Skin Two Magazine shots:
• Page 65 of issue 57 of Skin Two Magazine includes a photo I took at the Cocktail Party.
• Page 75 of the same issue. Shot at the Ball just as it was winding down, this lady grabbed a chap's chap parts. Naughty lady.
Cocktail Party:
• The venue for the Cocktail Party - Rush in Soho. An interesting location; When I left I was propositioned by a whore. What larks!
• Anna works for Marquis magazine, translating it into English. She's also a dominatrix. A 'Prodom', I believe, even though she said it was a hobby.
• In £900s worth of House of Harlot latex, The Baron Von Rukavina cut quite a dash. The top hat was £350, but his cane was a £50 eBay bargain.
• The cellar dancefloor at Rush. I didn't see any naughtiness myself, but I was told by my Spanish friend Juan that things got fruity down here. Bah, missed it!
• Or is it a dance floor? It's one of those words that looks ok either way. Anyway, here's a more atmospheric shot of the floor for dancing.
• Miss Dante Posh, out of NJ, USA. I didn't ask to do this. I just suggested her bottom looked a little dull and before I knew it I was outside. Very nice lady.
• I pull a deeply dumb expression while buffing a bum. For more information -and much of it is pretty shocking, frankly- on Dante visit her site. 18+ only!
• Organiser Hannah and friend. One of the last shots of the night. Then I went back to my hotel for some much needed sleep. I wouldn't get much more....
• Hannah and friend again. Hannah was great actually; very helpful and pleasent. Big thanks to her for my photo pass. I hope I put it to good use.
• Miss Vanilla Lush. Spent a lot of time in front of a mirror -which there were many at Rush- and using the stairs with her (potentially) killer heels.
• Mistress Nova. She's done bondage webcasts with Chanta Rose, and I saw her in the street as I was coming back to the party after grabbing a pizza. Lucky!
• Partygoer is distracted by damn fine rack. It happens. Often when I'm trying to take a shot I'll be distracted by a big pair of breasts myself. Back to the gym.
• Two German ladies and Anna again. They all work for Marquis, and at first I was confused, thinking Anna was German too. It turns out she's just from t' north.
• A nice couple I met. She's not a Minogue. While he was taking pix of her I did the Rabbot Ears behind his head, so he got a very natural laughing shot.
• And they say smoking is bad for your chest. I didn't catch this lady's name, but I'm guessing it may be Barbie.
• She (above) was a good sport posing for me. Her partner (Sugar Daddy? Husband?) and I held a full conversation about photos without saying anything.
• Ah, beautiful! I love this woman's smile. She looks genuinly happy to be bothered by me for a snap, which is a rare and special thing.
• I didn't get a chance to speak to this couple upstairs, but I wanted to. Again, a fun looking pair. Insert your own joke here.
• Not Heather Graham, but a fine foxy looking lady. I saw her at the Ball too I think, in ripped stockings looking all danced out while sitting on a speaker.
• There was only one lady here at the time, but was this the most glam queue for the loo in the world? Answers on a postcard to...
• I never did get this Pink Lady's name. Or number ;) But she was someone I thought looked totally fabulous and I took quite a few shots of her.
• This is a very good angle for her (Pink Lady, above). Taken down the stairs to the basement dance area, this has been cropped to remove a fire extinguisher.
• Ritzy Crackers is a well known face on the alt.London club scene. The Cocktail Party was being co-hosted by her and she did some singing. Smashing!
• It's not a proper Skin Two do without a bit of spanking. It's a bad photo but these two kind ladies ensured that the party warmed up. Or was it just buttocks?
Skin Two Expo:
• Front entrance to the Skin Two Expo on Golden Lane. Getting here was fun as I walked from Liverpool Street station and got lost in/on The Barbican Centre.
• "Don't worry about her, she's 'armless". While the show was still being set up I liked the look of this dummy on the Torture Garden stand.
