Carlotta’s Diary

Now that I’ve got my message forum set up for members only I think I’ll probably use that as more of a communication and update system with my fans.Anyway though, I had a bit of a rough day and felt the need to get some of this off of my chest. I’ve been spending a lot of time volunteering at the animal shelter because of the lack of volunteers during the holiday season. Today when I arrived I was told we had a situation the previous evening where some dumb hicks were threatening to shoot a puppy if we didn’t take it, because it was sick. Of course we took it.. and it wasn’t sick.. it was probably nearer to death. The workers told me it was covered in maggots, and the wounds on it are unbelievable. Blood and puss all over it. Today I saw it with a note to give it a bath. Ugh. My heart just fell into a million pieces when I picked up this dog. It is about 5 or 6 weeks old, and the trauma it has endured in its life just kills me. My guess is that mom rejected the pup and attacked it for whatever reason. It looks like bite wounds anyway. What pisses me off is that the owners did nothing about it. Neglect is abuse, and in this case one of the worst abuses. They left this baby to suffer and die.  Had they have taken it to the vet right away, there would not be bugs and puss and infection like there is now. I truly hope that karma exists because these people deserve a good dose of it. Anyway, the puppy has a terrible infection with a deep open wound, but with cleaning and meds I am hopeful that he will be okay. He licked my nose, and I felt like he was trying to comfort me. I am not a very emotional person but I really had to force myself to keep it together today. I feel like I am doing something I believe in by being there, but in the same way it has really made me lose faith in humanity. Animal abuse just kills me, because the animals are never going to understand, and they can’t escape it.*sigh*  …. *deep breath*I know you guys don’t want to hear that stuff, but I have to share it with someone.On a better note, I am going to be flying to Arizona in early January for a photoshoot with Pocket Girlfriend.. the Ipod application I’m pretty psyched about it since I think it is a fun and entertaining app. After that I’ll be hitting the road for a Florida tour with Vassanta (whom you all saw on my site this week with me). I’m hoping she and I will get a chance to shoot together again while traveling.Anyway it is 3am…. time for bed!xoxoCarlotta

After a grueling 10 days on the road I’m back home!Anyway, I started my trip off in Bozeman, Montana where I shot for Dimarzio Guitars. I was very excited to shoot with this company… they make guitar parts and accessories and their ads are run in Guitar World amongst other big names. I got to take pictures with some amazing guitars including the Giger guitar owned by one of the members of Korn. I can’t say that I’m a fan of Korn, but definitely a fan of Giger’s art.I got to work with some amazing artists.. Dimarzio was a blast to shoot with and had such a positive attitude. The stylist was so talented, the makeup artist a total sweetheart. Overall I’m wicked thrilled.. and then on top of that the food there.. wow! Some nice restaurants for such a small city.Anyway my last night in Montana it was cold and rainy. The next morning I looked out my window….So of course being that most of this trip was being spent in California, I didn’t bring a lot of winter clothing, lol. I took a few pictures playing in the snow:So anyway it was beautiful…but it did cause some flight delays, lol. Eventually I did get to Los Angeles though, and met up with my gal pals SaraLiz and Samantha Grace. We immediately went to dinner and sat on our laptops, girl talking it up :)The rest of the trip was such a blur. On Friday night I went to the Playboy mansion for movie night. I was under the impression that it would be mostly playboy cybergirls, playmates etc, but I guess because of Glamourcon that weekend it was all playmates from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. I didn’t know anyone, lol. So it was a little awkward but it was still exciting to experience the mansion with such a small group (about 25). We watched the movie Basic Instinct which I’d never seen before. I can definitely see how influential it was, although I wasn’t really in love with it. It was so cute, at the beginning of the movie, Hef recited a whole paper on the importance of the movie.. replacing words with “pussy” and things like that. Good to see the old man still has a sense of humor. Anyway, fun times :)Glamourcon kept me pretty busy. I didn’t sell a ton, but it was good to meet a lot of people and see old friends. After the weekend, I got to take a day break and SaraLiz and I went shopping. Our shopping consisted primarily of hitting up every Buffalo Exchange in LA, lol. I bought a TON of stuff. New boots, the most awesome Judas Priest-like leather jacket ever, sexy dresses. I kept trying to make my suitcase lighter, but the shopping spree killed that lol. The following day I shot with Holly Randall. I was so excited to finally get to work with her, and she did not dissapoint. She is an amazing photographer, and really understands how to make a woman look and feel beautiful. Later on in the day Aria Giovanni joined up with us and I shot one photoset and one video with her. I was so excited and nervous, I hope it comes out as good as I want it to.  I feel like I was a bit awkward with the whole thing because I was so nervous about it. I hope she’ll shoot with me again some day! I was hoping to do a second set with her since I think by then the nerves would have calmed down, but alas, it wasn’t to be. So I’m crossing my fingers for the images/video to be amazing :)Anyway the rest of the trip between shoots I met up with lots of friends, Roxanne Dawn, Kim Marvel,  Jerry etc. I kept myself incredibly busy. My last night in LA I was tossing and turning having sympathy bad dreams for Samantha. Samantha was getting her breast implants done the morning I was leaving and I was nervous for her! lol. She has been in contact with me and says she is doing very well Keep her in your thoughts.okay guys I’m outta here~Carlotta

