Thursday, November 17, 2022

Previous Porn Star: Eric by Cooks Photography


'I provided the onesie and always enjoyed seeing men in them.'


There are certain photographers I love going back to, artist's whose imagery always inspires and is consistently captivating.  Hal Cook from Cooks  Photography is one of those artists.  I first featured Hal's work back in 2016, and I continue to ask, (bug) him about his shoots and possible features on a regular basis since. 


When I was recently browsing Hal's Instagram page, I was struck by an images of a tall, incredibly hot model wearing just a form fitting onesie.  I admit, I have a thing for men in onesie's, especially when winter is coming.  The model's name was Eric and I hastily contacted Hal about seeing more of his work with Eric, and featuring it on the site.


Hal sent on two's sets of images, one set with Eric barely in, and  then out of his white onesie, and a second with Eric au natural, with the onesie nowhere in sight.  I decided to save most of the onesie shots for later, but wanted to share a taste of what first drew me to Eric and the image Hal had posted.


Hal first met Eric back in 2010, but doesn't exactly remember where he first saw Eric's images.  It could have been through Adam4Adam or on Model Mayhem, but Hal does remember that this shoot happened many years after they first connected.  Although he may not remember where he first saw Eric's images, Hal does remember that he was drawn to Eric's sexy appeal and really wanted to meet and photograph him. 


I'm always curious about process, especially the experience of model and photographers.  Whether they take direction well, how collaborative the shoot was, if there were any issues that arose.  With Eric, Hal shares that this shoot was a breeze, especially because of Eric's previous modeling experience and how easy it was to get him into poses.  I always like to about how experienced a model is with taking it all off for the camera, and how comfortable they were during the shooting process.  


'Eric was extremely pleasant to work with. Nudity was easy for him. He seemed quite comfortable expressing himself sensually?  Eric had also appeared in Playgirl Magazine and had previous porn star experience. '

For those of you who are curious, Eric appeared in a 'Desert Oasis' centerfold spread in Playgirl Magazine in the Spring 2015 issue.  The writer describes Eric as having both hard and soft spots, (duh) sweet and sour, and hot and hotter.  They also aptly describe him as a feat for the eyes and a feed for the loins. Well said Playgirl, well said. 

1 comment:

Kevin Rhodes said...

I think he did porn as "Shane Ericson".