Photographer's Model (closed for pipper and JT)

[JayTee69gmx]

Phil followed Laurie up the stairs to the studio, carrying two tall iced teas, the glasses already sweating a bit. He set them on a side table, and watched as she took in the new arrangements. Then she settled on the bench.

"Laurie I have decided to try a different approach. Natural light, and I will use slow shutter speeds with slow ASA setting in the camera. I am trying to get that look of a Victorian photo - you know the ones Dodgson took. The models all look a bit stiff and un-natural and I think it was the long poses they held. So when you do a pose try to hold as still as possible without blinking until you hear the shutter open and close. OK?"

With that he shot a series of her sitting demurely on the bench. The soft natural light really played well on her young features. Her skin was so smooth, and the soft light accentuated that perfectly. He wondered if she would consent to some outdoor shots sometime. There was a naturalness about her that was very attractive.

"OK, now show me what you meant when you said you wanted to do a sequence." He swallowed once, hoping he knew what she had meant.

 

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Laurie slowly went through a series of sitting poses, while thinking when it would be best to start the next bit of her plan. Her answer came quickly. "OK, now show me what you meant when you said you wanted to do a sequence."

She stood up and walked over to the bed, and then removed first her gloves, followed by her hat and jacket depositing them onto the bed, before returning to the bench. “I just thought it would be nice to do some shots with me in the blouse and skirt,” Laurie commented, knowing very well, her plan for this shoot was off to a good start!

Again she went through a set of similar poses; holding each one so that Williams could take the photo. She loved the idea of natural lighting, in that he would have gazed upon her for longer, and the blouse with its ruffled cuffs and lace materials would, hopefully, draw his gaze even more. Perfect!

Now came the moment of truth. “Now for the next bit,” Laurie said as she proceeded back over to the bed again. She reached behind her ankle length royal blue skirt and lowered the zipper. It didn’t take long to step out of it, and as a result exposed an ankle-length white half-slip that had rows of lace at the hem line.

Then Laurie unbuttoned the blouse, to reveal a plain white top that only covered her shoulders, and had a slight V-neck, along with a buttoned front. “It’s called a ‘corset cover’,” she said as she resumed her place on the bench, hoping it would give Williams a hint as to what was under it.

 

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Phil felt a surge when she turned away and took off the top layer. Somehow that was like she was undressing, even though the clothes underneath covered nearly as much. Still there was that twinge.

For a moment he studied her sitting back on the bench. long full half slip with lace, and a loose cotton top she called a corset cover. He could not help but say "I can see no reason you would ever need a corset Laurie. Ever" And blushed a bit as he realized what he has said, without thinking.

"Let me, let me change something a little bit." Phil walked forward to her, and gently tugged the collar of the top over just a bit. At the same time his eyes might have glanced downward at the open V, but it was subconcious. None the less the hint of rising curves of bare skin was there. And he twinged again. Nervously he hurried back behind the camera, and took several shots, moving it a bit to get different effects of the natural light falling across her. He checked them and found them blurred a bit, his hands must have been shaking a bit, because she had been perfectly still. "Hold perfectly still, Laurie." He set a short self timer so the vibrations from pressing the shutter had time to die out and re did the shots. This time they looked good.

"That's good now. Great shots. Is there . . is there . . more uh . . sequence?"

 

[pipper]

When he commented that he saw no reason why she didn’t really need a corset, Laurie knew that Williams was really ‘saying’ that her figure was perfect. Of course it was, and she was going to use it to her advantage. “Oh, ladies in those days wore them, but mine is more of a bustier.”

When he asked, somewhat hesitantly if there was more to the sequence, Laurie knew he was beginning to take the bait, whereas all the previous shoots were a way to ‘lure’ him slowly into her snare. “Well, I hadn’t planned on going further, but…why not?” Oh, what a teaser!

Again Laurie stood, and as before, she moved over to the bed; slipped the slip off only to reveal another white slip of the same length, though this one was plain. But when she began to remove the corset cover, the bustier made its appearance. ‘Let’s see what he makes of this,’ she thought as she slowly walked back to the bench. Then she said, “You know, you really don’t need to take photos of this plain slip.”

Without giving Williams a chance to respond Laurie quickly removed the slip before tossing, it, quite successfully, onto the bed to join the other discarded items. “How about doing some standing poses? I think it will show off the outfit better than sitting, don’t you think?”

