There's something unnerving about jumping into the rapids of creativity. You can't do too much thinking or planning ahead; all you can do is try to keep your head above water. The current's going to take you where it wants anyway, so you might as well lie back and enjoy the ride. That's where I feel I am with this Winter Nudes series--just going along for the ride. Ideas come that have never before entered my mind, ideas that fly in the face of what I've been taught is "acceptable," both in photography and in life. But I can't stop to worry about what others are going to think about my choices, at least as long as those choices are respectful to my models. It's their feelings I care about. I want this series to help them love their bodies just as they are, for them to see how beautiful they are. As an artist I also want to push the envelope in terms of presentation. I want to find as many different ways of processing and presenting these photos as possible. I want to surprise myself time and time again. Today was a good example.

I knew I wanted to find a way of presenting a few more images from Saturday's posing session, images that didn't fit into the mask/scarf theme in my Masked Winter Woman gallery. So I just started playing around, and what I came up with surprised me. Maybe it will surprise you too. Maybe not. To see my new "Winter Woman Inverted" gallery, CLICK HERE.