Sunday, June 29, 2008

My goofy side

Let me see...what's some..."different" things I can tell you about myself?

I play Heroclix on a semi-regular basis (http://www.wizkidsgames.com/heroclix/). Superhero role-playing game with plastic figurines and a battle map. Basically, you and your opponent form two teams of superheroes and villains, and attempt to kick each other's ass. It's a fun game...and if you love superheroes, it's a great way to see Captain America, Superman, and Witchblade in the same place at once without creative companies bickering and art/publishing delays...lol. Here's a quick shot of one of my favorite pieces, a Witchblade Limited Edition:



To give you an idea of scale, that's the corner of my average-sized laptop on the left...and a laptop-mouse (meaning, smaller than the average mouse) on the right. The figures themselves are about 1 inch tall, and the base is about the size of a quarter. Keep this honey healthy and she can rip thru your opponents figures like a hot knife thru butter. And no...they come pre-painted...I didn't do the paint job there...I'm not that talented...lol.

I also enjoy Ed Wood movies...just for their sheer campiness and utter lousyness. In case you don't know who I'm talking about, Ed gave us such spectacular cinema bombs as "Plan 9 From Outer Space", "Glen Or Glenda?" (which had a fairly decent bondage scene or two), and "The Violent Years" (another GREAT bondage scene), among others. Johnny Depp played Ed in a recent film by Tim Burton ("Ed Wood")...you should check it out. Although he did some dramatic licensing with Ed's life, he got it all basically right and it's a really great film. Here's what looks like a pretty good Ed Wood "biography" site if you're interested in knowing more... http://www.phillyburbs.com/edwood/

Comic Books are a passion as well, but a passion that has passed me by. My favorite hero, Spider-Man, has become a shadow of his former greatness...during a plot-driven storyline called, "Civil War", Spidey unmasked to the public. After a series of lame stories, the writers at Marvel realized they'd written themselves into a hole...and basically re-wrote the past few decades of Spidey stories by having him sell out to Mephisto, Marvel Comic's version of the devil. To allow Aunt May to live (she had been shot by a sniper), Spidey would have to give back years of his life...and his marriage to Mary Jane. He did it. Mephisto re-wrote the tapestry of Spidey's life...Spider-Man's secret identity was again a secret, and Aunt May was fine...but my interest hit the cellar. I dropped all my books....they were taking money I could be using to pay models (lol).

Hmmm....I drive a Buick '03 Century. Yes, I said that. OUT LOUD, yet. You can stop laughing now. No, really...it's getting old...you can stop now. Dang it, she's a cool enough lookin' car...


So, OK already...she's not a 'Vette or something...she gets me where I need to go and helps me pick up models when they come in...doesn't that count for something? I do get a chuckle when I pass somebody in a stylish-looking thing, and leave them eating my dust...I laugh and say to myself, "You just got smoked by an old-lady car!"

If I could live on meat and potatoes, I probably would. Oh, and pizza too. Can't leave out Mexican food...or Asian food...or.... OK, I like to eat...period.

I've been an altar boy. Really.

When I was a child, I desperately wanted to be a stage magician.

I'm a techno-nerd and love playing with all the newest toys. I have a decent laptop and a really cool phone (BlackJack II), but constantly look at the new toys out there and want for more...

I don't watch TV all that much since I got the computer. All my favorite shows have been cancelled anyway and I now own most if not all of them on dvd. Short List:

Lynda Carter "Wonder Woman" seasons 1-3; "Melrose Place" Seasons 1-4 (all that's on the marketplace right now); "Pretender" seasons 1-4 and TBS movies; "Highlander" seasons 1-6; the animated "Spider-Man" cartoon (from the 60's...you know the one, "Spider-Man, Spider-Man...does whatever a spider can..."), both seasons; The George Reeves "Superman" show from the '50's, seasons 1-6; "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", seasons 1-7; "Angel", seasons 1-5.

There's more, but I've bored you enough. I'm not the only one out there with a campy side...I had the "Dungeons and Dragons" animated show on dvd when Vivian Ireene Pierce shot with me...that was a show she grew up on and loved...I gave the set to her.

