Models takeover

Posted on November 19, 2012 by admin

These sets of Zaika and Coxy are a wonderful example of the inmates running the asylum. Alya, who, judging by recently published pictures, can be considered an aging nude model (already being called legendary) aging gracefully nonetheless, has pictures shot by her on Hegre Art. Her skill as a photographer is very impressive and further demonstrates increasing self sufficience of women in the industry of adult, which, by extension of the internet, includes popular nude modeling. Evidence of the growing power performers and models have over the business is on numerous sites, most obviously, Twitter and Tumblr. You can say that male webmasters should take notice and step up their game, if they aren’t already doing so, or women will come to dominate the adult industry, perhaps rightfully, as the dominate other industries, most notably and similarly, the fashion industry.

The access fans models grant to their fans is limited only by their own inhibition. They can create their own content, instantly, disseminating photos and videos to millions of potential customers quicker than it would take for a traditional webmaster or site owner to create a gallery and distribute it among his affiliates. With ffiliates more picky about what content they promote than ever, and seeing as many work on commission, there’s a great possibility free galleries may never be published at all.

Customer and brand interaction of this type is really in a position to supplement if not replace the old affiliate model, entirely, if it can be done right. However, there are some weak links in this new chain of information dissemination and gathering.

Firstly, models aren’t really webmasters, so when they sell something, it’s usually done blatantly. For example, @SaraJayXXX is absolutely gauche in her promotion of Fleshlights. She’s a pretty well-known pornstar, very sexy in my opinion, though she’s not without many, many unflattering angles. There is no way to quantify the effectiveness of her tweets regarding the cross promotional
efforts of her and Fleshlight with their Sara Jay molded appliance, but after you’ve been told to follow Fleshlight, (an unimaginably disgusting utility in my opinion) there are only so many more times you want to hear that after a while. No amount of iPhone snapped self shot pictures hosted on Twitter are going to keep me interested in a product if I’m not in the market to buy it.

Which brings us to another weakness of the twitter model with regard to models and self promotion. Many models are so self-centered
and so self-interested, they begin to lose themselves in the indulgences of minor celebrity status. You may have 50k followers, but of those followers that are real and actual, a model has to remember they’re not just following them. They’re following dozens if not hundreds of other similar models. And if you talk only about yourself, on post pictures of yourself, promote only your interests, you’re going to bore your audience.

There are more than a few models which I find myself intially excited to follow, only to be disappointed by them over time due to the lack of variety of the content they produce. This is not entirely their fault, because like I’ve written, they are not webmasters or producers of content, per se, but performers. Also, when you find out more about a person whose sole purpose in your consciousness is to serve as a fantasy, the illusion is lost. Lots of girls begin to read as beautiful, spoiled girlfriends, which is the height of annoyance. There are some girls I found particularly sexy and was completely turned off to because of their entitled attitudes.

It’s all gimme gimme gimme with some models with their wishlists and requirements- and you dare not offend them in any way or else you’re going to be ignored. If you have a girlfriend IRL or are in a relationship, you know how giving and generous you have to be to stay in the relationship, still once she starts with the harping and ungratefulness, you can be turned off. Now, you’re going to get the same treatment from some pornstar you don’t even know and who gives two shits about you?

Webcams, Twitter, and Tumblr, right now, are all useful tools in the kit of the online impresario, however, he has to ask himself is his brand ready have its PR directed by models who can make or break their own image just by virtue of being themselves. Not to say I want fakeness and automation from model tweets. They just have to be very careful to keep the experience engaging and be mindful of the bottomline, without being overly repetitious, with an eye on the fact that a personal twitter account used for self promotion is one of thousands and the fantasy of the product they are marketing must be kept intact.

Interview with Angel Afterlife founder Brett Michael Nelson

Posted on September 6, 2012 by admin

If you thought the Tumblr update was a long time in coming, this certainly was as well. A few months back, I discovered a new, little known site called Angel Afterlife. If you’re a fan, collector, or just a casual, horny observer of popular art nude photography, the striking visuals Angel Afterlife make an immediate impression. So, you ask yourself, who is this Angel? His name is Angel right? He must be the hot, new, it photographer on the international fashion/art scene. Actually, his name’s not Angel- though, as far as I’m concerned he’s an angel to the popular nude art market.

