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Cali Logan

WOW…lookit the shine off the pantyhose!!!  Woo-hoo!!!  No ego intended here, kids, but I think I took a great step in the right direction with the photography.   KNEW I had to “up” my game a bit with Cali, and it came about fast!  I’m still not perfect…I’ll never be PERFECT…but I’m pretty dang good at what I do, I think.    (And that’s what’s called “kidding around”…no ego intended.  )

Cali Logan came to me by way of Stacie Snow.  She recommended me to Cali when the two of them shot some wrestling together for another producer…and I bless the day that she did!  Cali was a sweet as the day was long, and could she EVER take tight bondage!  I was impressed…she told me that she could take me at my tightest, so I decided to test that.  She kicked my ass.  EASILY.

HOGTIED!! Cali Logan

We did 4 different sets that night.  Tied her into the above two shown, and a “lotus” tie…and laid her out on my folding couch bed.  Gonna leave those two to your imagination (or the searching out of my other accounts around the net…gigglesnort), as I’m gonna close this with a of shot of her unbound, so you get an idea of how she looks without ropes.    Enjoy.

Tolstoy

Cali...minus the ropes.

Yes, by the way…you now do need to register and login before you can comment to the blog.  Sorry; I hate it too…but it became necessary…way too much spam.  Thought it amusing at first, but now I have to take a bit of a stand.  Apologies.

Brie Snow. BEST...SHOOT...EV-ER!!!

So…it seems like I go on for DAYS about her sister, so maybe it’s about time I talked a bit about BRIE Snow for a change. Besides…I just finished editing her first SOLO BONDAGE SET with me, so it seems somewhat appropo. 

Ah, Brie.  Sweet gal!  When Stacie first told me that her sister was interested in trying a shoot while we were all in Vegas, I was really psyched!  It’s not every day a bondage photographer is presented with a actual pair of REAL LIFE sisters to tie and gag.  Only other time I can remember seeing it was an FM Concepts vid I have with a pair of real life sisters buying a piano with stolen diamonds stashed in it that the crook comes to claim; he ties and gags them, takes his diamonds and leaves the sisters bound…but I digress. 

When we shot for the first time, I tried my best to make the experience as fun as I could.  Nervous?  UNDERSTATEMENT!  Like I said, I wanted to make the experience fun for her, so I just turned on the charm and went about my business…the business of tying up her and her sis.  It was a lovely afternoon…one of my best memories of the time in Vegas.

Flash forward to now: when their car arrived and they got out, I wasn’t sure how to greet Brie.  Stacie…pfft, we do this at least once a month; arms fly out and she falls into a hug like nobody’s business. With Brie,  I think I spat out, “So Brie…do we know each other well enough for me to…” (the next words being “…hug you hello…”) before she just threw her arms wide and took me to her with a warm “hello” of a hug.   She looked FABULOUS…didn’t realize I’d missed her until after we broke the hug and I got a good look at her.  It was genuinely GOOD to see her.

Brie Snow. GREAT "damsel" look!

 Pleasantries ensued, of course.  In “non-big-word” talk, that means, we chatted for a while before the shoot, naturally.  (“Pleasantries ensued”…really, Tolstoy, who the fuck besides you talks like that, anyways?!  GEEZ!!  <wink>)  Got caught up on what was happening in Brie’s life and times…stuff that, naturally, I can’t share here.    She’s having a good time of living life; that’s all you need to know anyways.

Stacie started out the shoot for me this time.  Outfits was an easy thing this time out, as they both showed up for the shoot wearing cute as hell “little black dresses”..and I’m a total sucker for those.  Lord only knows how I managed to not grab the pink rope…lmao.  :p  I was going to shoot with both sisters together and apart…Stacie went first.  GREAT stuff as usual…Stacie never ceases to “wow” me when we shoot.  This time was a bit different than Vegas, as Brie and I were set to do some solo shots of her!  Didn’t get to do that in Vegas…very cool!  So…I set about tying her in my usual fashion…and we really started to “kick” it with the photography.  She did BRILLIANTLY; couldn’t have asked for anything more.  She has so much friggin’ potential as a model…whether in fetish/DiD or even glamour…I get the feeling she could really go FAR with modeling if she wants to….and with her warm and open personality shining into the work, she could charm the scales off a snake (lol) and make for one damn fine professional model.  She could make her way thru life like this, mark m’words.

