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selling imagery in contrived studio type setups to today's surfers is a losing battle.
sure, there are efficiencies in putting together little rooms of controlled lighting, pastel walls, and ikea furniture, but the downside to this is that the entire effort is wasted on a mediocre product, no matter how attractive the models. i count clicks, my surfers won't look at that stuff for free, let alone buy memberships to it. it's tacky to the max.
today's surfer wants the illusion of reality. he has already seen 10,000 times the so-called "teen bedroom setup" with the stuffed teddy bears, the "teacher school girl setup" with the blackboard, the "doctor patient setup" with the examining table & stirrups, etc, etc, ad nauseum.
if content producers can't think of anything new in the world of erotica it does not matter what they know about f/stop and iso, it just won't play today.
print erotica is basically dead, not a growth industry, glamour erotica the way it's usually done is mostly dead. lighting should be low key "bedroom" style to sell, period. a few guys understand this, surprisingly, most "content" producers don't; and wonder why no one buys their shit. clue, pickup a victorian secret catalog and look at how pros shoot women. look at fashion advertizing, perfume ads, etc. you don't photograph a girl like she is a fucking hubcap.
if you must shoot "studio style" with strobes it must give the illusion of natural light---hot lights give the look of artificiality, the models pupils close down---a turnoff to most surfers.
class dismissed.
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