Unfortunately, I can’t post a picture yet, but I’ll definitely do so as soon as I can.
Someone asked how this came about. An acquaintance of mine, Tara Kearney is a photographer who does a lot of music, fashion and food shoots. She’s also done some book covers, including work for Red Sage and Tor. I posed for her once before in a shoot, but the publisher didn’t buy the cover.
When I was home in Florida a few weeks ago, she called me and asked me to model for her. Last time, it was a solo job. This time, it was with a man — a man who was not wearing very much in the way of clothing (!!!) The intros went like this:
Tara: Diana, this is Sean.
Me: (sitcking out my hand) Hi!
Sean: Hi. (takes off his shirt, revealing rippling muscles and smooth, tanned skin)
Me: Um, do you guys have wine?
You know, I didn’t think that having a strange, gorgeous man holding me would make me so uncomfortable. What I most remember from the shoot was Tara calling to me from behind the camera, “Relax! Breath! Relax!” Maybe wine was too weak. I needed tequila.
Eventually I started getting into the fun of it. We took some shots with his hands in my pants (!!!) and a whole bunch with us holding each other. My favorite was the series where I stood behind him with my arms wrapped around him and my thumbs hooked through the belt loops on the front of his jeans. we took a lot of pictures in a position that I changed my tank top from green to blue ot black, and he remained shirtless. I tossed my hair around a lot and smiled at the camera in flirtation. I squeezed his biceps a good deal.
I smelled like his cologne for the rest of the night.
In the end, the shot they chose is one of us holding one another, with me turned slightly towards the camera. My hair is falling over my face, but I’m giving the audience a secret, sexy smile. I love it. It’s very sexy, yet very classy. I didn’t worry about what my family would say when they saw it.
The book is supposed to be out in time for Reno. I wonder if they give tables to cover models… no? I guess I’ll need to get my name on a book as well, huh?