• In Breathless rubber on the Breathless stand. The whole day was made up of this sort of thing, which meant my voice, feet and shutter finger got tired.
• Chanta Rose, ex. porn star, big name in Internet Bondage and D/s sites, and beautiful hair-owner poses above the Expo. She gave me a copy of her book.
• The first of lots of pix of Chris, aka Ulorin Vex. Here she is being eaten by a £900 Venus Fly Trap by Fetish Universe from Germany. Lucky fly trap ;)
• Quite a cute, soft look for Chris. I think fighting this inflatable terror was the high point of the Expo for her.
• Those are cheekbones to be proud of. I like her hand reaching out, as if to say, "This damn thing's about to roll over again. Give us a tug upright".
• Sleepy bunny wabbit. She's had a busy weekend. Bless. For more of her, and her twin sister who also models (yep!) got to my Pro page.
• As pouts go, she can make some smokin' ones! I think she was looking to Russell, aka Root of Silence who was taking photos too. Top bloke.
• A quickie on the stairs. Oh my. I only had a moment to fire this off. It's a little dark - I could have used being on the next step up really.
• Chris with Wild At Heart. They've worked together, I think. As Chris says, Redheads Rule! For more on WaH, visit her 'in front/behind the camera' site.
• Christiane (to give her full name) with her sister Lisa. I don't know what it is about twin girls holding hands that I find a bit 'The Shining'... The rubber helps.
• A little demonic thanks to red-eye, but with that hair and outfit, Chris works the look. I think this was her favourite outfit of the weekend, and I have to agree.
• Looking a little less like herself, Chris and Lisa pose for Russell, more than me. I didn't mind though. I just hope they didn't either.
• And then someone else ran in and pinched her dress. This looks nothing like Chris, but I'm fairly sure it was though. Fairly sure.
• There was a whole lot of art goin' on at the Expo. Here's a wall of some of it.
• This lady hates her bottom, as it looks like a boy's. I'd say that might mean she offers the best of both world's, but I wouldn't.
• What a bitch! Actually, this fine pet was let off her lead at the Expo and I saw her sniffing about. I can't say we spoke much, but she was happy to 'pose'.
• A shot of the crowds at the Expo. 120 stands and 4000 visitors over two days means this can call itself the world's biggest fetish fair. If that's your bag, come!
• Eva Reiser of Silicon Creations takes a moment out beside her stand. She's Argentinean, so I didn't mention football, or that other business.
• And this is what she (Eva, above) makes and sells. I saw a corset she'd made being warn at the Ball - under the UV lights it looked amazing.
• The tragic story of the event. HW Designs' stock had gone to Coventry, and they couldn't get it from the closed deport. So they'd girls, but almost no stock.
• Jenis, who I met at LAM when she was being Little Red Riding Hood at ths expo. I do love a lady in a little hat. You can read about LAM here.
• Fancy jewellery on The Rally Shack stand. It makes a change from dildos, paddles and gasmasks. Nice stuff handmade in the UK.
• A close up of the spider for the above display. The Rally Shack also do fun t-shits, with slogans like 'Come on them if you think you're hard enuff'.
• Deanne Lea on the Velda Lauder stand. Very retro and tiny. Deanne, not the stand. I think I guessed at an 18" waist and size 4 feet.
• Little Miss Chaos, Kakja and Ruby Rouge enjoy a break in the bar area upstairs.
• As above - just another angle. I think it was LMC and K who were selling chocolate truffles. Yum.
• Mistress Valkyrie (I really should run a spell checker over this) runs events for subs and Dommes. She's also a pretty blonde lady. Hooray for them!
• While there was some posing going on, I shot over the photographer's head. Oi, no giggling at the back!
• Hard to get a crisp shot without flash, but I didn't want to distract the model (Lisa, in this case) or photographer too much.
• Another one of Lisa on the white sheet. It was funny watching the models walking on and off via a cloth that was almost thrown at them.
• The Sugar Sugar stand had one lady (left) who did jewellery, and another who did silk bloomers. The backless ones were dearer; Less material, more work.
