Travis for OhlalaMag.com

The best way to describe my pride in the success of these images is to explain a little something about my post-production process.  When I do a series of images, generally speaking I will edit six to eight images to compose a final collection.  With model Travis, I edited 15!

Matthew Agency model Travis had, up until this point, always maintained a very boy-next-door image.  We decided it was time to strip him down, oil him up, and make him the  sexy-abercrombie-boy-next-door instead.  Until our shoot, he had not even taken his shirt off for a camera (other than candids with friends on the beach).  He admitted his nervousness, but jumped right into the deep end!  For a model who had never even bared his chest, he was extremely poised and comfortable in his skin when it was time to bare it all.

In the end, Travis said it was the most fun he had experienced in front of a camera.  The shoot was quite simply, effortless.  Clearly the kid works hard on his body.  He has barely a flaw and the only real photoshopping involved was color treatment!  I’m proud of Travis for taking a chance and really going for it, it definitely paid off in these amazing images!

The series was picked up by one of my favorite blogs, Ohlalamag.com.  Of course I always count myself lucky to be published among their variety of talent!  And with this series of amazing images, I couldn’t be prouder!  Enjoy! -JM

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Here is how the series appeared on Ohlala Mag: