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A "Drives You Up The WALL!" Issue With Photos
Glitter Dec 14 12 06:54 pm Link Kelleth wrote: I'm an old-school martial arts student (i.e. no tournament legal BS) who has studied physiology and anatomy. Hollywood combat in general bothers me because it's so blatantly bogus... and because so many "martial arts" schools have obviously modeled their tripe after it. This is how McDojos come to be. Dec 14 12 08:27 pm Link Razor burn or obvious signs of careless shaving of body hair. Portraits with out of focus eyes. Wrinkled white sheet backdrops. Over photoshopped skin textures. Beer bellies on swimsuit models. Dec 15 12 02:22 am Link Sloppy military salutes. Dec 15 12 09:30 pm Link Art Silva Photography wrote: I was checking the thread before adding "Duck Face". Dec 15 12 09:45 pm Link NYMPH wrote: This. And chopping off feet, hands, fingers, arms, legs (at strange places). Also poses where one arm (for example) is hidden behind the model, making her appear to be an amputee. Dec 16 12 01:51 am Link Barely StL wrote: Dec 16 12 02:20 am Link Models leaning chest first against alleyway walls or corrugated Iron. c'mon guys, this doesn't work and doesn't even make sense as an image. Snapshot style nude work in hotel rooms. Girls on motorbikes (unless the subject is a motorcyclist). This includes the model wearing only an unzipped leather and her underpants. Just gauche. SI style bikini shots. Crops below the knees. Lomography. Whether real or digital. Dec 16 12 02:50 am Link Profile photos of models in Orange dresses with defocused rocks in the background. Ooh. I just remembered the worst one. Models with violins who clearly aren't violinist. The bowhand just makes me cringe. Same for guitar girl photos. Teach her an E form bar chord at least. Dec 16 12 03:02 am Link Selective coloring. Dec 16 12 07:38 am Link Jonathan Souza wrote: Angel Dec 16 12 01:01 pm Link Jonathan Souza wrote: What drives me up the wall is petite models with dangerous curves: Dec 18 12 07:00 am Link I'm new but, a few things bug me even before I started modelling: Photo's where the model looks plastic! Awful photoshopping - it happens in professional photos too there was an article recently about Xtina Aguilra and how she was butchered at the photoshop end. Unflattering angels that clearly didn't work - as a plus size model angels are so important to me  DUCK FACE MAKES ME WANT TO HURT PEOPLE. Seriously, why do it?! STAPH Models that tag their photos ''me innit'' on a professional side such as MM PP and NM just ruins the whole photo regardless of how awesome it is or was! People who don't take the time to look after their whole appearance, and don't take their hair bands off their wrists. I think that's it right now lol Dec 18 12 07:45 am Link cupacake_Hearts wrote:
Dec 18 12 08:12 am Link Photos that seem to represent the following scenario: the model is sitting there with her legs spread open, showing the lady bits, in a completely unnatural pose or one that looks like it was quit obviously intended to show off her lady bits. Nothing else in the photo makes her spread legs make sense. Often she is sitting on a table or a pool table or something similar, or a bed. It is not the idea of showing the lady bits that bothers me, it is that there seems to be no purpose for it other than the fact that she is doing it. Add in the fact that she is fully dressed otherwise or if you really want it, have her breast shoved unnaturally out of one side of her top too  I have no problem with abstract or artistic close-ups, or erotic shots (as those tend to have some little storyline), etc. I just want there to be some sort of reason and for it to make sense. Otherwise it just looks like the photographer talked her into it or hired her just because she with spread her legs for the camera. Sorry... it just bugs me.Dec 18 12 08:22 am Link Christina Josephine wrote: Thing is this is a form of "Show Business" models are actors in a way, what if the script called for 1. Suicide, 2. Holding someone at gunpoint 3. a Holdup??? Dec 18 12 05:21 pm Link Fur Elise wrote:
