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Originally posted by TheSaint
IMO is not so much the lights but how they are positioned and how close.
#1 mistake people make shooting porn is TOO much light.
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finally someone understands.
for effective erotica you must simulate the lighting of sex.
most smut is way overlit, and has way too much DOF.
create a moody atmosphere that simulates the lighting of real fucking.
when you makeout with your chick do you turn on every fucking light in the house so you can see every body flaw?
no, you have just enough light to create mood.
now clone that lighting when you create content. with modern digital equipment you ONLY NEED ENOUGH LIGHT to get the proper color temperature.
anything more, and you lose the erotic edge.
do NOT photograph girls like they are kitchen appliances, this is the mark of an amateur, and truth be told that overlit shit doesn't convert very well, because it ain't hot.
and that's the bottom line.