There she stood, and in a moulded cup lace-overlay royal blue bustier with ribbon trim, a black eyelash ruffle hem, with removable grater and shoulder straps and with matching panties. Her legs were encased in sheer white stockings that were attached to the garter straps of the bustier, while her feet were enclosed in white high heels.

 

[JayTee69gmx]

This time the effect on him was like a sledgehammer. Before he felt only a twinge. Seeing her like that his groin twisted deep down. She had a raw physical attraction that grabbed the core of his being. There was nothing specific. Her eyes were pretty yes, she had beautiful cheekbones. Her throat reminded him of a classic painting. Her smooth shoulders, upper chest descending to delicious looking mounds of her upper breasts, cupped by the bustier, but even without that support their shape would be exquisite, he was sure. Slim waist. Delicate curved tummy, with the panties now the shape of her mons was plain. And slender legs with that band of soft white skin over the stocking tops. There was no one thing. It was the combination.

Why had he never seen boys at her place? Were her contemporaries all awed by her? Afraid of that snake? Was there something about her he was missing? No matter. His current problem was a raging erection that had suddenly appeared. He bent down to adjust something on the camera. Anything to hide it from her. Had she seen? He tried his best to turn and move. At least these slacks were a bit loose, not the latest style.

Phil concentrated on getting the exposure right. He set the camera to automatically bracket up and down a half stop. He wanted to carry detail in the bustier and the stocking tops. Somehow. He was trying desperately to distract his thoughts so things would subside.

She stood there, totally self-confident. Sure of herself. Sure of the effect she was having on him. He was helpless.

"OK, Laurie that is great, I think that is enough for today. I have lots here to work with. Let me refresh these iced teas while you get . . um . . put your other clothes . . um . . "

He escaped down the stairs to the kitchen. Put fresh iced tea from the jug in their glasses. And waited a bit thinking about anything other than her, dinner, yes, and he called to have a pizza delivered before going back up the stairs.

"I ordered pizza. If your parents arn't home yet, would you like me to bring some over when it comes? Or would you . . " He was mumbling again. He really, really hoped she would be dressed demurely when he got back upstairs.

 

[pipper]

Laurie was elated. Her plan appeared to be on track. As she packed away the outfit, Laurie knew that she wouldn't probably wear it again for some considerable time; unless of course the photos Williams had just taken of her, in it, were a ‘hit’ in his class. Anyway, it would need it to be cleaned properly at the theatre costume store downtown. Her modelling wages would come in handy there, as well as buying more outfits.

Now back in the loose sweater and jean she arrived in, she heard Williams mention pizza. “Oh, that would be lovely! I’ll be down in a sec.” Then grabbing the cases she went down to the kitchen. Sitting down, Laurie took a sip of her drink.

“Please don’t let my parents find out that I posed in …lingerie, otherwise we both could be in trouble.” She sighed. “For what it’s worth, I wasn’t going to remove anything more. Er…Don’t get me wrong, but is it possible that I could call you ‘Phil’? Mr Williams seems so formal.”

Then she took another sip of ice tea. “Oh, I fed Oscar this morning. Once he’s digested the rat I plan to do some coiling exercises with him. You’re welcome to come over and take some photos, as long as they don’t land up in class. Legally, the zoo now owns Oscar, as the club ceded him to them. I’m his ‘custodian’, as he is now with me at home. Some internship, and on top of that, some heating bills my parents have to pay, to keep him warm! I’m planning to help them out with that, once I save up more money. I do hope you keep me on for a while. That would really help.”

Oh, talk about laying it on thick!

Then Laurie peeked at her watch. “If you don’t mind, I rather eat the pizza here. My parents won’t be back till late, and it would be nice to spend some ‘non-posing’ time together, for a change.”

 

[JayTee69gmx]

"Of course you can call me Phil. Perhaps not in front of . . well no, really you are an adult now, and you should call me Phil. And I really had not imagined you would take off any more clothes, I just needed a . . break, that's all. Sometimes the creative part of photography gets . . But if you wanted to take more off that would be . . ."

Just then the doorbell rang and saved Williams from digging the hole any deeper. "Hi, Jimmy. Delivering for Mario's now? That's great, have to start some where. No, no keep the change." Thankfully Laurie had kept quiet.