Dec 18 12 05:24 pm Link Dry skin (moisturize FFS!!) HDR winking ''open mouth, blank stare'' posing when photographers get this idea that ''ooh lets smear the nude model in body paint'' and call it nude art....no It's just a nude model smeared in paint, there is nothing artsy about it.... Dec 19 12 10:42 am Link Smoking. Personally I just think it is a disgusting habit and it is an instant turn off for me. Dec 28 12 10:24 am Link NYMPH wrote: Leave me outa this!.. Dec 28 12 11:28 am Link Airbrushing and blurring face as a form of retouch - not a fan, very obvious this was mentioned before but bra straps showing when theyre not supposed to of course nature shots with the model somewhere in the middle just standing there , or leaning on one foot - this does NOT make you a "model" backyard shots - yes these still exist here hahhah Dec 28 12 05:55 pm Link  in pin ups makes me nuts. Really one or maybe two shooters had made it work then suddenly almost everyone was doing it. also just because you have a model lay on her back and pop her getaway sticks in the air doesnt make it a pinup. The worse is NOT crediting models/MUAs/Hair in images. That drives me bonkers Dec 28 12 06:07 pm Link SitronStudio wrote: +1 Dec 28 12 07:45 pm Link Besides getting inspired from the trully great artists out there I really dont care what other people are shooting. I mean what am I the photo police? Shoot all the angel wings, caution tape and train tracks you want. If it makes you happy who am I to tell you not to do it or to criticize your work. I can remember when I first started out and I pretty much sucked a$$. But after making a million or so mistakes I’ve gotten a little better. Hopefully I will continue to screw up and shoot stuff that nobody will like from time to time so I can continue to learn and grow as an artist. Sorry for the rant. I just get annoyed from all the posts ranting about other photographers work all the time... Dec 29 12 05:55 am Link Too much photoshop. It's so sad when a photographer shows me an amazing image in the viewfinder, then completely ruins it in Photoshop with blurred skin, etc. *CRINGE* Totally unnecessary. Dec 29 12 06:01 am Link Crappy finger nails (especially) in glamour/beauty images. Dec 29 12 06:11 am Link Models who choose horrible images for their Avi's. Sometimes it's a full body shot taken from a distance, others use low key shots. You can't see their face or their body - which is what they're trying to market! Aaaaaarrrrrrrggggggg!!! Dec 29 12 06:59 am Link mphunt wrote: yes yes yes a thousand times yes! Dec 29 12 07:48 am Link I know I do a lot of things that probably drive people crazy, but I'm starting to think having all these rules is really limiting. As long as I'm having fun, screw it, I don't want your rules! Dec 29 12 09:26 am Link Poor attention to detail. Not that I'm always innocent of this (although I will reshoot an image once twice thrice and so on if I feel like something key can be improved), but when every shot has things protruding into the background, flyaway hair, fingers cut off, etc...can't cope. Also models who have clearly been shot from eye height and so look much shorter than they really are. Photographers, get down on your bellies! Dec 29 12 04:17 pm Link Jonathan Souza wrote: Logos that cover any part of the main subject. Dec 29 12 04:22 pm Link John Peralta wrote: Especially when I've given them obvioulsy better images that never make it into their ports. Dec 29 12 04:26 pm Link Mearle wrote: Also over-sharpened/whitened eyes which often accompany that. Dec 29 12 04:29 pm Link For one (from a gay man's point of view), I hate seeing any kind of nude MALE model where the male model is like 110 pounds with fake blonde hair, orange skin, and zero muscle tone. Photographers who don't send you "good" photos that you've both agreed on. I've worked with photographers who let me look at my shots as I go along. Sometimes, I've said, "Oooh, I really love that one!" and they agree, but then not only do I not get that photo back, but I get legitimately cringeworthy photos that I don't use for my port. Sunglasses in dark/nighttime settings. STOP IT. Dec 29 12 04:52 pm Link Usually people who think simply putting one or both of their hands on their head without posing the rest of their body counts as a pose. Dec 29 12 05:52 pm Link Fake smiles and beauty/glamour shots where the model has a look of fear in her eyes, or otherwise looks uncomfortable. Dec 29 12 09:19 pm Link Samantha Emme wrote: THIS. Dec 30 12 01:13 pm Link Star wrote: Reality/realism is a somewhat overrated concept. Dec 30 12 03:25 pm Link Scarlett Renee wrote: Hahahaha! Dec 30 12 03:30 pm Link Scarlett Renee wrote: Agreed. Politicians deserve our contempt, not the soldiers who are in the line of fire. I also really hate toilet shots. WTF. I don't understand this one either. Apparently it's not just me Dec 30 12 04:07 pm Link |
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