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Paul Markham · 07-17-2010, 11:07 AM

Sorry for jumping in here Dean.

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Originally Posted by justinsain

That made me think of this question

Because photography is so easy and prevalent today with:

The transition from film to digital
PS can fix any technical flaw
Lost cost for prosumer level equipment
Very easy to use
No cost for film or processing
Cameras built into other devices so everyone has one at the ready
Computers become darkrooms, promotional and networking devices

Do you think the photographers (the dedicated kind that learned their craft and had all the equipment in the film days) have had their place diminished and or diluted by those monkeys with cameras.

The art of photography has little to nothing to do with the equipment, especially when shooting glamor or porn. It's how you use the equipment.

It's more about what's going on in the shooters head, the models head and the ability of the shooter to work with those two.

It takes years to learn that and in the meantime the shooter can lose a lot of money. Until the business was prepared to accept nearly anything if the price was right.

Paul Markham · 07-17-2010, 11:08 AM

Here's a question Dean that might help some.

How do you make sure you shoot a set of say 150 images making sure each one is different and enticing?

nickey1952 · 07-17-2010, 11:16 AM

aren't photographers usually trained like monkey's. everything is easy when u have that camera>>>>not

DeanCapture · 07-17-2010, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Paul Markham

How do you make sure you shoot a set of say 150 images making sure each one is different and enticing?

Well truthfully, I don't worry about "each one" being different and enticing. Instead, I focus on the set of pictures as a whole. There's no way to shoot 150 different pictures and have every single one of them be enticing...especially based on our time constraints. I have a lot of content to produce in one day and I can't spent too much time on each individual shot. Focusing on the picture set as a whole seems to me to be the better approach. Shoot a lot of variety that will please as many people as possible. Not every person will like every shot.

Paul Markham · 07-17-2010, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by DeanCapture

Well truthfully, I don't worry about "each one" being different and enticing. Instead, I focus on the set of pictures as a whole. There's no way to shoot 150 different pictures and have every single one of them be enticing...especially based on our time constraints. I have a lot of content to produce in one day and I can't spent too much time on each individual shot. Focusing on the picture set as a whole seems to me to be the better approach. Shoot a lot of variety that will please as many people as possible. Not every person will like every shot.

Good answer.

What I do is have a posing book/books by my side to refer to when shooting. Clear plastic pages with the poses torn from the magazines I shot for.

Never had to worry about time restraints, 2 sets a day was the norm. Once or at the most twice a week. Even with shooting a video afterwards it was easy. Shooting more meant the quality went down.

iseeyou · 07-17-2010, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Markham

The art of photography has little to nothing to do with the equipment, especially when shooting glamor or porn. It's how you use the equipment.

It's more about what's going on in the shooters head, the models head and the ability of the shooter to work with those two.

You are talking about the art of pornography, not the art of photography.

You are forgetting that much/most photography does not involve human models. The key word is "photo" and all that matters is what is recorded by the camera, so it greatly depends on the recording equipment. I hope you are not trying to say that 19th century photography was as good as 21st century photography.

DeanCapture · 07-17-2010, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Markham

Never had to worry about time restraints, 2 sets a day was the norm.

For magazine work, I think 2 sets a day is fine. For web-content, buyers would laugh in my face if I told them we'd be shooting 2 sets of pictures per day

These days we're shooting 4 sets a day as well as 4 striptease/masturbation videos. It's a lot of content to squeeze into 1 shooting day and still keep the quality top-notch. Luckily, I'm working with budgets that allow me 2 or 3 assistants so that really helps to push things along and stay on schedule for the day.

I know guys that are shooting 10, 15, 20 sets per day in an effort to please their content buying clients. RESPECT

Mr Happy · 07-18-2010, 02:45 AM

You should hold your glamour workshops again. Your work is great and it would be fun to attend one of your workshops.

DeanCapture · 07-18-2010, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr Happy

You should hold your glamour workshops again. Your work is great and it would be fun to attend one of your workshops.

I've been tossing around the idea of doing one of those perhaps in the fall

Paul Markham · 07-19-2010, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by iseeyou

You are talking about the art of pornography, not the art of photography.

You are forgetting that much/most photography does not involve human models. The key word is "photo" and all that matters is what is recorded by the camera, so it greatly depends on the recording equipment. I hope you are not trying to say that 19th century photography was as good as 21st century photography.

Even in non pornographic photography the skill is in the eye and head of the shooter. Knowing what to shoot and when to click is far more important than knowing how the camera works or having one that does a lot of the thinking for you.

The difference in image quality is way higher today, but not image content. An artist is an an artist, using a box brownie or the latest digital camera.

My brother, now he's retired is taking a masters degree in photography at university. His images a great, not because he has a kick ass camera, but because he has an eye and a mind to know what to shoot.

james_clickmemedia · 07-19-2010, 04:40 AM

We have a couple of Nikon D70 camera's with 18-70mm lenses. We used to shoot content in house with them years ago..

What lighting would you recommend for shooting models indoors ?
Something portable is most important.

thx...

james_clickmemedia · 07-20-2010, 05:12 AM

bump for answer if you have time.

CaptainHowdy · 07-20-2010, 05:54 AM

Is it still Friday??

DeanCapture · 07-20-2010, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by james_clickmemedia

We have a couple of Nikon D70 camera's with 18-70mm lenses. We used to shoot content in house with them years ago..

What lighting would you recommend for shooting models indoors ?
Something portable is most important.

thx...

I'd say check out the Alien Bees: http://www.alienbees.com/flash.html

I've never used them but have heard wonderful things about them.

If you're just shooting amateur type content, one light w/umbrella should do the trick.

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