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she said your to old to shoot nudes
The few models that I have worked with who asked about my age actually preferred that I wasn't in their age bracket. The last model that I shot nudes with was just 18 (her first time shooting nudes). The most recent model that I shot with was 42. Lots of things more important than age. EDIT: Hot Diggitty! Top of the page! Feb 03 13 08:02 pm Link All Yours Photography wrote: That's interesting. The last model I shot nudes with was 18 y/o and doing her first ever shoot of any kind. About a month ago, I did a nude shoot with a model who is 45. Feb 03 13 08:46 pm Link I am about 40 years older than the average model I shoot en deshabille.... I've had no complaints, either with the experience, or the images..... I'd count it more a prob of the particular "model" than your (or my) age.... Feb 03 13 08:52 pm Link I feel very very bad for her, that she had let her insecurity, prejudice and mental barriers prevent her from such an amazing opportunity such as that. Ive admired your work for a long time, and it saddens me to see people throw away chances like that on such superficial nonsense when here I am all the way up in Canada land and would murder a nun to shoot with you! Haha! Dont let the foolishness of the insecure young get you down... they dont know a damned thing. Feb 04 13 12:24 am Link Phillip Ritchie wrote: Purely biologically you just need to be ~36 to be a grandpa... Feb 04 13 03:17 am Link Phillip Ritchie wrote: TomFRohwer wrote: Purely biologically, 23-25 or so. Feb 04 13 03:42 am Link Art of the nude wrote: Phillip Ritchie wrote: Purely biologically, 23-25 or so. Agreed. ~36 is for the great grandfather... ;-) Feb 04 13 04:09 am Link IrisSwope wrote: yeah, or both combined. It does look inappropriate, in a big way. Feb 04 13 04:21 am Link Art of the nude wrote: Phillip Ritchie wrote: Purely biologically, 23-25 or so. Oh no. I'm old enough to be a gramma! x-P Feb 04 13 04:26 am Link This one is tooooooooo young, said Goldilocks, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop … llery.html And this one is tooooooooo old, http://www.anseladams.com/ansel-adams-information/ But this one is just right! http://www.kspr.com/videogallery/722382 … ping-Model Feb 04 13 04:51 am Link Model obviously posing for all the wrong reasons. You rock! Mar 03 13 08:39 am Link Click Hamilton wrote: I ain't as good as I once was, but, I'm as good once as I ever was. I'll be 74 in May. (the month) Mar 03 13 12:15 pm Link I have never had that problem. My reputation has preceded me, but as well I am contacted to do nudes because the models tell me they feel uncomfortable with some younger photographers. Obviously that is not the rule, but in truth anyone that worries about age when shooting this is looking at the wrong parameters. You have great images, but I would rather shoot with someone with less decent images as long as they are younger? And that make sense how? Mar 03 13 12:28 pm Link Poor OP is almost a year older than he was when this thread started  Mar 03 13 12:45 pm Link Phillip Ritchie wrote: OMG! Id shoot with you in a heartbeat, shes mad. Her loss though xx Mar 03 13 01:08 pm Link She probably also uses the word "creeper" for anyone 5 years or older than herself Mar 03 13 01:17 pm Link John Allan wrote: The way she said it would certainly give that impression. Mar 03 13 01:34 pm Link I first thought "What an idiot." Then I thought... how many photographers here seek out 60+ models to pose nude for them? And of the same gender? Works both ways... Mar 09 13 12:07 pm Link Just the way it is, accept the fact. I sure some the girls i photographed thought likewise of me, and i can understand that without going on a rant by name calling them, since i don't them. Mar 10 13 12:17 am Link marce fay wrote: We usually never know when people are judging us by our race, age, weight, height, sexual orientation and so on. We usually either work together or we don't based on these biases. It seems easier to say "Oh I'm sorry, but you're too old/young to be shooting nudes." The fact is that some models and photographers might be thinking, but not saying "you're too ... [black/white] [gay/straight] [fat/skinny] [tall/short] ... to shoot with me!" just fill in the blank. I'm surprised this thread is still going! Mar 10 13 12:22 am Link Patrick Walberg wrote: +1 Mar 10 13 10:26 am Link My