After that set, they do a few candids and glam shots for me (you’ve seen those already on this blog), and we set about the “sisters together” set.  I went just a touch tighter with the ropework than the last one…just a touch.  She took it in stride and gave me some really cool looking stuff. 

Brie Snow

Too much of a tease for my own good…that’s all ya get.    Ball gagged and roped pretty tight…and those legs of hers…phew.  I was really wonderfully happy with the way this whole shoot turned out.  I can without a doubt say this was my fave shoot of the 4 year career…it was just that great!  Great to work with Stacie, great to work with Brie. 

I consider Brie a “model friend” now…or at least just on the outskirts of that.  She’s a sweet, wonderful young lady…and I got another hug as they left…which anybody who knows me will tell you made me really happy.  Lets me know I not only did my job professionally and provided a good, safe, fun shoot…but it was well recieved and appreciated as well.  I look very much forward to her next visit to Tucson for round three with the Snow sisters. 

One happy ropeworker,

Tolstoy

http://staciesnowbound.com/

YAY!!! After a shit ton of planning and thought, Stacie Snow’s website went
LIVE today!!!

So…let’s allow ol’ Tolstoy to breathe a bit (lol) and talk about this bold
move.

What IS this site? Well, kind of a long story (and would I be “Tolstoy” if it
weren’t?)…StacieSnowBound is just a secondary place to house all of my Stacie
Snow work. I hear it all the time, so feel free to say it…I work with Stacie
a LOT. Why? She’s good, she can readily do the kind of work I want, and for a
while there, she was about all I had available. That has since changed as more
models return…like Sasha, CJ and more othertraveling models like Cali Logan
stop by for visits. Kimberly Marvel and I are set for October, by the way.

Check out the "new" logo...kinda cool, no?

Besides…fan response was riding high…I get a lot of orders at Clips4Sale of
just her vids with me. I knew I had a hot seller in Stacie, so I kept hiring
her. In my opinion, I’d be a fool not to, what with the popularity she had with
me. I was still working with other models as well…I was just focusing on
Stacie…2 hours at a time…lol. That’s generally how long my shoots run…so
in one of them, I could generate a BIT of material…but hardly enough to stay
ahead of demand, hence the hiring her back mutliple times.

It started to show as the front page of TucsonTied started crowding with Stacie
stuff. It does that occasionally…heck, I can remember a time when half of the
updates page was Kimberly Marvel…and just recently, a full 1/4 of it was
Candle Boxxx. But, Stacie’s stuff was starting to hold out longer…I even had
a complaint at my blog that there was too much Stacie stuff loaded up at
TucsonTied.

What to do? Create a site JUST for Stacie, that’s what!

My webmaster liked it, I liked it…we went for it. A site focusing on
Stacie…a site dedicated to the housing of my work of her there, which also
allows TucsonTied a bit of room for other models as well.

The demand is there…so why the heck not? She’s a very popular and in-demand
model…we went for it! So, from here on out, my Stacie, Brie and Izzie Snow
stuff will be headed straight to StacieSnowBound, while the rest of my work will
go to TucsonTied. Everybody’s happy!

Here’s the kicker…when you sign up at TucsonTied, you get BOTH of the websites
AT THE SAME TIME!! Two kick ass sites, the same rigging and photography that
you all love, all for one price!

I’m excited!!

Tolstoy

Recently, this was commented to the blog…

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K…ask and ye shall recieve!!!  Not going to talk much, but will say that Stacie, Brie and I had a BANG-UP shoot yesterday, which was fucking AWESOME…maybe even my favorite since I’ve been working with Stacie.   We had a blast of a time, and I generated more material than I could’ve possibly hoped for…it was the most wonderful time EVER.  ‘Nuff said…here’s some “before the bondage” shots of the looooooooovely Snow Sisters.

Tolstoy

Stacie and Brie Snow

Stacie and Brie Snow

Stacie and Brie Snow

Stacie and Brie Snow

One last one…the Snow sisters luv ya…

MWAH!!

I sold my soul to Satan.  Or so I’m told. 

And yes, dear reader, Peter Parker, AKA Spider-Man, also sold a piece of himself to the Devil…I kid you not.  It’s the reason this long-time Spidey fan dumped comics…that and I thought my money was better spent on my business (models)…lol.  “A New Day”, or something like that…the title of the thing escapes me at the moment.

