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What's with all this up your nose stuff?
One thing I will never understand is why models tilt their heads back so you look up their nose's. Yea I know blame it on the photographer since he took the photo but the model puts it on her site. So why do so many like this up your nose shot? I JUST DO NOT GET IT. bs Jun 15 06 10:54 am Link bobby sargent wrote: LOL! Jun 15 06 10:57 am Link bobby sargent wrote: Because it's not about nostrils, it's about power and personality. Jun 15 06 11:01 am Link I do that when the model has a fat/short neck. Jun 15 06 11:09 am Link CLT wrote: or a big forehead, or a weak chin. Jun 15 06 11:10 am Link it what they see "giselle" do... the only difference is that giselle knows how to control her body lines. Jun 15 06 11:11 am Link dude, I have had to break sooooo many newbie models from doing that. I think it's a reactionary thing from having taller people shoot them (homegrown baby/growing up pics). Jun 15 06 11:12 am Link I was wondering the same thing. I have had models do this in every shot and I will tell them to bring their chin done a little and they say that they have always been told by photographers they work with to do it that way. If they have strong facial features they may be able to pull it off but most can't. Jun 15 06 11:14 am Link CLT wrote: GREAT point -- even with a REALLY big girl, shooting from up high can put the attention on her face. Jun 15 06 11:15 am Link I thought it was a cocaine thing from the 80's  Jun 15 06 11:15 am Link bang bang photo wrote: Well I think there is a big difference between slightly tilted back and all the way back and the first thing you see is UP HER NOSE. Jun 15 06 11:16 am Link I thought it made my features stand out more, now you're telling me I should scrap them?  Actually, I think some photographers like it and some don't, some models shouldn't be doing it and some can pull it off. It's a variety like everything else. Jun 15 06 11:58 am Link Just between you and me, I agree. I don't think it's flattering at all to a model. That said, I've shot a fair number of them myself. Here's why: "Fashion" lighting these days (actually for the last several years) had had the main light very high, and quite directional (not coming from a huge softbox). That makes for a dramatic, interesting picture, and that kind of light is so common among fashion "test photographers" that it's a fad. Unfortunately, for most (nearly all) models it also brings a risk of putting the eyes in shadow - which isn't the most attractive way to show them. The solution is to have the model tilt her head up until most of the shadow goes away . . . . Jun 15 06 12:07 pm Link I agree you have to have strong features to pull it off. You must be careful when doing the pose, but depends on the expression and the feel you're going for. Look: http://209.85.46.244/pic.php?pic_id=44803ab8b037b and: http://209.85.46.244/pic.php?pic_id=447bb506a8b54 Jun 15 06 12:10 pm Link ModelTara wrote: I'd like to see those, but I get this message: Jun 15 06 12:16 pm Link Crud - sorry, I'm still new at this site  Check out my port and see the only two with my nostrils showing LOL Jun 15 06 12:18 pm Link To clarify: The "Oh Barbie" shot and then: The "My Blonde Look" picture Let me know whatcha think! Jun 15 06 12:21 pm Link I here a rumor is the new "ass-shot". :-) Sort of the Mediteranian response...."We might not have booty, but we got some bad ass nostrals!" Jun 15 06 12:34 pm Link ModelTara wrote: These are all great, I think you have a couple more there that could fall under the "Nostril" shots. Jun 15 06 12:34 pm Link damnit... and here i was, excited we were gonna start talking about fun stuff to PUT up your nose. oh well. Jun 15 06 01:14 pm Link Andrea Barnett wrote: OMG.... Jun 15 06 01:16 pm Link Craig Thomson wrote: people say the silliest crap in here, its my job to lighten things UP Jun 15 06 01:21 pm Link I have two of the "Up the Nose" shots on my page that were done by James Graham. They are two of my favorites from our shoot. Some people hate them and some love them. I think maybe it's all about personal taste. There is NO image that 100% of people will love. Just my thoughts. Jun 15 06 01:57 pm Link And purists don't even clone out the boogers. Jun 15 06 02:14 pm Link up your nose with caution tape! Jun 15 06 02:15 pm Link I do it because it looks cool. Jun 15 06 02:23 pm Link I've caught them doing a few poses like that, where I just said, "put your head down, you look stupid" Jun 15 06 02:49 pm Link megafunk wrote: Only these newfangled upstart young pup digital artists do that. REAL photographers can make boogers look good. Jun 15 06 02:56 pm Link ModelTara wrote: Sorry but I hate both of them. To me IMHO way to much up your nose. But to each his own. bs Jun 15 06 02:57 pm Link bobby sargent wrote: It shortens long noses, but it's easily overdone. Jun 15 06 02:59 pm Link Constance Hilory wrote: Well back up by request is the only one I do not like. Jun 15 06 03:00 pm Link Andrea Barnett wrote: and you certaily do, with that silly-faced avatar! Jun 15 06 05:39 pm Link The other pose I don't like is the head tilted over towards the shoulder so far that it looks like the model's been in a car wreck. Jun 15 06 05:44 pm Link I want you to check my sinuses. Jun 15 06 05:54 pm Link megafunk wrote: Those aren't boogers... They're catchlights! Jun 15 06 05:56 pm Link Shyly wrote: WG Rowland wrote: Catch boogers. They're for everyone!!!! Jun 15 06 07:17 pm Link It seems like most here who don't like the pose have been in photography for awhile, me as a new schooler i dont mind the pose. but that comes from my roots in figure painting. you usually had the model on a stand elevated and you sat down in a seat so your perspective was always from below. it also stretches out the neck and elongates it. the elongated neck has always been a feature that was considered appealing. from the egyptians to victorian times, even artists in the past have exaggerated with it. depending how you light the model too it does create more dramatic shadows. i do find it can make the model less attractive at times but sometimes i'm trying to make an interesting picture not a headshot. to each his own i suppose. then again i know sh*t about photography so i'll just keep my mouth shut. but you cant deny that two blaring nostrils create a central focal point towards the models face. with breasts and asses competing for compitition in photos whats the face to do? fight back with nostrils baby. Jun 16 06 12:34 am Link When I shot with D Brian Nelson, he was so enamored of the shape of my nostrils that he INSISTED on shooting up my nose. Jun 16 06 12:38 am Link Lapis wrote: Good to go Brian, convincing Lapis you were looking at her nose! Jun 16 06 01:46 am Link |
