Richard Young Photo

"The virtues of the body are reserved for those who are fair of face and strong of body, but the virtues of the heart, being goodness and kindness and compassion, are available to anybody." Robert Goolrick in "A Reliable Wife"

"When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence." ~ Ansel Adams

“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.” ~ Coco Chanel

Fun Videos:

Safe Sex
http://vimeo.com/6547735 (Chloe mm1044554)

Wonderful Modeling Session:
http://vimeo.com/27272448 (Lisa Jupiter mm1834890)

2010 Pirelli Calendar by Terry Richardson:
http://vimeo.com/8003153 Models: Miranda Kerr, Catherine McNeil, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Eniko Mihalik, Marloes Horst, Lily Cole, Daisy Lowe, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Georgina Stojiljkovic, Gracie Carvalho and Ana Beatriz Barros.

OI Moda:
http://vimeo.com/8896630
http://vimeo.com/9082216

Check out the following videos and discover whole new ways of shooting and posing:

Innovation in image capture (filmed in Florida):
http://vimeo.com/23672369
Michea (Captured playing the sport of squash.):
http://vimeo.com/9660472
Tori (Filmed in Florida in Super 8mm):
http://vimeo.com/9059701
Elize:
http://vimeo.com/6105447
Sandy:
http://vimeo.com/6625504
Jamie:
http://vimeo.com/8188906
Kourtney:
http://vimeo.com/17510747
The Geisha:
http://vimeo.com/13388966
Lauren Young (Bowling never looked better…)
http://vimeo.com/11064418

Don’t forget Valentine’s Day:
http://vimeo.com/8722055

Kate Beckinsale shot for Esquire HD:
http://vimeo.com/8042245
Rachel Weisz by Greg Williams for Esquire UK in HD:
http://vimeo.com/8680516

CafeGlow - Proving once and for all that soft is the sexiest of all:
http://vimeo.com/18416541 (The Trailer)
http://vimeo.com/17114545 (Maycee)
http://vimeo.com/23212551 (Maycee in Love Hotel - One)
http://vimeo.com/17734004 (Tiffany)
http://vimeo.com/22444914 (Tiffany in Black Roses - One)
http://vimeo.com/22577190 (Tiffany in Black Roses - Two)
http://vimeo.com/24734420 (Tiffany in Azul)
http://vimeo.com/15212114 (Tatiana)
http://vimeo.com/13625605 (Roxy)
http://vimeo.com/13645979 (Sophia Santi mm728664)
http://vimeo.com/21986084 (Sophia Santi in Naked Yoga)
http://vimeo.com/14140093 (Michelle)
http://vimeo.com/24231281 (Michelle in Room 407A)
http://vimeo.com/14328971 (Brenna - One)
http://vimeo.com/14721470 (Brenna - Two)
http://vimeo.com/16593553 (Brenna - Three)
http://vimeo.com/21141394 (Sarah in Golden Dream - LegShow)
http://vimeo.com/21141693 (Sarah in Golden Dream - BodyShow)
http://vimeo.com/22763942 (Kimama mm22439)
http://vimeo.com/23517297 (Genny in Silver Sofa)
http://vimeo.com/26648897 (Melissa in BodyRock)
http://vimeo.com/28034650 (Melissa - Posh)
http://vimeo.com/26840315 (Deseo)
http://www.modelmayhem.com/493978 (CafeGlow)




Mixing modeling and improv:
http://youtu.be/giWvJ5LA338

Tradition goes a long way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qivzSaAL … r_embedded

Go here to see some great modeling videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gvoCIj3TJQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDtWIsUwNco

Years ago I earned my living as a photojournalist and writer. Gradually, I pursued other interests and photography became an afterthought. My hope is to renew my craft as I learn to shoot digital images.  I have recently picked up a contract for a small, upscale woman's clothing store, so I will be posting these photos as they become published.

I worked for Playboy in Chicago for about three years.  I worked in promotion, not as a photographer.  It was a good experience. 

I am willing to work on a TFCD basis for the right projects and until I have a satisfactory body of work.
We provide the following services to models and other talent.

The following services are available:
Head-shot Sessions
Portfolio Sessions
Commercial and Day Rates
Professional Prints and Support Materials
Photographic  Retouching and Editing
Web Site Design and Hosting
Multimedia Production- CDs, DVDs, Slideshows, Screensavers

Can you "free-pose?" It saves a lot of time and is often more fun. Need tips? See:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFKrrdJxakE


Film credits include:
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Singing "Twist and Shout")

In 1988, Warren Farrell wrote the groundbreaking book: Why Men Are the Way They Are: The Male–Female Dynamic.   Farrell, elected to the national board of the National Organization for Women (NOW) three times, is no woman basher. But he recognizes the dynamics that propel the sexes into action. Over-simply put, our fantasies shape our movement. At the time the book was written, Playboy was the number one magazine for men. The fantasy for men was a world where beautiful, young women were completely open to men. But the number one magazine for women was not a female version of Playboy such as Playgirl or Cosmopolitan. It was Better Homes and Gardens. With these fantasies in place, it is not hard to see the trading begin. It helps explain why older men (with more money to provide a better home and garden) are attracted to younger women (with beauty and a desire for a beautiful home and garden) and why younger women reciprocate.

"Nowadays especially, the young chicks were hyperactive in their screwing, hurrying through every position known to the species, doing this that and the other, their kiddie snatches too unfragrant and closely shaved to even register as human body parts" (Freedom, Jonathan Franzen p. 349).