"This isn't at all what I was expecting."

That was the first thing that went through my head the day I met Ria Von Strudel for our scheduled shoot. After mentioning her love for the retro pinup look I was anticipating someone from the 1950s. Instead, on the spur of the moment she decided to go for a little diversity in her look and gave me this:

20140320_191455 This is...this is straight out of every rock video I grew up watching. And you know what else?

It was great. After taking a minute to get my head around the new look I started running through my poses for her. Or I should say, tried to run through them, because Ria turned out to be a mind reader. Every time I was about to ask her to do something, she did it before I could say anything.

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Lower your chin a little and...yeah, exactly that, thanks.

Tilt your...yeah, that, and...yes, that will work.

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Turn and...do exactly what you're doing.

Sometimes the unexpected turns out to be the best thing that can happen. See the full set here, and visit Ria's Model Mayhem page to contact her.