I Love Liz La Point

I’ve gotten a few messages from people asking about the creative process or how Liz and I work.

Before meeting Liz, I would go months between shoots because it was hard to find models to shoot with, and it was hard to find minds as open and uninhibited as Liz’s. Liz is a very smart woman. She isn’t an attention seeker and she doesn’t do things without giving serious thought to them.

I like Liz because she is a reader, and she is constantly seeking information and experiences. She challenges me, and I have learned a lot from her.

One of the reasons I stopped seeking other models to work with is because of Liz’s diversity and ability to change her appearance. People often look at images of Liz and can’t believe it is her from image to image.

We have a stock pile of costumes and props, and we either drive to a location or use the studio. We have been so busy lately that we have done less outdoor shooting, and more interior studio stuff but I prefer shooting outdoors, and she prefers indoor shoots.

We always strive to do more conceptual work, and are trying to lean more in that direction because straight pin-up doesn’t interest us. We’d rather do something that is interesting than something beautiful but boring.

When Liz’s site was a membership site, we shot weekly and updated it more frequently and put up more images but felt like we were compromising the art. Now we shoot less frequently but enjoy the work more. We want to create images worthy of hanging on the wall or putting in the books. We don’t care if people find the work offensive or sexy, risky or weird, just as long as they don’t find it boring or plain. 

People used to ask how I could put nude and graphic images of my wife on the web for people to see, and it is simple, I love her too much not to. I adore her, worship her, and find her to be the most amazing woman I have ever known, and the most beautiful. My work is a visual tribute to her. I am building the most comprehensive library of images devoted to one woman that I can. I will never stop creating art devoted to her. She was my muse before she was my wife and so I don’t allow my protective instinct censor what we do.

I love Liz La Point more than my words can say, so I attempt to say it with images.

I told her she was a superstar when I met her, and I believe it more than ever! She gives my art a soul, and that is something I appreciate more than anything.

Thanks for the interest in our creative partnership.

Terry Osterhout - Photographer

www.terryosterhout.com

Liz La Point - Model

www.lizlapoint.com 

From today’s mini-shoot…

Model: Liz La Point

www.lizlapoint.com

Photographer: Terry Osterhout

www.terryosterhout.com

getnakedandread:

via Gizli Hesap

I love how many times this image has been re-blogged.

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vicsecretmodels:

Adriana is one of the VS models that is actually closer to the body shape of the average female. So please don’t Photoshop her pictures to make her appear to be a skeleton.

I don’t usually re-blog things but this shit drives me crazy! She is perfect in the original and the level of re-touching they do is unreasonable and offensive.

I do very little re-touching in my work. I think stretch marks, scars and a little extra weight should be normalized, especially if it is on a healthy body! No wonder people have such negative body issues.

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