I’m a nude photographer, sometimes literally, as befitting a nudist (if shooting with a fellow nudist or nude-friendly people), but I mean more so that I like to shoot nudes. Because of the social attitudes that surround nudity, that can cause some confusion and misconceptions to people who do not…

On my love for this new ancient Egyptian inspired superhero, and her influence on my wider reading. — As someone with a long-held love of the art and mythology of ancient Egypt, the introduction of the Scarlet Scarab character in the Moon Knight TV series was an extremely exciting and pleasing moment. She has such a stunning design, and it was a wonderful moment for Layla El-Faouly to…

Some thoughts on social attitudes to nudity and the social expectations on women which seem to make men more at ease with nudity. The short version: slut shaming and rape culture are not conducive to women being able to be naked nearly as comfortably. This is written in response to…

My latest life drawings, this time from a session with two models. Oh what fun; the nearby life drawing group I’ve been attending this year had two models at today’s session. While I only pictured them together in one drawing, it was very agreeable indeed to basically be able to…

A look at the evolving analysis of my genetic ancestry from that fun genetic test thing you can do! A few years ago I did one of those genetic ancestry tests from the company 23andMe. The results were, if I’m honest, less exciting than I anticipated. Looking more recently, it…

A look at my latest life drawing efforts. I attended the latest of the new(now-ish) life drawing group in my city which runs themed drawing events each month. This month’s theme was “Rome”, as articulated by a selection of props (which save for a big stick the model lent on…

Finally some more life drawing this year! Returning to the new local life drawing group to draw a model surrounded by mirrors this time! Regular readers might recall I visited a new local life drawing group back in April. They are held monthly so I hoped to start going regularly…

A poem recalling what a meditating mind explores. I close my eyes. White light, An orb, a globe. Blue shapes, Flicker, come and go. Red light, Pulses, or persists. I let the shapes and colours guide me. A water drop in endless free fall. A flame gently fluttering. A swirl of wind. A…

Having fun with short poses. This week I returned to life drawing once more at the inaugural meeting of a new life drawing group run out of a local artsy venue in an old church. …