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How does it feel to pose nude?
Posing Nude is liberating, exciting and a *usually* a freeing experience. It all depends on the comfort level. It seems that you treated you model (friend) with respect, and that is what matters most to me when I model nude for a photographer. I have many photographers I have modeled for multiple times, but in the case when I am modeling for someone new I try to arrive early so I can sit and talk with them to get a level of trust and comfort going before the clothes come off. Agreed, maybe you should pose nude, it helps you in the understanding part. ~ida mae Jul 05 07 12:53 pm Link -So my questions is, how does it feel to pose nude - especially when you are new at it? At first I was like oh my goodness Im nude. Then it was: haha Im nude right now lol (even though I was nude, only my bum and side of breat was shown)lol -And is it better or worse to know the photographer well first? I think its the connection/vibe between the model and photographer. I've worked with photographers that I wouldnt do nude or implied not because they werent good or creepy I just didn't feel that vibe. Jul 05 07 01:02 pm Link Ben McPhee wrote: Sometimes it's cold. I hate the cold, and if you aren't shooting me in the snow, there's no reason for your studio to be sub-zero. Jul 05 07 01:06 pm Link Ida Mae wrote: Slight hijack - Jul 05 07 01:06 pm Link Ida Mae wrote: I agree completely. Posing nude has given me a complete understanding of my model's perspective. The connection between model/photographer is a requirement for great images-- you've gotta feel it. I recommend that all photographers who shoot nudes take their clothes off to grasp and understanding to the answer of this very good question. How can we ask our models to do something we have not done ourselves? Jul 05 07 01:07 pm Link Ben McPhee wrote: ROFLMAO Jul 05 07 01:09 pm Link I enjoy it. My first nude workshop was fun. I was more nervous about doing a great job as far as posing and direction went than about being naked.(considering this was my first paid shoot and there was twelve photographers there) I loved it ! Jul 05 07 01:19 pm Link I recently did a photoshoot with a model who is very interested in photography and I told her that I'd be more than happy to let her use my camera and I'd pose for her and it was very cool and she took some really good shots, although as I told her, she looks 10 times better naked than I did,and she responded that it doesn't matter, it was all about making some cool artistic pictures. So I agree that all photographers at least try it - the perspective is enlightening! And I have done nude photo shoots of numerous friends and we had blast and it wasn't weird or uncomfortable, liberating is the word that comes to mind. Jul 05 07 01:28 pm Link Since the models are not jumping in here in big numbers, as a guy who has been successfully photographing figurative art since before many here were born, I'll toss in a couple of comments. Note at least 95% of those on my site were posing for the first time, nude or otherwise. For the model or photographer doing nudes for the first time, a bit of anxiety or apprehension is to be expected. Hell, even nude dancers were a bit nervous since they were not dancing but posing for photos, a whole different thing. My advice for both is to simply ignore it, get started and work through it, it goes away! For me, what I've discovered to work best is not a gentle or modest start, go straight for the deep end by shooting full frontal nudes as the first shots. It all gets easier after that first big hurdle, everyonme is more relaxed and ready too move toward something more creative. After that first set, I go to the computer ald let the model see how we are doing. It also helps break the tension when the new model sees that they look damn good in the first set of images. Comments I've gotten after shots ended included, "I felt beautiful!", I felt beautiful for the first time ever!", I felt like a Hollywood star", "It was liberating". "I felt free!", "It was liberating" and so on. I've never had anyone who posed say they did not enjoy their shoot. I've heard many newish nude shooters say they begin with the model fully dressed and slowly undress as they shoot. That isn't a photo session, it's a striptease and is guaranted to make a model become even more nervous. One cautionary note, if the model for