Behind the Scenes – Ma'iitsoh Yazhi

Behind the Scenes

Patrons have access to behind-the-scenes content, including unreleased images and details about the shoot, setup and lighting, rope work, and other related information. Learn more …

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September 17, 2017

Risk and Reward in Rope Photography

This post is in reference to the shoot: Urban Thaumatoneura Inopinata. I’ve also made this…

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November 16, 2016

Tying with Friends

One of the best things about rope for Bound Light and me has been the…

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September 20, 2016

Making Fire in a Factory

This post discusses images from the shoot Fire in the Factory. Visit the gallery to…

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January 15, 2015

Learning to Tie

When people ask me how I first got into rope, I tell them it was…

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November 11, 2014

Bound Light’s Self-Tie Progress

In an earlier post, I explained how Bound Light first got into self-tying. I also…

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August 16, 2014

Promoting All Tied Up

When I first started working with the Richmond-area Rope Bite, we were meeting in the…

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August 5, 2014

Hishi Ties and Pigtails

Bound Light and I had been working on various "hishi" pattern ties (meaning ties that…

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April 6, 2014

Closer Look: Learning to Self-Tie

Bound Light and I met when we were both living in North Carolina and involved…

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January 20, 2014

Bad Shots of a Beautiful Model

I have sometimes heard beginning photographers complain that they could take good pictures, too, if…

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November 3, 2013

First Shots

These are the first-ever "real pictures" I took of Bound Light. They weren't great from…

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