>>3387416Sometimes I'll submit sets I think are really good or work well as a set to online publications (The Photographic Journal, Nakid, etc) but nothing *actually* really cool.
>>3387703I appreciate that, a lot of times people kind of knock my sets because they say the models look a little uncomfortable, but I like a little sense of melancholy/unease/etc in most of my shoots. I'll routinely tell models to stop being so pose-y when I shoot, I prefer more organic seeming stuff. As per nudity, I'm always super upfront with getting the ok from the model and asking if she's comfortable each step of the way with anything even a bit risque. I also pay attention when shooting and even if the model doesn't say anything but I can tell she's a little uncomfortable with a certain look or angle or whatever I'll try and mix it up.
In the end since most of the stuff I shoot is trade, I value building good relationships with the people I shoot, because hopefully down the road if I have a creative idea that I want to execute, I have a bunch of people who are more than willing to help, and go above and beyond. Photography/videography is a passion project of mine, so in the end it's about creating cool stuff, and I try and do things in a way that enable me to create more and more cool stuff. Not that respecting your models should be a means to an end.
>>3387883I actually shot some nice "video portraits" that day too, it was a weird low key shoot that was nice.
>>3387945I use purely continuous light, but sometimes I'll use normal "white" or tungsten light in addition to colored stuff. In general I want to move away from the "I just watched Suspiria for the first time" style of blasting colored lights at models since I'm getting fatigued on it and move to using colored light as accents or in a more subtle way.
