Censorship on bing.com

Bing

A search engine that filters and censors websites as obvious as bing.com
is just a pain. I was happy when another "big player" decided to come up
with a search engine as I believe in variety and competition. But Google
will just remain number one.
 
Isn't it ridiculous what bing.com suggests when you search for "nude
photography"? It says: "The search nude photography may return sexually
explicit content. To get results, change your search terms."

Love Nest

I shot Marketa Belonoha in a natural bedroom series:
http://www.simonbolz.com/love-nest

More atmosphere

I am planning of putting more atmosphere into my photos. Therefore I am
searching for interesting locations. It is very difficult here in
Frankfurt. There are only a few hotels that are nice enough to be used
as locations. I found some interesting homes that I could rent for a
shooting. For example my mask series
http://www.simonbolz.com/mysterious-masks/index.php was shot in a
private apartment nearby the central station.

 If you know any location that is available for rent or if you feel your
own home - house or apartment - might be suitable for my kind of
photography, I'd be happy to hear from you.

Helmut Fritz rules

 

The guy is crazy and so is the clip – but these are the things I get my inspiration from...

Nude Photography Calendar 2010

I produced a nude photography calendar for 2009. The size was A3 as I
wanted it to be special for the wall. This year I am even thinking of
A2. Finally I found a printer that does A2 in a low circulation (e.g. 50
pieces). Last year I sold 3 calendars and gave away 45.

 As this was quite an investment for me, also because I had it printed on
thick paper, I am thinking of pre-orders this year. Therefore I would
like to find out whether people would be interested in buying a calendar
with nude photos and how much they'd be willing to spend.

 Obviously I am only doing this for the fun of it and to spread my work.
This is not a commercially interesting project. But still I want to do
it. So if you are interested in a calendar for 2010, please let me know.

 In the meantime, enjoy the calendar of 2009.

Preview: Marketa Belonoha

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Next week I am going to publish a new photo series with Marketa Belonoha
on my website.

Luca Garn in "Watching You Watching Me"

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Luca Garn told me she runs around naked all the time at home. Her
neighbours are watching. There is one man with binoculars and he is even
watching when his wife is at home. But Luca doesn't care.
 
Fair enough. My series is a slice of life. Enjoy the whole series at
www.simonbolz.com.

First glimpse from my shooting with Luca Garn

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Yesterday evening I shot Luca Garn. I installed my flash lights firstly
but then I decided to use natural light only. It forced me to ISO 800
but I am happy with my decision.
 
I have to sort and edit the images. This is a first glimpse for the 3
people who read my blog ;-)

Marketa - simply beautiful

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This is one beautiful shot of Markéta Bělonohá which doesn't fit into
any of my series. Her proportions are so stunning and this photo is not
manipulated in Photoshop. Amazing, huh?

New shoes for Saturday

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I bought some shoes for my shooting with Luca on Saturday.