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Models in secondary roles
It’s natural that a model appears as the prime subject in our photographs. Once in a while, though, I've done closeups with the model cast in a supporting role behind something else, usually for the sake of abstraction or to be suggestive by indirection. Below are examples, identified by the primary subject. If you’re a model and have posed in a backup role, do you have any comments about the experience and the results? If you’re a photographer and have posed a model in a supporting role, how has it worked for you? A wildflower M https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/47971134 A skull M https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/39286340 Jewelry M https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/42119412 A wildflower M https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/47971526 A shell https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/42119360 Yarn M https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/47972404 A wildflower M https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/47971516 Feathers M https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/13520672 Jul 21 23 02:30 pm Link I've done quite a few projects like this throughout the years, and it's often a lot less pressure than all of the focus being on me. Quite a bit easier as well. I don't tend to pose for projects like this a lot as I'm mostly hired for portraits, but I enjoy these shoots when hired for them. I don't find them to be usable for portfolio, even when they're quite nice, but the work itself is good to have. Jul 22 23 11:53 am Link Liv Sage wrote: Thanks for your reply. It's understandable there'd be less pressure on you as a model because you don't have to be concerned about poses and facial expressions. As a photographer I enjoy doing a certain number of these in their own right, in addition to which I feel that having some in my portfolio provides variety. Jul 22 23 12:08 pm Link Technically the model in most commercial modeling assignments is the secondary subject whether it be a lipstick ad or an editorial about shirts. Even Vanna White is secondary to the letters that she turns (or now taps) to display. Jul 23 23 04:45 pm Link SayCheeZ! wrote: That's a good comparison. I hadn't thought about advertising. Jul 23 23 07:12 pm Link I have one like that on my page. It is an Asian model, behind textured glass, with Tresor perfume in the foreground. Yes, the model is secondary, intentionally, in this particular image. Rick Sep 08 23 01:38 pm Link |
