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Kink luggage

Just a preview of the dressing room for the kink shoot

Harness Galore: Danish Group Shoot


When I set up group shoots, I primarily aim for full nudes.

Still, I have discovered almost all models have a kinky side, so I’ve come to suggest they bring harnesses and whatever kinky accessories they have, and they always love the oppor...

Patreon in August

Gentlemen and ladies

I do hope you've had (or still have) time to gear down a bit so you can be in peak shape for the rest of the year.

I have some great things in store for you this August on Patreon, which I h...

Blast from the Past with Toni Lander

This is a blast from the past featuring the fabulous, long-legged model Toni Lander.

Toni stopped modeling shortly after this shoot, which took place during a workshop about ten years ago, and sadly, we never had the opportunity to shoot ag...

CANCELED

Here are three images people have tried to get me canceled over:

The first with Oksi, Anneli and Mimi Desuka. The main problem (of course) was racial: How could I have two (black) women kneel in front o...

Black on white

One more set with Anneli from a Livestream workshop I did during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The first was lit with two strobes pointing up in the ceiling to get the great skin reflections. The other two were lit with daylight through some window...

Soresina fresco

A couple of years ago, I taught a workshop in Soresina, Italy, with Nausicaa Yami as the model.

We got permission to shoot in the city hall, and I wanted to use some of the interiors there to set up some live shoots while demoing artificial ...

Black panther

I shot these back in ’18 on my first shoot with Anneli Caicedo, and I couldn’t help but get a Black Panther association - and I shot a little set like that.

Sunlight is probably an hour before sunset, up against some massive piles of ear...

Nude Tango BTS video

Here is a short clip of the part of the Livestream where we did the Tango shot.
If you want to see the full works...

Nude Tango

I did a livestream workshop with two models, Wiana and The Endless Sinner, last month, and this is one of t...

Cassie on the magic carpet

This set was basically the model just showing off on our first shoot.
But hey, I don’t mind.

The light, btw. It is not natural light; it’s a flash setup to mimic it - but if you compare it with the post two days ago, you can see the d...

The dry run

Fatima in a gorgeous bathtub.

This is an excellent opportunity to show why editing is essential.

As you can see from the image, the light is soft, coming in through the windows and illuminating her in the tub.

O...

The Magic Carpet

Gracie Sweet on what became, for a moment, a magic carpet.

This kind of light, backlight from a couple of windows above and behind the model, allows for creating dark and expressive images.

I’m using the Venetian blinds to guide the ...

Ballerina pushups

Kory Dark/dance shows off in my sofa setup. No, seriously. By having constraints regarding possible places to photograph and props, I force myself to be inventive and find new ways of using the same environment, and I kind of like this; it’s unu...

The Ledge

An older image with Carillon Doll and Aria Rainbow from Lake Como.
Do you have a preference between these two?
I’m partial to the second one, it feels like the models are better integrated.

All natural light in the middle of a clif...

The ledge BTS

Zsan misbehaving on a chair.

I love the almost painterly quality of this image.
As usual, the light is from the windows to the right, and I had to tone down the saturation in the editing.
This is another classic monochrome image, but I’m trying to allow myself to...

Kaylee Killion in Casablanca

Or rather, it was in FD Photostudio in Downtown LA a few years ago.
It’s natural light from some fabulous studio windows.

As yesterday’s image, this was shot with my vintage 50mm ƒ0.95 Canon dreamlens, and frankly, I screwed up on th...

Kaylee Killion in Casablanca - BTS

BTS movie of shooting the set with Kaylee at the FD Photostudio in Downtown LA

Kaylee Killion in Casablanca

Just a teaser for the lowest tier..

Z in Rainbow Valley

The gorgeous Zulema is doing her thing in Valley of Fire.

Z is a contortionist and realist, and she is pretty flexible.
AND I persuaded her to get up early to shoot a set in VOF when I was there in May.
It's all-natural light, so blue...

Z in rainbow valley - BTS

13 min BTS of the amazing Zulema

Loulou’s Ottoman

I do love my vintage 50mm ƒ0.95 Canon dreamlens.
The way it makes everything out of focus fade has an almost painterly effect, which I genuinely appreciate.

If you are intrigued but not ready to splurge serious money on a lens like this,...

Waterworks

I struggled a bit with these as my initial inclination was to make the monochrome. But I decided to leave them in color, even though it distances them less from reality.

What do you think would work best here?

Waterworks - BTS

BTS is showing the challenges of shooting on rocks.
Obviously, the main issue is not falling and dying, but sliding into the water and thus submerging the camera or crashing it, which is a real risk.
And sometimes, finding the perfect vant...

Summer Bonus on Thomasholmphoto's Patreon

Hello everyone!

I'm excited to share that I'm heading off to a quaint summer house for a much-needed two-week vacation.

Though it sounds idyllic, the forecast is predicting quite the opposite:
Rain, storms, and thunder are on th...

Light and Photography miniworkshop w. Thomas Holm & Regina Piil

Summer Bonus

A free Workshop (My first Livestream workshop ever) With Regina Piil.

This will only be available until the beginning of August.

Off the box

This is an experiment I don’t think ended successfully:
I wanted Daniella “sliding off the box,” and I couldn’t get the light to play along.

And I ended up with a dual light source setup:
A white reflecting umbrella on a boom...

D Genevievre eyes wide shut

My carnival mask intrigued this model, so we set out to shoot a few images—all-natural light.

I might be partial, but I prefer the first one because of the softness of the lens bokeh (50mm 0.95) and the eye contact.

It seems very p...

Capella Modeling in the Booty Chair

There's not much to say about this except natural light from a window and a large flag on the shadow side.

When the models have tats, you might lean into it, and make them stand out; hiding them will severely limit your creativity.

Giv...