Early Monday morning was the time. The location – an urbane apartment building in midtown Atlanta that had brightly painted interiors which caught the light of the sun very well and reflected it brilliantly.  I’d visited the apartment about week prior to the shoot and knew it would be perfect for an early morning set. LoisLane and I met the sun in the kitchen and the rest was beautiful. We call her LoisLane because, like Clark Kent, her hidden powers are endless. She is an INCREDIBLY intelligent medical student by day and in her secret identity she’s a soulfully talented Jazz basist....

Nobella makes jewelry. And this all started when I asked Nobella for some jewelry for a fashion shoot. That led to me shooting her for the Pangeas Garden Project, surrounded by her Art and Jewel creations. I then asked her if she wanted to do a shoot for the Portal’s gallery and she said no because she knew the perfect person for it. Nobella of New Orleans introduced me to Nena of New Orleans. Her strikingly soft beauty wrapped around provocatively wise eyes. Soft spoken & cool, deliberate & alluring, Nena was a walking inspiration. Nobella designed a body jewel to wrap around her....