OK, I'm cutting it here...but I reserve the right to edit this and add more when it all comes to me.

TTYL (Talk To Ya Later)!

TW

Origins...mine, this time.

Well, let's personalize this a bit...I'm your writer, Tony W. I've been into bondage from an early age; it was "Detective" magazines that formed that interest in me. My Mom was a HUGE "True Crime" fan...she'd read novels about crime and the catching of crooks on a constant basis. When I was in my "formulative" years, the "Detective" magazines were in our house a LOT...The bondage on them was never spectacular, but they were there...








The first one is one of the earliest I remember, and one of my all-time faves. Time passed, interests changed, and I became a comic book reader. OY, what a world opened up...seemed like those comic book heroines were getting tied up left and right...lol. This image was the most provocative for me...


That cover is probably why I love chair ties so much...what a shot! So dramatic, and SW looks perfect tied to that chair. When that one came out, I was hooked and an official bondage lover.

More time passes...adulthood; and the adult magazines... I became enamored with Laurel Blake immeadiately. gorgeous blonde with a sultry, sexy voice and a "mmmph" that could melt steel. Ah, I had many favorites that are now retired from the bondage biz...Laurel, Sally Roberts, Tiana Cambridge, Whitney Prescott...that's just scratching the surface. Bondage was now in my blood.

I wasn't able to really act on my love for bondage until after my mother passed away. She was deathly ill, and I was her only means of support. She was against this "computer" idea and wouldn't have one in the house...well, after she passed away, a computer was one of the first things I bought...lol. Surfing the net, I found RopExpert first...then the SweeTies group of sites, saw that they had a vision similar to mine, and when I was back from FetishCon 2006 and ready to publish pics on the net...well, they were the first folks I thought of for hosting them...and TucsonTied was born.

I think that covers it all...if I think of anything else, I'll add it here as well. Be well and safe...talk to ya next entry!

TW

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Model Tributes: Magenta




I'd be willing to bet that each of us producers has at least one model that we feel fortunate that we found. She worked only a few times...and each time after the next was magic. For me, at least, that was Magenta.

She was the luckiest find of my career...the THIRD gal I'd tied. We have a local paper that has a bit of an "attitude" (lol)...disses the local politicians, makes strong political stands, and even runs adult personal columns for "specialized" relationships. Well...in their classifieds, there was a section for running ads for people looking to get into the adult industry...another of the local bondage guys was running ads for models in it (now one of my best buds, Dave Annis)...I figured, "Why not? What's the worst that can happen?" Soooooo, I posted the ad and waited. Got some favorable responses...Kat Turner (who was my first and turned out to be a very competent model), then a gal who just didn't work out...and then Magenta.

She really wanted "in"...but, it seemed, was a bit bashful about doing so, so she brought a friend along to bolster her courage. Ah, was I ever brazen back then...interviewed them in a mall coffee store (in the back, naturally), but still not completely out of sight...when we were finished, it became obvious that an elderly couple sitting next to us had been watching the whole time...what a nasty stare I caught as I left. "Fuck them, " I thought...and then told myself to do the next one more privately. ;-)






When I was to post their pics, they wanted to be called, "A Pair Of Gems", and called themselves gemstone names...Sapphire (Magenta's first model name) and Jade. Jade had some full-blown hesitance going on, but Sapphire...she was THERE, baby. She definitely loved being in front of the camera, and the bondage was even beginning to cozy up to her...she was beginning to like the set-up. Jade, however, was all about, "Just get it DONE."...I didn't expect to see more of her. My bondage majorly sucked back then, but they were making me look good. The ties were quick and a bit hasty (a combination of me watching the clock and Jade's hesitance), but we knocked out some good shit. I paid them, and went about seeing the photos I had taken. Grand stuff, indeed...the camera obviously loved them both (even if Jade didn't love it very well). I edited what I could, and thought that was the end of it...there was no way I'd see them again.....