best friend painted nudes into his 90s. Lucien Freud did too. God willing I will too. Mar 10 13 02:36 pm Link Herman Surkis wrote: Unfortunately ... yes! Mar 10 13 02:45 pm Link I feel soooooo old now even when some beautiful model asks me to photograph them. I need a rocking chair! Mar 10 13 02:46 pm Link  Moderator Note!AVD AlphaDuctions wrote: Yep. Mar 10 13 02:48 pm Link What does your age have to do with when it comes to shooting. ?.. Clearly this girl had another agenda . It doesn't matter how old or young or smart or pretty you might be.. Your images speak for themselves and if she were after something amazing to put in her port your age wouldn't be an issue. She may have been looking for something else ...entirely ..and that's unfortunate for her and other models from this site. I don't consider this a dating site and I don't think others do either. Jun 18 13 09:55 am Link I have to laugh when i hear about people with this perspective. Look @ the bright side: @ some point, this young lady will be waking up with some OLD guy everyday for the rest of her life, unless of course she is SO perfect that she can attract young guys regardless of her age and physical appearance ~ m' Jun 18 13 10:15 am Link grandpas know the best  Jun 18 13 10:48 am Link there's one model's profile i recall getting a real kick out of, where she described her requirements for a photographer's age and looks. immediate disqualification of myself. maybe more of them think along those lines, but don't say it. maybe they should. Jun 18 13 12:55 pm Link Phillip, You've got game. You'll have game until your dying breath. Kudos. Z. Jun 18 13 01:16 pm Link Let's be honest here. Everyone of us discriminates in some manner, be it spoken or kept only in thought. As photographers, we may discriminate towards older models for example. We pick whom we want to work with, often times without going into detail as to why. If the model had kept her own feelings to herself, we'd never hear of this. However sometimes with immaturity comes a lack of empathy. Discrimination towards others can be painful when put into words. It wasn't that long ago that I used to stick my foot in my mouth saying some atrocious things that I wish I could take back! An example of one time that comes to mind is when I asked an attractive woman when she was "due to have a baby?" I saw what I thought appeared to be a baby bump. She had already had her baby a year ago! Opps! With maturity, I've learned to think a little more carefully before I speak, and to take others words with a grain of salt. We were all young once, and we are all hopefully aging well. Don't let the young and dumb bother you! Laugh with them at their own naivety instead. Their time will come soon enough ... if they are lucky. Rock on, Phillip, rock on!! Jun 18 13 01:39 pm Link Patrick Walberg wrote: even i've never said anything that dumb. Jun 18 13 02:40 pm Link Patrick Walberg wrote: I was at my favourite restaurant and one of the workers told me he just got married. I asked the new girl if she was the wife. Yes, she says and I could have sworn he said they were having a baby and she had a big tummy. Yep you guessed it. Open mouth a insert foot. I said congratulations on the baby. Oops! No baby. The OP is one of the best on MM but I get why a model might feel awkward around a older man. A model I used to know told me why she avoided a shoot with me. I've known her since she was ten and at 18 she wanted to model but she said she though feel strange trying to be sexy, etc. with me. Jun 18 13 06:24 pm Link age doesn't bother some models  Jun 18 13 06:53 pm Link I AM too old to be working with nude models. My heart can't take it any more.  Jun 18 13 07:37 pm Link And just think our OP is nearly a year older thanks to this necro thread... Jun 18 13 07:39 pm Link Philip R wrote: Ummmmm, if an 18+ year old model's gramps is 50, then her mom must have queefed her out during a spelling bee. Jun 18 13 07:42 pm Link figurativearts wrote: She's pretending she's kissing Ben Franklin with exponents... Jun 18 13 07:44 pm Link Big A-Larger Than Life wrote: I knew a guy who was a greatgrandpa at 54... Jun 18 13 11:42 pm Link aquarelle wrote: actually a while back was chatting during a shoot with a model who said the last photog she had shot with had a stroke. during the shoot. gulp. I guess for work safety its best to keep the nitropills nearby. Jun 18 13 11:45 pm Link |
