I didn't think it could get any hotter this July...

... but it did when model Kelly Fuller shot with me in the studio last Saturday.

A fashion/glamour session is interesting, because there's this warming up period between model and photographer.

When I go through a model's wardrobe before a photoshoot, we pick out the very best of the best. And from that, I always tell her to pick her least favorite of the very best to photograph first. Why? Well, while the very first images we shoot will be good, the images we shoot in the middle and at the end of the shoot will be better than good. They'll be smokin' hot.

To draw the beauty from a model, I have to have a conversation with her. I have to connect, and once I make that connection - once I know who she is and what makes her sexy, that's when our photos will really cook. That's when we're going to get the best images of the day.

It never ceases to amaze me that we start off a shoot as two individuals and end a session as one symbiotic team of poses and photos, working together to achieve the same goal: Great photos. Kelly was no exception to this rule. We started slow and worked toward the middle, but by the time she slipped into a pair of worn-in jeans and a zipper top, we were really cooking. When she put on the black bikini... oh my!

I'll let you be the judge. Here are a few images from our shoot Saturday. Thanks again, Kelly. You did great.