Fate proved me wrong. Sapphire called and said she was ready for another go. this time, however, she wanted a name change...she wanted to be called, "Magenta"...and a TucsonTied legend was born! Shooting with Magenta alone was a blessing...where Jade was distracting me and making me feel hustled (I was a newbie, remember...that shit don't fly anymore...lol), Magenta on her own was a joy to work with. She took the ropes and the poses in style and just patiently sat back as I applied one rope after the next. To this day, I haven't found a gal who just let me go the way she did...just sat silent while I tied...or we continued the conversation we were having between ties..."So, who do you think'll win the series?" "I'm not sure...the Yankees look tough." "Nah, c'mon..." (I finish the tie on her ankles and grab another bit of rope for the upper knees...) "Seriously, it's gonna be a really good set of games..." It was nice. I consider her one of my "muses"...she just settled back and allowed me to create...







Time passed and after the first shoot, I started to play her up....talk to all my producer friends about this wonderful gal I'd found. The response was once again immeadiate...most everybody I talked to wanted to work with her. THEN, life came knocking.


I won't go into the reasons for the sake of protecting her privacy, but there was a loooooooong gap in between our shoots...then she came back for one more...then I lost contact with her. I know it's nothing sinister, folks...it was just life saying that it's time for her to focus on other things than being a bondage model, and I respect that. Should she want to pose for me again, I'd have ropes ready in a heartbeat...but I sincerely doubt that'll be happening. I have a feeling that she's living a very happy life somewhere...she deserves nothing less than that. Total sweetheart...I do miss her.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Stories...



Hello, again! It ocurred to me that I have some stuff on my computer that's share-able. In between the updates to what's happening at TucsonTied, I'll be putting other stuff up...the "Model Tribute" that I did for Kimberly Marvel will be a series...next up being seemingly everybody's fave of the models I work with locally, Magenta. For now, however, I'd like to take you back in TucsonTied history a bit...there was a time when I was doing little fantasy stories to go along with the pic sets. This one was the first and my favorite...and I considered myself pretty dang clever with it...a kidnap story with a twist....

A "Marvel"-ous Kidnap

I sat by the window of the hotel room and watched her uselessly struggle against the ropes I had expertly tied her with...there was no getting out of those ropes for her, at least not until her ransom was paid. This kidnap was rapidly going wrong...why do the society snatches always go wrong? Damn rich girls....had to wait until the party she was at ended to get her...and it was hard to wait. The red dress she was wearing was a total knockout....I was gonna have a hard time behaving myself while we were waiting for the ransom. I wasn't expecting her to have an ex CIA guy as her driver, either (that sucked...the sob put up one hell of a fight before I finally got the best of him), and now...it's almost an hour after the agreed upon time for the ransom to be delivered, and still no sign of anybody passing by the drop point. I looked out the window at the spot again....still nothing. This was really pissing me off.....so I glared over at her to get her attention.....was it a trick of the light, or did she just wink at me?! Time for some answers all around, I thought to myself and walked over to my captive.



RIP! went the tape covering her mouth to give her an idea I meant business. "Alright, sweetheart....we need to talk, you and I."
"OW!" she cried as the tape left her delicate skin. "Dammit...not so rough....you want to tear my face off so I can't talk at all?!"
"It's almost an hour after the time I told your brother to drop off the ransom, and he hasn't, sweetheart. Why....."
Her face filled with shock and fear as she took it in. "Oh, God....you're dealing with my BROTHER?!"
"What difference does that make?"
"Dammit." Her shoulders fell as she slowly figured out her situation. "Dammit, dammit, dammit.....DAMMIT! I'm not a bit surprised the ransom is late...he's not gonna pay you at all, the bastard."
"What?! WHY NOT?!"
"It's worth it to him NOT to pay, that's why." She shrugged, let out a long sigh, then continued her thought. "Mum and Daddy love me more than him...it's always been that way. We both realized it was true when we went digging into their wills.....I'm getting the lion's share of the inheritance, while he'll barely get enough to live on, the poor schlub." She let out a little rich girl laugh and allowed herself a small smile of pride. "BUT, if something should happen to me....."
"....he gets all he money." I said, finishing her thought for her. "DAMN!!! That's crafty, evil....and uses me to boot!" I walked away from her in disgust. This was a twist I wasn't expecting, and from years of kidnapping the rich I thought I'd seen everything. Money can really twist people..... "Great," I said, throwing my hands up in disgust. "Now what the hell do I do with you?" I tossed the thought out even tho I knew what she was gonna say.....
She looked at me with what was almost sympathetic eyes and said, "Let me go so you could kidnap me again, later?" That wasn't what I thought she was gonna say......