The photographer’s name is Brett Michael Nelson. If you need a break from Met Art style, have already taken advantage of the new femjoy updates summer discount, then new angel afterlife updates are for you. What’s more, the guy behind the art (and believe me when I write that his work is art), is a fucking rock star. He is one of those guys you want to be. He is exactly the kind of dude I wrote about a few days back. I noticed he is a member of a business forum I frequent from time to time. I made note of his contact details and meant to contact him for a few words months ago. While he’s an actual photographer and not just a rich guy with a hobby, he’s living the life and reaping the benefits to the fullest.

Pop nude art is more than a collection of affiliated web sites all pushing the same pictures to the same people via circle jerk web technology from 1999. That is the the public face of an online industry which is geared toward guys trying to relax. The actual lifestyle, is well… read the interview and find out for yourself what it’s like to be at the top of your game in the nude art business.

Alena Lye Angel Afterlife

Age, location, married, children, zodiac sign, favorite word, least favorite word, favorite curse word

I am 29, travelling between Los Angeles, Paris, Budapest, Prague, and St. Petersburg. Confirmed bachelor, Taurus, my favorite curse word is cunt, very multipurpose.

What drew you to photography and where did you study photography if you had formal training.

I grew up in Washington State, near Seattle in a navy city called Bremerton.

Golden upbringing in a nice house with two happy parents, two younger sisters, dogs and cats. Graduated High school with the class of 2001 and went to Western Washington University in Bellingham for one year before dropping out from lack of motivation and excess of weed smoking.

I stayed lazy in Bellingham for one more year before moving back home to work at a portrait photo studio working for a family friend and mentor. I learned the basis for my style and personal technique while shooting high school seniors for one year. Eventually I gained interest in modeling after shooting a few girls who had an interest. I had about 7 girls that I shot regularly to practice and create artistic new styles. Finally I decided to go to school at the Brooks institute of Photography in Santa Barbara California.

I spent the end of 2004, beginning of 2005 studying everything I could about photography with the hopes of skipping many classes and getting a head start on the curriculum. In May 2005 I packed everything I owned in my car and made a road trip down the coast, before moving in to my sunny California apartment. This discipline paid off and I was able to skip 2 classes and complete a 2 year curriculum in 10 months. After finishing the technical classes I had the option to continue for a degree in photography by taking classes to teach creativity. I opted to enter the working world immediately and promptly moved to Los Angeles early 2006 to pursue my dream to work as a fashion photographer.

Tell us a little about your career, first paid shoot, major credits, favorite shoot.

It was much harder than I presumed, and I spent over a year as a starving artist living with a girlfriend. I worked with a few fashion magazines, Lemonade, Genlux, FashionLA. Also I was featured on a television series for the Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency in Season 2 and 3. These were great for publicity but accrued little to no profit. I tried to supplement income by shooting model portfolios but had little success. Looking back I realize my failures were due to having no focus or training on the business aspect or general organization of my career. I was so stuck in my mind about being an artist and not selling out and trying to only work on my portfolio. I had my principles and that was it.

Is formal training necessary to become a world class photographer?

I have always had an amazing natural photographic talent and I can pull great images out of thin air on the fly with a crappy digital camera and an amateur model. I would call this “coasting” as I can get by just fine with this, but my best work comes with a plan.

So you are more of a planner than an improvisational shooter? What are the benefits of being able to work on the fly, for instance, would you shoot in the rain? Walk us through a shoot: Location or set, model selection, theme, and poses. What is your process? Do you start with the location or the model?

I write a script for the shoot from beginning to end on my computer. I describe everything that the image is for, what it will look like, how it will be made, and every imaginable detail I can think of. I won’t refer to this during the shoot, but just having it in mind makes an incredible difference in the direction of the art and my focus on a goal.

