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[MDowdey]

dezmaas,


i like the first two shots alot...but the third seems to be very unartistic. i dont think that pose is very flattering to her. ive never honestly thought that pose was flattering. but great work on the first two.



md

 

[Hertz van Rental]

yeah.. but we should decide if we are shooting a "*****" (sorry Chase) or a pro model and we have to decide on topic: if it's sex, porn shots, adult's only - let her be in high heels, but if we want to show real beauty why not taking shoes away.

I don't like this kind of shots when the model is almost shouting: "take me, take me I'm yours, I wanna sleep with yah"... damn it's digusting. Then it's not a beauty.

We know what you mean, Mentos, - or at least I do - and I couldn't agree more.

 

[luckydog]

I see nothing wrong with the shoes. I always wear high heels when i'm walking the house in the wife's underwear! ......Did i just say that out loud? Damn Damn Damn!!

 

[Xmetal]

I see nothing wrong with the shoes. I always wear high heels when i'm walking the house in the wife's underwear! ......Did i just say that out loud? Damn Damn Damn!!

I always knew people that lived in Medowie were a bit strange....


Nice shots, I think the shoes go well with the underwear but if the model was to be shot with no underwear/legwear i'd say "lose the shoes" because the shoes would detract from the model's 'pureness'.

 

[Alison]

I think I'm on the same page as Hertz and Mentos here. The lighting doesn't flatter the model nor do the poses. I guess it depends on your audience, but I wouldn't put these in a glamour category. I get a negative feel from these images, but I have no problem with partial nudity or full nudity in photos. I'm not a fan of the pose in the last and the expression on the model's face makes it appear she isn't either.

 

[craig]

All the elements seem to be present. Great lighting and the model seems comfortable. I even like the couch in the second shot. I am not crazy about the "I am a tiger" pose in third frame.

Of course; generally speaking you are not going to go wrong shooting sexy blonde models who just broke up with her boyfriend so that she could move to Wyoming and hook up with a "30 something" photographer.

 

[rob1116]

2nd shot looks pretty good... some of the shadows are unfortunate, but the skin tone and pose 'does it' for me


Am I the only one who noticed the wrinkled drop sheet? Might want to add an iron to your photo-gear collection

 

[JonMikal]

I think I'm on the same page as Hertz and Mentos here. The lighting doesn't flatter the model nor do the poses. I guess it depends on your audience, but I wouldn't put these in a glamour category. I get a negative feel from these images, but I have no problem with partial nudity or full nudity in photos. I'm not a fan of the pose in the last and the expression on the model's face makes it appear she isn't either.

count me in ^

 

[mentos_007]

thanks Alison and Hertz! I see I'm not alone here

 

[2Stupid2Duck]

My only crit. is that the lighting is a bit harsh. The shots could be softer as well - lighting and focus... specially the third one.

As much as I hate to say it, then I guess I am a bit of a "boy" - I like the shoes and don't find they cheapen a shot. To me, adding class to a shot is about "hinting" and not actually "showing." None the less, I wouldn't be game enough to agree with anyone else's opinion on this topic - except to say that porn is a very personal thing. One person's art is another's porn. I don't actually think there is any right or wrong answer. It's a cultural, age, gender, up-bringing etc etc. kinda thing.... unless my wife says it's crude .. then I ain't damn well looking!!! (that okay dear.. did I say the right thing?.. whimpers...)

 

[sillyphaunt]

I'm agreeing. I think the first 2 could have been artistic, but the shoes kill it, it just looks to me like an semi artistic porn shot.

The last one is not even artistic.

 

[NikonChick]

porn vs art debate aside; dito on the light being harsh but what bothers me most is the indecision about cropping. Either crop off the hands and feet or dont. Having them half in half off looks like there was no thought put into composition. Im indifferent about which you do... but pickone. Just my HO.

 

[DocFrankenstein]

Funny debates.

I think both glamour and porn have their respective markets in modern society. To say that porn is somehow lower than glamour, is a bit prejudiced. It takes just as much skill and artistic ability to make a good porno clip which shows enjoyment and celebration of sex, as to make a nice glamour shot. But my (limited) experience with porn, usually the distance of the actors and their passivity shows through. Then it becomes disgusting.

But then I'm a man and enjoy feminine shapes...


First shot:
Don't let direct light fall on the wrinkled cloth. This will reduce the effect of wrinkles.
Face is overexposed
You should position her parallel to the plane of focus. The lens is wide enough to make her calf look too big.
No on camera flash! (for all shots)

Second: Lack of purpose. I see bones, not curves. I don't see the face. Doesn't work, she's just sitting there...

Third: Is kinda interesting, but she looks more scared/apprehensive when staring in the camera. And her superior and inferior do not match.

The hands are spaced for a jump, as well as the face. They communicate aggression and attack mode. If you wanted that, she should've been sitting on her toes, ready to jump.

But the inferior communicates mating call and passivity. If you wanted that, make the model cross her hands, lay her head on her hands and looking into the camera. That would give the mating call.

 

[Christie Photo]

thanks Alison and Hertz! I see I'm not alone here

I'll stand over here too, please.

 

[John E.]

Not sure what all the fuzz is about? Picture has been posted in the photo gallery not the critique gallery.

Personally I am a landscape/portrait kinda guy, but if a person shoots abstracts or flowers I can kind of dig it. If a person takes pictures of scantily clad models in erotic postions and thats what they are into.....go for it.....I can dig it as much as flower pictures. Funny thing is tho that flower pictures gets no where near critisim or attention of glamour/erotica pictures?

Anyhow back to topic. Nice pic's and keep on shooting.