• Torture Garden's stand with optional shoppers. Another interesting selection of rubber things for thin ladies.
• Eve Poland had really cool artwork, which I loved. When she's not being an artist, she's a journalist working in the financial sector. Ah, a secret other life.
• Fairy Goth Mother have been suffering from copycat versions of their designs. Thus this shot of their stand caused more friction than you'd expect.
• Doe-eyed Hollie on the Electrastim stand. She's not a real police woman (as far as I know) but she was very nice.
• Lady K was having a fetish collection clear-out and greeted me with a hug and a kiss on the cheek as she thought I was someone else. Someone she knew!
• Rubber Nuns were a theme of the weekend for me. This one is in front of the Latexa stand.
• The Libidex stand had an interesting collection of lines, which I think might be the sort of stock you'd see at thier Covent Garden shop, Liberation.
• Russell was good enough to bang off two shots of Lisa, Chris and I. They both feature me looking smug and happy.
• As above, but without an expression that says I'm a twat. I have no idea why I look so tanned in these two shots. I'm not nearly this brown really.
• And so it goes on. I know no shame. I am a tart. Still, given the situation, you wouldn't wouldn't you?
• Mighty Aphrodite's new metal-covered art books were a big hit at ths event. For £650 you can have 30-40 shots taken and presented in it. Quite tempting!
• Mighty Aphrodite's stand, with Zena, Leigh and Erosanne, who seems to have been swallowed whole by a leopard-print snake. Someone call a doctor/vet!
• Mistress Veronica was a rare US visitor. It seems the harsh exchange rate is keeping them away from the UK.
• As above. Veronica had a stage show at the last two Rubber Balls, but she was just shopping (and partying?) this year.
• Nikla Black and Rubber Star from Italy. They were performing a show called Viva Maria at the Ball that night. Sadly I missed it.
• As above. Nikla had to spell her name for me as I was being rather slow. Luckily Rubber Star's name isn't half so hard... Unless it's a single word?
• As above again. Rubber Star had a little chat with me at the Finale. She seemed nice, I recall. So that's good.
• Peter Felix Kurtz is a well known fetish photographer, and his friend is a big ETO fan. I admired his pictures on the Breathless stand.
• Misbehaving on the Pretty Pervy stand with Dante Posh. I don't know what came over me... [insert own joke here]
• As above. One friend suggested I was purring in this shot. They may well be right.
• Upstairs there was a photoshoot of Pretty Pervy outfits. This is Dante again, in front of a Expo sign.
• Laughing at a stranded... thing. The thing was being modeled by Pretty Pervy designer Hilary, who was fun to chat to.
• Robert also designs for Pretty Pervy. Neither of these is him though...
• Pumping from behind. Having read Dante's web site (18+ only. Find your own link!) this isn't such an unusual position for her.
• A girl-thing and her pet-thing. This shoot was perhaps the bizarre high-point of my day.
• More falling-over and laughter. I did feel sorry for the ladies when they got out of their kit. It's damn hot in rubber.
• "I like big butts and I cannot lie..." This dress is called Toxic Toadstool and was amazing, I think.
• Don't you just want to drop to your knees and smooch it? Just me then. Right.
• A friend arrived and I think he had the same smoochy thoughts as me. It's hard to be sure though. So to speak.
• Down she goes again. Poor Hilary wasn't very stable on her.. Hooves? Claws? Paws?
• In the dark. An atmospheric shot of Dante in her PP outfit along with the Expo sign.
• The front's good. Back on the Pretty Pervy stand, Dante poses.
• The back's even better. But this is just a question of personal taste. You may have your own thoughts. Note the sleepy blonde lady in the background.
• Robin Archer, MD of House of Harlot had a long chat to me. They've made a £8,500 Star Warsesque multi-layered suit, as well as latex wedding dresses.
• SammieB, all 32B-24-36 and 5' 5" of her was having fun at the event. Learn more about her at www.sammieglamour.co.uk.
