From the beginning...

Hello, my name is Rory and I am the President/CEO/Owner of WestWind Media Publishing. Welcome to my blog. With this blog I would like to share with you the reason why I created this company, stories of the creation of these three calendars, teach you what I know about photography and about photographing women, and quite honestly, to shamelessly promote my calendars. I have never written a blog before, so I hope this will be an interesting learning experience for you and for me. If you have any questions or suggestions on topics for the WestWind Blog, please do not hesitate to contact me through this blog, our web site at www.westwindmediapub.com or at rory@westwindmediapub.com.

About six years ago I was having dinner with my ex-wife and another couple who were good friends of ours, and the conversation turned to my photography. More specifically, the conversation turned to my photography of beautiful women. The other gentleman was very interested and the four of us got talking about how I could turn it into a business. Immediately the idea of creating a calendar came up and all four of us were spinning off a variety of ideas. The other gentleman suggested a calendar of nude women playing golf. Immediately the wheels started turning in my head, and I said, “Not just golf, but a different sport for each month”. He said, “No, just golf”. Well, the seed had already been planted. Later at home I told my ex-wife that I thought this calendar idea of nude women playing sports was a really good one and that I should do it. I had already come up with the name and most of the sports. But, at the time we did not have the money, and though she thought it could work, it was not the first thing she wanted me to do with my photography, and understandably so.

Fast forward six years…

I am now divorced and I had been thinking about this idea, playing it out, running it through my mind for the past six years. In April, 2010 I finally said to myself, “You can either spend the rest of your life wonder what if; or you could just go for it”. I decided right then and there that I would rather gamble losing my shirt, then to spend the rest of my life wondering “What if…”

Six years after that inspired dinner conversation, the 2011 Naked Sports Calendar was born.