Phil set the oven to warm, and popped the box in while he set out plates and napkins.

"More tea? Or wine? I am going to have some Chianti. Would you like some?"

 

[pipper]

While Phil went to the front door, Laurie thought about the ‘bulge’ that had been in his slacks earlier, and his words just now. Was he actually trying to say that if she had wanted to remove more of her outfit, he would have let her?

She grinned, now knowing that he was slowly being dragged into her web, but Laurie knew she had to be careful. Phil was married, and one wrong move on her part, could, no, would have dire consequences.

He soon returned with the pizza and stuck it in the oven to warm it up a bit; before asking, "More tea? Or wine? I am going to have some Chianti. Would you like some?"

Though tempted by the option of wine, Laurie decided on another glass of ice tea.

 

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Phil poured Laurie some more iced tea, and for himself a glass of chianti. Sniffed it, sipped it, and gave a satisfied smile. Got the pizza from the oven and served them two slices each, pointed opposite ways. Settled down, raised his glass and said "A votre sante". Barely stopped himself from adding 'ma chere.'

They spoke of many things, laughed about Mrs. Parker across the street and what she would think if she could see them. He spoke of photography and what he wanted to do with it. A hobby, but more and more he enjoyed the chances it gave for artistic expression, a part of his personality that never got any outlet in his job. But still just a hobby.

He wondered what she thought of modelling, did she intend to pursue it? Should he try to put together a portfilio for her to use in promoting herself? Should he cast about for opportunities for her with the school? (Really he wanted her all for himself, but he wondered if she was looking past what they had been doing.)

And he wanted to know more about the snake, what was it about it that fascinated her?

 

[pipper]

Laurie listened intently as Phil told her of his plans in photography. She hoped he would pass the course, and would continue to use her as a model after he graduated, but that would depend on her internship at the zoo – though in reality her internship consisted of looking after Oscar at home.

“Oh, you never did give me an answer when I asked, if you wanted to come over and take pics of me with Oscar while I put him through his coiling exercises. I always wear an old one piece swimsuit when I do it.” The last bit was added to see if Phil would take the bait.

Then Laurie finished off one slice of pizza. “Did you know that, snakes only eat about one-tenth of what we humans eat? If it’s a small thing, like a mouse or a rat, the snake will probably eat twice a week. But there are cases like Oscar’s where he should be eating bigger animals, which means he’ll go longer without the need to feed.

“Unfortunately, because of his sickness, he’s back to smaller meals for the time being, until he can build up his strength again.”

 

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Phil smiled, "Laurie, I enjoy photographing you. Of course I would like to shoot you and the snake. Just give me a call or let me know, when its . . convenient."

Relaxing a bit now, sipping the wine, Phil did not have the usual tension he felt in her presence.

"Snakes have a much lower metabolism than we do. After all they do not generate any body heat. They depend on their surroundings for warmth. We need food just to keep our bodies warm. Tell me, do you notice Oscar improving with your care?"

She was still a puzzle to him. Clearly she enjoyed showing her body to him, with erotic overtones that seemed to be more intense each time. Then she would turn it down, like now, just sipping ice tea and nibbling the pizza. Whatever she had in mind, he was enjoying himself. She inspired his creativity, and knowing he would spend more time with her made his boring job palatable, but barely.

 

[pipper]

Laurie smiled as he told her how snakes got their warmth. Of course, she knew that, but it was nice that they now appeared to have something else common – the snake.

“That’s why we keep it warm down in the basement and Oscar’s enclosure has that heated rock he can coil up on, otherwise he’ll become very ill, and most probably die. That’s why I’ve got to keep an eye on him and the heat.

“He’s slowly improving. I just put it down to feeding and exercise.” Then she got teary eyed.

“Apparently, once he’s fully better, the zoo may take him back, and place him in the reptile house, but…they’re also considering that he can stay with me, on the condition they can take him for periods of temporary display. Of the two options I pray they go for the second one.” She brightened up.

“Anyway…how about Tuesday for the shoot with him, Oscar would have fully digested his meal by then. Just let me know what time, as you need to change and get your equipment ready after coming home.” Her emphasis on ‘equipment’ did, indeed, have a double meaning, but which one was true?

