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Blogs > PiercedPhotograp > Photographic Fun

the photographer fallacy.  

PiercedPhotograp 48M
1 posts
5/10/2016 4:47 pm
the photographer fallacy.

When my male friends, co-workers, acquaintances find out I am a model photographer and once they see I primarily shoot boudoir, lingerie, and nudes, invariably the first question is "do you fuck these girls?"

Of course I perpetuate the myth and say yes, then ask if they want me to shoot their girl for them.

The reality is far different, it's about the art, not sleeping with every one that poses for you. Most of the models are married, engaged, in long term relationships and not at all interested in fucking the photographer. They are there to do a job and expect the photographer to be in the same mind set.

That being said, occasionally there is a connection that is made with the model, those are to be cherished and relished. In my 15 years of model photography there has been 4 instances out of hundreds of models that have ended up in sexual relations. Two became long term relationships, the other two short intense flings.

So if you are thinking of running out getting a camera getting girls to pose naked for you and thinking you will be fucking them all, keep dreaming. Unless you are already swatting away every girl you meet, or are planning on shooting nothing but "working girls" and paying them to sleep with you afterwards. Sure you will meet tons of beautiful women, but 99.9% of them only care about the quality of images you can provide them, sorry.

Icould 65M
3988 posts
5/10/2016 6:10 pm
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I have to agree with you about people taking photos of them selves and everything else with their cellphones. Enough to make me well we can't say that in public now can we.
When he blogs about his life as professional photographer I think he opens himself up to criticism which he really doesn't seem to like much.

Most of us post blogs for ourselves but I feel it is pretty bad form to cut down a reader.
There you go
That's all and none of it tragic.


PiercedPhotograp replies on 5/10/2016 6:27 pm:
I have no issue with criticism at all. Her criticism was an irrational one of my avatar based on her dislike of selfies and had nothing to do with the post at all.

As to the opening myself up to criticism fine I do that every day, you want to criticize my work go for it. But to criticize someone for displaying a selfie just because they are a photographer is absurd. Again not every photo ever made was done so to enhance the integrity of the art of photography, even if they were taken by a professional photographer.

As for cutting her down, how so? I elevated her, to a high horse and then cordially thanked her for her POV. As now I will thank you for yours.

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