Newsletter from England: 2026 Issue #1 (Patreon)

Dear member,

May I first wish you a very happy, healthy and prosperous new year.

2025 was an incredible year here on my Patreon.

But I am not resting on my laurels. In the last few weeks, I have been thinking hard as to how to make 2026 even more successful than 2025.

When I look at the numbers behind the 2025 record, I know that it will certainly be a tough act to follow, let alone improve upon.

I counted 74 photoshoots for 2025, although these could easily increase to 100 if every day of shoots on trips abroad is counted as a shoot, e.g. my shoot with Brigitte in Cyprus for example was over 5 days, does it count as one shoot or five shoots?

I have only counted it as one in my total count of 74 and did the same for the shoots with Chiara, Sophia Blake, Serenity, Relia, Layana and Vanessa although all of these shoots stretched into two or more days.

As a result of all these shoots, my content both here and on my online store has increased substantially.

On Patreon I published 1119 posts, compared to 1004 in 2024, 898 in 2023 and 685 in 2022. Total reach nearly doubled from 326K in 2024 to 597K, whilst total new membership also recorded a similar substantial increase from 581 to 11123. Of these new members, 352 were paid and 771 free.

On my online store I surpassed the 500 boxes mark during late 2025 whilst on the videos front the number is now 465. Click on the button below to check it out.

Online store

2026 strategy

Since quantity is hard to beat, my strategy in 2026 is to focus on delivering more quality improvements, and encompasses the following four complementary objectives:

Aiming even higher when it comes to new models, as well as continuing to work with members’ proven favourites - for which the results of the Model of the Year and New Model of the Year are invaluable, as are the requests in the 5000+ DD and Sponsor a Shoot tiers.

To this end I will continue to work with Aphrodita and will seek opportunities to work with Layana Devis, Anastasia and Katerina, as well as all the other models who received positive votes in the polls, all of whom have done well in the polls at the end of the year. However, I will be less keen to work with models who received zero votes...if no paid member can be bothered to vote for a model, I am better off giving her a miss, it seems to me.

In terms of new models, I have lined up some very exciting shoots already, including a 21-year old French Playboy model whom I am hosting in my home studio later this month. I have also agreed shoots with two new to me stunning models at the end of the month, during my first trip to mainland Europe. Information about all of my upcoming shoots is made available behind the paywall, once all details are agreed.

I would very much welcome paid members' ideas and suggestions on new to me models, more so if they are accompanied by offers of sponsorship.

I hope that free members will forgive me when I say the following: suggesting new models for me to shoot with, without the courtesy of buying even the cheapest paid membership, is frankly "cheap talk". I cannot run a business like this - I'd be bankrupt in no time. Moreover, with 700 members, it is not possible for me to be answering messages from over 600 free members - I need to give priority to my paid members who vote with their pockets to support me. Responding to messages from paid members is in fact a benefit that comes with paid memberships and I aim to respond to all messages from paid members within 24-48 hours. If you are a free member, please appreciate and respect that and please do not be offended if I don't reply to your message. If you want to communicate and be an active part of my creative process please do the obvious thing and buy a paid membership.

Investing sensibly in new equipment. Having acquired the top of the range Canon mirrorless camera in 2025 (the R5 Mark II), I’m now investing in two prime lenses that will provide unparalleled performance during shoots. To this end I have just acquired the Canon RF50mm f1.4L VCM prime lens, which promises to take my photography and videography to new levels of sharpness, clarity and low light performance. I have also ordered the Canon RF85 f1.4L VCM prime lens, which also incorporates Canon’s latest mirrorless technology for both stills and videos. VCM stands for “Voice Coil Motor” which refers to the fast and silent autofocus system, which is ideal for recording videos. Another advantage of Canon VCM lenses are relatively light and compact - which makes them eminently more transportable than the older generation prime lenses, which are seriously bulky and heavy.

Broadening the range of outfits and accessories for shoots. The Dr Harness, Maison Close and Bracli pearl lingerie sets that I have used in 2025 proved to be a big success.

