Max is a bondge educator, one of the best in the community. We met Max on our first visit to Seattle together (he and Matisse generously offered their spare bedroom for our invasion) and we became fast friends. Michele has shot his rope work before and I've always been impressed with his style and ability. Max has a way of mixing fun and intensely powerful rope sensations that has to be experienced to believe.

And so we come to this gallery. It's rare that I find a solid enough connection with another man through rope, solid enough to let him tie me. After a couple of years of thinking about it with Michele, we finally approached Max while we were in Seattle last year with the idea of shooting for the site. Michele was going to be photographing him with another partner and I thought it would be the perfect time for he and I to share some rope. He jumped at the chance and we had the chance to deepen an already solidifying friendship.

The interesting thing about my play with male rope tops versus my play with female rope tops is that I find I enjoy the same elements with each: some rough-and-tumble, some soothing sensation, some challenge, some playfulness -- with each of us pushing a bit at boundaries. Max didn't disappoint. We showed each other our strength and I pushed at the edge of a physical envelope (it had been a while since my last suspension and I needed to kind of wring myself out and Max's rope was the perfect way to do that).

And there was no more perfect way to finish off a great flight than to land under the foot of my love!