HI All,

I just got back from a fun week shooting with Ariel in a big house we’d hired in Scotland. Here are a few samples and behind-the-scenes shots hot off the camera so you can see a bit of what we shot- as usual the full sets will be up in due course. But first, I have to unpack four large bags of lighting gear, all the bondage gear, and three large cases of camera gear…!

Cheers, Hywel.

Primed for action- the first test shot of the first set of the week. Note the fur coat and just-removed purple fluffy socks – keeping Ariel warm enough in Scotland in February was going to be a bit of a challenge! Fortunately the central heating plus a fan heater did the job in most rooms.

The purple fluffy socks and fur coat in action again. And Ariel looking all together too comfortable as Tweed-wearing aristocrat lady in her ancestral home, reading ‘Country Living’ magazine…

Setting up for a ‘Haunted House’ (or Haunted Country Hotel) photoset. This needed two different lighting styles, plus set-up shots outside. Sadly it was too cold and too public to do any bondage outside. Here Ariel’s still got her rollers in as I do the test shots for the ‘night time’ lighting setup:

And looking radiant when the rollers came out in the ‘day time’ lighting setup:

But it all goes horribly wrong when our poor hotel guest goes to sleep for the night:

Getting ready to be a poor molested serving maid, in a very kinky country house:

And a very sweet and innocent star struck 1950’s maiden (probably our favourite character/photoset of the trip, she
was fun to shoot!)

Although this staircase was magnificent, lighting it was a nightmare, so we only shot one set there. This test shot looks like something out of a fashion magazine, I think. Oh, and Ariel made the dress herself – whoop! Multi-talented lady, my fiancee 😉

No good can ever come of challenging a tough guy in his pool hall. Or snooker hall. Especially not if you are blonde, and clad from head to toe in sexy black satin.