Clothed, legs, and wigs... (Link contains nudity)

So here I am once again faced with this large white space to fill, but luckily, I have lots to talk about today as a lot has happened since I last did blogging.

First of all, I offer you a preview of my finished work with Chris Yates and the make-up artist Hayley Lorraine. My favourite selection of the rest are on my website (www.nicbutton.co.uk), and I must say, I am really rather besotted with them. Working in this style was very new for me. The makeup was chosen for me, as were the outfits, and I really struggled with posing, since I am so used to being naked for my work. Despite this difficulty, we worked hard, and produced some belting images, many of which are already receiving a great response.

This particular shoot has done more than benefit my portfolio. It has shown me that I can do fashion (something which I have always thought I lacked skill in and shied away from, generally). In turn, I have found new confidence in front of the camera, and find myself more relaxed when someone says "here, put this on". It has also given me motivation to start making some of my own props and accessories for shoots. I have some great ideas in planning and am gradually finding all the bits I need to get started. Watch this space for pictures and writings about how I get on! I am quite excited to be adding another creative string to my bow of creativity!

So, on Friday just gone I attended another life drawing session in Milton Keynes village. I have been here several times, and the session is often pre-empted by an hour or so of photography and measuring for the artist who holds the class; an erotic sculptor who works in plaster and fibre glass, often making full size sculpures of people (girls mostly) in various positions. I arrived to find he had made a full size clay model of my legs, from a photograph. Quite an experience! We got going and he set to work with calipers and a measuring tape, checking various lengths so that he could perfect my model legs for a piece he has planned involving a bicycle... Perhaps at a later date, I will be able to attain a photograph!
Yesterday, I spent the day doing all sorts of different stuff with photographer and friend Mike Hardley from Northampton. We met and did an awesome five and a half hours (although it felt like about one hour, it went so fast), and the results so far are brill! I have added a sample, but again, you will have to pop on over to my site to see some more.

As you will see, we used some awesome props, an amazing wig (or two) and shot it at KV Media studio in Chesham, Bucks. I love it there! There are lots of sets, some great props, and a very helpful and friendly studio owner.

I hope you have enjoyed reading blog 3, and looking at my new work. Have a great Sunday evening! XxX.

Mid weekend babble...

Good early evening everyone, and happy Saturday!!!

Well, it's been quite a week. Having recovered well from flu, I then came down with something hideous midweek and lost track of all my emails and everything.

I have spent this afternoon catching up, sending some emails about very interesting projects and working out what I want to do as the next step on my portfolio. Most importantly, and excitingly, I have spent an hour or so perusing the images from first TFP shoot of the year with photographer Chris Yates and make up artist Hayley Lorraine.

As I said I would, I took myself along with a suitcase filled to bursting with all sorts of things I would not normally wear for a shoot i.e. clothes!, and offered myself as a tabula rasa (blank slate, remember). The results are... Well you will have to wait and see! Watch this space for some pictures, and my thoughts on the process!

So, it seems this promoting myself more thing is working out really well. I am getting lots of interest from all over the place, and there are some really exciting things coming up. In the next few weeks, I am going to be working with Jamie McCartney in Brighton; the creator of the Great Wall of Vagina. I will also be working once again with erotic sculptor, Len Gifford. I have shoots with a couple of my top top favourite photographers, and further portfolio building works in the diary. It is all looking pretty awesome, and I am loving being back in the swing of it!

Thanks for reading, and have a great rest of the weekend! XxX.

Testing, testing... 1, 2, 3... Is this thing working? (Warning - contains links and imagery with nudity)

Hi. I'm Button. Welcome and thanks for reading. I've always been somewhat threatened by the idea of this... A tabula rasa (that's Latin for blank slate) whereby I can write whatever I please for all you guys to read at your leisure. What would I write about? Where would I start? Would it keep you interested?
So, I am at a point in my modelling career where now is as good a time as any to start writing about what I do. I use the term "career" lightly, since I am not full time you see - some people use that as a point to decide whether or not someone is a "professional". Is there no such thing as a "part time professional" and, because I only model in the evenings and weekends, does that make me "unprofessional" or "amateur"? Anyway, I digress.



By John Tisbury, 2006

I have been modelling now for six years. I was introduced to the industry by a friend of the family, and at the time, next door neighbour, who is now a very well known art nude, fetish and erotic photographer. It is not my place to name names here yet. Take a look at my website, and you will see a good collection of work there. www.nicbutton.co.uk



By Byan Allman, 2011

Where did I get to. Ah yes, six years. That website link has work from my very first shoot, right up until my very latest shoot. I have reached a point now where I feel a change of direction is needed. I know something in lacking somewhere, but I am not sure what. That said, I know what to do about it, and I am working on it - watch this space! Or rather, watch my website space. New work will go there, but I will talk about it here, on this... Thing...

In the coming weeks I have some very fun looking projects. I am particularly excited about the shoots arranged with make-up artists (MUA). Having worked mostly in the nude genre, there has not really been much of a call for an MUA, but as part of my desire for differentness, I am keen to give it a go. In a manner of speaking, offering my face as a tabula rasa to a make up professional, and see what that turns out like. I am excited, and a bit nervous, but confident. It is a new kind of journey, and one to take me out of my comfort zone, and I am going to give it my all!

Thanks for reading.