"What...?!"
"No...I'm serious.....let me go back to the family as if nothing had happened.....wait this time for my parents to return from their business trip. Then, kidnap me again...and demand our entire inheritance, this time from my FATHER....."
I was starting to like where this was headed. "We figure out a fair split....something that gives you more than what you would have gotten...."
"...and at the same time, cheats my brother out of ANY of it." This heiress wasn't only rich and beautiful...but shrewd and crafty as well....qualities I definitely liked. "What do you think?"
"I like it. I expect to be very well paid for my part in this...."
"You will be....whatever you asked for me, you probably could have asked for ten times more and barely dented Daddy's accounts. You'll be well taken care of."
She squirmed around, testing her bonds a bit.
"Let me get you out of those so we can pin down the details...."
"No, it's fine," she said as she struggled. "Now that I know you're basically harmless I can begin to enjoy this. You tie better than my last three boyfriends combined, actually....." I smiled down at her as she struggled, but now in a relaxed kind of way as she started to breathe harder and faster..... "Be a luv and put the tape back, hmmmmmmm? I get the feeling this is the start of something big........."

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Model Tributes...Kimberly Marvel

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Lighting Checks

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Saturday, June 21, 2008

First post...Changing Philosophies

Hello, all and welcome to the very first TucsonTied blog! If you're wondering what all this is about, well, lemme try to clue ya in a bit...

You can call me "Tony" (as opposed to "late for dinner", which makes me cranky as I'm NEVER late), and I'm the website photographer/producer for the website
www.tucsontied.com. Yes, dears...it is indeed a BONDAGE website, so if this offends you, please exercise your power over me and simply click out of this blog. I'm not here to force my will of loving bondage upon you, or try to turn you to my supposed "dark ways"...I'm just a guy having loads of fun with like-minded people, expressing his thoughts here at Blogger. If you don't like that...nobody's forcing you to read this...simply move on and let the folks who DO want to read this do so.

With the disclaimers out of the way, let me begin to ramble. One of my best friends at this gig has labelled me "Tolstoy", simply because I can get long winded as hell...and I'm gonna do just that now.

Let's see...started the bondage gig about 2 1/2 years ago, my site's been up a little more than 2 years. The career officially began (in my mind) at FetishCon 2006. FetishCon is an annual event where photographers and models of all fetish genre's meet up to...well, meet...lol. That's the best way for me to describe it...models meet producers for pic taking, producers get to meet and work with models, and the fans get to meet both sets of people. I'm generalizing WAY too much here...and since this is gonna be long enough talking about just MY crap (lol), follow the link and learn more if you're interested: http://www.fetishcon.com/ And if you are interested in the genre of fetish, PLEASE go to at least one of these...it'll be more than worth your while and you will have the vacation of your life!

After going to FetishCon 2006, I found a host for all my pretty little pictures and formally began the career...with no real focus. Sure, I was the really nice dude that all the models adore and love to shoot with, but as to the site itself...well, I'm coming to realize that I had no real focus in the work...just pretty women bound and gagged for the camera in alluring poses and such. Oh, and let's not forget to mention that I was also that guy using the colored ropes...lol. Still not a lot of producers use colored rope in their shoots (reasons below), and I do still love the use of color in the work, BUT....it's time for some changes all around. I actually like the word "TWEAKS" better as I think I have all the basics down, but now it's time to just add and subtract a few things here and there to make the overall product all the better. Let's address the colored rope issue first:

First, let's see a pic:























Lovely lady, no? That's Pantera, colorfully bound and gagged in pink rope and tape. Since adapting this style of mine (using color in the binding/gagging materials, I mean), there's been two major complaints...let me address them one at a time:

1. "It looks too much like a photoshoot and not like real bondage." True, dat. That IS a valid concern...but it also emulates (in my opinion) the fun that a consenting couple might use to spice up the ol' love life. Generally speaking, it's FUN...and that's something that this little hobby o'mine can be, hence why I use it and will continue to use it. The second concern is why I think some changes are necessary to my philosophy...