As usual, I’m jet setting. I went to Tampa for Halloween and to visit old friends.Anyway for Halloween… I dressed up as Lady Gaga… with the rumored appendage, lol. Here’s a picture of me and a friend who dressed as Kanye West (he heckled people the entire night, hehe)The Tampa trip was a lot of fun, and I was really excited to see so many old pals… sometimes you forget how important people are to you until you see them again. Living off of the internet just isn’t the same as spending time with people in person.Now! I’m soon to head to Montana and California! I hope to see a few of you at Glamourcon! I am doing a workshop (which I’ve been told is sold out), and I am also going to be shooting with Aria Giovanni this trip which I am beyond excited about. eek! Wish me luck, lol.Anyway I’m kind of lacking on things to say at the moment, so here are some images taken by Devil’s Diner from August after the Chicago Glamourcon:

But it keeps falling to the back burner.My last trip was rough. It was super long, and I felt like people were abusing me, lol. Cancellations, photographers being total pains, models saying cruel things to me for no reason. Thank god I had friends at the shootout or I may have just completely lost it.  Anyway, with that said I’m really glad to be home.I’ve been doing volunteer work at an animal rescue organization which is more fulfilling than I ever thought possible. What blows me away are the stories these animals come in with-absolutely heartbreaking! There are a pair of rat terriers whose family moved away and just left them behind at the house. Puppies left on our doorstep during off hours. Litters we are formula feeding that we rescued from euthanasia because of their age (if puppies are under 8 weeks old, it is standard procedure to euthanize them at animal shelters since it is not legal to sell them). One after another the stories.. It really kind of shows the worst in people. Today I saw a kitten without eyes. I still don’t know how to feel about it, but I just have to convince myself that at least it has a positive future as the woman who owns the rescue is keeping it and taking care of it. Anyway, this isn’t really going anywhere, but at the least it gives you a look at what I’ve been up to.As for other things going on, I have been trying to hit the gym hardcore again. I have a really hard time going from 2 weeks on the road eating nothing but fast food and doing yoga modeling poses, to health food and weight lifting. Sometimes I think my body is rejecting me when I come back home and try to get back into the routine. lolI have been doing a lot of photo editing for the site in the last few days, but my carpel tunnel is starting to effect the pace that I can keep up with my work  Wish me luck on getting all the sets finished up!As for other plans, I think I may go visit some college buddies for Halloween. I have so many people back home that I want to see-I’m starting to get excited although the long drive is going to be tough.-Wish me luck!Bed time :)-Carlotta

I just felt the need to make a list of my favorite movies. You guys let me know if you have any suggestions for movies along the same lines as these..