More outfits from top brands, as well as others, would be helpful. I have also recently discovered a brand of exquisite erotic body jewellery, designed and handmade in France, which I am sure would look amazing on models like Aphrodita.

To this end, I would very much welcome offers of sponsorship including providing or buying outfits and accessories. I find that models respond positively to such offers - buying outfits is one of their biggest expenses, so if and when a photographer provides some good ones, it tends to make them very happy.Locations - my home studio is now extremely well equipped so in the UK it will continue to be my primary location. I will also continue to shoot in Cyprus, Greece and mainland Europe, where I can access a wider pool of models than in the UK (e.g. in 2025 many of my shoots abroad were with Ukrainian models who could not travel to the UK).

I do, of course, welcome members' ideas of new locations, both in the UK and abroad, particularly when they are accompanied by offers of sponsorship.

I would, of course, also like to shoot further afield, like in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean - but such exotic trips tend to be expensive - this is where offers of sponsorship would be most welcome. Can you imagine Aphrodita in Bali, for example?

News about upcoming shoots - paid members exclusive

Dear paid member,

I am excited to share the news that have just agreed a shoot with Ukrainian beauty Marina Nelson for 30 January in Cologne, one day after my shoots in Amsterdam, which I have already mentioned in a previous post.

Marina lives in Ukraine and she’ll be arriving in Germany just before our shoot, she is someone I wanted to shoot with for the last couple of years. Below is a screenshot from her sedcard on Model Kartei. Her natural beauty is amazing.

I have also just agreed a shoot with Czech beauty Kristyna Hamrikova, with whom I shot in London in March 2025, just before I head off to Amsterdam.

Kristyna wrote to me on Instagram only yesterday saying she’d be in London 25-29 January asking if I’d like to shoot with her. Of course, as she’s is a model who received positive votes by paid members in my recent polls, I would, in principle like to shoot with her but as you may recall I’m off to Amsterdam on 26 January so I could only offer her the Sunday 25 January, so I asked her what time she’ll be in London. Turns out she arrives at Stansted early morning shortly after I drop off Deneb at Luton, so I offered to pick her up and drive her to my home studio. Kristyna replied instantly and said she’d be “honestly very excited about it”. So I’ll be shooting with Kristyna for 3-4 hours on Sunday 25 January in my home studio this time, soon after she lands at Stansted airport

I should also add that I have lined up two shoots with London-based models, also in my home studio, before my shoots with Deneb and Kristyna.

The first one is on 14 January with someone you know well - Sammi Perry aka Sam Jaz. The shoot with Sammi will be all about erotic jewellery, which she will supply from a well-known French designer brand - check it out by clicking here. This is in fact what made me reply to her casting on Purpleport, I have a weakness for such jewellery and Sammi would be a great model to show it off.

On 15 January I’ll be shooting with someone “completely different” from my usual style - a 22-year old Goth model and pole dancer, who calls herself “LivingDeadGirl”. Check her out on Purpleport, where I discovered her or find her on instagram as x_x.livingdeadgirl.

It won’t be a bloody zombie shoot though, I’m thinking instead of a saucy nun and a sexy Goth girl. I’m also tempted to take her into glam territory - as she looks absolutely stunning if you ignore all the gimmicks. She shoots up to nude and seems to have the perfect body, so even glam nude would be great.

I’m still finalising the details of the Amsterdam shoots, 26-29 January. Once I do that I will update you.

Upon returning from Germany I will again be shooting with Aphrodita in my home studio on 3 February. I’m inclined to get a couple of items from the French erotic jewellery brand for that shoot - please check it out and let me know if you fancy any of that. Or even better please choose and help me buy some for the shoot. Here is the link again - I think some of the clit and nipple jewels, if not also the penetrating jewels, will look really good on Aphrodita!

This is all very exciting for me but as always your ideas and suggestions about any of the above, especially offers of sponsorship and/or providing accessories/outfits, are more than welcome. Come on guys, you’re all part of my creative process!