2. "No kidnapper would use colored ropes and gags." Again, true, dat. Some of bondage is the drama that ensues when a person or persons is taken captive and held for a time...and tho I want to do some location work at a lot of places and do a series of updates entitled, "The Pink Rope Bandit"...well, if I want my site to have the philosophy I'm rambling towards telling you about (lol), then I need to make some changes in this arena.

I want TucsonTied to emulate two seperate and distinctive styles of bondage: the fun that a consenting couple can have while enjoying it as a lifestyle, and the drama that's there in a kidnapping-type situation not too unlike the last 10 minutes or so of an action/adventure movie or tv show where the lovely damsel sits helpless, awaiting the rescue from her handsome hero...

Conclusion? While the color should stay, I need to lessen my use of it a bit...I'll be cutting back to the use of just pink in future shoots. I've used pink, green, and "grey" (which was a failed dyeing attempt to make black rope...grumble) in the past, but I think I'll just go with the pink for the time being...and sparingly to boot.

Next up...positions. I've been looking at the work lately and, well...I'm a three position pony...lol. Generally speaking, I enjoy the classics:

Chair ties (Pantera, again):
























Floor ties (this is Magenta, exclusive to my site):



















And the venerable hogtie (Kimberly Marvel here):



















I need to mix things up a bit...lol. Haven't been challenging myself with the bondage enough...I need to focus on doing more of the fun stuff...ball ties, lotus ties, frog ties...basically, challenge myself more and not fall back on old favorites so much. Half the journey is in the getting there...it's time to expand the ways of thinking a bit. I already started this one with this wonderful ball-tie on Pantera...




















That pic brought in more new members to my Yahoo Group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TucsonTied/) than any other since I launched it...it was obvious you all liked what you saw! Sooooooooo.....more variety in the poses, yah? But what about the ropes...?

One of my buddies at this gig, RopExpert (http://ropexpert.com/) once told me that he was gonna buy me rope for Christmas...mainly because I use so little of it, he thought I needed some...lol. It takes time for a point to sink home with me, but I get it now...I can indeed be too much of a minimalist sometimes...especially when it comes to upper-body ropework. True story: the very first time I worked with Kimberly Marvel, I was just beginning to learn my chest harnessing skills. Soooooo...I placed a rigging on her for this set:



She rolled over on the bed...and the whole damned rigging just FELL off of her. I was never more embarrassed in my life...lmao. Kim took it like a professional tho...picked up my sagging "rigger's ego" and put me back to work...the rest, as they say, is history. Point I'm trying to get at is this...I need to add more rope to my ties...especially on the upper body of my models. It'll make the ties sounder looking and more realistic; which is, I'm sure, what my fans hunger for.


In conclusion...here's the thoughts I've had recently regarding the website:
I want TucsonTied to emulate two distinct styles: consentual, FUN bondage, and the more harsh, "kidnappy" style of "DID" (damsel in distress) bondage as well. Towards that, I'm going to reduce the use of colored ropes and gags in the sets (but still keep the pink...I'm addicted to pink rope on black outfits...lol), get a bit more varying in the ties themselves, and start to use a HELL of a lot more rope (especially on the upper body). There's other avenues to explore as well...what does one use when binding a gal found sleeping in just her underthings? Why, torn bed sheets, naturally! That'll be fun to explore...just another adventure in the wild and wacky world of the passion called BONDAGE.

Stick around for the ride, kids...you might just have fun! ;-)
TW, TucsonTied.com