Suspended

by Al Fess

Here is Julia again. I just love work with such a flexible and athletic body. When I contacted Julia about this idea I started of with "How about for our next shoot we hang you by one ankle from a tree". Her response" I can do that". So I contacted a couple of experts in the rigging of humans Master Bill he is known by in the Fet Life circles and his assistant Ray. The were just terrific and so caring not to injure our very special Julia. We knew that it would have to be a very quick photo shot. After all how long can you actually hang upside down by one ankle from a tree. I planned on 3 min.and we keep checking with Julia to make sure she was okay. I snapped of a dozen or so shots as she twirled and changed her body position.

Hope you enjoy the results as much as I did photographing her.

Just as a warm up I took a few images in the pergola that I made. I'll start with those and build up to the suspension.