MANY ICONIC PHYSIQUE IMAGES THAT WERE PHOTOGRAPHED BY THE LEGENDARY BILL DOBBINS WERE CREATED IN HIS PRIVATE STUDIO LOCATED INSIDE HIS WESTWOOD, CALIFORNIA ESTATE. 
COMPLETE WITH A DRESSING ROOM (ALSO USED AS A SPARE BEDROOM FOR MODELS WHO CAME TO SHOOT WITH HIM FROM OUT OF TOWN), PROFESSIONAL HAIR/MAKEUP STUDIO, STAGE/LIGHTS/CAMERAS/PROPS AND CREW. AT TIMES BILL WOULD ALSO UTILIZE HIS BEAUTIFUL GARDENS AND ARCHITECTURE OUTSIDE HIS HOME. 
BILL CALLED ME IN FOR A CREATIVE SERIES, “BRING YOUR IDEAS AND LET’S HAVE FUN” SAID BILL. 
WELL, I AM KNOWN TO BRING “DIFFERENT, OFF-THE-CUFF PRESENTATIONS AND HAD JUST THE STYLE LAYOUT IN MIND SO I BROUGHT MY SARAN WRAP, RED BODY TAPE, WIGS AND OF COURSE MY FAVOURITE PAIR OF HEELS. (THE ROPE WAS BILL’S IDEA 😂)
HERE ARE A FEW CANDID PHOTOS THAT BILL SNUCK OF ME WHILE I WAS PREPARING FOR A COUPLE OF OUR LEGENDARY AND CREATIVE “ART FASHION” SERIES FOR WEIDER PUBLICATIONS.
KEEP IN MIND, THE “SET-UP” TOOK MORE TIME THAN THE ACTUAL PHOTOSHOOT AS THESE WERE DONE BEFORE THE DIGITAL ERA. BACK IN THE DAY, PHOTOGRAPHER’S USED FILM BUT BEFORE THEY WOULD BEGIN THE SESSION, THEY WOULD  TAKE “TEST SHOTS” TO CHECK LIGHTING WITH A POLAROID ~ MANY OF THEM UNTIL THEY WERE SATISFIED WITH HOW THE LIGHT, PROPS, STYLE, HAIR, MODEL’S SKIN TONE, MAKEUP, ETC; LOOKED BEFORE GOING TO FILM. YES, IT WAS TEDIOUS AND I ALWAYS FELT BY THE TIME WE BEGAN TO ROCK, MY HAIR WAS FLAT AND MAKEUP MELTING FROM THE HOT LIGHTS. 🤪
I DIDN’T KNOW BILL HAD THESE UNTIL RECENTLY 😂
ENJOY! 🎉