1. The Color Purple
2. Harold and Maude
3. A Clockwork Orange
4. The Tin Drum
5. Children of Men
6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
7. Freaks
8. Slumdog Millionaire
9. Kill Bill 1 and 2
10. American Beauty
11. Shawshank Redemption
12. Silence of the Lambs
13. The People VS Larry Flynt
14. Inglourious Basterds
15. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
16. Forrest Gump
17. Gone With the Wind
18. Donnie Darko
19. Annie Hall
20. Groundhog Day
21. Ed Wood
22. Hair
23. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
24. Cabaret
25. Fight Club
26. A Beautiful Mind
27. Blow
28. Little Children
29. The Royale Tenenbaums
30. Trainspotting
31. I Heart Huckabees
32. Amelie
33. Cinema Paradiso
34. Dogma
35. Punch-Drunk Love
36. Pan’s Labyrinth
37. Magnolia
38. Stranger Than Fiction
39. Memento
40. King of Hearts
41. The Nomi Song
42. Clerks
43. Across the Universe
44. Party Monster
45. Saved
46. Blood Diamond
47. Basketball Diaries
48. What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
49. SLC Punk
50. The Changeling
51. American History X
52. Boys Don’t Cry
53. The Crying Game
54. Lemony Snickets
55. Man on the Moon
56. The Truman Show
57. Transamerica
58. Monster
59. Fareinheit 9/11
60. Sicko
61. Girl Interrupted
62. Dancer in the Dark
63. Natural Born Killers
64. If These Walls Could Talk
65. Kids
66. Zack and Mari Make a Porno
67. Inherit The Wind
68. Welcome to the Dollhouse
69. Battle Royale
70. Irreversible
71. Hard Candy
72. Juno
73. One Hour Photo
74. Death to Smoochy
75. What Dreams May Come
76. The Birdcage
77. Beetle Juice
78. Babel
79. The Green Mile
80. The Shining
81. The Secret Life of Bees
82. Carrie
83. Roots
84. Vanilla Sky
85. The Jerk
86. Chinatown
87. 6 Degrees of Separation
88. Being John Malkovich
89. The Wedding Singer
90. Igby Goes Down
91. Apt Pupil
92. The Witches
93. Pecker
94. The Opposite of Sex
95. Misery
96. Death Becomes Her
97. The Reader
98. School Ties
99. The Hebrew Hammer
100. Mallrats

Oh.my.god. I am so happy to be home. I just did an 11 day trip driving through Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. I dont even know where to start. I honestly have to say that I almost dont even want to talk about the trip. I cant help but feel like I was in a terrible mood the entire time because I just wanted to be home, and I had a few very big cancellations. Cancellations on the road are absolutely the worst. You can not find work in time to replace the money lost, and you have all the time in the world to just think about what you are missing by not being at home. Then you go out to get your mind off of that, and you end up spending money that you aren’t bringing in that day lol. I did get to see some old friends like Danielle Trixie and some photographers I haven’t seen in about a year, so I’m glad I went-but I don’t think I’ll be doing a Texas tour again in a very long time. Next time I’m just flying to Dallas!

I shot with Jose Luis for some paysite content, so I’m excited to get some of that out. Here’s a preview image from one set..

Oh..*a quick Carlotta rant* this really bothered me. I wasn’t staying in a great part of Houston, and there were stray animals everywhere. A kitten ran in front of my car. I slammed on my breaks and  stopped in time, but my heart was in my throat. I saw stray dogs everywhere. A homeless man feeding a sandwich to a puppy. I am shocked and amazed that I didn’t come home with a new pet because I just want to save them all. The whole Houston experience really explained why they have an animal cops show out of that area. They could work 24 hours a day and not put a dent in the stray animal problems there. It really is very sad. I’m convinced someday I’m going to end up devoting my life to saving animals.