So what about my deal with Mr. Scratch, Mephisto, Satan, etc?  Before we start, let me just say that I want to post about this, but it’s kinda sensative, so no names will be mentioned…except, mine, natch.     There has to be a start to the thing, right?  A time or place where all this madness happened…

Twitter.  The Devil’s playground. 

My Twitter feed, by the way… http://twitter.com/TucsonTied   One of my models and I are pretty big on Twitter…we converse, yak, and have fun there a lot with each other and other Twitterers.  It’s a good way to pass time when you should be working (lol)…I don’t know about her, but I have a blast on my feed.  Well, said blast got noticed by someone who’s rep…well, let’s just say, “less than untarnished” and leave it at that, k?   A fellow producer…and he turned out to be a hoot.  The three of us started ripping up Twitter together.  Well, one day into the “Twitterfriendship”, he asks me about a “Guest Gallery” of my work of said model at his site.  K…interesting.

Firstly, what IS a “Guest Gallery”?  Basically, a set of my work, published on his site, with a link leading back to my site…kinda like a “Guest Starring” role on a tv show.  His site gets good traffic…gives her a new audience, gives me a new audience, gives him some subscriptions, gives me some “token” sales…it seemed like a “win” all around.  That could’ve been the end of it right there and I could’ve just green-lighted the thing, but I never move on something like this without checking all bases…I ran the idea by the model as well.  She approved, loving the idea, as it could also attract her more business as well (other photographers view his site…).  Her first response to the idea was about ME, ironically enough…she asked if I would be credited.  Not even thinking of herself, but of ME.  I kinda like that.    I even offered her the ability to sit with me as I chose the images…but she was involved in other projects, and told me she trusted me to pick the best of the best we’ve done.  Wasn’t easy, let me tell you…we’ve done some GREAT stuff.

Let’s be clear on one point: it was close to FetishCon, and it was also a thought in both our producer minds that maybe it could generate her some more photography offers for the convention.  IT WAS A BUSINESS DECISION.  You could almost call it a “publicity stunt”.

I send him the images…he puts them up on his site, advertising the coming of the model and my Guest Gallery to his site, on Twitter.  The shit hits the “Twitterfan” almost immeadiatly…as a Twitter member on my feed blasts me for selling my soul to Satan (his words), and that his respect for me is now gone.  Yes, he used no names (as I myself have not), but it was more than obvious who he was talking about.  I wasn’t the only one who noticed…the model did as well.  I’ll avoid the worst of the ugliness, and just say that he and I got into a small fight on Twitter, with, admittedly, me doing most of the fighting…lol.   My temper got the worst of me and after months of intermittent innuendo attacks (which I didn’t respond to as I felt it would be of no gain), it all exploded.  This one was the straw that broke the camel’s back…I’d had ENOUGH.  We went back to our own corners of Twitter, and haven’t spoken since.

That was almost a month ago.  So, why bring it up now?  Two other producers have asked me to do “Guest Gallery” exchanges for their sites.  Am I selling my soul again? 

Here’s the thing that has me bugged.   This was such a vile and personal attack that I now find myself double thinking business decisions for my site just so I don’t offend one or two people with apparant axes to grind.  WTF is that?!  I need to be diverse in my thinking to reach all audiences…ALL of them.  Personal wars and squabbles don’t and shouldn’t play a role in BUSINESS decisions at ALL.  And this one must’ve worked…I barely saw the model all ‘con…lol.  I run my business and nobody else…ME.  And the way I run it is proper…otherwise I couldn’t look myself in the mirror in the morning.

By the by…was just driving this morning and looked down at the odometer…84666.  Should I be scared??? 

Tolstoy

But…it’s time to get back to business…already, even!  I’m home less than a week and I have a shoot already (lol), but more on that in a sec.  Firstly, I put up a FetCon pic for the new Group image…Isobel Wren. 

Isobel Wren

 Messaged her about a month before ‘con, expecting her to say, sorry, all booked up, but miraculously, she had availability!!  Of COURSE I took two hours of her time up…in some lingerie stuff and the “little black dress” pic you’ll see at the group.  Be proud of me…I left the pink rope at home.    Also shot with Stacie and Izzie Snow…a sample of that work can be seen at Stacie’s group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/staciesnowfangroup/ Had a GREAT time…can’t wait to shoot with Izzie again, tho Stacie will be seeing me again soon….

