Michael Pandolfo wrote: OK, here's a pet peeve. 99.4% of the male model avatars.
Is there just one pair of bikini briefs that are passed around from model to model? Or does every male model feel the need to present their marble pouch to the viewing public?
Also, over smoothed skin with no texture. 99% of the time it makes it look like the make-up was bad or the model had problem skin. Unless it's done with amazing style and skill, it comes across as tacky and/or amateur.
rfordphotos wrote: I wont say it drives me up the wall, but I cringe a bit when I see a US flag "abused".
Before anyone jumps on me, I am a Vet who believes I took an oath to preserve your right to do pretty much as you please with the flag....but that doesnt mean I dont cringe a bit sometimes.
agreed and shots done in a cemetery , things sticking out of model's heads, improper cropping at a joint... just a few...
1) I always find tattoos distracting. Maybe it's okay if the ink is the central part of the photo, but then the photo is just a copy of the tattoo artist's art.
2) Models staring wistfully out in space or out a window: what is she looking at? Why is she ignoring the photographer?
3) Blank or bored stares.
4) Threads like this, where uninvolved people say or imply what other people should or shouldn't do.
My thing would be showing the same image multiple times just different photoshop editing methods. I believe that we, as photographers, need to decide what look we want and go with it. If the end client wants it another way, do it. But for an online gallery, I just want to see the best photos and move on to the next.
Pet dislikes are -
Lingerie shots with the labels showing
Otherwise good images of a model where the bra strap is showing
Basic lack of attention to same detail
I have done all these myself through lack of concentration.
BodyIndustry
Posts: 186
Washington, Washington Dc, US
Jonathan Souza wrote: Does anybody have an issue that when they see a photo, it instantly ruins it, completely and totally makes the shot not work?
Certainly:
•For me Shoes can kill a shot. Model wearing cheap shoes (i.e., like payless shoes) or shoes not consistent with latest fashion. Especially models wearing flip flops. All this can easily be corrected by Photographer and model’s awareness of current fashion magazine trends. Equally related models toes sticking over/out of open toe & High Heel Stiletto & platform Shoes when clearly the shoes are too small for the models feet.
•Guns/knives/swords
•Bad retouching
•Not paying attention to detail (even I may be at fault sometimes) not making corrections prior to shooting and after in post production.
•Photographers using bed sheets as background and failing to ironing out the creases and the models who thing it’s acceptable to be shot against such.
•Religious themes to shock or to try to be “controversial”
•Too many implied “hand bra” shots. (Since “I don’t do nude” model thinks shooting implied is provocative.)
•Train tracks
•Flat Hair – Model does not take time to style hair.
291
Posts: 11,911
SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, California, US
any model or photographer that showcases an upside-down shot hasn't a clue about strong presentation. they are useless.
they are fun, may appear cool but they are the worst and there isn't an agency in the world that will support them unless some client thinks they help sell a product or service. thankfully, clients know better...so should models and photographers.
David Westlake
Posts: 1,481
Mansfield Center, Connecticut, US
Jonathan Souza wrote: Does anybody have an issue that when they see a photo, it instantly ruins it, completely and totally makes the shot not work?
For me, it's unsafe gun handling. Fingers on triggers in circumstances that don't dictate it, poor gun form, muzzles being pointed in any direction that is not RIGHT, etc, etc... It drives me up the wall and there was one model that I damn near slapped after the third time she pointed a (prop) gun at her head in a silly casual manner with the finger on the trigger.
There was an actor named John Erik Hexum. He was holding a prop .44 magnum loaded with blanks. After a flubbed line he put it to his head and it went off. The force of the blank charge blew a hole in his skull killing him.
I'm a huge fan of proper cropping. It's great. Make it dynamic, cut me anywhere that makes the picture stronger.
If you crop me at the toes, or awkwardly cut off me feet, I make the squinty mad face at the computer screen, especially if it was an otherwise fantastic picture.
(Yes, this is is influenced by residual dancer foot obsessions.)
UGH! I hear you! I'm very conscious about my feet. I unconsciously work them, but I make sure that they look good even if they aren't in the shot. My pet peeve, actually, is being cut off at the ankles.
Jonathan Souza wrote: Does anybody have an issue that when they see a photo, it instantly ruins it, completely and totally makes the shot not work?
For me, it's unsafe gun handling. Fingers on triggers in circumstances that don't dictate it, poor gun form, muzzles being pointed in any direction that is not RIGHT, etc, etc... It drives me up the wall and there was one model that I damn near slapped after the third time she pointed a (prop) gun at her head in a silly casual manner with the finger on the trigger.
My husband was a marine and ALWAYS comments on improper gun handling in movies and photos too. I always see it too now.
Red Sky Photography wrote: I used to have an image of a girl dressed as a rock star playing a guitar. The guitar was a cheap Sears electric.
While we're on the subject of models "playing music," what really annoys me is pictures of people playing instruments with hand positions that make it clear that they know nothing about the instrument.
For me, anything that looks like it just came out of the camera. I can't stand it, even if the picture is "technically" well done. Take a few minutes and learn basic retouching techniques or find someone to do it for you. In today's modern world there is no excuse for not touching up for images.
Jonathan Souza wrote: Does anybody have an issue that when they see a photo, it instantly ruins it, completely and totally makes the shot not work?
For me, it's unsafe gun handling. Fingers on triggers in circumstances that don't dictate it, poor gun form, muzzles being pointed in any direction that is not RIGHT, etc, etc... It drives me up the wall and there was one model that I damn near slapped after the third time she pointed a (prop) gun at her head in a silly casual manner with the finger on the trigger.
Horizon lines that aren't true horizontal... Lakes and bodies of water especially. You just know the photographer had the camera tilted and was too lazy or just not bright enough to know better to edit.
The only exceptions are the extreme angles which are obviously done for effect.
| 
| 
| edu