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Nude modeling during your period
Zombie thread. This post was about posing nekkid during the monthlies and the myriad ways to handle it. Enjoy. Jan 20 12 11:19 am Link Eurocat wrote: Tuck... or use OB tampons without the string. Jan 20 12 11:21 am Link Tuck... or use OB tampons without the string. Well I did cut the thing, but the idea of it just being present makes me feel ICK. Jan 20 12 11:32 am Link i have always just tucked it is easy and safer when it comes to removal but in all honesty the photographers dont care to much we all have to work round it they see it all the time and all nude models have this problem you may have to be more thoughtful of ur possitioning but you should still be able to work without any problems Jan 20 12 11:42 am Link William Kious wrote: +1. Just cut ~n~ tuck and all is good Jan 20 12 11:47 am Link Eurocat wrote: If you feel that uncomfortable during your period, then schedule around it. If you feel icky, it will come through in the pictures. Jan 20 12 11:48 am Link I have shot many models nude while on their period. You have to just work as a team and make sure there is plenty of open commmunication between both photographer and model. One model had her string hangin out and I would just mention it to her do to the fact i would have to do much editing. Some times I wonder what models that posed for like Michale Angelo or Degas or Da Vinchi di while they were on their period. Jan 20 12 11:51 am Link William Kious wrote: Here's where I disagree. That'll mean up to one week EVERY month where you can't work. If you're a full time model...that may not be an option. Jan 20 12 11:54 am Link I shoot during that period regardless of my period. You can cut small sea sponges and stick them up, it works wonders. If a model cancels on me for a shoot due to her period she goes on my don't work with again list. If you can go to a regular job, you can go to a shoot Jan 20 12 12:06 pm Link Thank you all for your advice! Muchly appreciated! Jan 20 12 12:23 pm Link It happened that we had to clean up....Communication was the key. Jan 20 12 12:30 pm Link Ashley Graham wrote: If you compare nude modeling with waiting tables or sitting in an office, then yes, you can. Jan 20 12 12:33 pm Link I still shoot... I carry plenty of Midol or Ibuprofen with me for the cramps and just cut the tampon string and make sure it's not hanging down. And unless you are shooting full-frontal spreads, I wouldn't worry about the tampon string even showing at all (if you cut it). Photographers understand we are females and menstruate... I'm sure they won't mind if you use the bathroom a few extra times during the shoot to make sure everything is ok  Jan 20 12 12:55 pm Link We don't care. Just keep the string out of sight. Jan 20 12 01:06 pm Link Hell, even if the string is visible, it takes all of one second to get rid of in post. As long as you're not dying on set, I don't really care what's going on with your body.  Also, if photographers are anything like me, we keep about 18 boxes of tampons on hand (either on purpose, or because they get bought and left here haha). Jan 20 12 01:08 pm Link I suffer totally during my period, it's so heavy that I suffer from iron deficiencies and anemia so i basically skip the dummy tablets on my birth control and only have a period every 6 months or so. (with doctors approval). Medically speaking there is no good reason to have a period. (according to all the doctors I've asked so far) I also feel hideous when i have my period but I know that it doesn't show, it's just in my head. When I've had to do nudes during a period I cut the string short on a tampon, and put a knot in the end, I don't have to worry about anything being visible and the short knotted string is easy to find so I can get it out without having to go fishing for it. Like everyone else has said, just work through it, or work around it. Whichever suits you. It's your body. Jan 20 12 01:13 pm Link I have, I just tuck in the string....but I usually wait until its closer to the end of my period. Jan 20 12 01:16 pm Link ASYLUM - Photo wrote: I have one project which, by it's very nature (tightly bound vulva) might be an issue. Aside from that, I agree with Asylum. Work around it, clean up any strays in post and be a grown up. Jan 20 12 01:17 pm Link FlirtynFun Photography wrote: If the model is miserable, what's the point? It's not like going to the office, you know. I can almost hear the dialogue: "Are you having a hard cramp? Awesome! Work with that! I want to see anguish! Think you can whip up some tears?" FlirtynFun Photography wrote: The OP already stated that she was unable to try the cup. FlirtynFun Photography wrote: And this is stereotypical bunk. Jan 20 12 01:28 pm Link Just use SOMETHING I read about a model who didn't wear a tampon and it was running down her legs. Not pretty, I'd rather see a string to be honest. Jan 20 