Kozyndan

Preparing for a Water Birth

Recording a stage of our friend's pregnancy for posterity. AKA a day of fun and sun in the Hollywood Hills. August 2009

Ukulele!

Its not surprising that Ski utilized this classic Hawaiian prop in many of his photo shoots. The ukulele is a personal fav of mine - if a woman can play the ukulele, i will almost instantly fall for her.

Ski Soloperto's Muse

Ski took many photos of this lovely young woman. Not content to merely shoot her in his studio, he had to see her out in the beautiful nature of Hawai'i. You can tell he was truly inspired by her.

These images are from a huge batch of hundreds photos given to Dan in high school by a school acquaintance who, rightly, thought he would appreciate them. The school chum had found them in his parents house, and all of them were old and apparently shot by someone named "Ski" Soloperto who lived in Hawaii.

The Lioness

A hot and smokey day in the Hollywood Hills. The massive Station wildfire was burning and turned the pool waters murky. Cindy had never modeled or swum naked even. It could have gone badly, what a liberating experience for us both! She turned out to have a knack for submerging that no other model i have shot has had, so the day ended up being a lot of fun.

We shot a lot of different things, but one series focused on evoking this feeling of an ancient statue, long lost under the sea, come to life.

Amber

Shooting with a friend on a nice summer day in the Hollywod Hills.

Thanks to Amber for swimming around with various silly props and to Oliver Luckett for the crystal clear water.

See more images from the series in the flickr set.