Chiara 21st anniversary shoot

Chiara 21st anniversary shoot: Today I want to talk about a model who I worked with for over two decades and who had a very profound effect on my photography. Chiara and I did our first shoot way back on 2001-06-09.  She had moved from Milan to Southampton in the days before Brexit deprived us… Read More »

Chiara Returns

[Jump to photo gallery] Just had the pleasure of working with one of my all-time favourite models. Chiara returns to the waist.it studio! I first worked with Chiara way back in June 2001 - 2001-06-09 to be precise. Since then we have done literally hundreds of shoots together. Unfortunately in recent years, our shoots have… Read More »

Tatjana Bastet

[Jump to photo gallery] Just finished clearing up the studio following my first shoot with the lovely Tatjana Bastet. Originally from Latvia, Tatjana is one of the most interesting and energetic models I have worked with for a long time. In addition to her radiant smile and her fabulous figure, she seems to understand the… Read More »

Stephy Samer

[Jump to photo gallery] A fabulous 8-hour vintage pinup/fitness shoot with the lovely Stephy Samer. Now, I must admit I do have a soft-spot for fit, vivacious, exotic-looking young women - especially the ones with with big brown eyes. long flowing hair and exceptionally tiny waists. And Stephy scores top marks in all those areas.… Read More »

Helen-Rose fitness pinup

[Jump to photo gallery] Spent a fabulous day shooting the lovely Helen-rose, in a shoot we dubbed "Helen-Rose fitness pinup". Now Helen is definitely what our "transatlantic cousins" would call a "class act". With her lovely long hair, athletic hourglass figure and long shapely legs, she is a delight to photograph. Turns out that her… Read More »

Miss Vixxen in colour

  We would like to introduce you to the fabulous Miss Vixxen. Her preferred genre is alternative, and her favourite is colour black. In fact, we called this shoot "In Colour" because Miss Vixen is usually only seen wearing black. However, she is also a first class pin-up model too and has a very good… Read More »

Serious fun and safer too

Shooting retro is serious fun. And for us, documenting and celebrating the process is as important as achieving a good end result. We believe that the old-fashioned methods we deploy to shape the figure here at waist.it are safer and much more pleasant than some of the dangerous techniques deployed by some modern women today.… Read More »

Welcome to “waist.it”

[ Jump to: Shoots Blog | About waist.it ] Welcome to "waist.it". This is a non-nude, non-profit picture site where the female form is shaped, photographed and appreciated in a sympathetic and non-degrading way. Consequently, waist.it shoots feature retro-style swimwear, old-style corsetry and ethnic-wear as part of predominantly retro-fitness and pin-up derived themes. We aim… Read More »

Chiara and Jade retro fitness in shapewear

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="288"] Achieving that concave waist - Chiara helps  Jade tuck her tummy in with the aid of an out-of-shot full length mirror and some firm but gentle squeezing, in just the right places....[/caption] Chiara and Jade, model for a particularly productive "retro fitness in shapewear" shoot. The concept was to shape each… Read More »

Chiara and Moonlit Jane

Our own waist.it regular model Chiara and Chinese model Moonlit Jane enjoy their third retro-fitness shoot together. During the first two shoots, Chiara taught Moonlit Jane how to pose retro style and frequently corrected Jane's posture to get the look we wanted. However, Moonlit Jane has come a long way since her first shoot, as… Read More »

Annie and Chiara

Despite her ordeal last time she modelled for waist.it, Chiara's best friend Annie returns for as second "taming the hippie chick" shoot. Although she has a lovely figure, Annie does admit to being something of a hippie chick, hiding her shape beneath flowing clothes. She never really bothered about about old fashioned things such as… Read More »