any reason does not want to do the shoot' if she is 'talked into' doing it, if she in any way convinced or compelles to pose, then her discomfort not (as in NOT) go away. The only reason an inexperienced mdoel should pose nude is that she chooses to, she wants to, never because she is made to do so. For new shooters of the nude and new nude models, relax. Everyone is nervous at first, relax and go with it. Jul 05 07 01:29 pm Link I once shot a TV commercial with nude models. The whole "human body is a work of art" approach. They'd never done nude before. I handled it professionally, concentrating on how the shot looked. I had a monitor up so they could see what I was shooting, and the client was there as well (a Dr.). So the nervousness went away pretty quickly, I'm told. I got a thank you note from the girl later, telling me she looks forward to working with me again. Her agent said she had a blast. I guess it varies amongst models and the photogs, how things are handled. Just be as professional as possible, even with people you know. Jul 05 07 01:29 pm Link Barry Gallegos wrote: Now that's the silliest thing I have ever heard! Jul 05 07 02:51 pm Link I've only been nude for a shoot a couple of times... and I was incredibly nervous. but the photographers basically acted like I was clothed or cracked a few jokes later in the shoot once they realized I was comfortable. my first nude shoot was alone, but my second 2 were with another model... Jul 05 07 02:55 pm Link Jordan K wrote: It doesn't make any difference to me whether a person has clothes on or not. I'm a bit nervous at first that the person may not feel comfortable but in a few minutes it just doesn't matter. Jul 05 07 03:30 pm Link I must say, I've always been fascinated by the varying attitudes and morals of people concerning the various states of undress. If it's not a sub-specialty of psychology, it should be. I get a kick out of how most people would think nothing of going out in a bathing suit, but never in underwear. Women who would never pose nude will flash mobs of strangers on Bourbon Street. Men who would love to see a naked woman in public would never -- ever -- do so themselves. Women can be around other nude women in a changing room and converse as if clothed - Men studiously avoid gazing upon another naked man. Some people are nudists, some people cover everything they can. It's fascinating to think about. I personally feel that being nude is natural, but sociologically inhibited. Far too many people associate nudity with sexual activity, or nudity with sexual interest. Altogether too often we judge people on physical appearances, and that is the largest reason why I would have a great degree of difficulty posing nude myself. It would take a level of comfort with someone that I am not sure that I could achieve outside the bounds of marriage to do - and for this reason I have immense respect for those who have the confidence in their bodies to the point that they can do it. But to echo other's views, the model is the model, clothed or not. Jul 05 07 04:01 pm Link D Wolff wrote: Funny thing was, this model later worked at a bar where she met the guy who had the problem with her taking my pics. The other girls who worked at this bar had all seen these photos and thought it was pretty cool that she had taken my pics. Which probably was the reason why several of the other girls ended up posing for me as well. Jul 05 07 06:36 pm Link Telephoto Studio wrote: I TOTALLY agree with that! I have done it a couple of times and it is an eye opener. It also gives me perspective and respect for what a model goes through posing nude. Jul 05 07 07:00 pm Link 
Model Posts: 1796 Amundsen-Scott - permanent station of the US, Unclaimed Sector, Antarctica For me the bigger point of nervousness was as I was actually undressing. Once I was naked, that was that. After a few shoots the inital sense of "Whoa, I'm actually doing this" passed entirely. Jul 05 07 07:09 pm Link