Ok, I need to get on with my day. I’ll leave you with a picture I shot a few months ago with Lee Strickland.

So this last trip felt like it took forever. I went to Chicago for Glamourcon last week. The convention went well and I got a chance to get to know a few models. Spent a lot of time with Betzu, Stormey, and Kim Marvel while in Chi-town. Kim and I had neighboring booths which was fun, and I got a chance to meet Aria Giovanni and talk to Jelena Jensen (their booths were across from mine). I am hoping to get a chance to shoot with the both of them in the future. Although the convention went well, I think it really drained me. I was doing at least two shoots a day every day, along with the convention, and by the time I was heading to Milwaukee my throat was beginning to feel raw. Once in Milwaukee things became a bit more laid back. I went thrift shopping with Titania, shot with TH Taylor-I think the stress of travel just drained my body though. I’m finally home, and am just totally under the weather. My throat is very sore, and I think a cold or flu is about to knock me on my ass. Hopefully not. I do have to leave for Atlanta in less than a week.

 I’m not really sure what else to say. I wrote a blog for Playboy.com about the glamourcon convention. Here’s the link:

http://www.playboy.com/articles/girlwatcher-shanna-moakler-katy-perry-paulina-porizkova-aria-giovanni/index.html?page=2

but I’m also pasting it below:

“Hey guys! This is Carlotta Champagne reporting from Glamourcon Chicago. This year’s convention has had so many great models I don‘t know where to start!

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My booth was sandwiched between a total fetish fox named Kimberly Marvel and the stunning Playmate Cathy St. George.

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I was really overwhelmed with taking pictures with fans and talking to photographers, but I had my eyes set on one girl this trip: Aria Giovanni.

Aria Gio-freaking-vanni! Aria is pretty much a legend in the nude industry. She’s shot in just about every major magazine one could be in, she’s dated rock stars, and she has probably experienced more in the last five years than most of us get to experience in a lifetime. I was fortunate enough to be across from her table and spent much of the event making googly eyes at her. Might I say that Aria is not only stunningly beautiful, but she is incredibly sweet and fun to talk to!
(Photo: Aria Giovanni at Glamourcon and in a Cyber Club photo by Mizuno)

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Next to Aria was the lovely Jelena Jensen, and I am convinced that her breasts get bigger every year. I swear that they have doubled in size—she’s starting to make Dolly Parton look flat chested!

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There were several beautiful girls walking around, making their way through the hotel and around the convention, even if they weren’t sitting at booths. Some were famous and others were new faces—I was glad to meet a model from the Pacific Northwest named Betzu, who was showing off her assets. Fans compared her to a young version of an almost-naked Sarah Palin. I also did a shoot with Dara who has a 34-27-45 body—she is like a black Jessica Rabbit. Wow!

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As for Playmates, I met Kerri Kendall, who is just ridiculously beautiful. She was a Playmate in 1990, but she could easily land a cover even today. HOT!!! I also got a chance to meet PMOY 2009 Ida Ljungvist who is like a living Barbie doll (but with the finest bum you are ever going to lay eyes on).

(Photo: Kerri Kendall at Glamourcon and Ida Ljungqvist from her March 2008 Cyberclub preview)

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The biggest breast award goes to Maggie Green. Oh. My. God. Wow. Her tatas are bigger than my head! They make Jelena Jensen’s look just average. I just wanted to bury myself in them and motorboat those things, ha ha!

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I have to say my absolute favorite girl I met was Dolores Del Monte. 

She was a Playmate in March of 1954 and she is still quite the looker! I bought a print from her and talked to her for quite some time about when she used to work as an art model. The stories! The history! I hope she writes a biography some day. (Photo: Dolores Del Monte and Carlotta)

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All in all the trip was a success, and I got to be in a room with some of the most beautiful women on the planet. Hope to see you all in November at the Los Angeles convention! Until then, visit me at my diary at CarlottaChampagne.com to hear about my latest adventures and nude photo shoots.

