Stefano Brunesci wrote:
What's a "tog"?

If you are looking for feedback on your photos please post in the Critique forum, now called "General Feedback".

https://www.modelmayhem.com/t.php?forum_id=8



Just my $0.02

Ciao
Stefano

www.stefanobrunesci.com

I think "tog" a form of tweet-speak for photographer, similar in purpose to ROFL, etc.  I don't mind it.  I've been called worse.  Frequently.

What made you think that OP was looking for a critique?  All I saw was a general question on lighter vs. darker images.

britishbrookie wrote:
I'm sorry, i say tog as in photographer

Maybe we should start referring to models as "ods" then?

As for light vs. dark - glamour is usually well lit so that people can see the bits they're interested in. I would suspect that less brightly lit photos would more often be referred to as "erotic", although I'm sure plenty of people will be be keen to debate that definition!



Ciao
Stefano

www.stefanobrunesci.com

britishbrookie wrote:
I recently started shooting with a new tog, we were half way through our shooting when i asked to take a look through our work.

In the first set we shot, the lighting had turned out to be much darker.

To my surprise i loved it, my photographer on the other hand did not, as he was looking for a much brighter affect. Does anyone eles like the dark look on a glamour picture?

The original RAW image, viewed through the camera's LCD, is not even a first draft -- it's an outline of the first draft.  So much can be changed during the post-production photo editing.  Two different people can look at the "outline" and imagine radically different things.

I do let models review the images we made while I'm fussing around with the lighting, but for the most part, unless the model understands what I do in post-processing, she's not really going to "get" what those images mean.

Note:  I usually don't interrupt the flow of the session to show the model images unless I'm trying to make a point and/or to adjust her posing.

britishbrookie wrote:
I recently started shooting with a new tog, we were half way through our shooting when i asked to take a look through our work.

In the first set we shot, the lighting had turned out to be much darker.

To my surprise i loved it, my photographer on the other hand did not, as he was looking for a much brighter affect. Does anyone eles like the dark look on a glamour picture?

I prefer chiaroscuro like you.  When light strikes, there are lovely shadows that interact with curves, creating mystery, forming imaginary lines, producing personality, defining mood and suggesting a sense of depth.  This is glamour to my eyes and is timeless.

I see a brighter effect for erotica and allows an easier workflow to produce website content in JPG.  The RAW image can quickly be manipulated in post-production to accentuate light and dark patterns, if they exist.