Eva

This is my friend Minerva  or "Eva".  I first met her in high school.  We weren't close and we didn't hang out--let's just leave it at that.  But she is one of the few people I know from home who migrated here in the US so we connected when I moved here, and we have since been good friends.

Eva isn't shy when it comes to photos.  She always dresses well, is always made up and loves being photographed.  She's posed for me quite a few times when we got together with other friends, but when I asked her once to pose for a boudoir session, she politely declined saying "she does not have the body to flaunt".  Of course, she was being modest but I never asked her again.

When I was in Las Vegas two weeks ago for a conference, we agreed to meet.  But it was the night of the Miss Universe pageant and after learning that Miss Philippines had a good shot at the crown, we both did not want to miss it.  So instead of going out, we brought dinner in and watched the pageant at my hotel room.

After a night of good conversations, super delicious Thai food, a disappointing pageant and a little bit of vodka, I took out my camera to take photos of her.  Imagine my surprise when she also pulled out a bag of sexy lingerie and said she's ready to pose for me in them.  She said she's only doing so because she knows the photos will come out decent and tasteful.  I was flattered.

I hope I did not disappoint her with these photos.  My flash broke earlier that day so I took these without adequate lighting.  We had to move around furniture and lamps inside the hotel room to get some good lighting.  Most of the photos came out dark and blurry--I had to discard more than half of what I took.  But these are a few that came out nice.

I think she's happy with these photos.  She said it was ok to post them in my FB account.  I said "hmm...maybe not".  She said, "It's ok. Afterall, I'm not naked!"  So I posted select ones there too and told her I would post the good stuff in my blog because all my friends here have artistic eyes.