12 01:29 pm Link Jessyka Ann Photography wrote: Yep. Jan 20 12 02:15 pm Link William Kious wrote: What's 'bunk'? Aside from being a newbie (or what's the timeline on that now?), I am also a foreigner, with sufficient English, but I lack the slang, if you'd care to educat me? Jan 20 12 02:17 pm Link Like others have said, tampon string, cut and tuck. I've never had an issue. I'm also on continuous birth control now, so I only get a period every three months. Cuts down on time that I feel out of commission from life! Jan 20 12 02:30 pm Link I'm pretty amazed by the relaxed attitudes of all the photographers to be honest! My first longterm partner would pull a tampon out and swing it around for all he cared, my current bf of 5yrs doesn't want to know or see anything to do with that sort of thing whatsoever... You never can tell, but as everyone said, communication is key! Jan 20 12 03:55 pm Link I shoot any day of the month, modeling is my job, I didn't get to call in sick from my customer service job because I had cramps, I don't get to do it with modeling either. Put in a super tampon, tuck the string up inside, take so pain killers, go shoot. Nobody I've worked with has ever known if I were on my period or not. Jan 20 12 04:39 pm Link Laura UnBound wrote: ^^^^ Jan 20 12 04:43 pm Link Why would you feel icky? Periods aren't icky; it's just a normal body function. Do you also forgo all fun activities during your period? It's not like you need to sequester yourself in the red tent or anything. Menstruation is not an illness. I honestly don't know how in the world you think anyone else will be able to tell you're on your period if you tuck the tampon string...??? 666 doesn't appear across your forehead. What is the big deal about???? I know some women who use menstrual cups but I don't think I would wear one to a shoot that involved stretching or extreme body positions because sometimes they can leak if you contort your body too much. Just use a tampon. Jan 20 12 04:45 pm Link I have been photographing nudes for probably 10 years now and have never worried about a model and her period. I carry tampons as a backup for them if I am in a situation where access to them is not readily available(remote locations) and don't worry about it. Women have been having periods for about 2 million years now while gathering firewood, raising children, working in factories, running companies, etc. It has no impact on me. The model lets me know and we deal with it. The only time where it can have an impact is if the model is in real physical distress and needs to take a break or postpone. They are women, this is natural, I see no reason not to just deal with it as adults and move on Jan 20 12 04:52 pm Link There are nudes in my port that were short during the models period... Tucking works... You would never know. As long as you feel comfortable why not shoot? If you have severe cramps or other symptoms... That's something you may not want to work through... But as far as stopping the flow and hiding "The fuse" as someone said. Not a big deal at all for me as a photographer. As long as you're comfortable and happy. Jan 20 12 04:53 pm Link Saedcantas wrote: TMI ALERT!! Jan 20 12 04:55 pm Link When I was dancing I tucked the string and so does every other dancer.You work through it or lose money.The only dancer I knew that couldn't do that had INTENSELY painful periods and couldn't even get out of bed.I think she deserves a pass Jan 20 12 04:57 pm Link Laura UnBound wrote: I saw a tiny bit of string once and that was only in one pose (not Laura) otherwise, I didn't know. Jan 20 12 05:05 pm Link Saedcantas wrote: Kinky is fun! Jan 20 12 05:12 pm Link Ashley Graham wrote: I was at a strip club once where a stripper had an accident on stage. Jan 20 12 05:17 pm Link Ashley Graham wrote: Jerry Nemeth wrote: "Oh! The humanity!" Jan 20 12 05:33 pm Link Laura UnBound wrote: +1 Jan 20 12 07:26 pm Link Eurocat wrote: As long as you feel able to pose and present the proper expressions and do not have visible water weight, bloating, etc., then keep your commitments. Jan 20 12 07:32 pm Link I unfortunately am not even capable of getting out of bed the first two days of my period. I have labor pain cramps so intense that they make me throw up and blackout. The other two days, I tuck the string and no one is the wiser. I'm pretty regular, so when I was modeling, I made sure not to book any work those two days. Even when I worked a regular job, I showed my employers a note from my doctor stating that I am not a functioning human being those two days and they excused me from work. Yes, some women are capable of working during that time, but unfortunately, a lot aren't. Jan 20 12 07:34 pm Link I use Instead Softcups...They work really well for me... Jan 20 12 07:42 pm Link Eurocat wrote: Bunk... absurd, ridiculous, nonsense... and so forth. Jan 20 12 07:42 pm Link |
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