• Still on the Cupids Couch stand, (note the missing ') with Sammie.
• She does look both lovely and rubbery, I must say. I met her on the Mighty Aphrodite stand, I think.
• I don't think that's all him. A shot I was asked to take on the Cupids Couch stand..
• Gitangeli in full-on Shopping Diva mode. She was at the event with her boyfriend (lucky chap) while I spoke to artists about a website he was working on.
• I had no idea who Eva Vortex was as I took these shots of her. I've since seen her web site and... well, I felt educated. Not for the easily offended!
• As above, from above. I also saw her at the Ball, but was way too chicken to ask her for a shot there.
• Mr Monocle I'd seen at the Ball too. He was very willing to pose for me, as I directed him around. A very kind as well as mysterious man.
• Stig Art is made by a guy called Bob. I liked his spider-web chair. So did Leigh and Zena of Mighty Aphrodite. They bought one at the show.
• Strapon-Jane and friend. Her stand was always busy, for some crazy reason...
• Mam'zelle Maz with tray on the What Kate Did stand. I was ungentlemanly enough to point out her seems weren't straight. I am a cad.
• The Xtreme Footwear stand was very... yellow. Like most at the Expo, they were kept busy over the two days.
Skin Two Rubber Ball:
• The Ball started slowly, with bondage shows in a cage. The crowd seemed to enjoy it.
• Ulorin Vex had a bit of 'foot trouble' at the event. In this shot he's stopped licking her foot, at least.
• Ulorin, aka Chris, with her boyfriend and regular photographer Russell Coleman, who works as Root of Silence.
• One of the dancefloors, between stage shows. I did like the lighting design at SeOne, below London Bridge station.
• Evidence of the 'Stage and Screen' theme of the party above the main dancefloor. A hot and sweaty place at the end of the night; Latex doesn't breathe.
• Dante Posh as Uhura. One of the more interesting characters I saw over the weekend, she's 6ft tall and from New Jersey.
• The unholy union of woman and Tribble. It's possible Nichelle Nichols (spelling by blind faith) does have pubes as grey as this now...
• The Dungeon Room, where things got messy later in the night. The Ball started at 10pm and finished (me) off at 6am. I ran on two cokes for its full length.
• Goddess Qing is a London-based Chinese mistress. She liked this quick shot of her and invited me to take some more... [The Goddess Qing page]
• I met Jenis at LAM, the London Alternative Market in the spring. She was performing at the Ball, but again, I missed the action. She's 'annoying but adorable'.
• A condition of getting a photo pass was dressing up. I did my best, but look more South West Trains than El Presidente, which was what I was hoping for.
• Mrs Illucia wa visiting from Italy I think. I took loads of shots of her, and wasn't happy with any of them. That's the way it goes sometimes; 'Crappy'.
• Nun'n'Schoolgirl: Badly out of sequence, this is one well-used looking performer. There was a lot of wax left on the stage after the show.
• Nun'n'Schoolgirl: Near the start, an evil nun torments a schoolgirl. This show was my Ball highlight and I was scared by it in ways I'll treasure forever.
• Nun'n'Schoolgirl: Not perfect framing, but still an interesting picture. The nun works the schoolgirl (and the crowd) into a frenzy.
• Nun'n'Schoolgirl: The poison kiss. From here, it's all down hill for the youngster's immortal soul. It's already way too late for the nun's.
• Nun'n'Schoolgirl: A moment frozen in time. half a second later the blouse was off, and her dignity caught a taxi.
• Nun'n'Schoolgirl: Voila! And the dye is cast. Exposed to the gaze of the wolfish onlookers, there's a moment of triumph for the naughty nun.
• Nun'n'Schoolgirl: The skirt doesn't last long. There's a suggestion of compliance now, as the schoolgirl's hand slips from her breast.
• Nun'n'Schoolgirl: There's a struggle, as limbs are held. The nun presents the viewers with her prize, a flesh doll. We lap it up. We are beasts.