The most important thing any person can do to accomplish anything is to organize ideas. I have spent years detailing my workflow from beginning to end including all details from purpose, concept, scouting, networking, scheduling, shoot preparation, shooting, post, website design, marketing, and analysis reflection. I use whatever computer program is the best for my current understanding level, right now it is Microsoft project. I have a detailed workflow that includes over 1000 tiny tasks that must be done for each shoot. Basically for each hour I shoot I have 3 hours of work. Keeping this in mind with the cost of running my business and required income keeps my sense of self value and esteem high, and makes scheduling decisions easy.

When and why did you launch Angel Afterlife?

I lived in Los Angeles nearly 3 years before beginning to shoot nudes and erotic work with a girlfriend who had recently begun to shoot Girl/Girl porn. We had a great time creating a library of content and trying to create a website to make money. Eventually we became friends with another girl working as a porn star and began hanging out and shooting photos and videos regularly. Soon the three of us had moved in together and were shooting nearly every day. It was an amazing time and a very intense rollercoaster of fun and drama for a few months finally exploded into a full breakup.

I spent the summer refocusing my life at home before moving back to Los Angeles on my own to pursue work as an adult photographer with dreams of working for magazines and running my own website. This would be one of the greatest turning points in my life, as now I was actually being paid well for my work. I found an adult agency that needed regular images of their new girls and was able to afford a basic room in the valley. I also began contacting porn stars on MySpace to shoot content trades, with good success since I had an original fashion portfolio. Over the years I would work with some of the biggest names and have an amazing time working with girls as a peer.

Working with models, do you ever sleep with them? If so, how do you negotiate the mixing of business with pleasure?

Of course one of the obvious benefits of this method was that I ended up dating or having sex with many of the girls during the photo shoots. I shot in studio and in the parks of the valley, always having an amazing time. When working with women the most important thing is to keep a positive attitude at all times. I am here to work with girls who are excited to work with me and who fit the concepts and requirements I have for each project.

A lot of amateur photographers out there want to do what you do because of your access to beautiful women. Tell us one thing about the lifestyle of a glamour photographer an amateur wouldn’t know.

They are all interchangeable and easily replaceable, it is important that they know this. I am in charge of every detail and decision, they are simply here to be molded into my ideas and art, and they are fortunate for the opportunity. These comprise the qualities that the best girls hold, and should be what you seek for your own goals.

Other than Angel Afterlife, what other popular nude sites have you shot?

Early on I began supplementing my income by licensing content to websites. While it was exciting to get paid for more of my work, it was really only enough to pay for food. It wasn’t until the summer of 2009 that I really focused my goals again and began working with met-art that I began to catapult my style and career to new heights. I had been submitting photo sets to them for months and finally had acceptance. It really picked up my spirits and gave me new motivation to work hard for my life and career. I moved into a large duplex house with another photographer in the valley and began churning out content at an amazing rate. Now I was finding all my models from model mayhem and was able to shoot at least twice a week, again for portfolio trades with models.

Fast forward one more year and I sold all my belongings in preparation to move to Paris. I had finally learned discipline in marketing my pictures to magazines and this paid off with my first adult publication and cover October 2010 for Swank magazine. Many others followed and I have able to live in Paris for many months while shooting models in the same fashion I had always done. But living in a foreign country added a new challenge of language, so I began to shoot with models without talking. Using minute hand movements, eye contact, and mirroring my body to them I am able to shoot a girl from any country in the world – without saying anything. The only other challenge about travelling is not being able to call models to setup shoots. So I learned to put all details into emails, translate into predictable responses, and message hundreds of girls each month.

If the Angel Afterlife had a mission statement, what would it be?

So with international acclaim, publication, travel, and accelerated lifestyle filled with the most beautiful and compliant women of every country – my dream began to come true. My dream was to create a life that embodied everything one would wish for in the afterlife. To have it all, here and now, and create the Afterlife as a real living place in the world. This is the central idea behind my site and my life, to live and share the life beyond. For me everything has always been about enjoying my time to the fullest and taking the freedom to do and shoot what I like, when I like, where I like, with whom I like. I always work alone with the model, as this creates a close connection that pours through the lens and into each image. The girl is looking at me and you can see it in every smile.

As a photographer what is your goal when you shoot nudes? What are you saying about yourself, your subject, the internet, and sex?

