Emma Hui — the window set

Emma joined us in Oakland last year for our three-day photo project. This is the second set of images we shot there, in front of a bank of beautiful stained glass windows. What a house! This setting was a perfect counterpoint to Emma's intense and challenging rope work. She's a creative top and this set proved it to me beyond a doubt. The way she worked the ropes into an ever-tightening tie made my body sing with each cinch she did. Every now and then she would elicit a gasp from me and I could hear her giggle a little — and I'd do the same mentally because I knew we were both feeling the same satisfaction with the way the tie was turning out. We were connected through the rope.

I find it interesting to be able to explore rope with people beyond an initial connection. I'm fortunate enough to have found people that are able to do that with me; Emma is one such person. This set was a natural part of the evolution of our play at Leather Retreat a few years ago. It was a treat to experience more of what Emma brings to a rope scene: her precision, her intuition, her care and her love of the art. She enjoys injecting more and more physical tension into her ties and I enjoy the increasing constriction that creates.

I've decided to post all of Michele's picks of this set because it's one of the best illustrations of a bondage sequence we've shot. This is part one of the set; part two continues it, so that you can see the end result of the tie. Michele really captured the flow of the tie and the way both Emma and I fell deeper and deeper into the scene. It was less like a photo shoot than anything else we shot that weekend, and I was happy to share it with Emma.