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Fremont Solstice Parade 2012

Event: Fremont Solstice Parade 2012 (Part 4) (Non-Nude)

Last part of the post about Fremont Solstice Parade 2012 (both nude and non-nude). Previous parts can be found here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.

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Event: Fremont Solstice Parade 2012 (Part 3) (Non-Nude)

After the naked bicyclist ride (mentioned in Part 1 and Part 2) the parade turned “prudish” and clothes became less optional 🙂 Below are some photos from the “clothed” part of the Fremont Solstice Parade 2012 (the remaining of the photos is posted in Part 4)

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Event: Fremont Solstice Parade 2012 (Part 2) (Warning: Nudity)

Part 2 of the nude bicycle part of the Fremont Solstice Parade 2012. Part 1 can be found here. WARNING: Some of these photos contain nudity so if nudity offends you please leave. Please do not view these images if you are not legally considered to be of adult age as determined by the community you live in.

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Event: Fremont Solstice Parade 2012 (Part 1) (Warning: Nudity)

After failing to view the parade for the past three years (due to weather, time restriction or other plans) Kama, Zoë and I finally made it to the Fremont to see hundreds of naked bicyclist participating in the annual Solstice Parade. With their bodies painted in multitude of costumes they rode through a crowd spectators and photographers. Some of the costumes I noticed were from Star Wars, Wizard of Oz, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Captain Hook, Avengers – just to […]

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Photo shoot: Seattle Arboretum

Last Saturday’s photo shoot was a blast, despite the fickle weather and mosquitoes 🙂 Organized by John Shiel (thanks John!) it hosted several models and photographers in the surroundings of Seattle’s Arboretum. Here are some shots from that day (more to come).

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Photo shoot: Boudoir with Margaret

Two weekends ago (May 12th 2012) we packed our gear and drove to Portland, OR where we did an overnight boudoir session with our friend Margaret. We started shooting on Saturday evening, shot for several hours, then took a break for the night. We continued the photo shoot on Sunday almost until the check-out time. I may be surprising but a small hotel room (we got a suite) provided us with such a great variety of sets. All it took […]

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Project: Ethereal Lands (Europe in Infrared)

Few photos from our trip to Europe – taken in Infrared using converted Nikon D80.  This project is about delicate, almost magical places and lands, in other words: Ethereal Lands.

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Project: Spring in Infrared

Here are some photos I took using converted Nikon D80 – taken during my recent trip to Boise, ID as well as previous trips to Oregon. Expect more IR photos as I’ll be traveling soon again. I will also post some IR photos from last year’s trip to Europe once I’m done processing (long time overdue). Conversion was done by LifePixel (located in Mukilteo, WA) and I have chosen the Enhanced Color IR Filter (according to the site it is […]

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