So I’m heading off to Chicago in the morning :(  I am convinced this trip is going to be a disaster.. at least financially. I’ve had multiple shoots cancel and so many girls have signed on to glamourcon that I’m quite sure there wont be enough fans for me to make much. This may be a trip where I’m taking a loss. Wicked bummer. I feel like life has been shitting on me lately. This Chicago trip is a disaster, I’m being audited by the IRS, my house has a gazillion things that need fixing. Oh yea.. and my desktop’s computer monitor died yesterday. I am not made of money dammit! Okay-I’ll end the rant now.

On the more positive side despite the financial situation, I am looking forward to seeing some old friends in Chicago. I should see Stormey, Betzu, Titania, Kim Marvel, and I am very excited to meet Aria Giovanni at Glamourcon. I’ve always wanted to shoot with her-perhaps this will be my chance to make a good impression!

 As for recent days… my last trip was to Richmond, DC, and Philadelphia. The whole thing went by quickly and honestly I dont have much to show for it. I was doing a lot of portfolio developing for beginners, and didn’t feel like I created much art with anyone (except maybe Hatiiia in Philadelphia and Restrained Photo in Richmond). Yesterday I went over to Destin, FL and did some content shooting with my buddy stylepixstudios. We have a great trade off-I shoot stock photos for him, and he shoots content for me.

Here are a few pics from yesterday:

(this is in an outfit from Kin-I’ll have the full set in the near future)

The gloves are from Kevin-also a set to come

After doing some indoors stuff, we went over to the beach. Unfortunately it was WAY too crowded to shoot nudes, but we shot some stock content, and I think I got some cute swimsuit stuff

Anther one of the nice things about working with that photographer, is he always gives me a disk from our last shoot, when I go to shoot with him. Here are some images from the disk from our shoot earlier this year, which are upcoming sets.

Bryan’s Set:

Rich’s Set:

This isn’t anyone’s set, but it’ll be up eventually too

and Kevin’s set:

 That’s all with that photographer. I better get going-if I don’t pack now I’m never going to!

I’ll leave you all with a shot from my last NYC trip..wish me luck in Chi-town!

Hey all,

I’m back on the road again, surprise surprise. Things are well, but I’m not ready to be traveling again.

In my short time at home I pretty much cleaned house, spent some time with friends, went and saw a few movies (Bruno and Harry Potter), and bought a stripper pole.

I dont think most of it needs in depth discussion except for the stripper pole. I purchased a self installation bright pink stripper pole which I put in my living room, and then I proceeded to play on it for quite some time. Then I did a webchat playing on the pole. Then I had some dinner, and went back to playing on the pole. Then the following day: HOLY FUCK! My whole body ached. My leg muscles and arm muscles felt like they were going to explode through my skin. That afternoon I had to get on a plane, and no matter what I couldn’t get comfortable because I was so sore. When I get back home next week, note to self* take it easy with the stripper pole!

Today I shot with Restrained Photo in Virginia, and did some fetish shots with another model named Stormey (she and I are traveling together for the rest of the trip). I think the images turned out really cool, and I am looking forward to seeing the finished product. We were tied up in these old dingy sinks, and the chemistry between Stormey and I worked well for fetish art. She is a very animated model which is ideal for this sort of thing-you can really feel her emotions.

Anyway, I better get to bed. Hopefully there will be plenty to write about once this trip gets further underway   :)

xoxo

Carlotta

Hey guys,

OMG-I know I suck. I am actually not going to really write an entry right now. I just wanted to let you all know I haven’t forgotten-just been overwhelmed with work. I am about to leave for a shoot (9am-9pm) for a day that is going to potentially kill me. Everything in Los Angeles went well, and I have video and pictures to be uploaded to my desktop-will share that when I get home!

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xoxo

Carlotta