We get a fair number of e-mails that start out like this; “How did you get started taking pictures of your wife and how did you talk her into it?.”  It comes up often enough that I’ve finally decided to write the story.  So, remembering that as a writer I’m a pretty good photographer, here goes.

When I was a kid my dad had a black and white darkroom in the basement so I learned how to take picture and develop film and prints in grade school.  When I got to high school t here was a photography class which I took, as a Sophomore.  I got an A and used pictures that I already had on hand, “stock photos”, if you will.  There were also 2 color darkrooms, one positive and one negative.  I spent all my time in these, mostly doing Cibachromes, or prints from slides, or chromes.  At that time I thought I wanted to be a professional photographer.  For reasons that aren’t entirely clear, 30 years later, I chose a different career path.  Over the years I always had a camera or two, always Nikons, but never did anything serious with them.

In about 1997 as part of my job was “exposed” to Photoshop for the first time.  That was fascinating…no more darkrooms….no more guessing filter packs…..I was in love!  At that time pro digital cameras were available but still very expensive.  A Kodak DCS620 was around 25K USD!!  I bought a Nikon F5 and a film scanner and started on our odyssey.  Shooting film and scanning was working but I still wasn’t where I wanted to be.  In 1999 Nikon announced the D1.  A pro level DSLR at an “affordable” price.  I sold my F5, F100, and RZ67 and put my name on the waiting list.

When I got the D1 I was smitten, and vexed, I loved the camera…basically a digital F5.  I loved the digital aspect; no more film, no more scanning.  What I didn’t love was that the color space was odd.  When taking pictures of Caucasian people, with studio lights, this was the main reason I bought it, the skin tones had a very odd magenta colorcast to them.  Once the cameras started getting out there this complaint started popping up all over the net and Nikon failed to acknowledge that there was an issue and would not disclose what color space the camera was using.  When Nikon announced the D1x I traded up.  It was better but still not there.  A couple of Pros I was in contact with were having very good results with Canon so I rented a 10D and was in love.  Great color and very little work in post processing.  I sold the all the Nikons and bought a pair of 10D’s and then a pair of 1D Mark-II’s which we still use today.  I only wish I had made the switch sooner.

So, that tells you something of my photographic background.  Now the rest of the story…how I got started shooting and posting pics of Mary.  When bought the F5 I floated the idea of taking nude pics of her past Mary.  She didn’t think much of the idea but gradually she let me take a few.  We took a trip to a clothing optional resort, The Caribbean Reef Club, in 2000.  And I took a lot of pics of here.  We sent some of her in her Wicked Weasel bikini’s to the WW customer photo contest including a couple of topless pics.  They used the pics and Mary won a free WW bikini.  That was the first time she appeared on the web, topless.

By this time I had quite a lot of pictures of Mary and wanted to do something with them.  We posted a few on the Voyeurweb and the RC forums.  About this time I had a bad experience with the web designer that did my business web site.  I decided that I needed to learn how to do it myself so I bought FrontPage and started learning.  Since I had lots of pictures of Mary they were a natural for learning web site construction.  When I started I didn’t really plan on making the site live I just wanted to learn how to do it.  When I showed Mary what I was learning she asked what I was going to do with the new site.  I truly hadn’t really thought that far ahead.  After kicking it around for a day or so I asked her if I could make the site live.  At first she was very apprehensive but finally warmed up to the idea and the site was born. 

That’s the story in broad strokes.  Now some more of the “back story”.  When we were married Mary had led a sheltered life.  She didn’t date much in College or grad school and after graduating she didn’t have much time to date as she was building her practice.  Shortly after we got married I asked her to shave her pussy.  Since I am a particularly visual male human I like to see things and I didn’t like the hairs getting in my teeth.  Once she got over the shock she agreed to do it.  For years she would shave sporadically.  Over time she decided that she liked the way it looked and felt and started shaving all the time.

When I suggested that we should take that first trip to a clothing optional resort I expected to really have to sell her on the idea but to my pleasant surprise she agreed with little coaxing.  Once we got there it took her a couple of days to actually get nude but once she crossed that bridge she was fine.  That was a very liberating experience for her.  Later, when I suggested going to another CO resort, Grand Lido Braco, she was all for it. 

We had been having my friend Carl over for dinner on an off and on basis.  The next step was when I suggested that we should start having him over for dinner on Friday nights and that I would like her to wear revealing clothes.  She agreed but when Carl got here she would chicken out.  We’d pick an outfit and I would ask her to wear the blouse unbuttoned so her nipples would occasionally show.  She would wear the outfit but wouldn’t unbutton it very far.  Over time, well over a year, she started to get used to the idea and started to like “Carl night.” As she started to get more comfortable I was able to get her to wear less and less.  Eventually, as you have seen in the picture galleries, she was totally nude throughout dinner. 

The pole dancing we have covered in the blog previously.  If you missed that you can read about it here.

We have a young man that does the yard work and repairs around the house.  He also built our new deck.  Last Summer I suggested that Mary should let him see her topless.  She was scared that he would freak out so she asked him if he would be offended or freaked if he was topless when he came over to mow the lawn.  Not surprisingly he said he was fine with it!  One time when he came over she was on the deck nude.  We invited him to stay and have a beer after he was done.  He started off sitting on the steps looking back.  He had a clear view of Mary’s breasts but couldn’t see her pussy.  When she got up to get us another beer he realized that she was nude and moved to a chair so he could see her better.  He wound up staying for like 2 hours….go figure!! 

We’ve thought of going to events that encourage public nudity, like Fantasy Fest or Nudes a Poppin but have decided not to.  The main reason is we’re not really group event type people.  We prefer to be alone on in very small groups, not crowds.  I had hopes that Mary would continue with her pole dancing but the classes with the public recitals are no longer offered and her shoulder is giving her some problems so that would not seem to be an option any longer.