Model Posts: 1796 Amundsen-Scott - permanent station of the US, Unclaimed Sector, Antarctica Mike White Photography wrote: Do you mean if you can hold a pose for five minutes then you can hold it all day? If so, I disagree. Strongly. Jul 05 07 07:10 pm Link Mind relaxing and you just feel FREE!!! Jul 05 07 07:11 pm Link Ashley Haven wrote: And gorgeous! Jul 05 07 07:13 pm Link Shilo Davis wrote: Trouble is that most of the time what you're trying to "cover up" isn't actually whats being seen by the camera. Poses are often awkward and feel strange, or very exposing, when in reality they aren't. The key is to build up trust with the photographer so that you KNOW there isn't a cheap shot thrown in there. Once I trust photographers I can end up in all manner of positions where if I were to stop and think about it I'd feel exposed in a negative way, but the trust is there so it doesn't matter, and the images turn out beautifully as a result. Mike White Photography wrote: Have you tried this???? Cause I beg to differ. The fatigue that you experience from sustaining a position, at least one that holds a certain amount of tension within the body, is exhausting. Its something that I do well, despite the effort that it takes. Photography poses are rarely held beyond a few minutes, tops, where as drawing poses are usually held for about 20 minutes. Try it some time and see how it feels. Jul 05 07 07:20 pm Link Jul 05 07 07:47 pm Link Great Miss Qthulu wrote: OK, I'll take some naked pictures of you if you insist. Jul 05 07 11:04 pm Link I feel more comfortable when Im doing lingere/nude. And thank goodness for that! I like to show my body when it comes down to it & we start shooting I get comfortable and into it. I love being sexy Jul 05 07 11:27 pm Link Victoria a Taylor wrote: It's easy to love something you're good at. Jul 05 07 11:29 pm Link I'll need to remember this thread next time I'm at the clothing-optional hot springs. Seriously though, relative to the comment on the first page about Australia, I can't resist telling a story. A few years ago I was visiting friends in Perth, and in general found attitudes about the body to be more liberal than some other cultural attitudes there. At one dinner party, another American, a woman from the Midwest, was looking at my book of photos and making a big fuss over how she "could never pose naked like this." The Australian hostess calmly invited all of us into the other room to see the very large B&W print framed on the wall, an absolutely beautiful nude of herself at peak pregnancy. And she said she'd like to do some more nudes before long. End of discussion by Ms. Prude. Jul 05 07 11:42 pm Link ...I wouldnt know ;-P Jul 05 07 11:45 pm Link Once I get into the shoot I am fine with taking off my clothes. But I do have to feel comfortable with the photographer to make it happen. How does it feel to get naked in front of the camera? As long as the photographer is professional about it and doesn't get the SURPRISED look on his face when you take your top off I am fine with it.. its actually a free feeling- like another poster said. OHHH How I would LOVE to take nudes of the photographers before my shoot!! It makes for some great conversation!! HEHE Jul 06 07 12:17 am Link I've never done it yet. But I've been meaning to give it a try and see how it is. Jul 06 07 01:04 am Link depends.its weird when its with someone you havent slept with. Jul 06 07 01:06 am Link Daniela V wrote: No heat!! He was very inconsiderate!! Jul 06 07 01:26 am Link Liberating. I hold VERY many conservative values, although I consider myself neither liberal nor conservative (although I greatly lean towards the latter). It was one of those bold statements that basically let me say, without words, "I dont give a *expletive* what you think". Actually, I prefer to be nude, clothes are just an accessory. When I'm at home, I'm naked. When I cook, I'm naked. On the phone - naked. On the computer - usually naked. Kind of a nudist I suppose. Ben McPhee wrote: Jul 06 07 08:14 am Link Lady Bronze wrote: Toronto misses you R. Jul 06 07 08:24 am Link As a matter of fact my very first shoot was a paid nude. I was pretty nervous about it but I figured I'll never see this photographer again nor did I show my face so it was fine. Jul 06 07 08:25 am Link Youre very kind. I am in Toronto right now  ward wrote: Jul 06 07 08:36 am Link Lady Bronze wrote: Oh nooooooo. Now you tell me. Jul 06 07 08:38 am Link D Wolff wrote: You summed me up in one sentence...or one question? Jul 06 07 08:49 am Link Fergy wrote: You think that makes for great conversation - try shooting pics at a nudist club or resort when the club/resort is your client! And the rules are - everyone on the property must be nude - everyone! Jul 06 07 08:52 am Link Great Miss Qthulu wrote: anytime emily:-) Jul 06 07 08:55 am Link Great Miss Qthulu wrote: I offered you Jul 06 07 08:59 am Link |