 

[JayTee69gmx]

It seemed to Phil that when she said 'equipment' her eyes flicked downward to his crotch, but the table blocked any direct view. Or maybe she looked at something on the table. In any event he got a little twinge at that moment. Didn't bother him like the first time, he was accustomed now to the fact that she seemed to have a direct line to his physical desire. He had seen lots of pretty women, his age, older, younger, but she had something else. Some direct physical connection. No matter if acted on or not, it was a pleasant feeling.

"Well on Tuesday I will get home from work about 6:30, dinner, hmmm. Say 8? But won't your parents be home? I am sure Mary will be watching TV, probably won't even hear me say I'm going out. But are you sure about the time? "

"And as far as my 'equipment' is concerned, it will be ready."

Phil sipped his wine, and realized he was enjoying her company. "Of course you know about metabolisms. And about snakes. But do you think it will be safe to have a snake that big once he has recovered his strength? They kill by suffocating don't they?"

 

[pipper]

Laurie slowly nibbled away at her second slice, between sips of her ice tea.

“Eight will be fine. Don’t worry about my parents. I’ll just tell them that I invited you over to take some photos of Oscar.” Then she smiled when he mentioned that his ‘equipment’ would be ready, knowing very well, that if her plan worked out, it would have to be!

Then Phil asked if she would be safe with Oscar once he was fully fit. “Well, the zoo vets did a lot of testing on him, when he first arrived there. They found that his muscles had undergone severe deterioration, so that’s why they were thinking of putting him to sleep.

“His muscles will partially improve, but when it comes to coiling they will never be strong enough to suffocate his prey, but just strong enough to both trap, and hold, his victim.” Then Laurie looked at her watch. “Cripes! I best be getting home. Where did the time go?”

 

[JayTee69gmx]

Phil stood up and walked with Laurie to the back door, made sure she had all the things she brought, and waited until he heard the back door at her house close. Then tidied up the kitchen, and took a glass of wine with him upstairs to enjoy the photos he had just taken of her in the bustier, panties,and stockings. Let his mind wander into scenarious with her dressed like that . . .

"Phil! I'm home."

Quickly closed his computer. "Be right there Mary."

Walked slowly downstairs and quenched his arousal by imagining watching Downton Abbey for the rest of the night. By the time he got downstairs, all was well.

"How was your evening dear?"

"You didn't eat the casserole?"

"Oh, I felt like a pizza so I ordered in. If you want some we could heat up the leftovers, I put them in the fridge."

"You know I don't like pizza. And its not good for you."

"Well, now we can have the casserole tomorrow after I get home from photography class."

Mary went and turned on the PVR to see if it had recorded the show she wanted. Phil went back to his studio to put finishing touches on the black and white 'Victorian' photos. The fully dressed group. He was much happier with the new naturally lit photos.

The next day work was boring as usual, but at the photography class his tryptich of Laurie was shown to the whole class as an example of good photography, lighting, contrast, textures, color, poses and emotion. The professor announced that he would like students to submit portfolios of their models, showing some range, and the best would be selected to pose for all the students, with a substantial honorarium, $500. Then the lecturer gave examples of how to deal with RAW format in Photoshop, and showed the benfits of circumventing the internal camera processing.

Phil found himself wishing it was Tuesday evening.

 

[pipper]

The rest of the night, consisted of Laurie storing her outfit, and checking on Oscar, who seemed to smile when he spotted her, while making no attempt to move off his comfy rock. She was about to go to bed, when her parents came home, which meant telling them about giving Oscar his meds, and small exercise, and of course her posing in the Victorian outfit.

They seemed to be pleased that she had finally worn it, though Laurie had a feeling, that if her mother had her way, her daughter would wear it, or some modern version, more often rather than ‘skimpy’ outfits, such as bikinis, which Laurie didn’t own, for fear of her mother’s wrath.

The next day, Laurie, along with Susan, took the Victorian outfit to the costume store for cleaning, before heading off to another town. With Williams going to his class, she knew there was no rush to get back.

After a lunch of Fish and chips, Susan led her to an ‘adult shop’, where, according to Susan, all sorts of gadgets and apparel abounded. “I’m not going in there!” Laurie exclaimed. But she didn’t have much choice in the matter, as Susan grabbed her hand and pulled her into the store. The entire place reeked of eroticism. Laurie just stood there, hoping to slowly retreat back outside, while Susan had caught the store clerk’s attention.

