Sex in Photography

[Yemme]

I do not understand, what this thread is about!?

Oh really Alex... Please share something from your travels...

 

[Yemme]

Not quite, thats just the battle cry of the little lenses.

Size DOES matter (talk to the gals that are honest enough to tell you the truth)... now when you add some magic behind the big lens... crank the ISO and up the shutter for some real action! :heart:

If you can't get any as a photographer... there's no hope for you, period... LOL!

:smileys:

 

[Hertz van Rental]

Nothing posted by Alpha in that thread is true

:shock: You mean in his definition of GWC he wasn't talking about himself? That must be a first.

There is no doubt that sex and Photography go hand in hand.
Within a year of Daguerre making his process public someone was producing pornographic Daguerreotypes.
But you have to make the distinction between professional and amateur. I have on occasion run evening classes in glamour photography for 'interested' amateurs and was always amused by the way the guys would go to pieces finding themselves in close proximity to attractive naked ladies. Some of them also seemed to think that because the girls took their clothes off they must be easy meat.
This is rarely true.
For one thing, nude models are just as discerning and selective as ladies who keep their clothes on and so will not be very keen on making the beast with two backs with a sweaty middle-aged Herbert with halitosis. Even if they do own a Hasselblad.
For another, they tend to be married or have boyfriends and are just normal 'nice' girls. For them taking their clothes off is just a job of work and about as arousing as doing the dishes.
As a professional you have to be very careful anyway. If you start trying to grope the models then word quickly gets around and you find yourself black-listed by agencies. But you rarely get the chance.
Agencies usually send minders with the girls if you do location glamour shoots and God help you if you get within ten feet of a model without a camera in your hand.
And if you are doing it for a living you are concentrating more on making sure you get the shots and earn the fee than worrying about the nipple count.
I once did a big underwear catalogue - three very long days of non-stop picture taking. We had a lot of scanties to get through on a tight deadline so the girls didn't have time to be modest. And I was too busy to care.
When it was all over I was relaxing in the pub with (non-photographer) friends. We got around to 'what did you do this week' and jaws hit the floor when I told them what I had been up to.
"How many girls did you use?" was the eager question.
"Eight, I think."
"Did you see them naked?"
At which I actually blushed because for the life of me I couldn't remember.
Of course, you used to get (and I don't see why it would be any different now) girls knocking on the studio door who wanted to become models and would do 'anything' to get a break. This was quite... interesting the first few times but you quickly got tired of it. Especially once you found that the girls had been doing the rounds. It kinda puts you off.
But I have no doubt that some people have gone into Photography primarily to get their leg over.
The late Patrick L********* was a good example.
I had the pleasure of working with one of his assistants (a nice Public School boy) who had worked with him on his book The World's Most Beautiful Women. He claimed that L L had only done the book so he could sleep with the ladies - and insisted that the man had successfully bedded half of them! I had no reason to doubt his word.
L L was an example to us all.

 

[manaheim]

Is that a R.U.S.?

I don't think they exist.

 

[Big Mike]

That's what they want you to think.

 

[mallard]

I don't think they exist.

opossums arent really rodents....theyre marsupials

 

[Alpha]

Most of the bedroom hobbyists who've replied here of course know little to nothing about the topic. I wouldn't say sex is rampant in the industry, but there's a fair bit of it. I personally know plenty of talented photographers who've slept with models. The crucial distinction being motivation. Sleeping with someone to improve your chances of landing a gig or trying to trade sex for a test shoot is something that certainly happens. I personally think it's despicable on both ends but that's neither here nor there. Sleeping with a model for whatever other reason also happens a fair bit. I don't see why that's a huge deal. It happens. So what. If you aren't keen on it don't do it.

 

[manaheim]

That's what they want you to think.

Of course now I need to watch that movie tonight.
I wonder if any of the camera men got to sleep with Robin Wright.

 

[PhotographyIsConfusing]

Rodent of Unusual Size...it's one of the three dangers of the Fire Swamp.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodents_of_unusual_size

Love that movie. Have fun storming the castle!

 

[LuckyStarPhotography]

So, depending on how talented he/she is result in them getting laid???

