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I may be at the other end of the spectrum, but for timeless line art black and white film interpretation some coverage make it easy for the photographer... Dec 12 12 09:18 am Link I just saw a gorgeous woman, hips from here to there... a rack that I could get lost in... a killer dragon tattoo wrapped from her shoulder around her back onto her leg... I was admiring her belly button ring when she took off her panties, and she was totally hairless!! I was like, "Whoah! Are you 12?!?!? Shouldn't you be in school?!?" Dec 12 12 09:36 am Link I've found that about 80% of the higher end "Playboy level" traveling models I know or have recently photographed all have some sort of landing strip or trimmed bush. While the local, wannabe, hobby models are about 90% shaved. I think that may be having to do with the BF factor, the locals are catering to their BFs while the traveling models are catering to their clients... Just my 0.02 Dec 12 12 11:26 am Link I shave as so do any women who get into bed with me. Been shaving since before it was cool...women tend to appreciate it. I prefer the woman clean. At Minimum, trimming. As long as she is clean...I am not picky - but I have been fortunate to only have clean shaven thus far. Dec 12 12 12:06 pm Link Scottsdale Images wrote: I have found it the opposite. Local models with bush and traveling models shaved/waxed. Of coarse there are some exceptions. Dec 12 12 01:12 pm Link I'm on the short side and when I shoot shaved makes my torso look longer to me. Dec 12 12 01:30 pm Link Grooming preferences are so subjective, that it's impossible to determine what actually looks "best". With that said, there are some objective realities about modeling that I think make being shaved bare the best choice -- at least if you're a glamour model. If you plan on modeling lingerie or something like that, it's much less complicated to not have hair peeking out of the wrong places. Dec 12 12 01:51 pm Link I prefer the Cavewoman Cavebush all the way. Yumm Dec 12 12 02:02 pm Link Well what my boyfriend likes is not going to be what your boyfriend likes, so that's kind of irrelevant. There's as much compositional merit to pubic hair as there is to the hair on your head, that's a consideration if it's related to your modelling. Other than that it's what makes you and your sexual partner(s) happy. Really it's just what makes you happy, but what makes my sexual partner happy makes me happy. Dec 12 12 02:10 pm Link Megan Camille wrote: My boyfriend is always in awe of the mythical European women that embrace the glory of their body hair. He is quite fond of the natural look. Dec 12 12 02:15 pm Link Sex-wise, of course, I won't refuse a woman if she's shaven or not. But in the back of my mind, I'd be wondering, in the long run, what kind of a woman shaves her pubic hair, a natural indicator of womanhood? Dec 12 12 05:54 pm Link Eastfist wrote: Underarm hair is a natural indication of womanhood. Dec 12 12 08:20 pm Link I go shaved, but I have had requests to be au naturelle. But it is hard to grow it back because it takes time...even to have a landing strip...so I stay shaved. Dec 12 12 09:05 pm Link Damianne wrote: Or the other way around, what makes you happy makes your partner happy. Dec 13 12 06:57 am Link Damianne wrote: hahahahahaaha Dec 13 12 07:10 am Link I had replied to a similar post about this, but I think it deserves repeating here. As an artist, I was shocked a few years back when all my models from a local college started showing up completely shaved! I got used to it very quickly and as an artist I found it very normal in art going back for hundreds of years. Look at almost all sculpture of the female form (Augusta St. Gauden's "Diana" comes to mind) and all paintings depicting the female nude body. There is NEVER (actually I should not say never, but right now I can't think of any paintings with a full bush) any hair down below, because it would create a Dark Bulls Eye where you would not want the viewer to look! I now find a completely shave vagina normal and artisric. Dec 13 12 07:20 am Link Professionally I prefer shaved. I shoot a lot of nudes, lingerie and tiny bikinis. Shaved goes with everything. Personally I prefer shaved as well. The stuff tends to get in my eyes. Dec 13 12 07:30 am Link Brazilian wax. It's just.. better Dec 13 12 09:27 am Link MainePaintah wrote: acttualy, the reason for that is mostly because pubic hair made the image sexual and intimitate instead of smooth, idealized art. the first classic art painting that actually showed pubic hair was in the late 18th centure (the nude Maja) and was actually considered pornographic at the time. Dec 13 12 09:44 am Link Lars R Peterson wrote: You seriously need to get out more. Dec 13 12 06:44 pm Link Eastfist wrote: My Kind! Dec 13 12 06:48 pm Link My gf was waxing all the time and she just looked a mess with ingrown hair, skin torn off and red blotches everywhere. I tried to convince her just to let it grow wild, but she wouldn't. I stopped paying for the waxing, so she requires that I shave her. Now, her skin and pubic area look pretty good from shaving with a man's raiser and gel shaving cream. Both of us seem to enjoy her being shaved. She wanted me shaved