They kept looking at her. Damn! What were they up to? Whatever it was, they soon agreed on something, and within five, agonizing, minutes, the clerk had retrieved something in two non-descript boxes, which she put in their respective plain black plastic bag.

On the way, home, Laurie didn’t ask her friend what the boxes contained. She knew that Susan and her boyfriend were into ‘wild and sexy’ things, so it was a bit of surprise, once they arrived at her home, that her friend announced that the boxes and their contents were for her! “Just in case you want to treat your photographer to a bondage shoot,” Susan simply told here. Laurie knew that arguing with Susan would be futile, so reluctantly she carried the two plastic bags through the front door, only to be met by her mother!

Damn!

“Mrs Parker told me that she saw you go into Mr Williams’ dressed in a scanty blue and white outfit. Explain!”

That bitch!

“Yes, I did,” a defiant Laurie said. “I’ve hardly worn it since I bought it, and decided to wear it to relax in. The reason why I went to Mr Williams was to borrow his rain coat as I heard that we might have a major thunderstorm this morning, and I didn’t want to get soaked to my skin, while exchanging containers with the zoo keeper. And I saw no reason to change, for that short trip to Williams, just to please Parker! I am an adult, not a girl of eleven.”

Laurie wasn’t finished. “Maybe you should tell her to stop poking her nose into other people’s business, including ours!” Then she stormed up the stairs to her bedroom with the two bags firmly gripped.

 

[JayTee69gmx]

Time seemed to creep for Phil. At work on Tuesday he kept checking to see if his watch had stopped. Conversations with co-workers took forever, and got nowhere. He caught himself imagining Laurie and the snake. Tried to imagine how to photograph her with the snake in a way that would not upset her parents. Wondered if he could do a posterized color of the snake's head beside hers, like an old time circus ad for the snake charmer side show. Better get out those old relaxed fit cargo pants he kept for camping and for working on his boat. Thought about working with her and the snake, getting close, positioning her just so. zooming in. Wondered if the one piece had shoulder straps or not. Maybe get her to slide them down so no clothes showed in the shot. Still innocent, just a bit of her upper chest, but one could assume she was naked, or not depending. Let the viewer's imagination run wild, but she could deny and say she was dressed, the photo highlighting the difference between her beautiful wet young eyes and the snakes cold black orbs. Shoot it really sharp and add blur later to simulate a old style box camera shot. Meantime he would have a chance to get some overall shots, maybe even close ups. Better, closeups. Just the curve of her breast under the swim suit. Maybe have her kneel, back straight, hips forward as if . . .

"Phil? Phil?? Hey!! It's five! You coming for a beer before the train?"

Damn, how long had he . . Wow.

"Yeah sure . . uhhh, no, I have to get home, dinner is early tonight, better catch the early train."

Phil was home, at the dinner table, staring at his plate of tuna fish casserole. What happened? How did he end up here, like this. At school he imagined travelling the world. Sailing to distant islands, learning new languages, exotic meals. Braving storms at sea. And here he was. Eating tuna fish casserole with a woman who could not wait to sit in front of the TV and imagine she lived in Downton Abbey. And next door his neighbor's daughter was waiting for him. In a bathing suit. With a huge snake. He ate his dinner.

"Delicious dear."

 

[pipper]

Later that night Laurie got a speech from her father, informing her to show respect to her mother, but then acknowledging that she was right when it came to Parker. He went on to inform her that he had spoken with Parker, and that it was his right to determine if his daughter had wronged her parents, not hers!

Though Laurie sensed that she had won the battle, she hadn’t won the war. What was to stop Parker from telling her parents, that ‘Laurie did this or that’ and leave the verdict up to them? It was as if her parents were still living the era when children were still accountable to their parents, irrespective of their age, until they married.

After checking that Oscar was okay, Laurie went to bed.

The next morning at breakfast, she informed them that Mr Williams, (not Phil!) had accepted her invitation to come over in the evening to take photos of her with Oscar. The look on her mother’s face, didn’t bode well, but thankfully her father was for it, as long as it didn’t happen on a regular basis. If only he had known that Williams had been there three days earlier!

When her father had gone to work, and her mother had, thankfully, gone shopping, Laurie gave Oscar his meds, or ‘Buckley’s’ as she nicknamed them, before heading up to bedroom, to find exactly what items were in those two boxes, Susan had given her.

