DEAC 2.0

Plans are underway for the Detroit Erotic Arts Collaborative on February 7-8, 2009. I'm planning to be there and setting up my schedule of photo sessions now. Please do not wait to contact me if interested in shooting during the event. There will be MANY photographers and MANY models. it will be somewhat chaotic and planning too late will just add to the chaos.

Granted there will be some reading this post whom are not interested. THIS IS AN 18+ EVENT. You will be required to have legal photo documents at sign-in for the event certifying you are at least 18 years of age.

DEAC is a group shoot that is focused on Artistic Nude, Figure Nude, Implied Nude, Fetish Nude, and Bondage Nude content. I am open to shooting all genres and discussing compensation with those I shoot with for work sold.

Yes there is an entrance fee for the group shoot. I do not collect the fee - it is being handled through the DEAC website via Paypal or contacting DVS. The entrance fees vary according to the days you'll be attending and if you are a past participant in DEAC shoots. I participated in DEAC 1.5, which was held in Pontiac at Clutch Cargo and MONA earlier this year.

If you are interested in booking time with me at DEAC, please call me at 248-632-6156 and discuss. You can also send an email to request(at)fuzzytek.com with websize (no bigger than 300kb each) photos of yourself, your measurements (height, weight, bust, waist, hips, shoe, dress, and age), the type of shoot you desire, what clothing/equipment you have for the shoot (it doesn't all rest on you to provide). You will also be required to register for the event as noted above. I will be filling my schedule the next few weeks in a tentative manner because scheduling around so many people can be a nightmare. There will be rare instances I will tell you that we are locked in on our appointed time when we first speak. I will be working through a shared Google document and calendar events with talent I'm shooting with. This is so I can keep on track in planning for the event. I have the ability to bring in an assistant (additional fee) so I'm considering who will work best with me in this environment and assist in keeping things on-track.

Please understand I am attending to create MARKETABLE CONTENT, not simply to grow my portfolio - especially in areas that I have plenty of photos. Be creative and bring something more than a pretty face / body to the shoot. We can discuss that when planning the session.

Location and Scheduling

Location will be the Leland Hotel, 400 Bagley, Detroit 48226 which is the intersection of Cass and Bagley, just south of Grand River and west of the Times Square People Mover station. Hours will begin at noon both Saturday and Sunday. Last time slot Saturday ends 8:00pm, and Sunday at 6:00pm. Hourly slots are planned, however if you contact me to hold a bondage session I would like to book that as a double.

There are certain areas at the location which are booked in advance, so I'm looking to pre-pay ASAP and arrange the locations desired most.

JPG Magazine submissions

JPG Magazine has been expanding services on the site. It was simply collecting photos for the magazine with the first issues, which have now been assembled into a 390 page book selling for $64.99 - which can be previewed online. Now the site has stories, contacts, and they've enabled people to leave comments on each other's photos.

So I'm looking for registered contacts of course - check my profile and add me as a contact. There is no fee to join JPG Magazine's website and you can get your photos seen by quite a few people. Each month they select three themes for people to vote on photos that will go into the next issue of the magazine. Current themes are Family, Fashion, and Creative License. Since Fashion is a selected theme - I hurried up with a story about the Abandoned In Detroit project and post that... it is collecting votes in The Project category of stories.

Each theme allows one photo to be submitted at a time. So the only way to show those from the project is to submit them in a story as a group. Another strategy is to place photos into other themes on the site with them all linking back to the story.

Please click the photo and vote for it. This is the key image being used for the Abandoned In Detroit story. If you bring up my profile you'll see the stream of photos I've submitted. There's a wide range of images reflecting my breadth of portfolio content.

AID PhotoBlog October + Planning November 19 photoshoot

The final Abandoned In Detroit photoshoot for 2006 will be held Sunday, November 19, 2006. We'll begin at noon, so please be at the shoot location between 10:30 am and 11:30 am at the latest. Our makeup artists, hair stylists, and designers need time to prepare you for the shoot.

The location(s) will be revealed within a week of the shoot. Preannouncing locations creates unwanted attention, if you are registered as a participant in the shoot you will be informed.

Wanted - Models, Makeup, Hair, and DESIGNERS!

At this time I have two designers new to the project interested in coming for the shoot. We've got existing designers eager to return with new creations as well. Models the deadline for registering is October 29, 2006. If you have already paid your project entrance fee you need to contact info@abandonedindetroit.com and indicate that you are attending and update your measurements and photos as needed. If you are a model new to the project you must pay the $50 project entrance fee by the deadline date along with sending your measurements, contact information, photos (headshot and bodyshot). Payment of entrance fee can be made through PayPal via buttons at the project profile on MySpace.

Future Plans

The momentum going into the holiday season is screaming for exhibition and runway - watch for those activities in December and January. Project photoshoots will be resume monthly scheduling beginning February 18, 2007 on third Sundays.

October's Shoot

The October shoot had a few catches along the way, but overall worked out very well. The location was moved with 30 hours left before shooting. This caused some havoc in planning resources such as a generator, lighting, and directions to the shoot. The people involved in the shoot were fantastic - everyone pulled together a beautiful presentation for the project showcasing designs from Hot Girl Collection and Vyrula Zel. Most of the people were new to the project and combining them with talent from prior shoots will create tremendous energy moving forward.

Below are a few thumbnail photos from the shoot - click on any and you'll open a window showing a gallery of proof photos from the shoot from Fuzzytek. As we get a link to Rod Kassab's photos that will be given here as well.

Cross post from the Abandoned In Detroit blog.