Louis LaSalle/Fine Art Photography blog

In November, before the weather got too cold, I got to shoot with Alex Westfalen in the Southern California desert. I love the texture contrast of the sand and the shimmering skin.

Happy New Year!
 
An update to the website was long overdue. To make up for the long absence of updates, I've done a complete update of the Featured Models page of the website:
http://www.louislasalle.com/Assets001/Photos/catalog1.html
 
You'll find seven new models five models with new shoots:
 
Jesse Garcia
Jesse is a long time performer. Among his many talents, he performs on the "lyra", the aerial ring. We'd long planned to shoot him on that and finally managed to make the necessary arrangements in October. This shoot by-the-way was just five months after Jesse had open heart surgery to fix an aneurism caused by a congenital heart defect. The man is a total wonder! You'll find the new work on pages 23 and 24.
 
Alan Valdez
You wouldn't know from the photos but this was one of Alan's first few photo shoots. I'm sure you'll agree he's absolutely amazing.
 
Amir
Last summer I took a photography workshop given by the incomparable Andreas Bitesnich just outside Vienna. I took advantage of the trip to shoot a local Viennese model before the workshop. This is what you can do early on a Sunday morning in the United Nations complex when you have a really gutsy model -- and it was his suggestion.
 
Nathan Lewis
Nathan hails from the UK and by day is a technical professional. This part time model has a boy next door charm and an unusual ease in front of the camera.
 
Eric Gordon
There's only one way to describe Eric and that's BIG!
 
Mark Joseph
Mark has one of those bodies that light just kisses. He looks like something fresh from the mold, smooth and unblemished.
 
Troy Moreno
A US citizen, but hailing from Mexico, Troy contacted me when he was going to be passing through on business and we did this wonderful shoot.Michael SausedoMichael's a local guy just getting started in modeling.
 
Alex Westfalen
My second shoot with fan favorite Alex Westfalen. Alex is gorgeous as ever and the new work starts on page 8.
 
Peter Le
My first shoot with Peter Le was in January of last year. I was his second shoot on his new modeling career. He's since exploded on the scene and has been photographed by a number of excellent photographers. At this second shoot with Peter he was even more built and cut. A truly exceptional physique. Peter will be competing in body building competitions this coming year. The new work with Peter starts on page 5.
 
Bryan Seth
It was once again a pleasure to work with Bryan and you'll find the new work beginning on page 6.
 
Morgen Arild
After taking a few years off from modeling, Morgen Arild is back stronger than ever. The new work begins on page 8 and includes some unusual new lighting.
 
There's more to come. Enjoy!!

A couple weeks before Christmas, I had the pleasure of working with Bobby Momenteller. Among other things, we had some fun with some new props and did a variation on "One Singular Sensation..."

I worked with beautiful Alan Valdez from Mexico about a month ago out in the desert sands. Alan was a real champ. We also did some beautiful studio work as well as a bedroom shoot and a shower shoot. You'll be seeing the work from those shoots in the near future.

Nathan and I exchanged mutual "fan mails" for a while before his visiting from the UK presented an opportunity for us to work together. We had a very good afternoon of work and got lots of beautiful photos. I look forward to my next opportunity to work with Nathan. You'll see more of our work in the near future on my website.

Michael was referred to me by my friend and fellow photographer Mark Beyer. Michael is relatively new to modeling, but he's obviously not new to bodybuilding. You can look forward to seeing more work from this shoot in the future.

A couple of weekends ago I did another wonderful shoot with Peter Le. This time we concentrated on a white background. And Peter looks more awesome than ever.

Jesse is one of my all time favorite models, and probably the one I have photographed the most. It helps that we've become great friends and we live only about 30 minutes apart. One of the things that Jesse brings to a photo shoot is a long history as a performer. He's been performing professionally for 27 years. One of Jesse's performance pieces is the aerial ring, also known as the Lyra. We've been wanting to photograph Jesse on the Lyra for a long time and have just never managed to quite put it together. Well, we've finally done it! Jesse and I extend our heart felt thanks to Greg Angelo and his crew at Velocity Circus for providing the space and rigging expertise:
http://www.gregangelo.com/

I've sold a photo for use in an upcoming BBC production! Consuming Passion: 100 Years of Mills & Boon will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Mills & Boon publishing house, venerable publishers of romance novels. Mills & Boon goes by the name Harlequin in North America, the name of their North American distributor who acquired them in 1971. The story is part historical drama and part fiction.