In Jan of 2022 I began with a BANG having completed a full year of herbal medicine shool and got My herbalist certification in January. That was awesome! I had worked SO hard on it, and gotten a full scholarship.It was so much work (so much math!) I was so relieved when it was done.
February and March I found out that I won an artist grant through the WildFlower Alliance and was THRILLED!! Began working real hard on getting together a gallery show.
Aprill, I GOT MARRIED! Which weirdly feels like it was just yesterday and also feels like it’s been a really long time? Idk. But for everyone who asks how married life is, it’s good! Since we’d already lived together for years not that much changed. But in both of our personal lives we did big things so ALOT actually changed. My wife went back to school, we both returned at least in a semi way to public life. Like, leaving the house after pretty severe lockdowns for both of us. We still go everywhere masked and are triple vaxxed and arw as careful as possible. But, as evidenced by My gallery show, I am willing to do some small events! Masked and with air filters and airflow in place!
I had an awesome summer that was filled with all the goodness a Western Mass life should have: hiking, swimming, photographing landscapes, going up the mountains, exploring new waterfalls, taking the dogs for runs, having campfires, sunrise swims, fishing, and smoking blunts outside. Good wholesome stuff. Oh and photographing a gaggle of gorgeous models every single month.
It rained alot tho, and I got rained out of alot of photoshoots, and it became pretty apparent that I needed a studio to be able to really accomplish what I wanted to with photography.
Towards the end of the summer I began seriously searching and looked at SO many spaces, and along the way doubted Myself if this was the right decision or if I could afford it or if it would pay off. I THOUGHT I found a space right downtown on mainstreet and was JUST about to sign the lease, when I found out My old space in a historic mill became available. I jumped on it right away, came with some cash and secured the spot. There was some things I hated about it, but also alot I loved. So.in September I officially took over the lease and began photographing here!
I hit the ground running and ran some lil mini shoot specials that sold out right away. Since then I’ve been blessed to be busy busy and BOOKED solid. So booked it turns some people off because they wanna shoot something ASAP and I am booked out a month or two in advance at least.
In September I also found out I got picked by the Massachusetts Cultural Council to be one of thirty artists from MA who won this grant from Assets4Artists and MASSMOCA, ArtistsU. It’s basically like a college course for artists, on how to price, schedule, secure grants, write artist statements, and mission statements and how to present. And it’s some breakout groups with other artists, and some one on ones and some sharing and ALOT of homework. Like deep, soul searching writing and planning 2 and 5 years in advance and making goals and being held accountable by a whole group of colleagues. It’s wow. It has definitely changed Me in many ways and the way I approach all work.
I am feeling more organized, and confident than ever, I have systems for things I have a set schedule, I have office hours!
November and December, somehow managed to pull off TWO gallery shows within thirty days of each other. Which has been amazing, stressful,challenging and rewarding all wrapped in one. As most things worth doing are.
As far as TreasureCams goes: The studio is going swell! I hit My goal of signing up 50 models this year, in fact I went over it! Our little studio continues to have some of the highest earners on the streamate platform. We did some great team meetings, had some special guest speakers, and are about to run our annual gift exchange and holiday party! I also recently opened a Chaturbate studio as well, and plan on making BOTH platforms work for models.
My team is badass!
If you are curious and wanna see what it’s all about check out TreasureCams.com
As far as photography goes: Well, I feel like I’m ina GREAT place, the studio is busy and I am booked well in advance. Too booked in fact? Like, some days I have so much computer work to do or editing or whatever else and it feels like photoshoots are interrupting the work I need to be doing.
I also followed this thread of photographers discussing rates the other day on twitter and it really inspired Me to raise My prices. To not undersell Myself. To be honest, I think My prices should be the same amount as when I was sessioning as a Domme lol. $300 an hour.
It’s the only time you’ll get to do a pose in lingerie while I crawl around on the floor telling you how great you look while I work FOR you. So, it’s a fair rate, lol. It’s intimate!
It’s not too much, considering how much time is spent in communications beforehand to plan the concept, schedule dates etc. It’s ALOT of back and forth. Then I build sets, set up lights, print out paperwork, then I take the actual photos. Then I have to break down sets, clean studio file paperwork and EDIT photos, then upload and deliver them. So, it’s much more than $300 for one hour of work, it breaks down to more like $50 per hour on My end which…does NOT feel like too much My friends!
Plus also, it doesn’t feel good to shoot $100 photos with an $800 camera lense…..
Models paying the lowest fees are expecting the most. Having Me talk through and consult on looks, concepts, locations, makeup, costume, showing up late, cancelling last minute, arrive not ready, and then need help posing. Rescheduling and making My own schedule unstable. Oddly, the folks who pay full price usually show up on time excited to shoot! It’s an investment in yourself! Your brand, if you are a model, or your happiness, depending on the desired results and reason for shooting. It’s a whole experience. One worth paying $300 for in My opinion. I don’t feel bad asking for that much.
The sucky part is knowing ppl I love working with won’t be able to afford that. But then, I plan on still doing some mini shoot specials, and deals through out the year so that folks who enjoy working with Me but can’t afford that, can afford.
I just have to level up this next year!
So let’s talk about some resolutions and the power of speaking positive things into your existence!
Some goals I have for 2023 are:
That I will sell out on all days of mini shoot specials.
That I will get 5 new VendettaVerse subscribers in the new year
That I will have a successful film premiere for My upcoming project “Help Me Fix My Crown”
That I will sell some of this art at these gallery shows!
That I will get more people to sign up for My affiliate program! Interested in making money directing traffic to My site? Learn more here:
And that I will take some good photo walks. No goals, no models, just pictures of the gorgeous beauty around Me. With no agenda to sell it, just to make art.
I have some larger goals about a book, and a larger film project, but am not quite ready to announce yet.
But I wanted to say THANK YOU, Thank you for supporting and for going on this journey with Me, for appreciating My art and for being here.
I plan to continue to release ton of great art nude photos, experimental nude films, writing, interviews, clips, videos, fetish content and more all through the year!
Check out the top 22 photos I took in 2022 blog:
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And check out. the beginning of some holiday. photo drops, starting with Sunny Cheex as Elf on a Shelf!
And Please check out the lil video I made with model Kitten Dabstar. The video wa s abit wonky so I apologize to anyone who wasn’t able to watch it but it’s been fixed now!