Poptart said:
Oh wow, I can see this being a long and well-read thread.
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But to answer the question, no I would not.
What would the circumstances have to be?
None, that's not my style. I'm shy enough being in front of the camera fully clothed!
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Are you comfortable with nudity? Why or why not?
Actually, I am, quite, under the right circumstances. I just don't think it's something I want to share commercially or even have floating around out of my control.
🙁 I do know some people who did at times have nude (or worse) photos or videos taken and had them turn up under the most embarrassing circumstances.
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Have you ever shot nudes?
Not really. Well, to make a long story long ... What I did once was do some "audition" shots for some girlfriends of mine who answered one of those "Models wanted, 18-22" or something like that. This was back in college and they asked me to just do a couple of what I might call "cheesecake" shots of them because they didn't feel like auditioning in person. This was back in college (undergrad) and they were both hired for some lingerie and bikini type shoots. They really were not paid that much, but (yeah, I knew it was coming) they were told that they would make a lot more for showing more skin and such, which they both declined.
What was your experience?
Well, as the brief career as the "glamour photographer"
🙂 I just posed them in a springtime garden which actually adjoined an alley, but the results were nice. These were B&W. What kinda shocked me was that the one photographer they posed for asked them to ask me if I would be interested in making $$$ taking photos like that. I declined. Both of them quit shortly after.
What do you think is your "comfort zone"?
Well, I really think of myself as being very openminded and comfortable in most situations. I could see myself shooting artistic nudes maybe, but I want to keep my distance as far as I can from the "Adult Industry", not that I'm a prude, far from it, I just don't want to be any part of that scene.
I could actually see myself doing fashion/runway photography, perhaps in another life yet to come, but I really don't have any desire to -- let's see how I can put this -- take photos intended more to arouse than to entertain or inform.
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Just a general curiosity because I think we photogs are more voyeurs than exhibitionists, but perhaps I'm wrong.
I would agree, but I would add that I think it's more than just the sociosexual roles of voyeur and exhibitionist.
I'm far more comfortable behind the lens than in front of it, under any circumstances. I have a feeling many photographers are too.
I've always been interested in photography, but never really in modeling. When I was younger I was always told that I should be a hand model, but I never pursued it.
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But I was gonna say that it's almost exclusively guys doing the shooting for glamour/nude work, but then I remember a book I read years ago, and it was actually somewhat dated then, by Bunny Yeager (sp?) who was most definitely an exhibitionist as well as a photographer.
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Oh well, it's gonna be interesting to see how this thread develops.
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