SKPhoto wrote:

Some of us are just having a little good natured fun.

By the way...somebody shoot me when I'm so old I no longer have any "childish wonder" about anything in the world.

Childish is innocent. Perverssion is not professional.
If you want to be "childish" you can always go play with your friends in the kiddy park.

lol. :@)

Justin wrote:
"doesn't phase me."

Thank you.

In the Shatner voice and tone.

Spock,   ........................I......................... See............................... a .......................


woman


Nakedida






In





front


of

me


I

am

sooo..........................very........................... excited......

But I .



Talk.......................like................. this..................so....................she ..............will.


not ....................notice.

William Coleman wrote:

Dad, can I borrow the car on Friday?  What a supercilious jerk you are!

Whateva man.
No! you can't borrow the car!
:@)

coming from you a "superlicious jerk" means very very little to me. Name calling.....?
Wow. I thought this was a sight for professional adults?

These are my thoughts, and I stand behind them.

Sascha wrote:

I think I may have been tippy-toeing around by the hanger rack to get that darn dress off! LMAO!

What a proud & graceful moment. teehee At least you didn't fall.

Justin wrote:
Just a nonjudgmental FYI:

It's "doesn't faze me" ..... not "doesn't phase me."

Thank you.

You're Welcome.

  (the worst part is I actually typed, "faze" looked at it, tilted my head and went - "nah, can't be"  and changed it!)

Damani HYSTER Higgins wrote:

Childish is innocent. Perverssion is not professional.
If you want to be "childish" you can always go play with your friends in the kiddy park.

lol. :@)

Perversion...wow...

Loosen the cork, that much pressure will kill you.

Got to be careful of the ones that are wrapped up so tight...it's only a matter of time before they're a headline on FARK for trying to sell raccoon porn to midgets.

William Coleman wrote:
Instead of changing outfits in the bathroom, she just strips off one outfit, panties and all, and dons the next outfit.  While I'm standing there.  It first happened for me in a photoshoot in 2003.  I've been around the block a few times, but that shocked me.  Don't stare.  Look, look away, look, look away.  Fleeting glances at the model's goodies, but that's it.  A silent "Yikes!"

I'm less shocked, now, but it's still a heart-pounder, each time.  Anyone else have that reaction, or am I just not a cool enough cucumber?  ::phallic reference slipped in there::

Much to do about nothing.  Get over it.  Not a big deal. bs

William Coleman wrote:
Understood.  But I've done over a hundred shoots, with almost 50 models, without incident.  I can feel my gut reaction without acting on it.

indeed - every once so seldom, there's an occasional 'man moment' when something is unexpected.

That's where total professionalism happens.

But nothing to write about - pardon the cliche

StMarc wrote:
Models are astounding in their resourcefulness in this area. I did a swimsuit shoot on the roof of my studio with a model once. She changed her suit three times under a lab coat I gave her to wear on the way up. It was extremely impressive.


M

Now that's something that makes me say GODDAAAMMM!

I was shooting a client on a beach. She went to change in the bathroom and we were about half a mile from it when I noticed that she had a one piece bathing suit and pantyhose underneath (because her legs were pale). I told her to take those things off. She was wearing a short beach robe thing and she took them off right there in about 10 seconds without taking the bathing suit off. I was like YAWZA!! I still don't know how that's possible.

Glamour Boulevard wrote:

And this is where many male photographers reading this thread curse double standards

I bet you never even tried. I'm sure they'll let you compare.

deviki wrote:
i do it all the time!it is just a body, right?what is the big deal?celebrate comfort and acceptance and beauty and the fact that the human body is gorgeous.take it as an affirmation to your coolness, photogs...

You do?

I thought you were too grumpy for that!  J/K

Damani HYSTER Higgins wrote:

Whateva man.
No! you can't borrow the car!
:@)

coming from you a "superlicious jerk" means very very little to me. Name calling.....?
Wow. I thought this was a sight for professional adults?

These are my thoughts, and I stand behind them.

I apologize for calling you a jerk.  The combination of arrogance and stupidity sometimes sets me off.  I should have said you were jerkish.

William Coleman wrote:
....Don't stare.  Look, look away, look, look away.  Fleeting glances at the model's goodies, but that's it.  A silent "Yikes!"

I'm less shocked, now, but it's still a heart-pounder, each time.  Anyone else have that reaction, or am I just not a cool enough cucumber?  ::phallic reference slipped in there::

Wow... what a classless kook you prove to be by merely having to bring this up.