But, to tomorrow.  Sasha (no last name…Tucson local) returns to get TucsonTied after about a year and a half layoff…but she (and Dave Annis) tell me that literally no time has gone by for her and she looks exactly the same as when I shot her last.  The only difference will be that now I have money too (lol) and can start bringing her back for more shoots!  Color me excited…Sasha is one of those rare gals that can get her elbows together behind her back without ANY ASSISTANCE AT ALL from me.  CRAZED, right?  Plus, she knows her way around tough, tight bondage (she ought to…Dave Annis introduced her to bondage…lol), so I plan to see where she’s at bondage-wise and have a fabulous shoot!!!  Here’s a bit of Sasha’s last appearance…

Sasha

What a hogtie! Sasha

Then, next Thursday, is a bit of a treat.  After one shoot with   Jerry where she tickled the heck out of her sister, and a shoot with me, Brie Snow wound up #4 in the listing of “Best New Hope for 2011″ at the Rope Dreams Fan Contest…what do you think’ll happen when she gets another go-around at bondage with me?  Brie is floating thru Tucson on the 19th, and it might be years or more before she floats thru again, so I’m snapping her up while I can…Brie and her sister Stacie will be getting themselves TucsonTied that day.  I’m excited!

Finally for August…just five days later, Tuesday evening, I’ll have the extreme pleasure of working with the uber-lovely Cali Logan!!  Cali tells me she’s a bit of a toughie who can easily do elbows together bondage…I plan on testing that theory.    Gonna be a complete BLAST!!!

No definite plans as of yet, but towards the end of September, the loooooovely Tracy Jordan will be stopping by to get TucsonTied as well.  And I didn’t even mention the return of CJ (also no last name…another Tucson local), who just shot with Dave Annis, and I’ve seen the results…OMG, is this lovely Latina SMOKING HOT!!!  I’ll be working with her soon enough…jeez, I need to frikkin’ put on some sunglasses, the future’s so bright around here!!!  Stick around…

Tolstoy

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/staciesnowfangroup/

Can’t post the actual pics of Izzie I have here as they were given to me specifically for Stacie’s Yahoo Group, but I figure it’s OK to link here to there.  That pic was donated to Stacie’s Yahoo Group, along with many others by the FABULOUS JBRoper ( http://jbroper.com/ ).

FANS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS OF STACIE: She stuill has limited availability for FetishCon!  If you’d like to work with Stacie and her REAL-LIFE MOM (as I am), contact her at the Yahoo Group listed above for booking details.

If you’re a Stacie Snow fan (and if you aren’t, why not? lol), join up with her Group…I’m the main Mod there, so you’ll get my wordiness along with a lot of other fun, cool and Stacie-related stuff. 

Tolstoy

I think I’m gonna keep this as a regular article and add to it as these ridiculous comments come thru and get caught by the spam blockers.  Some of these are absolutely f’kin’ hilarious!!!

 August 20-   “HELP! I’m currently being held prisoner by the Russian mafia and being forced to post spam comments on blogs! If you don’t approve this they will kill me.  They’re coming back now. Please send help! ” 

There was linkage inbetween to a “penis enlargement” site…by removing them, we get the opportunity to laugh at them without furthering the spam cause.  So, yah, like the Russian Mafia has nothing better to do than force penis enlargement spam under threat of death…hey, how else are they going to afford to operate in this world economy?  Crime powered by larger penises!!!!!  Bah-hahahahahahahahahaha-haha!!! 

August will be quite the month for yours truly…I’m really looking forward to it.  First of all, we have the annual event FetishCon http://www.fetishcon.com/  It’s the 5th-8th of August.  You should consider going, fans and friends!  I’ll be there, working and hobnobbing with some of the internet’s most famous bondage models and producers.  It’s not just for play, tho…I’ll be doing some work as well. 

Only 2 shoots booked…but, honestly, that’s how I wanted it.  I want to take in some lectures (yep, they actually have lectures there…I’ll especially be taking in one on the 2257 rule), and see the actual trade show itself.  I  make it a habit to buy at least one ball gag every FetCon…it’s like a tradition…lol.    Might even invest in one of those “harness gag” thingy’s…tho lord knows if I do, I’ll get a ton of criticism from m’buddy Dave Annis about how it’s not built right and I got ripped off…lol. 

