From Bedroom to Beach: Camden by StudioMGphotography

'With Camden, it was his youthful good looks, impish smile and twinkle in his eye, and fuzzy butt!'

Mark, StudioMGphotography

I think anyone who purchased StudioMGphotography's book Bedtime Stories took note of the section featuring Camden.  Even if you didn't know his name, you certainly noticed that face, that twinkle, the body and Camden's beautiful fuzzy butt. 

Bedtime Stories was filled with pages full of amazingly hot men lying, dancing and jumping on, not to mention climaxing on the old pile of mattresses. Each one, including the man with the mirror, brought their own unique erotic intensity to the room and to the project.

Some of you who read my original piece (HERE:) on the project know the room wasn't exactly a bedroom, well at least not any longer.  The mattress room, was found completely by accident while Mark was shooting with FH favorite Bond.  

Part of Mark's process always includes exploration, and while he and Bond were exploring an old army base, they came upon a room in the barracks filled with piles of old mattresses.  Bond instinctively began jumping up and down, completely naked of course, on the mattresses.  A theme and a book were instantly conceived.

I first noticed Camden on Model Mayhem a year or two before his mattress mount.  Like Mark, I was struck by his beautiful face and great smile.  Camden got in touch with Mark before a planned trip to San Francisco to shoot with photographer Keith Ingram.  Camden hoped to work with Mark during his time in Northern California.

Turns out, Camden time on the West Coast was a shorter than he thought.  So short in fact, that he didn't really have time to fit in two shoots, not to mention the travel time required.  Thankfully, Camden was able to rearrange his schedule extend his stay.  This allowed for Keith to shoot him on the first day and  Mark on the next, just before Camden had to hop on a plane for his flight back home

'Camden and I squeezed three themes into that July afternoon we had to shoot: beach, the first being for Bedtime Stories. We even squeezed a couple of swimming pool images in at the end, but I think that was mostly just an opportunity for him to go skinny dipping!'

The second theme Camden and Mark explored was for Forbidden Art, Mark's upcoming book featuring men and graffiti.  Fans of Mark's work know that he often shoots in old abandoned buildings, meaning that graffiti often provides an colorful artistic backdrop for the men that he shoots.  Mark's done shooting for the project, and is currently selecting images before beginning the layout for the book.  He hopes to have it ready for release in the spring.

As you can see from these shot, Mark and Camden also found some time for a quick shoot at the beach.  In addition to shots of Camden lounging in the sand, I love that Mark also always manages to capture so many of his models doing their unique beach sand dance.  These images of Camden on the beach were not shot for either of the themed projects and I appreciate Mark sharing them with FH. Most of them, have not been seen before. 

'Camden was just 20 at the time, but seemed like a grounded and nice guy all 'round. He was already out of the Marines and in back in school studying dentistry. I was not his first shoot, nor in fact his only Northern California shoot on his trip out here.'

'He was a treat to create with, with his sexy boyish charms and twinkle in his eye! He was energetic and exuberant. Any suggestions I made he jumped in to make a reality, always with a smile.'

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