Originally posted by davemdsn Also, I love the chair.
Ha, yeah that chair may have seen better days, but at least it has character and it has some appeal. Plus it shows how low budget this really was.
Originally posted by anthropas This is a type of photography most men are probably experts in commenting on! I agree with David that there were some shots where I found the chair far more interesting/distracting than the girl. Also I find the shots where she's not looking at the camera yet revealing herself somewhat akward. The only other comment was about her outfit being grey/black and the background being gray. I can't say for sure, but I think it would have helped for her outfits to have a bit more contrast from the background. Also, honestly, if you're going to show off certain parts of your body, let do some close-ups! :-)
Thanks, yeah the chair is either loved or hated, but it's what I have besides really nice dinner chairs. Hmm, I didn't really spend too much time looking into the eye direction or look, mostly just the general pose and you bring up a good point. SLowly all my eggs will be in the basket when I shoot.
Originally posted by JMI I think NC-17 is a stretch. I would call them pg-13. Besides any of the lighting, I don't see sexy. It looks like you guys were having fun which is good, my photo shoots tend to be a blast for me, the staff and the models....lol.
I think one thing that really might help, is to not post as many shots. Narrow them down to 2 or 3 at the most in one outfit. Less is better. I find that I sometimes use 1 shot out of 600 or so for my own portfolio. While I may give the model 8 to 10. I use to think that made you a bad photographer until I saw a video of one of the "masters". He must have put 10 to 12 rolls of film in his 35mm (I'm assuming they were 36exp each). I think there were 3 or so of the shot published.
I put that on so parents wouldn't have their kids around or near these because some people consider these too much while others will understand the body is a natural thing and who cares if she is nude or fully clothed. Just protecting myself from a barrage of parents being angry at me for not warning them ahead of time.
I post all the shots to show the winners and losers or just fun shots because if I only posted the best everyone would get the idea that I'm some great photog with mad skills, but I'm like everyone else here with hits and misses so I show them and hopefully people can look and see what works and what doesn't. Another point I make with these shots is that studio work is possible with the K10D and strobist does work with our system. I personally sell cameras and see how people think brand X is better than brand Y without a simple reason besides I've always shot so and so and my pictures prove everything is possible with Pentax and thats why we've sold more Pentax than all Canon this year while still being the largest Pro Canon dealer in a large area. I'm a firm believer in giving back to the photo community as much as I can with my blog and with not holding back any info on how I get my shots. For my portfolio out of over 50,000 shots taken with my K10D I have maybe a dozen and none of these are in it to prove your point about the mess of photos taken to get a great shot.
I did enjoy your bar/nightclub shots, it's actually where I started my work so it brings me back lol. Well thank you for the input and hopefully see more of your work as well and be prepared for some crazy stuff I have cooking.