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I'm usually not one to rant, but does it bother anyone else when you see a model wearing angel wings in a photo? I always see it as something that just looks cheap and not really serious. Aug 02 05 10:44 pm Link I actually like the angel wing Idea, it always reminds me of VS. but hey to each is own....  Aug 02 05 10:46 pm Link It depends how its shoot, it can look cheesy as you say or it can look fantastic, but that goes for most anything Aug 02 05 10:48 pm Link Posted by Cristan: I agree. But i prefer fairy wings anyways lol Aug 02 05 10:49 pm Link Posted by Nat Meo: Wow, you're very sensitive, aren't you? Aug 02 05 10:51 pm Link What about bat wings? Aug 02 05 10:52 pm Link Angel wings = Erinye Bat wings = Succubus One controls one man, and the other controls many. If done well, it's beautiful. If done poorly, pure cheese. Aug 02 05 10:55 pm Link i have a problem with anything overdone or cheesy. i've done a few angel wing shots and plan to do more. i'm very selective about the concept, the execution and what the wings look like. nothing worse than something that looks like a $10 costume shop job--unless that's the point. but hell, i've seen more cheesy swimsuit shots and girls in bikini fatigues than all the crappy angel wing shots put together. i've got a couple of images in my mm portfolio. let me know if theys pass the nat cheapo test. Aug 02 05 11:06 pm Link Posted by XtremeArtists: Yeah, but that applies to virtually anything. Aug 02 05 11:09 pm Link Those pass since you blurred them out to give a more surreal look. Usually most of the stuff I see looks cheap and just trying to mimic VS pictures. Aug 02 05 11:11 pm Link VERY lame, cliche, cheesy and stupid. ... Unless I do it, because I freakin' ROCK and I can make an overdone idea look cool as hell.  Aug 03 05 12:14 am Link Posted by Nat Meo: You could add angel wings to this thread. Aug 03 05 12:22 am Link Nat, I see from your profile that you've turned into a female... Aug 03 05 12:23 am Link Posted by Marcus J. Ranum: Posted by XtremeArtists: Yeah, but that applies to virtually anything. That's true. Although I guess the more examples we see of something, the higher our standards get, so it becomes more difficult to rise to the top. (I know, I know, that applies to everything too.) Aug 03 05 12:30 am Link I have talked about how awful that is in the past (mostly to my patient and understanding friends), and how I would never do it...but some phenomenal photographers can apparently pull it off. (Bruce Caine in particular) I think that fluffy angel wings almost always look junky, and unless that is the intended effect...don't do it. But, I also have a wing fascination, and would like to see some cool wing pictures. but not angels or fairies. Maybe wings are better in paintings? Aug 03 05 01:13 am Link We will all be fascinated by angel wings for as long as we either believe or don't believe in them. And a couple of the most beautiful movies ever made on the subject were made by Wim Wenders. The 1987 Wings of Desire (in which Peter Falk played Peter Falk) was followed by the 1993 Far Away, So Close in which Gorbachev played Gorbachev and Lou Reed played Lou Reed. Aug 03 05 01:23 am Link Well, I think this image would look wierd without the angel wings... https://www.modelmayhem.com/pics/200504 … 8554e8.jpg Posted by Nat Meo: Aug 03 05 01:30 am Link Angel wings are so overdone. Every once in a while a good wings shot shows up, but it is very, very rare. Even Victoria's Secret has dumped the feathery wings. Aug 03 05 01:33 am Link Theda I have a particularly keen appreciation of angels and angel wings when the nipples are showing. Aug 03 05 01:34 am Link haha you do it so well Eric.this is one of My all time fav angel wing images.because the wings like the models are amazing. But I hate seeing really cheap looking wings.that to Me is what can make or break an angel wing shot to get back on topic here ha and off the praise of the almighty Eric.*lol* xxx MP Posted by Eric Muss-Barnes: Aug 03 05 01:36 am Link I found my favorite erinye.  