Bramley Apple

Captain slow.

Apparently, I'm starting to create some rumors among models, saying I'm slow and awkward to work with, because of my critical manual focusing technique.
Things got even worse when I started usin...

Relaxing tones.

Even if this is the same hotel as always, the color palette of the bed was more sedate and relaxing in this shooting with Paulinepastel, as if to acknowledge her aristocratic beauty and make it shi...

Demanding locations.

Currently working on Elfa's shooting in the asylum to gain more experience about the place, as I might be doing 2 more attempt this year there in August.
One with Barbora and one with Maria, hop...

Playing kitty.

I wanted to get a seriously sexy photo in this case, but Maria is a playful model, and this position reminded to her a cat asking to be pet.
We tried also her version, but she cracked up in laug...

Elfa's fears 3 of 3.

The worst fear of Elfa on that day, were humans.
Whenever she heard a voice coming toward us, she jumped and run for her jacket, that was long enough to cover every sensitive part of the body. 2025-06-19 07:30:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Elfa's fears 2 of 3.

I promised to shoot at least one photo of Elfa wearing her safety slippers, and here is the first one, but I shot a lot more, so you will see the yellow sandals again.

The fear she experience...

Elfa's fears 1 of 3.

This is the second time I shoot with Elfa, but it is the first time I get to use the Monbello Asylum as a location!
I went there in August of 2024 to check out the location with a friend, and fi...

Best things don't come easy.

Today I'm not inside Milano, but very near, for a shooting I've been waiting to do for the past year.
It was August when I went to do a preliminary inspection last year, with a friend of mine, a...

Urbex strategies for Monday.

With the shooting of Elfa in the abandoned Asylum, I will definitely take a different approach to the urbex style photos I made in Sotto il Monte with Ania.

No Nikon D810, no AF-S NIKKOR 20mm...

Choking.

Today I'm showing you Inna again, but with less shadows, and with her beautiful silhouette fully extended.
Also this photo was shot on the Fujifilm GFX 50S II + "Martin" (the Zeiss T* 1,4/85mm P...

NEW #BRAMLEYAPPLE BLOSSOMING ON THE 🍏 TREE…

No teaser this time round, because today I will post 2 more photos of Inna, the new model from yesterday, on my regular social media feed and on DA Subscriptions!

The day before the shooting ...

About what's coming, and what might be lost forever.

Today I'm in Milano, shooting with yet another brand new model.
So you Patrons are the only ones to get a post, and something similar is going to happen on Monday, the 16th, with the return of E...

Looking at our future straight in the eyes.

Deciding which and where to post the 2 pictures of today was a difficult choice!
This first shooting with Barbora is extremely important for me, and I didn't want to give away too much about the...

Exposed on the balcony.

Another photo of a model exposed on a balcony, you can't tell, because I was with my back to the city of Milano, pointing the camera on the inside of the balcony, where Quinn was leaning on the wal...

Let her move freely.

Starting the week on a high note, with Martina's bottom in plain view.
Sometimes I have to remind myself to move my attention from her mesmerizing eyes and front of the body, to pay some attenti...

Just for you.

Cara Mell is one of the most appreciated models I've ever photographed.
So my Patrons deserve to have another look at her, on a Sunday, and just for them.

In the mean time, let me tell you...

Historic madness.

I might have managed to bring Elfa back to the table.
After she asked for a 40% increase from last year's fee, and I had to refuse, she came back with another offer.
I accepted the offer, and...

Dirty pictures.

This image is refined, made with a medium format camera and a very special lens, the ultimate portrait lens from Nikon from the past millennium, the Nikkor 135mm f2 Defocus Control.
In this phot...

Marketing propaganda.

I was looking some YouTube videos about the Leica SL2-S, just to keep informed about what are the opinions of other photographers, and I keep hearing praises about the extraordinary high ISO perfor...

Karina in the basement.

It's a long time since I posted a photo of Karina, March the 3rd to be precise, and here she is!
I was still experimenting colors arrangements with the Leica SL2-S, and now I might do a differen...

Dancing in the rain.

Ok, the rain was not exactly falling on Linda at the time, but it was refreshing a hot August day in 2021, and is visible in the background.
The advantage is that the hair of the model is dry, a...

Photography is a disease.

September 2023, shooting number 18 with Martina, this is the corridor sequence.
In this case I had to create the light artificially, using my spotlights (I believe I had already a couple at the ...

Exposed.

I shot in this Milan apartment several times, but the best feature was surely the balcony, dominating the City.
Feeling so exposed was surely a great sensation, and adds to the pictures.

I...

Hairy bits.

I was listening at a YouTube video, where they were talking about hair of models, and how lenses that are too good can make life difficult when retouching untidy strains of hair in the picture.
...

A feast for the eyes.

I've learned my lesson, I can experiment shallow depth of field on full frame sensors, and with 50mm lenses, but with medium format I have to be careful!
The Fujifilm GFX 50S II + "Martin", the ...

NEW #BRAMLEYAPPLE BLOSSOMING ON THE 🍏 TREE…

I hope you like this new model, Barbora, because she is likely to become my next favorite model, now that Martina is so hard to book!
I was excited about her and had great expectations even befo...

Searching for the right attitude.

Got some pretty light contrasts in this photo of Martina, from February 2020.
The cold light from the blue hour outside, and the tungsten light from the existing light fixture, are contributing ...

Challenged by Demi.

The exterior of the apartment booked by Demi was promising, in an area of Milano full of trees and squirrels running around.
It was the apartment itself that was not ideal, especially because it...

The vintage lens secrets.

I was considering the idea of buying lenses from brands, or periods in time, I have not yet sampled, just to give them a go, as a sort of photography encyclopedia, and the Pentax I used for this ph...

Demi Fray is back!

What a strange week this has been, with 2 models returning to the Bramley Apple Project for a second helping, both shot for the first time several years ago (6 for Dovile, 7 for Demi), and both bor...