The two shoots themselves?  Well, I’m working with a duo…and a couple of Isobel’s.  SERIOUSLY!   First up is the magnificent Isobel Wren.  I’ve been wanting to tie this lovely gal since almost I started at the gig, and the stars have finally came into alignment this ‘con.  Her background at this is from the extreme to the light, which lets me know that I’ll be able to do a BUNCH o’ bondages and show off some of my finest rope stylings.  The biggest shock came when she told me she still had booking availability.  SERIOUSLY!  My jaw almost hit the floor (as did ElCoyote’s when I told him) when I read this from her…hopefully it picks up for her, as I’ve found her to be a total sweetheart and I’d love for her to get everything out of ‘con she can. 

GAWD, coffee can be so GOOD sometimes…jus’ sayin’. 

The pair, I think you know about, if you’ve been following this blog…Stacie and Izzie Snow.  Here’s the other “Isobel” for ya…”Izzie” is short for “Isobel”, natch.  I could more than likely shoot with Stacie here in town, but hey…I’ll probably never get the opportunity to shoot with a REAL-LIFE MOTHER/DAUGHTER PAIR again!  Gotta do this one…you fans’d probably never forgive me if I didn’t…nor could I forgive me…lmao! 

So…outside FetCon?  Once back home and rested, towards the tail end of the August, I’ll be shooting with the uber-LOVELY Cali Logan.  Lordy, how I wish I had some pics to show off to you all, but trust me…she’s GORGEOUS.  Bless Stacie for letting her know I was available and wanting to shoot with her!  Talks with her have been FAB over at ModelMayhem…this is gonna be some fun shoot!  Again, it seems like I’m gonna be able to go to the extremes on the ropework…she says she can handle it.  W00T!!!!!

And around the same time…brace yourselves…it looks like the best part of my Vegas trip may be making a repeat visit sooner than I ever thought!  BRIE SNOW may be coming into town to visit big sis Stacie, so how could I resist wanting to shoot with her once again?  I know you, her fans would love that, right?

K…that’s about it for now…and Twitter is being SO MUCH FUN right now, I have to get back to it…laters, peeps!

Tolstoy

From the Yahoo Group…  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TucsonTied/

Hey, you guys! How’re you doing?

All is well in good ol’ Tucson, AZ…just at a slight bit of a stop for the
moment as I gear up for FetishCon next month. Haven’t been shooting much, but I
should at least change out that main pic…problem is, I kinda like it…lol.
I’ll find something when home and off the cel phone.

(It wound up being this…

These little lapses in communication on my part happen solely because of breaks
in shooting. I’m not shooting, so I get quiet…totally my bad and I’m sorry,
kids. I should at least post here about the latest sets going up to the main
site or some such thing…ah, well.

I also have something else filling the shoot hiatus time…Stacie Snow found
herself in need of a Moderator for her Yahoo Group and asked me if I’d be
willing…I agreed and have been having a blast helping with that of late. It’s
here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/staciesnowfangroup/

It gives me a different creative outlet: believe it or not, I have a hard time
talking about myself and playing myself up (no fair making “dodging lightning
bolts” jokes…I’m serious…lol), so being a Mod for her has come a bit easier
and is a freer feeling. I’m loving it…and suddenly wishing I could spread
myself further out and could do it for others as well! It’s been a gas…the
convo over there has been fun and light. But, my duties are first and foremost
here, and I do know that.

So…what IS going on over here? Nothing for the moment…but will when
FetishCon rolls around!!! Just solidified another booking…wonderful model
Isobel Wren and I’ll be working this con as well!! Color me
super-excited…Isobel has been on my Top 10 list of “Models I Wanna Shoot With”
since…well, since almost EVER…lol, and I’m really excited for that one to
happen. Who would’a thunk she’d still have availability this late towards con?!
I sure didn’t…and she has even more available. If you’re going to FetishCon
and would like to book with her, hit me up here privately, and I’ll send you
contact info. You won’t be sorry you did.

That’s about all for this Tolstoy (lol)…I’ll find us a new pic for the front
page tonight.

Yak at ya all later!
Tolstoy