Aug 03 05 01:42 am Link Posted by Lora: I have no idea why it says that. I've contacted the site administrator to fix it but so far they haven't responded and there is no place in my account settings to change it. Aug 03 05 05:36 am Link victoria's secret called, they want their wings back... Aug 03 05 06:59 am Link Posted by Nat Meo: ahh....thank god they pass. i was having a rough time sleeping last night wondering if the photographs would. Aug 03 05 07:19 am Link oh lapis, you always know the right thing to say.  thanks.Aug 03 05 07:22 am Link Posted by alexwh: alex, you know where to find wings with nipples!!?? i want names! Aug 03 05 07:25 am Link Aug 03 05 07:28 am Link Bruce, I guess your shot with the angel wings in ok... Aug 03 05 08:06 am Link Alot of the issue comes in the quality of the wings... as well as how there shot. Now if you want some really kewl wings contact MM#23718 she works with a number of different stage shows and does some really kewl stuff with wings for Faeries and Angels... Aug 03 05 09:28 am Link Greetings, I don't really like the "wings" concepts. Take care, AJ Aug 03 05 09:40 am Link BLAH - I like my wings. You know what they say about opinions... Aug 03 05 09:40 am Link Posted by Tracey Masterson: yeah, i know how on the fence you are about that one particular image... Aug 03 05 09:41 am Link Posted by shabaka: then i guess you are going to hell... mmwwuuaaaahaha!! Aug 03 05 09:43 am Link So many religions, stories, and myths have angels. So much in the history of art has images of wings. Add the desire to fly and the dreams of flying. Personally I have a recurring dream where I can fly if I flap my arms. Not very high but usually tree top level. No wings on me though, just the ability to hover and fly a bit. Just as so many other thing, when done badly it is bad. But I thought it was required and a rule that you Had to, HAD TO have at least one wing shot in your on line portfolio. I do art work based on myths and religions so it is hard for it NOT to come up from time to time. But the bad ones remind me of a certain view of Lucifer and why he was thrown from Heaven. I believe it is the Muslim or Mideast interpretation of the story of the events. God told the Angels to only love him. Then he made earth and man. He then commanded the Angels to love man. A group of Angels lead by Lucifer said No, we will not love man, we will only love you our God. God became angry and threw them from Heaven forever. Lucifer and the others were guilty of loving TOO MUCH. A sin that is often committed in our own lives. Maybe we just love wings too much. (But I really thought it was a rule.) Aug 03 05 09:52 am Link angel rocks when it is used in that one awsoem way Aug 03 05 09:54 am Link DUDE! YOU ROCK!!!! Posted by Eric Muss-Barnes: Aug 03 05 10:12 am Link Greetings, No I am not...I have glory!...Besides angels don't have wings...that is just a man made conception....they have a glow and in early prints angles where repersented by their feet being on fire. That being said I still going to use my blah opinion to restate that I don't like "wing"s on models as a concept...the wings by themselves my be cool or on a horse...I have never seen a real live Pegasus. Take care and God Bless, AJ Aug 03 05 10:13 am Link Posted by MHana: I think the rule was to have one shot of the model on the railroad tracks with.....her nipples showing. Aug 03 05 10:15 am Link Shabaka the whole concept of angels (when they are to be seen) is a man made concept. In the bible they have male names. For St Thomas Aquinas, angels were the transition between humans (body and soul or spirit) to God (pure and perfect spirit) . Angels were in-between all-spirit beings with some limitations. Thus you can paint them and photograph them in whichever way you want. Those goth people sometimes forget that Satan was one of the most "beautiful" angels of them all and there is no reason to "see" him with tail and horns. Aug 03 05 10:22 am Link On the other hand if angel wings were attached to the back as we see in so many photographs leaving arms free, there is no way those wings would ever be able to flap. I would just say that angels have mastered the art of levitation or simply know how to use anti-gravity. For me the perfect angel is and was Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn..... Aug 03 05 10:24 am Link |
