Photographer

W I L L I A M A N U E L

Posts: 223

Emeryville, California, US

What's up with most sites that I visit? Most of the females are showing off their body, like it's the thing to do. Will we ever go back to wearing clothes that represents style. It seems that everyone's in a rush to be sexy. You can be sexy, without taking off your clothes. Males we're at blame too.
Let's turn back the hands of time and stay creative, with at least some themes; Vintage, the 40's, 70's, even modernday Tomorrow.
I would love to see more of that.

May 06 05 06:32 pm Link

Photographer

ANON

Posts: 319

San Diego, California, US

WELCOME! WELCOME! WELCOME! WELCOME!!!!!

May 06 05 07:04 pm Link

Photographer

BlackSkyPhoto

Posts: 1130

Danville, California, US


Doubt it - Sex sells...

More skin = more money....

Until you eridicate porn we are stuck with it... ....

Unless you are involved with an Agency paying you big money to shoot fashion it is a very hard market to break into and the attitudes are - well how do you say - a bit snoby for me..


May 06 05 07:12 pm Link

Photographer

W I L L I A M A N U E L

Posts: 223

Emeryville, California, US

Am I correct when I say you got into this for the MONEY? or maybe to be social.

May 06 05 07:23 pm Link

Model

Jeri Lynn Astra

Posts: 240

Pleasantville, New York, US

Themes require at least a bit of research, planning, thinking. Taking your clothes off doesn't nessecarily. (Which is not to say there is not a place for nudes, because there is of course.)

May 07 05 05:40 pm Link

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Kentsoul

Posts: 9739

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US

Posted by W. MANUEL: 
What's up with most sites that I visit? Most of the females are showing off their body, like it's the thing to do. Will we ever go back to wearing clothes that represents style. It seems that everyone's in a rush to be sexy. You can be sexy, without taking off your clothes. Males we're at blame too.
Let's turn back the hands of time and stay creative, with at least some themes; Vintage, the 40's, 70's, even modernday Tomorrow.
I would love to see more of that.

You're certainly entitled to your view of things, but I personally hate clothes and have no room for them in my artistic vision.  My work deals with the point where emotion and sensation merge, and the idea of standing around watching models play "dress up" is as boring to me as dishwater.  The only way i'd even CONSIDER shooting fashion would be for money, and despite having what I consider an original style, an art director would have to be nuts to even consider hiring me over an experienced fashion shooter.  I am who I am and do the work that I do and if you love it, great and if you hate it, you're free not to look.  Democarcy is beautiful that way.

May 07 05 05:48 pm Link

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Kentsoul

Posts: 9739

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US

Posted by Jeri: 
Themes require at least a bit of research, planning, thinking. Taking your clothes off doesn't nessecarily. (Which is not to say there is not a place for nudes, because there is of course.) 

Taking one's clothes off require a LOT of planning, when I'm shooting it...but you already knew that!

May 07 05 05:49 pm Link

Model

Jeri Lynn Astra

Posts: 240

Pleasantville, New York, US


Taking one's clothes off require a LOT of planning, when I'm shooting it...but you already knew that!

You definately fall into that "having a place of course" category. You know I was referring to the GWC/look I got a girl naked type of stuff anyway.

May 07 05 05:58 pm Link

Photographer

W I L L I A M A N U E L

Posts: 223

Emeryville, California, US

Wow! So what is the real reason you got into photography?

May 07 05 08:16 pm Link