Help Me! *Escort photo, anonymity* *Nsfw maybe*

[cauzimme]

Yeah, so I took some photo of that girl for her website.
She won't show her face for privacy matter, which is totally fine. But since she has short hair, it's a bit more difficult than usual .

Should I crop or Should I blur, any other advice is good too.

Blur

 

[Donde]

Why not just have her wearing a wide brimmed hat and glancing down so the brim covers most of her face. I think both of the options you present give the photo an unnecessary "X-Rated" quality (unless that's what you want in which case either would do). She's not remotely nude, wearing more clothes than a bikini bathing suit.

 

[Designer]

I guess I prefer the blur, if it has to be.

 

[cauzimme]

Why not just have her wearing a wide brimmed hat and glancing down so the brim covers most of her face. I think both of the options you present give the photo an unnecessary "X-Rated" quality (unless that's what you want in which case either would do). She's not remotely nude, wearing more clothes than a bikini bathing suit.

Well, it's a bit irrelevant as we already did the seance, she didn't have any hat, I often tell girls that's a good option. Yes she's not nude, but she's offering Escort services, she doesn't want to be recognizable by her family or friends...

 

[Derrel]

The blur is better than the head being cut off.

 

[Granddad]

I'd go with the blur, too.

 

[480sparky]

Silly me. I would simply ask her which she prefers.

 

[MRnats]

I prefer the cut off head. Looks 'artistic' whereas the blur just looks like you're purposely trying to hide her identity (which, yes, I know you are). Just looks like a 'classier' way to do it, I suppose?

 

[cauzimme]

I prefer the cut off head. Looks 'artistic' whereas the blur just looks like you're purposely trying to hide her identity (which, yes, I know you are). Just looks like a 'classier' way to do it, I suppose?

That's also my issue with croping vs blurring, I'm building my portfolio to one day become a professionnal. I know she wants to be annonymous, and since her picture will be on the internet, I can't have her non blurry or non croped photo in my portfolio without risking to exposed her. Can a photographer put a blur picture in is portfolio ? Is it weird. Because I do prefer the overall look of the one who isn't crop but the blur ruins it all. Usually, they are fine with only a part of their face.
Ex;

 

[vintagesnaps]

If you want to be a professional photographer get professional models. Or at least find someone who can have her face in view and sign a model release as needed.

Of course these need faces blurred; what they're apparently doing is illegal here and might not be legal in the future there (now that I know escort literally means prostitute in other places; here it means to accompany to an event etc. although it may front for prostitution).

You're going to need photos you can use, that show the models' faces. I don't think you could use many in a portfolio that have the head turned or covered by a hat so the face isn't in view, and photos with faces blurred won't be usable. I think these could be recognizable if seen by someone in your area who knows or has seen the subject (if you're promoting your photography business locally).

 

[cauzimme]

If you want to be a professional photographer get professional models. Or at least find someone who can have her face in view and sign a model release as needed.

Of course these need faces blurred; what they're apparently doing is illegal here and might not be legal in the future there (now that I know escort literally means prostitute in other places; here it means to accompany to an event etc. although it may front for prostitution).

You're going to need photos you can use, that show the models' faces. I don't think you could use many in a portfolio that have the head turned or covered by a hat so the face isn't in view, and photos with faces blurred won't be usable. I think these could be recognizable if seen by someone in your area who knows or has seen the subject (if you're promoting your photography business locally).

Again it's not illegal here, and many of the ladies have no problem showing their face, I'm one of them.
And I'm looking to become a pro in that very niche, escort photography. I'm not really interest by fashion, maternity, wedding or commercial. I prefer working with sex workers, I'm looking for escorts, boudoir, erotic and porn. I don't see myself working with professionnal models to advertise Escort photography, lol. If I was the model, I wouldn't like it very much...

 

[480sparky]

....... Can a photographer put a blur picture in is portfolio ?.

Why would you need to blur it for your portfolio? You're using your image to promote your work...... not to peddle some seemingly sordid profession engaged in by the subject.

 

[Donde]

Again it's not illegal here, and many of the ladies have no problem showing their face, I'm one of them.
And I'm looking to become a pro in that very niche, escort photography. I'm not really interest by fashion, maternity, wedding or commercial. I prefer working with sex workers, I'm looking for escorts, boudoir, erotic and porn. I don't see myself working with professionnal models to advertise Escort photography, lol. If I was the model, I wouldn't like it very much...

In that case please do not put the photos in blue in your portfolio or the internet...

 

[cauzimme]

Again it's not illegal here, and many of the ladies have no problem showing their face, I'm one of them.
And I'm looking to become a pro in that very niche, escort photography. I'm not really interest by fashion, maternity, wedding or commercial. I prefer working with sex workers, I'm looking for escorts, boudoir, erotic and porn. I don't see myself working with professionnal models to advertise Escort photography, lol. If I was the model, I wouldn't like it very much...

In that case please do not put the photos in blue in your portfolio or the internet...

I don't understand...
The photo in blue ? The lady in blue ?
She's an escort...
I'm building one portfolio for sex work, I already have a portfolio for ''normal'' photography, not under the same name...

thread is slipping....
I wanted opinion on blur and cropping in Sex work photography or some insight of other treaments some might have to keep annonymity and building a portfolio. Silly me, I thought that maybe some of you had experience with similar contracts or situation... I'm certainly not looking discussing legality or value based judgement against this industry.

 

[Braineack]

Blur assumes butterface. Pose creatively.

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