SnappingShark wrote:
Well it isn't me, but this guy I came across at a street festival on Saturday could dislocate everything
Ugh!

Please: this thread is about models on Model Mayhem.

Marie Lindstrom wrote:
Well, you can seldom read the age of photographers but it is very often a fact for thoose who still aren't in their 20-30's, that age is a factor to count on in certain poses. Some might manage to "bend over" or look "horny" on demand. If I try it (not on demand) I will nearly not even reach the floor with my fingertips and the look in my face Is rather like I am sitting on the toilette. The result is, that I sometimes do my poses slightly a bit different than I would be capable of if I were in my twenties. I would love to hear if photographers in their fifties have discovered the same issues.

This photographer, the OP, is 71 years old and still manages to get down on the ground to find interesting angles for pictures. I also hike about in nature in Texas carrying 14–15 lbs. of gear (6.5–7 kg) at temperatures of 80°–95° (27°C–35°C). That said, there's no way I could ever have contorted myself like the model, even when I was her age, which is not much more than one-third my current age. That's why I'm grateful she's so lithe.

Visual Delights wrote:
This photographer, the OP, is 71 years old and still manages to get down on the ground to find interesting angles for pictures.........

Yes, down is seldom a problem.... Thanks for your answer. At least you aren't on maternity leave.

Visual Delights wrote:
This photographer, the OP, is 71 years old and still manages to get down on the ground to find interesting angles for pictures.........

Marie Lindstrom wrote:
Yes, down is seldom a problem.... Thanks for your answer. At least you aren't on maternity leave.

At 71 yrs, I guess the OP is beyond child bearing.

Mark Salo wrote:
At 71 yrs, I guess the OP is beyond child bearing.

Maternity leave is something that very often on men is joked about as "beer belly". Since OP is 71 and goes hiking, there is like I said, no doubts about that he isn't on maternity leave (or with a beer belly).

Koryn wrote:
Five or seven years ago, "yoga nudes" were popular and something I shot with some regularity. As time went on, fewer and fewer people seemed interested in this.

I have always been able to do supported headstands, full splits, standing splits, as well as backbends ("wheel pose"), and balancing only on the hands with feet lifted -among other contortions. I can hang on bars or supports above ground and flip completely over, bringing my legs behind my head while hanging.

I was also able to do intermediate pole tricks, prior to experiencing shoulder problems in 2013, but only one person ever showed interest in shooting this. The resulting photos were not of good enough quality to use in a portfolio.

In general, I've never been happy with the image quality that resulted from "contortion" shoots, and found the lighting mostly flat and boring. I was typically paid for this work, and it was almost always exclusively nude - which meant it couldn't be displayed anywhere except MM anyway.

Too bad you're not in Austin. I'd be happy to work with someone so versatile.

As far as displaying nudes, Model Mayhem isn't the only outlet. There are galleries that cater to art photography (for example the nudes of Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham, Ruth Bernhardt, Sally Mann, etc). There are also websites like Model Society and 500px.

Cwen  wrote:
I absolutely love the challenge of creating unique shapes!





NSFW:
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/39643865
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/39619571
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/39619574

There are more, but I'm not terribly motivated to hunt them all down. Also -- !! I have a list chock-full of really awesome bendy people, if you want to check it out: https://www.modelmayhem.com/list/37205

And you're really good at it. Thanks for your link to "bendy people."