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Photographer

Katrin Viil

Posts: 6

Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

Hi

Shoutout to all ppl into the niche.
Get in touch with me or leave a comment.

I'm interested to hear your thoughts about the scene. Where to publish, how you run your business and everything related to erotic photography.

My work www.katrinviil.com
www.instagram.com/viilkatrin

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Jun 20 17 11:32 pm Link

Photographer

Eros Fine Art Photo

Posts: 3097

Torrance, California, US

Katrin Viil wrote:
I'm interested to hear your thoughts about the scene. Where to publish, how you run your business and everything related to erotic photography.

What do you consider "erotic photography"?  I think you could ask 100 people and you'd likely get 100 different answers/examples.  Some will be subtle about the sexuality/eroticism, other will be more overt. 

How deep down this rabbit hole do you want to go?

Jun 21 17 02:15 am Link

Photographer

highStrangeness

Posts: 2485

Carmichael, California, US

Katrin Viil wrote:
My work www.katrinviil.com

I visited your site there.  First thing I noticed is that you disabled the right mouse click. This is really annoying.  It's really aggravating to have some random webpage deny you your primary means of navigating back and forth, and really is nothing more than poor web design.  If you've done it for security reasons the only thing you're really accomplishing is antagonizing visitors to your webpage.

Besides, there's plenty of ways to get around it, and if someone really wants to download your images, they can easily a find to do it, usually with add-ons for Chrome and Firefox.

https://www.sitepoint.com/dont-disable-right-click/

Jun 21 17 02:53 am Link

Photographer

Risen Phoenix Photo

Posts: 3779

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

I like the right click option. Keep it. That stops idiots from stealing your image and throwing it up on some Tumblr porn site.


What I see mostly on your web page is fashion. I think you have found a way to market what you do by calling it erotic and or fetish.  Being a woman doing this gives you a niche.


Nothing about your portraits are erotic they are just portraits. Same with your fashion though some have a slight fetishist vibe. There may be some erotic elements to your couples images but barely.

So good job, you found a way to barely dip your toe into these murky waters and redefined your vanilla images ( though some are very well photographed) as erotic or fetish.

Jun 21 17 03:29 am Link

Photographer

highStrangeness

Posts: 2485

Carmichael, California, US

Risen Phoenix Photo wrote:
I like the right click option. Keep it. That stops idiots from stealing your image and throwing it up on some Tumblr porn site.

Yeah, no. It does no such thing.  Determined "idiots" will find a way to steal content, one way or the other.

Jun 21 17 04:11 am Link

Model

Dea and the Beast

Posts: 4796

Saint Petersburg, Florida, US

You'll find that Europeans and Americand have a different viewpoint on what is deemed what.

Google mighy be your buddy at this juncture.

Jun 21 17 06:03 am Link

Photographer

TomFRohwer

Posts: 1601

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

highStrangeness wrote:

Yeah, no. It does no such thing.  Determined "idiots" will find a way to steal content, one way or the other.

Firefox can be set by one mouse click to ignore the "disable right mouse button" option. Besides this it is annoying to try to take command over the viewers hardware.

Jun 21 17 06:24 am Link

Photographer

Shadow Dancer

Posts: 9777

Bellingham, Washington, US

I clicked the link relevant to the OP and saw no photos at all?

I am using a Mac and Safari.

On the other hand, as an experiment I went back to the home page, up to my File menu and clicked Print. I then chose the "Print to pdf" option and sent the file to my desktop. There was your image, on my computer, in the center of a page.

I stopped there but it would have been simple to open the file in Photoshop, crop to the image and post it back in this thread or anywhere else.

I deleted it, not a thief. I just want you to know that your images are not protected by disabling the right click. It took me a couple of seconds, not difficult at all.

I liked the image by the way, nice work. You should post in Critique, you will get more feedback there. We are not allowed to critique you in this area of MM. Cheers! big_smile

Jun 21 17 07:59 am Link

Photographer

Carle Photo

Posts: 475

New Orleans, Louisiana, US

I've been modeling/shooting/creating erotic art for over a decade.

I've been published in several countries & primarily work with private commisions.

There is no good way to break down an entire buisness plan into a few forum comments or emails.

You should start by breaking down your exact goals, then start learning how to reach those goals.

Jun 21 17 10:39 am Link

Photographer

Shot By Adam

Posts: 8095

Las Vegas, Nevada, US

highStrangeness wrote:

Yeah, no. It does no such thing.  Determined "idiots" will find a way to steal content, one way or the other.