If there is one thing I would like to accomplish with my life and art, it would be the celebration of sex as a daily social activity. It should be as fun and free and having dinner with a friend, going to the movies, or out to a club. Communication and sharing of sex openly in any and all social scenarios will be common place and akin to discussing TV shows the night before. I can create this in my world and broadcast it to the public, to see who feels as I do.

You don’t have to be a religious person to appreciate the monumental significance the Judeo-Christian tradition has had on the course of history. When you read the two quotations from Genesis, what conclusions do you make when you consider nudity’s place in the mind of civilized man?

Genesis 2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Genesis 3:8 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

I have a problem with the concept of nudity or being naked because the base concept is that there is a lack of something essential. This is not the case, as we are born with everything we need, everything else including clothing is an accessory to the complete and natural state. It’s quite disturbing to me to think that there could still be so much fear, shame, ridicule, and controversy attached to the natural state of us all. Any reasonable analysis of this fact reveals one of the major chains that coddle the minds of the majority and add to their desperation and unhappiness. Some of the best times I have shooting are with girls in nature, as it shows everything as it should be and as it began. The feeling we have creating these images explodes to reveal a calm understanding of how things really are.

I already know why, but can you tell us why Angel Afterlife stands out among the many popular nude art sites on the market? Is your site better than Met Art?

The afterlife is my life as is, you get to see a private interaction with a girl who is with me just for fun. Everything is real. You get to see everything we do in the most beautiful way I can show it. Basically, you have the chance to experience the world through my eyes.

Enjoy,

Brett Michael Nelson

www.brettmichaelnelson.com

Best Nudes of the Week Oct. 24

Posted on October 29, 2011 by admin

Best Set Cover and Model of the Week

I admit that I spoke too soon last week while writing about the addition of Show Beauty to The Nude Arts and the Internet at large. I predicted that Show Beauty, the new nude art site by the producers of Amour Angels, will probably be more of the same: what you expect from Amour Angels and popular Internet nude art, in general. I was wrong.

While this may be true, technically speaking, in that the photography of Amour Angels and Show Beauty conforms with the accepted standards of nude art on the Internet, model selection, composition, and creativity is taken to another level, especially with this set of Sunna, called Ancient. I hope we do see more of the same if it looks anything like this.

Of course, Sunna’s talent makes the image work. She looks great on Met Art as Milena D. Meanwhile, there is something particularly special about her pictures on Amour Angels. Credit must be given to the creative shoot concepts which complement her talent, give her the opportunity to be an artist as well as a subject, and make her stand out. The same can in fact be said for her work with Erik Latika on Met Art.

Often, the best nude images are created by an allusion to nudity. The model’s naked allure comes from what she wears and not from the fact that she’s completely nude. Nude art photography is not as literal an art form as it sounds. Met Art understands this well, however, their style relies too heavily on the use of lingerie and stockings. The lack of diversity in dress creates a collection of nearly indistinguishable sets. Photographers must compromise their style and ideas in order to contribute to Met Art, unless of course they’re shooting a model with the immense appeal of Sunna, and so you we’ve seen some weird, wonderful sets of her.

I don’t mean to imply that every shoot has to be based on fantasy or narrative. I do believe, though, that Met photographers should incorporate more modern intimate attire into their work, undergarments more suited to young women of this day in age instead of the stockings and garter belts of decades past. This set of Sunna is a wonderful break from the norm. By placing her in a narrative rather than a typical setting designed to arouse sexually, and decreasing the focus on Sunna’s sex, the image becomes more erotic and sexy. The imagination is free to expand on the idea of the little, tan, ancient, road warrior, covered in pelts and feathers.

Her young body is warmed by the flames of a campfire. Her only companion on the desolate steppe is her horse, her confidant and protector on her erotic adventures. The eye contact Sunna makes with the animal is fantastic. There is intensity and drama in her gaze. As the sun sets on the plain, you’re left wondering where this girl is going, who will she meet along the way, and what sexy adventures are to come. Sunna successfully creates a character which is a rare feat for most popular models. Sunna becomes Ancient. She is not just Sunna and this isn’t just another set of Sunna. I’d like to see more models be encouraged to do the same, and be given the chance to break character, so to speak, and become a picture of someone other than themselves.