too and tried but quit in the middle of the job after nicking me a few times. I had to finish shaving myself all the way from the belly button down. It was an interesting sensation with our bare skins touching, but shortly after, as the hair started growing back, it was like coarse sandpaper when we came into contact with each other. I had so many rashes and ingrown hair, it was crazy to consider doing it again. My hair has just fully grown back and I will not consider shaving it again. Because of the pain and other issues, I will not consider asking a model to shave or wax. However they come to me, is how I will photograph them. Dec 13 12 07:15 pm Link My husband prefers me bare and with just barely a hint of a landing strip. I am also a stripper so my customers like me shaved so they can see everything so it works out for me. Since I make my money with my body I invested in getting laser hair removal now I am bare and don't have to shave and get painful Brazilian Waxes and ingrown hair problems are a thing of the past. So ladies I suggest you invest in some laser hair removal. Dec 14 12 07:00 am Link I prefer a full triangle of hair as it helps to emphasize the female form and covers some of the anatomy underneath (nature's bikini) Don't think you would ever look like a boy!! My girlfriend is shaved but I would prefer her with hair but it's what she wants so not my choice. Although it's really uncomfortable if we make love and she has stubble!!! Dec 14 12 07:15 am Link SSModel wrote: How much does it run for and how successful is it in keeping the hair from growing back? Dec 14 12 07:24 am Link For personal enjoyment, I prefer clean shaven and I have more confidence to stay longer and give my best for her enjoyment. Not sure why, I found clean shaven gives the best scent.  For shoot, I prefer a trimmed vulva. Dec 14 12 09:18 am Link Dorola wrote: Electric razor is your friend. Dec 14 12 09:23 am Link I had 8 sessions each costing $200 but they get more than just the bikini and vagina area the also get the butt area LOL. It is well worth the investment. Alicia Hansen Photo wrote: Dec 14 12 09:29 pm Link Daaaayum there be some strong opinions in this here thread! It's my vagina, I'll keep it the way I like it! (And, well, it also helps to pay the bills, which I like too.) Ever since I started shaving I liked it. My boyfriend likes it. Photographers like it. For the most part. Doing more fine art, I'm getting more bush requests, but so far, nothing deal breaking. I tried to let it grow out a little while ago. Itchy, stinky, mess. I know some girls who have cute, lightly grown out, thin, beautiful pubic hair. Mine just comes out like a raging, coarse, sprawling monster that wants to annihilate all who come near. Not too sexy. Shaving works for me, and I enjoy having the control and the processes. Dec 14 12 09:43 pm Link I don't really care. I suppose, personally, I like it grown out. I think it looks nice when it is trimmed, and it works well for the type of photography I do. Some photographers/artists want it shaved though, so my lady pubes are ever-changing. The boy doesn't care, either, he just likes it to be strictly one way or the other so that it never gets to that annoying "pokey" stage. Haha. Dec 14 12 10:48 pm Link Personally I like either a landing strip, trimmed triangle above or shaved and nothing below or behind. Photographically it all depends on what I'm shooting, some time natural looks better for a trimmed bush can be visually stimulating. Most women I meet are totally shaved models or not. Dec 15 12 02:53 am Link I'm not fussy. I've photographed shaved, unshaven, and trimmed. However I don't care for a wild bush! Dec 15 12 04:22 am Link Some people prefer American bread - soft, smooth, white, kinda bland. Some people prefer French bread - crusty, full of flavour and texture, occasionally you get a bit stuck between your teeth. Dec 15 12 05:23 am Link SSModel wrote: How often did you have to have them? Dec 15 12 05:32 am Link Megan Camille wrote: Yes, brazilain is fine by me; disagree with the baby comment. Expect you mean on girls as compared to myself. I have had a brazilian wax myself, was going to work as a nude sushi platter and had a full body wax for the occasion. Dec 15 12 01:13 pm Link neat and trim please. bald downstairs a real turn off. Dec 15 12 03:22 pm Link I shave totally bare most of the time. I do not like being furry for some reason. I think it's partly because I dye my hair blonde and having black hair "down there" doesn't look right, partly because it feels messy and unkempt to me regardless of if it's trimmed or not. It doesn't make you look like a little girl, IMHO; I am pretty sure my 34Cs contradict that. Legs are another story, they grow alllllll winter because I am wearing jeans or skirts with tights, and I lack the motivation to shave something that won't be seen. And boyfriend does not care - he has no right to say anything either, because he could beat Sasquatch in the hairy category =P Dec 15 12 03:45 pm Link OP is gone. Dec 15 12 04:13 pm Link NYMPH wrote: Interesting. Dec 15 12 04:49 pm Link I prefer shooting contemporary fashion nudes rather than National Geographic case studies. Besides, tastes great, less filling! Dec 15 12 05:15 pm Link |