Have a bit of respect for those things that are THE NORM in the biz of which you are pretending to belong.

I'm just shocked you did not continue your dramalog with refrences to cold showers and dreams.

Seriously.... do you have to think twice about not looking at the guy in the public stall next to you at the airport bathroom?

mike3521 wrote:
Yeah get over it.  Go to a strip club or something.  You sound like a 12 year old or a very dirty old man.

Neither, actually.

Over 175 posts so far, in a few hours, for a subject that many say is "no big deal."  Some of us may be in a teensy bit of denial.

William Coleman wrote:
Some of us may be in a teensy bit of denial.

No... actually ONE seems to be showing paedophile tendencies.

Manfred Kooistra wrote:
My first thougth was: "Is this an American thing?" (You know, puritans and all.) When I go to the beach in summer, I strip off all my clothes, put on my trunks (I don't swim or sunbathe nude) and then jump in the water or play frisbee or whatever. I do this quickly but unashamedly, right in the middle of all the folks, beside the grandma with her grandchild. Many people do this (although most use a towel), and very few react to this in any way. It is not what everyone does, but people do it, and it bothers no-one. Or: When I lived in a flat with a few other students, we sometimes used the bathroom at the same time - one person under the shower, someone else brushing his or her teeth -, because we were too lazy to get up two hours earlier to go to the bathroom one after another and still be at the university on time. So we just stripped off quietly, got in the shower and, of course, looked quickly and enjoyed.

My second thought is: Well, of course it is nice and exciting to see a nice and pretty woman undress, but I have seen so many naked people in my life, that at the same time it feels normal. Sometimes, after a shooting, my models sit around naked and drink coffee and talk to me, and we all (me, her, her chaperone, my wife) forget that she is naked, or not really forget, but take it as it is and enjoy it without feeling much different than before. The situation sure is strange, but the person is a stranger, and I am more nervous about her not liking my photos of her than of her being naked.

Hmm, am I fooling myself? This, after all, is one of the reasons why I chose this job! I like naked women. :-)

I must be an American thing because I don't get it either. I go to my little provincial town and see women topless, little kids running around the beach naked, whole families changing into the bathing suits right on the beach. The attitude is if you don't like it - don't look. My ex was a painter and she painted and drew naked men. Not until recently when my (American) girlfriend said she had a problem with me taking pictures of women occurred to me that some men would have been jealous of their wives painting naked men.

I take pictures of women because sexuality is a subject that is relevant to most peoples lives. Do you think they have such lively discussions on the bird photography forum? I used to do other types of photography landscapes, photojournalism, still life. I used to get up early, drive for hours to get somewhere when the light is just right. I used to get sprayed with teargas during demonstrations. I used to walk around and collect twigs, rocks, old pots for my still lifes. Nothing draws attention as strongly as an image of a human being, dressed or undressed. So if you pick your subject correctly you are ahead of the game. And you get to meet cool people too.

mike3521 wrote:
Yeah get over it.  Go to a strip club or something.  You sound like a 12 year old or a very dirty old man.

lol

Jack Checkowy wrote:
True, there are preverts in any industry, not just photography, but not all photographers  are preverts!

Speak for yourself! I'm a provert! 

Steven Bigler wrote:

No... actually ONE seems to be showing paedophile tendencies.

Who would that be?  And what shows that person's paedophile tendencies?

SKPhoto wrote:
Well that does it... I think I'll become a cork salesman.  Real big ones guaranteed to make the prim and proper feel really secure.

I keep waiting for "the church lady" to make a post.

LOL. Church ladies are opposed to sexual feelings, but are at least aware of them.  Well, maybe not.

Kilmer Photography wrote:
I'm not phased by it a bit.

Pssst...

Hey buddy..  Over here...

Ixnay on the asedphay thing.  You might want to go back and edit your post quickly.

Justin's a real stickler on that...

retphoto wrote:
......true there's NO photographers back stage taking photos........

WHAT?!!!!!  Have you actually been backstage during the shows?!  There are many of (us) photographers shooting... however we have the insight and class to know what to shoot and what to NOT shoot.

A photographer friend of mine, Rohn Meijer, just had an entire book published on JUST his backstage images.  Lots of cute dressing pics (models were notified and aware of Rohn shooting), as well as the frenzy captured that are the collections.  (NY-Paris-Milan)