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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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Are people perverts or is this a market gap? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by rinyamalom@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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hi all! I'm a a 27 year old woman, I recently started photography. I have an Instagram page, I also post in local TFCD groups looking for models so I can practice.

in the past month, more weird people have found me than normal ones. I had one dude who was asking for artistic very close up dick pics, who was clearly nuts so I declined. yesterday I posted to a group looking for a model for a Xmas studio slot I have, and of course within a few hours some guy messages me looking for artistic nudes.

is this a market gap here? or are they just perverts looking to make a move just because I'm a young woman? have you had any similar experiences?

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[–] ogredaemon@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

1st: you’re as young as you feel! I’m 42 and feel better now than I did at 22…wife is 41 and keeps referring to herself as old.. 2nd: 100% agree that either demanding ID or a face2face in public prior to shooting (do both) is required beforehand…but,tbh I don’t think that’s going to actually STOP ppl from harassing you about it. This should just weed out the ones that are honest about doing nude/boudoir from the pervo/incel crowd. 3rd: have you tried reporting individuals to the hosting platforms? Some of them have strict guidelines for requesting products/services.

Even with changing your online persona from female to male will still get you the same harassment. Ratio change is about all you can hope for. Internet Anonymity works in favor of the creep, not you as a product/service provider.