Really???:scratch:

 

[usayit]

This has gotta be one of the strangest threads.... entertaining.. yes.

 

[Yemme]

:shock: You mean in his definition of GWC he wasn't talking about himself? That must be a first.

There is no doubt that sex and Photography go hand in hand.
Within a year of Daguerre making his process public someone was producing pornographic Daguerreotypes.
But you have to make the distinction between professional and amateur. I have on occasion run evening classes in glamour photography for 'interested' amateurs and was always amused by the way the guys would go to pieces finding themselves in close proximity to attractive naked ladies. Some of them also seemed to think that because the girls took their clothes off they must be easy meat.
This is rarely true.
For one thing, nude models are just as discerning and selective as ladies who keep their clothes on and so will not be very keen on making the beast with two backs with a sweaty middle-aged Herbert with halitosis. Even if they do own a Hasselblad.
For another, they tend to be married or have boyfriends and are just normal 'nice' girls. For them taking their clothes off is just a job of work and about as arousing as doing the dishes.
As a professional you have to be very careful anyway. If you start trying to grope the models then word quickly gets around and you find yourself black-listed by agencies. But you rarely get the chance.
Agencies usually send minders with the girls if you do location glamour shoots and God help you if you get within ten feet of a model without a camera in your hand.
And if you are doing it for a living you are concentrating more on making sure you get the shots and earn the fee than worrying about the nipple count.
I once did a big underwear catalogue - three very long days of non-stop picture taking. We had a lot of scanties to get through on a tight deadline so the girls didn't have time to be modest. And I was too busy to care.
When it was all over I was relaxing in the pub with (non-photographer) friends. We got around to 'what did you do this week' and jaws hit the floor when I told them what I had been up to.
"How many girls did you use?" was the eager question.
"Eight, I think."
"Did you see them naked?"
At which I actually blushed because for the life of me I couldn't remember.
Of course, you used to get (and I don't see why it would be any different now) girls knocking on the studio door who wanted to become models and would do 'anything' to get a break. This was quite... interesting the first few times but you quickly got tired of it. Especially once you found that the girls had been doing the rounds. It kinda puts you off.
But I have no doubt that some people have gone into Photography primarily to get their leg over.
The late Patrick L********* was a good example.
I had the pleasure of working with one of his assistants (a nice Public School boy) who had worked with him on his book The World's Most Beautiful Women. He claimed that L L had only done the book so he could sleep with the ladies - and insisted that the man had successfully bedded half of them! I had no reason to doubt his word.
L L was an example to us all.

Wow... It seems like there are professionals but some images make me wonder. I was speaking with Joves about images and he used the term "stylized porn" to describe an image. To me, as a woman if I find a man attractive I will be aroused. I know you said your just thinking about the job and just trying to get the image. But some photographers who do their personal work are creating images that are tantalizing. How does one reject the urge of being aroused if a pose is of a woman penetrating herself with her fingers? Just because other elements are added it’s considered art. How do you not get a woody (besides the fact that you might be gay)? I’m just going by human nature.

 

[Yemme]

Really???:scratch:

I have no clue that's why I'm asking you. I'm attracted to men who are talented not just attractive. If a photographer is skilled in the art form does it make him sexier than he is? Mmmmmmm... Think about it. Get back to me.

 

[Yemme]

This has gotta be one of the strangest threads.... entertaining.. yes.

Isn't it... How you doin' New Jersey?

 

[Yemme]

Most of the bedroom hobbyists who've replied here of course know little to nothing about the topic. I wouldn't say sex is rampant in the industry, but there's a fair bit of it. I personally know plenty of talented photographers who've slept with models. The crucial distinction being motivation. Sleeping with someone to improve your chances of landing a gig or trying to trade sex for a test shoot is something that certainly happens. I personally think it's despicable on both ends but that's neither here nor there. Sleeping with a model for whatever other reason also happens a fair bit. I don't see why that's a huge deal. It happens. So what. If you aren't keen on it don't do it.

Is there a possibility of photographers sleeping with models to get the image/shot their looking for? Evoking emotions due to the sexual connection.