Best Breasts of the Week

To simply honor Cosmid for the great update of their selection of busty girls next door models would be very easy. In an effort to demonstrate that the biggest breasts aren’t necessarily the best breasts, every single week, the honor of best breasts goes to Maria on Zemani. Bronce is not the best set of the bunch released by Zemani, this week. Maria is not the most gorgeous model you’re going to find on Zemani. All of that aside, Maria exudes confidence, and in the case of this set, effort. The effort that she puts into posing, reads, and it reads very well. Usually, a model’s effort, the real work she does on set, in front of the camera, for the photographer, should be seamlessly integrated into the image, and should not be visible in the published pictures.

Good modeling is like playing the piano. There’s rhythm, a tempo to which the player must adhere. The tempo changes; the dynamics change. While the pianist reads the technical instructions ascribed by the composer, she interprets the piece, sensing the feeling and mood behind the notes, thereby adding her artistry to the music. Each key isn’t struck one by one in succession until there are no more notes to play. The same is true of modeling. At a shoot, a model doesn’t do pose #1, pose #2, and so on, till the camera’s memory card is full. Models must be as fluid and full of motion as the camera and photographer. There are transitions. A model must move continuously and be ready for instruction at all times. Sets are edited for this very reason. Every picture taken isn’t perfect. Models are not ready every time the shutter snaps.

A model’s own sexuality often prevents her from being comfortable while nude, being fluid and dynamic at the same time she portrays an image of sexy. What’s great about Maria in these pictures is being able to read her facial expressions as she searches for the right formula: the perfect mixture of what she believes is pretty and tasteful, what the photographer is asking of her, and balancing that with what the end customer is going to think of her.

Best Legs of the Week

The last week of October has actually been pretty good for sexy legs. I’m choosing these pictures from Club Seventeen just because they are fun, sexy, and devoid of the drama and artistic perspective found in most of the pictures that are honored. The sex and erotic component is in your face.

The model, called Dione, is smiling, doing everything for the lens, and she’s jamming a remarkably long dildo into herself, between two magnificently splayed limbs. The braids or extensions, whichever, give her an edgy appearance that enhances her common looks. Whether or not the wet spot on the crotch of her underwear is real, it’s a nice touch.

There are a lot of things about these pictures I don’t like, from the the nail polish to her not removing her socks at some point. Still, I can discount all of that just because the pictures are straightforward and accomplish what they were taken to accomplish. The honorable mentions for best legs come from Amour Angels. Both sets exemplify what I wrote in the first section of this post about the high quality model selection of Amour Angels.

Alexa and Michaela, respectively, might have better extension than Dione, but the sets are as frivolous. At the same time, they lack narrative and drama, which is to be expected from a studio that Michaela’s in. More could have been done with Alexa’s set, though.

Best Butt of the Week

This set from Karups Hometown Amateurs is a late entry but impressive all the same. Also, I don’t think I’ve ever done a week-in-review that had all categories represented. Nicole Rider isn’t a stretch either. I can clearly see signs of bubble butt activity here, and that always makes a model, in nude art specifically, worthy of attention.

Also, I’d like to again bring up the issue of Karups using the wrong pictures for it’s preview galleries. In addition to having a fantastic, fleshy rear end, Nicole also appears to have some flexibility and skill posing her legs, as evidenced by this image:

My question is that if there is a pull-out shot of this same image, meaning that there is a picture that shows her entire body, why not use it instead of the tight, cropped shot?