Expecting to find some leather, rubber, or latex, items of clothing, she roared out in laughter when she opened the boxes. In one, was a bikini bra, and in the other, was the matching bottom; just a simple everyday white string bikini.

 

[JayTee69gmx]

Phil finished dinner, and went upstairs to get things for the snake shoot. Checked camera battery, packed a spare, checked memory card and spare, set camera to best settings for RAW, got his tripod and remote release. Didn't bother with flash, but packed a folding blue color key background and light tripod for it. Thought he might be able to lay the shots over a rain forest scene, maybe tree leaves. The clutter of the basement was too distracting. Packed some muslin to soften the light bulbs. Set the main color balance to tungsten in case the RAW did not work out. Checked again. Changed to his cargo pants, fit was nice and loose, and his photographer's vest of many pockets. Loaded them with various spring clamps. As an after thought packed a second body with medium telephoto, and his most powerful flash. Set the ASA to 6400. Might as well try some fishing while he was at it.

Rang the doorbell at Laurie's. Turned and fired the flash in the direction of the Parker's. The bright light caught the lenses of binoculars peering round the edge of the curtains. Time she got some of her own medicine. Later he would send the print to old Parker. Tell him it happens again the print would go to the police.

Jim answered the door. "Hi Jim, Laurie asked me to come over and take some photographs of her snake. Document her rehab of it. Help with her interning at the zoo."

"You know Jim, Laurie really has a talent for modelling. I am going to submit a portfolio to my instructor. If she gets chosen, she would win $500! And maybe a chance at some advertising work."

"Here is a copy of my first assignment with her. I got top of the class with it. You can see she is a natural."

Jim called, "Laurie? Mr. Williams is here."

 

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Laurie made sure that bikini was well and truly hidden. Wear for a future shoot? She was seriously considering that option, as it might help her plan, but for now she had another phase of the plan to put into action.

"Laurie? Mr. Williams is here." Perfect!

“I’ll be right down!”

She practically leaped down the stairs, dressed in her normal loose sweater and jeans. “Mr Williams; thanks for accepting my invitation. Let’s go down so you can get set up.”

Laurie led him down to the basement, and switched on the dim lights. Oscar just lifted his head out of curiosity. “You’re about to see him move so fast, you wouldn’t believe it.”

With that, Laurie kicked off her slippers, before removing her sweater and jeans, to reveal a black one piece swimsuit, which had shoulder straps. She was right! Oscar slithered so fast over to the enclosure’s door, he was practically a blur, and then began bobbing his head up and down. “He knows that when I wear this, he’s going to do some coiling!”

She went over to the door, and before it was half-open, Oscar was already making his way out into the basement. “Okay, I’m going to let him grasp my arm first, so he can use his muscles to try and hang on. Then, Phil, once you’ve set the background up, and all set to go, just tell me.”

Oscar flicked his tongue out onto her leg. “Ah, tasting me, are you?” Then, as with the previous time, Laurie held out her right arm sideways. “Slowly grab, Oscar.” His maw took hold of her fore-arm. “Slowly close, Oscar."

Then she just stayed there making sure that Oscar’s mouth could keep hold of her, while waiting for Phil to give her the ‘okay’ to begin the next step of the snake’s exercise.

 

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"I'm not going to use the background just yet. I am going to shoot a series you can use to illustrate to the zoo the work you are doing. Maybe shoot more as he recovers over the next few weeks."

Phil was surprised at his own reaction when she undressed. Yes there was a plain black bathing suit underneath, even so he wondered why his reaction had not been more sexual. Of course he felt something, always did now in her presence, and it was amplified when she shed her sweater and jeans. But the overwhelming sensation was simple intimacy. And it was a very pleasant experience.

"Later, after you have exercised him, I would like to shoot a few head and shoulders of you, with the snake's head near yours. Contrast eyes, expression, texture, color. And with the color key background, I can remove that and replace it with a stock rain forest shot, a bit blurry as if beyond depth of field. No idea if it will work, but I'd like to try."

"And if it is possible I would like you to slip the shoulder straps off your shoulders for those photos, so no clothing appears. Give the viewers something to wonder about."

All the time he was talking, Phil was walking around the shooting without flash, at different angles.

 

[pipper]

Laurie smiled when he suggested that she could slip the swimsuit straps off her shoulders, knowing very well, he was slowly taking the bait. She decided to make him wait for a later time. “I can’t, because at the club, if a snake saw a girl beginning to take off her costume, the snake would know that she was going to be swallowed, either partially or whole, by it. I don’t want to remind Oscar of that.”