• Nun'n'Schoolgirl: The girl is placed upon the altar of pain. She will be sacrificed to the gods of pleasure. There is no escape. No help from the watchers.
• Nun'n'Schoolgirl: A photographer immortalises her sacrifice. There's no need for bindings, she gives herself willingly now.
• Nun'n'Schoolgirl: "And then, the waxing!" It's not her bikini line that's in for trouble, it's her peachy buttocks which the nun has her eye on.
• Nun'n'Schoolgirl: Diving for treasure. Having warmed her victim up, the nasty nun doesn't hold back. I hear whimpering... I realise it's me.
• Nun'n'Schoolgirl: The phallus must be anointed. Driven mad by the passionate attack of her Mother Superior, our heroine does her sacred duty.
• Nun'n'Schoolgirl: The Schoolgirl needs guidance. And, with a gentle touch on the shoulder, she's given it.
• Nun'n'Schoolgirl: And then the ultimate act. The sacred feminine is brutally penitrated, at the literal climax of the unholy union betwixt nun and her charge.
• Nun'n'Schoolgirl: She takes it well, given her slight build. The crowd went quiet, watching, holding their breath, as the torment continued, mechanically.
• Nun'n'Schoolgirl: The spear is withdrawn, the unspeakable display is over. Her hair thrown back, and with a look of glee on the nun's face, the crowd erupts!
• A non-English speaking partygoer, if memory serves. .
• I liked this playful lady's look. .
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• How I failed to recognise Bianca Beauchamp, international fetish diva, I'll never know. We appeared together in Bizarre magazine in 2004, after all.
• The French-Canadian was kind enough to do a couple of poses for me. When I got in touch later she remembered me, which was cool. [Her web site]
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Finale:
• Abacus at 24 Cornhill, near the Bank of England was the venue for the weekend's Finale. It's a funky kind of place, for a funky crowd.
• The dark dance floor for dancing, darkly. Very atmospheric without being in any way old fashioned.
• Flogging is one of those things. One of those things that makes your bottom pink.
• Juan from Spain made a new friend. I saw him at all the events and had a few chats. He'd come to London just for the Skin Two Rubber Ball weekend.
• Having seen how it was done, I also made a new friend. I also kissed her rubbery bottom when she waggled it at me. I have no shame.
• Some familiar faces. I'd met these ladies at the Cocktail Party. I didn't get their names, but I think of them as The Sargent and Kylie.
• Another cool couple. I do like the military look on ladies, although thigh boots haven't been army issue since 1656.
• Rubber Star at the bar. I don't know what happened with this shot, but I still sort of like it, even though her face is 'blown out'. I think that's the term.
• Media scrums were not uncommon at the Ball or Finale. This hot spanking scene drew quite a crowd, especially when it got a bit naughty.
• My last shot of the night. Fnarr. When things started to get sticky I knew it was time to make my exit. So 20 short minutes later, I left, hehehe.
During a couple of stage shows I accidentally shot some video with my digital camera
-it has a dial which gets knocked- and while these clips don't really capture the drama of the night,
I am making them available for viewing.
Click here or the picture,
left, to see a short 2.62Mb / 17 second stereo Mpeg video of them.
If you've a slow modem, click here for a little 535Kb / 17 second .WMV clip.
2007 Skin Two Expo, rival Xpo and the Skin Two Rubber Ball at SeOne:In 2007 I was invited back to the Skin Two Rubber Ball to take photos. So I went.
I also ended up at the Expo and Xpo to write a comparison piece about them for ETO Magazine.
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• I met this chap -oh yes, it's a chap in there- last year. He always wears cool outfits, and is very tall.
• I think this design was based on 50s pulp comic style. Isn't there a famous painting that looks like this too?
• You can see my foot at the bottom. That's really mine.
• I'd met Cleo at last year's ball, when she'd been there with her husband, Yul Brin.
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