Mia Salen wrote:

Photographers in many cases are the employers.  I see that dynamic as the one being employed.  Having your employer know that whatever it is you're hired to do makes you arroused is just...not professional in my opinion.  It would be different if you just hit it off, but in this case, the model is advertising that fact.  It's out there already, it's a very intriguing notion that an attractive woman may be arroused right there in front of you.
I've worked with photographers that are currently dating models they met on a shoot, and I have no problem with that at all.  It's a different dynamic. They just hit it off. He didn't have that preconceived notion that she may get arroused by the job. 
That's my only gripe.

I agree, photographers getting off on naked models is unprofessional. The other way around is unprofessional too. I'm not just a piece of meat behind a camera.

Fotticelli wrote:

I agree, photographers getting off on naked models is unprofessional. The other way around is unprofessional too. I'm not just a piece of meat behind a camera.

God I wish more women would treat me like a piece of meat

Jonathan Cain wrote:
when i first started shotoing i wasnt comfortable with nudes because iw as worried id become arroused or id say something unprofesional or something like that but once i started working and I shot some nudes i realized that usually its just work and it doesnt affect me in the slightest... now granted when youre working and the chemistry is going  good and/ or the model is a flirt it can become a different story but in that type of situation i try to remain profesional and thank God I wear baggy pants:)

LOL Jonathan!!!!

Cecil Sharps wrote:
I'm wierd.  Photographing a nude, or nearly nude woman really doesn't excite me.  I'm much more likely to be turned on by seeing a woman do something i rarely see.  Like washing my car, cooking me dinner or trying to fix a leaky faucet.

Dude, you really are rather strange.  Or just dishonest...

KM von Seidl wrote:

Dear Penthouse,  I was on MM forums the other day and increasingly have been getting confused as to whether I was on a model/photgraphy site or an online Penthouse forum....

If you find this thread so offensive, why did you read through five pages of it??

FemmeArt wrote:

If you find this thread so offensive, why did you read through five pages of it??

This is a good question! I wondered that myself.

MsChris wrote:
For some reason photoshoots turn me on like crazy. Sometimes I don't really realize it until I'm driving home, but almost always my husband gets mauled when I get home from a shoot. Does this happen with anyone else?

She's married?!  Darn!

JAY carreon
PHOTOGRAPHER

Fotticelli wrote:

I agree, photographers getting off on naked models is unprofessional. The other way around is unprofessional too. I'm not just a piece of meat behind a camera.

Good for you.  I, on the other had, AM just a piece of meat behind the camera.

JAY carreon
PHOTOGRAPHER

JAY carreon wrote:

Good for you.  I, on the other had, AM just a piece of meat behind the camera.

JAY carreon
PHOTOGRAPHER

LOL!

little apple blossom wrote:
I think the reason models may get turned on is because photogs are good at making a model feel sexy, not that they are particularly attracted to the photog but feeling sexy is a key component in feeling turned on. Also I think there is just a burst of energy given after doing something you love.
I always get especially turned on after being around huge groups of people, because I am an extravert and it gives me a burst of almost manic energy. I also get turned on going to concerts but that's just because playing an instrument is the sexiest thing anyone can do in my opinion.

I totally agree with you...in both aspects. I come alive in huge groups of people. It's weird, I am almost shy one-on-one but a maniac in a group. and instruments.....oh yeah, baby!!  very sexy!!!!

Face Arts wrote:
Well, you sound like a pro that's focused on your work.  At least to me. 

Face, thanks! I try to be as professional as possible, especially when I approach someone new in the greeting card aisle. Never want them to think I just want to see them naked. Always lead with your business card, and keep your eye in the camera when you shoot (or video monitor, as the case may be).

MsChris wrote:
For some reason photoshoots turn me on like crazy. Sometimes I don't really realize it until I'm driving home, but almost always my husband gets mauled when I get home from a shoot. Does this happen with anyone else?

It just goes to show there is hope in this world. As a photographer, all I got when I used to come home after a shoot was, "so...was that skinny bitch prettier than me?"

Needless to say...I'm divorced lol.

lawsonpix wrote:
this thread has been resurrected... AWESOME!!  LOL!!!

I know! I thought is was dead for sure. Keep it comin folks!

Huynh Photography wrote:
I ain't gonna lie. If a girl is naked in front of me...  SCHWING!!!!

Hey, it happens! Don't know why some people are ashamed to admit it.

Frog516 wrote:

God I wish more women would treat me like a piece of meat

It's not easy Frog! I mean, I am a person, not just some piece of gorgeous hunk of well hung meat, ya know!


.......oh shaddap! I can dream!

FemmeArt wrote:
Dude, you really are rather strange.  Or just dishonest...

I can see a woman jiggle all the time doesn't do much for me.  Put one in the kitchen baking me a pie oh my.