Keesh Lorraine is an amazing model in the Madison area. You can see some of her other work on her Model Mayhem site. I first contacted her about working with gold leaf, such as the ones I’ve done with Rebecca. We ended up going a slightly different direction doing outdoor nudes at Devil’s Lake State Park. While not the first time I’ve visited the park (many times as a boy scout), it was the first time I’d photographed there. And I hadn’t been there in quite a few years.
After stopping at the Visitor’s center for a vehicle sticker, we went to the south side of the lake to climb the east bluff.
In the far left distance you can see the lake, about a third of a mile away. At this point we’re about 200’ above the lake, though we’d only gone 75’ horizontally. I’d wanted to go higher, but, um, I’m not in that good a shape. So we stopped here and got quite a few pictures.
As you can see we’re above the tops of most of the trees. The colors of the rocks, and the lichen really match well with her skin.
This next pictures is my favorite. The diagonals of the rocks, the matching angles of her arms and legs, the straining of her muscles.
On the way back down, we took a little side trail, and found a boulder field much closer to the ground.
To me it looks like she belongs there.