I had the pleasure of working with a new model from Kentucky, this past weekend while down there for some fun. I was doing some browsing on a modeling website when I discovered in the same town I would be in, there was a hot looking guy named Dillon that was just starting out in modeling…so after contacting him, I found out he had some free time and would like to shoot with me near Lake Barkley, which is near where I was staying at and we met up Friday afternoon at the hotel where I was staying at and after I conducted a short interview, I found out he was in need of some better photos for his portfolio. I started out taking a few photos of him there, in some underwear…

and he showed me his swimwear that he would be shooting in later as well at the lake…

..talk about a cute guy with a hott smile…nice slim toned build too…I quickly found out that Dillon was a lot of fun to be around and work with…we drove over to a local landmark that resembles a castle of old times, overlooking Lake Barkley that is actually a modern day prison for the state of Kentucky…

..complete with turrets and architecture combined…neat little entranceway below that first turret, where a guard was stationed..he was friendly, waved at me as I was photographing the building…

..making me feel safe and welcome somewhat…he probably sees alot of tourists with cameras every week….. we drove on over to the old city park at Kuttawa on the north shores of Lake Barkley from there and found some nice rocks to shoot at, directly across the wide expanse of water from the very prison we were just at…

Well we took advantage of the setting sun and the neat rocks to shoot on...

and…

..and then I had him turn around a bit on the rocks…

Since it was obvious I wasnt going to get a nice sunset like I did last year at this location, I pulled out my sunset filter and helped it out some…

and…

..and then I had him climb down to the rocks near the water and we took these images…

and after this we returned to the hotel room because we were both about to melt from the heat and humidity alone….and then we headed to the Oasis Southwest Grill for a great tasting dinner…its like a really nice steakhouse with lots of flavor, food,  and atmosphere.