I guess this is boobs week

Posted on September 1, 2011 by admin

There’s really not much else going on, so boob lovers, enjoy. While not incredibly huge, Lynette’s breasts being groped was the major story yesterday. I’ll keep things going and write about the Myboobs.eu update, today. The site is basically the repository of the work done by the photographer of Busty.pl. It’s been a while since any of the models have appeared in any new sets, with the exception of Kora Kryk, I believe. I’ve been in direct contact with Andrzej since the site launched. According to him, I made the first sale. So, you guys can take pride in being a part of the history of the site, I guess, seeing as one of you was among the first members. Andrzej personal site is called www.fotog7.com. He’s been shooting for 11 years, around the world. He’s confirmed that Aneta Buena and Ines Cudna are both, for all intents and purposes, retired. Ines,

I’ve seen on cam, on LiveJasmin in 2011. I can only imagine how much money she makes doing that. After telling him that Aneta Buena was one of my all-time favorite models, he promised me some stories about the time he’s spent with her and Ines, both of whom he calls his friends. I don’t know whether or not the stories are going to be sexy and xxx rated. He’ll let me know how much I can tell you all. Despite the majority of the models on the site are retired, their inactive status doesn’t seem to represent an obstacle to him continuing to try and cash in on their pictures. Can you blame him? The product is what it is. Big breast content has a longer shelf life because there are fewer models with big breasts, and generally, the models with the assets can make more money in adult than other models. Also, as the model ages, and if she becomes larger in terms of weight and cup size, she remains a big boob model. For example, Kora Kryk.

The picture on the left is from a few years back. The picture on the right was published in the passed few months. There’s obviously a difference. On the left, she’s clearly at the height of her powers. Hell, she’s at the gym. On the right, years have passed and she looks like she’s gained a ton of weight from having a baby or something. There’s no shame in being a BBW. I love them. She also has the appeal of a mature woman. The point is that even if she is no longer a babe, she’s still got huge breasts, and DDF Busty isn’t hesitating to publish pictures of her, just because she has a name and big breasts. I wrote about the subject with regard to Zafira’s change, and noted that her appeal was never big breasts, and so her maturity is more noticeable and diminishes her appeal as a model.

Red Passion

While this is turning out to be a week of big breasts, this little set from Averotica also caught my eye. It’s sexually charged, but it really illustrates the versatility of small models who can photograph in a variety of remarkable ways depending on the photographer and camera equipment. Both of the girls can’t be much taller tfhan 5’3”. Yet, look at how their behinds photograph:

Are they butts of the week? Maybe not, but they certainly aren’t the butts you’d expect on models as flexible as they are with legs which photograph like this:

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Nudes from Tumblr vol. 9

Posted on August 14, 2011 by admin

New nudes from Tumblr.com. I don’t feel that I did much better than last time. However I did pick up some useful insight for models into the mind of a photographer whose work I admire and I wrote about a few days back. An anonymous user on An Ugly Beauty, photographer Mike Dowson’s personal Tumblr, asked him, which was his favorite girl from all the ones he’s met and why? Mr. Dowson’s response was:

I don’t particularly have favourites..of course there are girls i still keep in touch with from time to time for various reasons but most of the girls I’ve worked with fade in to memory. I liked Kate immensely but she was too limited in her thoughts and ambitions, i refused to encouraged her, believing that fundamentally you cannot change a person, and that frustrated me..I seldom get attached to any of the girls for a very long knowing that everything is passing. ‘Time is passing’ Horace Walpole said..for it is all passing, which is the only reason for wanting to preserve it.

The point he made that I want to pass on to those with modeling aspirations is what he says about the model Kate, whoever she is, saying, she was too limited in her thoughts and ambitions. I know a lot of models out there are thinking, what the hell is that supposed to mean? It means a model is more than just a pretty face and a nice body. Good photographers, artists, are interested in more than just the superficial, especially when they’re shooting for themselves and not for a commercial client.

A model willing to take off her clothes must be willing to lose all restraint, if only for a moment, and give in to the photographer, in a manner of speaking. She must embrace the intimacy of the act itself as it transcends the moment between model and photographer and extends to the people who will actually consume the pictures as art. Mr. Dowson goes on to say that he didn’t want to encourage her, which is interesting. The attitude is a bit jaded, but understandable. If he had to push her to open up, prod her to let go of her inhibitions, or whatever it was he felt was preventing her from giving him what he wanted, what he captured would lack the authenticity of the art a model is supposed to bring to a shoot. Essentially, he felt the shoot would be compromised by his intrusion into the model’s own artistic process.

