Beating Maxx
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007This shoot was tough to do and tough to capture on camera for a number of reasons. Our main photographer couldn’t make it, so we had someone else step in at pretty short notice (thanks, Jeanette!). For most of the first half of the shoot, the next-door tenants were playing Really Bad Dance Music at club-level volumes - distracting, to say the least! (Hey, you try being a big, bad top with disco deedleing loudly in the background. :P ) To add to the chaos, we lost a whole card of stills from near the beginning of the shoot due to technical difficulties. And those weren’t the only ways things didn’t go as planned…
Maxx is my primary partner, and we play in a very connected, high-chemistry way. Ordinarily, she’s a massive painslut, wearing out my arms before she’s anywhere close to done. This scene began as a fairly straightforward impact play set, but quickly became something more cathartic. Due to a number of factors, she was having a much tougher time than usual processing intense sensation, which turned the tears on much earlier than either of us anticipated. We played through it because we were both still enjoying ourselves deeply - as the smiles during and after the tears will attest - but it remains a good example of how scenes have a way of taking on a shape of their own regardless of either player’s intent. (more…)


