Another question I have concerns a pale complexion, especially during the summer months. Is pale bringing sexy back? lol I'm light complected due to my Irish roots. I burn and turn back to white rather than tan. I think its kinda sexy sometimes. Katy Perry is kinda pale and she is so pretty!
I love pale women and honestly i think when i snap a photo , the model looks alot better pale than tanned . I own a tanning salon and i used to be very pasty guy but now i have some color , but I think its sexy to be pale. also i think tans are to give you color not change your color .. for my photos i've taken of tanned girls . just looks off as the face is harder to tan so you can see the eye soar in photos
Sacre Coeur
Posts: 165
Los Angeles, California, US
i agree with paul the photographer, some of the sexiest photos on MM are shot with pale complexioned women, look at dita von teese.
i just think you have to own it, if your going to be a pale model go the full one hundred and be the pale model with the porcelain skin and a milky body, good photography only works it you work it.
If you are fair complected, and you burn rather than tan, don't do it. The risk of skin damage and disease from tanning is not worth one photoshoot.Have you considered the spray tans if you must? Plenty of us fair skin shooters out here. Be safe, not sorry.
GoldRoseMedia
Posts: 2,722
NORTH BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, US
It is not my personal preference, however I have found that the models with pale complexion are among the most popular on my website.
From a technical standpoint, the only problem I have with pale skin is that I sometimes find it difficult to white balance, since it picks up very slight color casts. Tanned skin is a little more forgiving in that regard.
I never tan, I am pale all year round. I was at a workshop once and someone said I was "too white." And when I went to Miami last year 2 photographers refused to shoot with me unless I got a tan. I kindly told them that the only color I turn is red and that's not attractive. Besides those 3 photographers who seemed to have a problem with my pale complexion, everyone else seems to like it I stay out of the sun at all costs, I even walk around with a parasol in summer :p
A lot of my friend's make fun of me for not tanning and for going to such great lengths to stay out of the sun, but when we're older and they have leathery, dried out skin and look 5 years older than they are, I'll be the one with nice, smooth, healthy skin laughing at them!
I am SO PALE and I stay like that year round. I can't tan. I turn red, it changes to pink, and then back to pale again. That's what happens when I try to tan lol
Ashleigh Marie wrote: Another question I have concerns a pale complexion, especially during the summer months. Is pale bringing sexy back? lol I'm light complected due to my Irish roots. I burn and turn back to white rather than tan. I think its kinda sexy sometimes. Katy Perry is kinda pale and she is so pretty!
Try to avoid the sun. For nude, implied, or even just "off the shoulder" dresses, tan lines aren't flattering. Burn lines even less so.
Vasilisa-art wrote: Sexiness really isn't defined by the colour, tone or shade or your skin.
This.
I've shot models from VERY dark skinned to so pale it's almost translucent. All can be sexy, or create fashion or art where sex appeal is irrelevant. (well, at least with the art; fashion who knows?)
Most photographers that hire me do so because of my pale skin. They say that it works well with the lighting and that it's easier to edit. MUAs also love my skin because the colors really pop. Tanning is more common in glamor modeling than any other genre. Don't feel like you have to slather yourself in orange to get ahead, pale is beautiful.
K I C K H A M
Posts: 13,016
Los Angeles, California, US
I like pale.
I'm a mix of Irish and Native American so my skin will tan sometimes.
I actually kind of hate it.
I personally don't mind looking a little more tan, but it's usually just from being outside so it's never even. I would rather have a pale, even skin tone.
JEM model
Posts: 826
San Francisco, California, US
Im SUPER PALE, all year round... its kinda my thing
If it the pale skin works for you, WORK IT GIRL!! There is lots of photographers who look for pale, porcelain skin... it just depends on your look. For me, I would look silly tan... thats one of the MAIN REASONS people hire me is because of my fair skin...
work with what you got, and make it work FOR YOU!!
JEM model
Posts: 826
San Francisco, California, US
Toxi wrote: i agree with paul the photographer, some of the sexiest photos on MM are shot with pale complexioned women, look at dita von teese.
i just think you have to own it, if your going to be a pale model go the full one hundred and be the pale model with the porcelain skin and a milky body, good photography only works it you work it.
JEM model
Posts: 826
San Francisco, California, US
Shutterbug5269 wrote: Tan lines suck.
+1 I HATE TAN LINES!! They look kinda cheesy, I think...
I too go out of my way to stay out of the sun. I literally BATHE in suntan lotion!! And the sun is SOOO bad for your skin, if you just burn - DONT DO IT!! Just make the pale work for you - there is tons of girls who do very well...
Thank you so much for all of the wonderful comments!! Very inspiring!!
Trippy Tara wrote: I never tan, I am pale all year round. I was at a workshop once and someone said I was "too white." And when I went to Miami last year 2 photographers refused to shoot with me unless I got a tan. I kindly told them that the only color I turn is red and that's not attractive. Besides those 3 photographers who seemed to have a problem with my pale complexion, everyone else seems to like it I stay out of the sun at all costs, I even walk around with a parasol in summer :p
A lot of my friend's make fun of me for not tanning and for going to such great lengths to stay out of the sun, but when we're older and they have leathery, dried out skin and look 5 years older than they are, I'll be the one with nice, smooth, healthy skin laughing at them!
I know the feeling. My own mother makes fun of me for being so pale. She has a lot a Cherokee in her so she tans easy. I agree with the sun damage part. I don't want to look older than what I am when I'm 40. lol People tell me already I look about 17-18. I'm not complaining.
Jessyka Ann Photography wrote: I am SO PALE and I stay like that year round. I can't tan. I turn red, it changes to pink, and then back to pale again. That's what happens when I try to tan lol
You just described me perfectly!! lol That is exactly how I am!!
Ashleigh Marie wrote: Another question I have concerns a pale complexion, especially during the summer months. Is pale bringing sexy back? lol I'm light complected due to my Irish roots. I burn and turn back to white rather than tan. I think its kinda sexy sometimes. Katy Perry is kinda pale and she is so pretty!
I love pale complexion personally, but as a marketer and photographer pale models are amazing because they stand out of the norm which is what you want when you want to attract newer and bigger clients or a bigger fan base. Things that are the norm. like tanned models, blonde, blue eyed, etc, its not as shocking as it was a female model being pale with natural red hair with hazle eyes. Also the natural look is coming back vs. the unnatural looks, slowly but surely, but it's on a good momentum right now as many very famous models are naturally beautiful instead of artificially made.
Ashleigh! I found another one of your threads completely by chance. And all because today I got my first burns of the summer. I was just trying to figure out a way to stay pale now that I'm doing shoots.
I don't know if it's popular but I think it's pretty. Pale skin just goes so much better with red lipstick(: I've always been awfully pale but I tan perfectly over summer.
I think its kinda sexy sometimes. Katy Perry is kinda pale and she is so pretty!
SO envious of gorgeous tans
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