Raymond Anthony wrote:
Why does it always have to be females looking to take it off?

I shoot both sexes (that ain't me in my avitar), but I do tend to find more beauty and grace in the female form.   However, for every 50 women I find willing to model I find maybe 1 man.  That means my recruiting efforts are much better spent focusing on women.

Don't get discouraged.  Someone will shoot you.

Jay Dezelic wrote:
Women just look better to men. I'm of course stating this from a man's point of view.   There is some logical truth to this based on the amount of prep that goes into makeup and wardrobe for women vs men (typically).

Plus, we have "3" things besides our faces and booties that you don't have...lips that look good w/ lipstick, feet that look great in heels and lingerie...
You guys are nasty if you thought I meant anything else!!! [img]http://modelmayhem.com/images/smilies/tongue.png[i/mg]

Brian Diaz wrote:
Get used to it, dude.  This is the Internet.  On the Internet, the proportion of people just out to see hot girls is much higher than in the real modeling world.

Abode Studio wrote:
That makes it better for us that do shot both sexes.  I have found that my best shoots are when I shoot guys, there is no breaking the ice period they know there's no gay shit happening and we get right to work. A lot of time with females there this period of warm up and comfort building.  But I enjoy shooting both equally and since the guys don't get bombarded with request like their counterparts they are much easier to work.

I'd assume that photographers would get a higher response ratio from the guys as well simply because we don't receive as many requests.

Glamour Boulevard wrote:
I shoot males as well as females. My problem has been finding guys who will pose for a male photographer. I dunno why but I seem to run across a lot of homophobic male models who seem to think if a male photographer wants to photograph them there is something wrong with him.

I agree.   I do find that for agencies and mags that you can often be more creative in the photography of the male model.   And the amount of time saved on makeup and hair, though still usually done is great especially more so now in the digital age for the one blemish can go(though makeup and hair is still needed).

When shooting females,  what is wanted is often just  a formula or a uniformity to conform to what is excepted and what the rest have done.

Ah, boring.   And even if I tried and I have that is just not me.

I love art and when shooting males and fashion,  I often find that I can get closer to art.

I do get bored editing for males but editing in general is a major, major issue for me lately.
Bores me to bloody hell.   I just like shooting more so than editing,  maybe because, there is so very much more of it now.

Geez,  what am I doing up at 3:49 am but trying to finish a job with the editing which In the past a lab would have likely done with printing and such.

Glamour Boulevard wrote:
I shoot males as well as females. My problem has been finding guys who will pose for a male photographer. I dunno why but I seem to run across a lot of homophobic male models who seem to think if a male photographer wants to photograph them there is something wrong with him.
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For personal work, I think sometimes female photographers get straight guys who are looking to fulfill some fantasy or who are so homophobic that they don't want males photographing them.

I find homophobic males so annoying that I usually only work with male models that have been referred to me by someone I trust (that the model is serious about their craft) or gay guys (so that I don't have worry about the "does this make me look gay?" concern of the homophobe.)

~Krista~ wrote:
I will shoot anyone who exudes for me. More important than gender or age or anything is the ability of my model to get involved with the process. I can warm any type of person up, male, female, younger, older....if I can create chemistry with someone, I can shoot them. If I can't, I can't.

From Webster's Dictionary:

ex.ude \ig-'zu:d\ vb [L exsudare, fr. ex- + sudare to sweat] 1: to ooze out
    2: to undergo diffusion  1: to cause to ooze out  2: to cause to spread
   out in all directions {exuding charm}

So what comes out of you to make you want to shoot a model?  Perhaps if you see a model and then pass out on the floor with body fluids oozing out from all over your body, you decide that the model is right?  The more you exude, the more certain you are?

JM Dean wrote:
We want B(.)(.)bies!

There goes the myth that the net is professional.  Or is that a tribute to honesty? OK, I am just kidding as I am sure you were!

Did anybody notice that JM is advertising to shoot both male and female nudes on his profile?

Dirk Alexander wrote:
I once followed a weiner dog around for 3+hours waiting for it to take a crap...  yes I was being paid--it was for an album back cover for a metal band...

So, yes I will shoot anything for $$$ too!

OMG! LOL! *picks self up off the floor* I don't even know what to say to that. Beats my garbage truck photo shoot hands down.

Anyway, back to the original question... You have to realize that a significant portion of the photographers on MM are amateurs who just want to shoot hot babes. They have no interest in shooting males, and the very thought (that's so gay!) terrifies them. Further, there are a number of legitimate photographers who are not necessarily homophobic, but who simply recognize their strengths and weaknesses, and know shooting males is not their strength. And a vast majority of photographers are men.

So you end up with a relatively small percentage of photographers who are interested in, and really good at, shooting male models: mostly gay men, very secure straight men, and women.