I don't believe in disabling the right-click option myself but it most certainly does slow thieves down. It's like having a guard dog. Guard dogs are very easily dispatched if a thief is determined to rob your house, but for 99.99% of thieves, it's enough to make them go steal from the next house.

And why are you using right-clicks for navigation anyway? I've never even heard of anyone doing that before.

Jun 23 17 10:26 am Link

Photographer

Shadow Dancer

Posts: 9777

Bellingham, Washington, US

Shot By Adam wrote:

I don't believe in disabling the right-click option myself but it most certainly does slow thieves down. It's like having a guard dog. Guard dogs are very easily dispatched if a thief is determined to rob your house, but for 99.99% of thieves, it's enough to make them go steal from the next house.

And why are you using right-clicks for navigation anyway? I've never even heard of anyone doing that before.

As I state in my post 2 posts above yours, disabling right click is no protection at all. A minor inconvenience at best but also an annoyance.

Jun 23 17 10:39 am Link

Photographer

Expression Unlimited

Posts: 1408

Oceanside, California, US

I found some nice  sexy fashion...


- nothing like I'd expect reading   ''EROTIC-FASHION-FETISH, couples ...
Amsterdam based''

Unless you have some BDSM somewhere you're maybe miss-naming your Niche

Jun 23 17 12:46 pm Link

Photographer

Expression Unlimited

Posts: 1408

Oceanside, California, US

Ionalynn wrote:
I've been modeling/shooting/creating erotic art for over a decade.

I've been published in several countries & primarily work with private commisions.

There is no good way to break down an entire buisness plan into a few forum comments or emails.

You should start by breaking down your exact goals, then start learning how to reach those goals.

QFT

Jun 23 17 12:46 pm Link

Photographer

TomFRohwer

Posts: 1601

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

highStrangeness wrote:
First thing I noticed is that you disabled the right mouse click. This is really annoying.

Use Firefox. You can disable the disablement with one mouseclick for all sites... ;-)

Jun 23 17 01:21 pm Link

Artist/Painter

aPeaceOfAdam

Posts: 97

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Eros Fine Art Photo wrote:
How deep down this rabbit hole do you want to go?

Well, he's from Amsterdam, so let's assume he already has a little house at the very bottom of the rabbit hole with a garden, a white picket fence and lots of gimp masks.

On the 'right click' thing - let's focus a little and stay on topic eh people? 

[ Internet People . o 0 ("I just wanted to say.....oh look, shiny things") ]

Jun 23 17 01:40 pm Link

Photographer

Mark Salo

Posts: 11726

Olney, Maryland, US

Shot By Adam wrote:
And why are you using right-clicks for navigation anyway? I've never even heard of anyone doing that before.

I use right-clicks all the time when navigating MM portfolios.

Jun 23 17 06:03 pm Link

Photographer

Risen Phoenix Photo

Posts: 3779

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

aPeaceOfAdam wrote:

Well, he's from Amsterdam, so let's assume he already has a little house at the very bottom of the rabbit hole with a garden, a white picket fence and lots of gimp masks.

On the 'right click' thing - let's focus a little and stay on topic eh people? 

[ Internet People . o 0 ("I just wanted to say.....oh look, shiny things") ]

He is a SHE. Female photographer.

Jun 23 17 07:44 pm Link

Artist/Painter

aPeaceOfAdam

Posts: 97

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Risen Phoenix Photo wrote:
He is a SHE. Female photographer.

Apologies to the OP smile

Jun 23 17 08:04 pm Link

Photographer

highStrangeness

Posts: 2485

Carmichael, California, US

Mark Salo wrote:

I use right-clicks all the time when navigating MM portfolios.

As do I... and I don't know why it's a big deal, either.

Jun 23 17 08:19 pm Link

Artist/Painter

Hunter GWPB

Posts: 8191

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, US

Katrin Viil wrote:
I'm interested to hear your thoughts about the scene. Where to publish, how you run your business AND everything related to erotic photography.

Seems like a very broad topic.

Jun 24 17 03:52 am Link

Model

Sandra Vixen

Posts: 1561

Las Vegas, Nevada, US

Wasn't very erotic or fetishy, and I'm known to be a prude wink

Jun 26 17 07:28 am Link

Photographer

Focuspuller

Posts: 2758

Los Angeles, California, US

Dea and the Beast wrote:
Google mighy be your buddy at this juncture.

Assuming of course you want to be followed everywhere you go on the Web for all eternity with ads relating to your search for keyword "erotic".

Jun 28 17 10:11 am Link