged along
side the car to lead us to a back alley where we could park and
unload the gear. I remember thinking, 'gosh, so nice to have a
helpful model... but get in the car, we can give you a ride, you
know?'
The cuts and scrapes on Jamie are from an Incident, where she tied
a rope to Nelson's collar, hopped on her skate board, and told him
to run as fast as he can. He did, but it was an unfortunate bump in
the pavement that caused the fun to end. Ouch. Nelson was unharmed
- like all Australian Cattle Dogs, it's pretty much impossible to
damage them.
We knew Jamie was an excellent model, so we got her to do another
shoot on the same day (we usually wait until the model is on the
site before we organise a redux shoot).
Jamie: When I first came in it was for my second interview that day, the
last place I had been had just turned me down because my boobs
weren't big enough (humph). So I made my way across the city to
Abbywinters HQ all dolled up in my belly dancing gear, blushing
from the cars tooting their horns. When I got to the door set I was
flushed and nervous. Cass made me feel so welcome I instantly
bubbled up into excitement at the idea that I was suitable and was
what Abby was wanting. I must say when I was answering questions
like "What is the state of my pubic hair?", "would I kiss another
girl?" and "would I give oral?" I thought why not. I've never done
anything sexual with another woman, why not experiment and get paid
well for it?
A couple of weeks later and I get a phone call... I was really
nervous at the time Abby and Cass came for the first photo shoot
but I was comforted by everyone's warm response. They liked my
undies drawer and my puppy (isn't he cute). My boyfriend watched
and was quite interested at how things happened and liked watching
me masturbate. It was real fun.