Shibari with Jasmine

After a few years I'm still somewhat new to doing Shibari/rope sessions, and even though I feel like a total beginner, I can feel myself improving with each session. I'm finding better ways to continue ties, getting better at knots and managing tension, and working more efficiently. Sessions like this have some extra challenges as well: the model loses mobility so you have to plan or improvise poses that look good in photographs, likewise the placement that would make for good lighting. Of course, there's also the challenge of making something meaningful that communicates more than just "Look at this person's body!" That's always the most difficult part in photographing nudes, the mind and competency of the artist is revealed.

For this session, I wanted to experiment with some different ways of tying her torso. This is a more elaborate variation of a Karada harness, also called a tortoise shell or diamond pattern. Instead of only wrapping the torso, I got the arms as well, and had some fun tying up the back knots as I figured out how to make it all work. While it looked interesting, standing poses were kind of bland, so I had Jasmine kneel on the bed. She’s a master of body movement, and found some great poses which really highlighted the back especially.

Finally, we decided to have some fun with a small ceramic sake cup that I had made, as well as some aptly named jasmine flowers growing outside.

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