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A place to politely discuss the tools, technique and culture of photography.

This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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How to get into OF photography (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Existing_Art9049@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I am interested in capturing the human form, but don’t want to come off as a creep when approaching models. How would you recommend getting into the space? Is this a space that a fairly entry level photographer can work in?

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[–] secretcombinations@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Read an interview with a famous nude photographer years ago (don’t remember which one off hand) who said “the trick to not coming off as a creep when photographing nude women, is to not be a fucking creep.”

Ask consent, be respectful of boundaries, over communicate expectations, and don’t fuck your subjects, and you’ll be fine. Whenever I’ve done nude shoots in the past it’s very unsexy, I’m more focused on technical details and lighting and I don’t have time to be a creep, and before and after the shoot it’s all professional. If you’re looking for anything more than that, you might be a little creepy tbh.

[–] Gipetto@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Ha, yes. Shooting nudes is easily one of the least sexy things to do.