It was a legitimate excuse, but she took it as opening to tease Phil. “But that doesn’t meant I won’t do it at a later shoot.”

“Well,” continued Laurie, as Phil continued to circle them, “it’s time for the coils. Slowly coil, Oscar.”

It didn’t take long for Oscar to loop a coil around Laurie’s torso. He stopped, knowing that she hadn’t given him the ‘command’ to continually coil her. Knowing that Oscar had done well, she decided to continue. “Slowly coil, Oscar.”

Yet another coil looped around her torso. Glancing down towards her feet, Laurie could see that Oscar now had two coils around her; one looped just beneath her ribs and one more just below that, essentially giving her a living girdle. All this time, she was oblivious to Phil. Her main concern at this moment was Oscar.

 

[JayTee69gmx]

Phil was a bit chagrined to hear the straps would stay up. He wondered if there was a way to arrange her hair so it covered them, the parts visible in the frame anyway. He continued to shoot as she worked with the snake, feeling some concern for her, and thinking if she got into trouble there was not much he would be able to do, since he had no knowledge of snake handling. He hoped the snake was weak enough it was no real threat, but as it recovered it could be dangerous. It was huge after all. Perhaps he should ask her for an emergency number to contact a herpetologist from the zoo. This was not the time to mention it, he did not want to break her concentration.

In fact he was seeing a new side of her, intense concentration on what she was doing, oblivious to the camera. Before she had been playing to the camera. But this was giving him a chance to show her in a different light, so to speak. Phil tried his best to minimize her innate sexuality, but when he chose angles that avoided emphasis on her body below the waist, long sexy legs, slim hips and so on, the snake's compression of her midsection was pressing her ample breasts firmly against the swim suit. His only hope was to shift exposure so the black of her bathing suit moved to the shadows and lost texture. He supposed it was the excitement of dealing with the snake, but the shape of her nipples was clear. And snake or no snake, he was glad he chose his loose fitting cargo pants so the every growing tent was less apparent. Not that she would notice, she was 100% focussed on the snake.

 

[pipper]

Laurie made sure that Oscar was easily keeping the coils in place, before continuing. “Slowly coil, Oscar.” This time, he just went round her left thigh. “As you can see, Phil, there’s a great deal of Oscar’s body that isn’t coiled around me. He’s had a hard time keeping this coil around my thigh, in the past.”

She stayed upright. Oscar wasn’t making any attempt to drag her down onto the floor. His muscles were that weak, and would never regain their full potential, as was witnessed by the coil around her thigh continuing to slip loose. “Come on, boy,” Laurie encouraged him.

After five minutes she knew Oscar had done his best. “Reverse coils, completely, Oscar.” The snake responded by completely uncoiling in one continuous movement. “Reverse grab, Oscar.”

The reptile looked at her, after finally releasing her arm, while he lowered himself onto the floor. Laurie smiled; then sat down crossed legged. “Come on, Oscar, portrait time.” The snake raised his head so that it was parallel with hers.

 

[JayTee69gmx]

Phil carefully set up the color key screen behind them, then using some spring clips draped white muslin so it diffused the harsh light from the bare bulbs in the ceiling fixtures.

"Laurie can you sit with your shoulder opposite the snake at an angle forward to the camera, and drop your other shoulder a bit toward the snake?. Great. Now see if you can move your hair to cover that strap, or at least disguise it, then move the snake's body a bit so it hides the other strap? Perfect."

"Look at the snake." Phil rapidly fired shots from several angles.

"Now look past the snake."

"And finally look in the lens, as if inviting me to join you with the snake."

Those are great shots Laurie, thank you. I mentioned to your father that the school is having a contest to choose a model to sit for the whole class. There is an honorarium of $500 for the winner. And the chance for some commercial work. So, with your permission, I would like to enter a portfolio of you. Umm, of course just photos your parents would approve of. Don't get me wrong I enjoy the other photos we do, I enjoy that a lot. But they are not for general public."

Phil shuddered when he thought what Mary might think if she saw the bustier series shots.

At that moment he checked the last shots of her looking into the lens. And once again was happy his loose fitting cargo pants more or less disguised his reaction. He hoped.