I understand that models have to eat and shoots are business: a day at the office. If you’re not signed with Ford, and you’re only making a small amount of money doing shoots, you just want to get in and get out with your fee. Safety is an issue too. Maybe the photographer looks like a freak with a camera who wants to ogle you naked for a few hundred bucks an hour and you just have a bad feeling about him, and you’re just not comfortable. That’s fine too. My advice would be to not book art jobs, though. Stick with commercial work, from agents and reliable casting directors, and only book jobs which require you to have your clothes on. If you go into an art shoot with dollars and cents in your head, looking at your watch, you’re wasting your time and the photographer’s.

I’m reading a lot into his comments, of course. A female perspective might read his comments as sounding like he propositioned this girl to have sex and she turned him down. I can see that. I also think if that’s what happened, he could have subtly made it clear that was what happened. Truth is, he sounds like he’s had a lot of experiences with amateurs and he’s fed up with models who lack artistic vision and sensibility. Models must go to shoots with an artistic vision of herself before she even knows what the photographer wants from her and then project that into camera’s lens while letting the photographer guide her where he wants her to go. Do you know why some models do TFP work? Because they want beautiful pictures of themselves. That is mutual respect and an exchange of compliments. If a photographer books you, it’s automatically a compliment. Return the compliment and bring your most artistic self-image with you to the shoot.

I also found Sabrina Dacos, photographer and model with very interesting puffy nipples and a skinny physique. Yes, more puffy nipples, you got a problem with them GTFO. I’m not so sure about photographer/models who are females who shoot their own nudes. There’s something very self indulgent about that, which I wrote about a few weeks ago, here.
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Nude Exercise Guide Part Two

Posted on June 11, 2011 by admin

As mentioned last week, here is the second nude fitness guide for models which will increase awareness of how to improve health and strength, boost confidence, and help improve the ability to book different modeling jobs. Once you book jobs, you’ll impress important people with your unusual skill and grace, adding to your natural beauty.

As a subject of artistic interest, the human body is very important. The first thing we notice in pictures, even with the most beautiful, natural landscape in the background, is the person in the picture. As a nude subject, you want your product, such as it is, to be in top working order. You don’t have to be a freak or a specimen for your temple to be functioning at peak performance. Increasing flexibility is the first step in making the body more appealing to look at and more fun to live in.

It’s a cliche now, yet, metaphysically speaking, your body is your primary mode of transportation, and the tool with which you experience reality. Think of exercise as maintainence for your vehicle. The body is like an other possession in that people enjoy admiring it. Perfecting stretching and simple flexibility exercises is just maintainence and will make doing advanced exercises much easier. Increased flexibility improves your sex life and sex appeal. Flexibility increases your marketability as a model and nude model. Mastery of simple stretches will spark your imagination and enlarge the number of poses in your repertoire. Stretching is so simple, too. Static stretching, holding a pose for a specific amount of time, can be done just about anywhere at any time, as long as you are properly warmed up with arm circles, and similar warm up exercises, before you start, as shown in the first guide.

Preparing your legs
Push-up	Push-up	Hamstring stretch	Standing forward lunge stretch

The most interesting stretch in the first row is definitely the very deep standing forward lunge. You are targeting your butt, legs,thighs, and quads. Before doing this, she makes sure her hamstrings are loose and ready for more strenuous positions. A lot of women complain about their butts more than any other part on their body. The complaints go from not having one to having too much of one. I’ve come to appreciate the backside a great deal. Whatever you think your problem is, if it’s toned and has just a little muscle definition, you’re going to be fine.

Increasing flexibility
Middle or center split for gymnastics and modern dance	Straddle position side reach right	Straddle postion side reach full extension	Straddle postion side reach full extension left
Scissor leg lift ab workout

The middle split is difficult at first; hard to get the correct position, so start with your elbows on the ground. Hold for at least 20 seconds. Middle split is a basic flexibility stretch you’ll need to do others, sort of like a foundation position from which you go into others like a pancake stretch. I really don’t like the name pancake because it sounds unofficial and localized. From this position you straighten your back, which is important, stretch outward as far as possible, and hold for 30 to 60 seconds. Eventually you’ll be able to do full center splits and full splits upright in a seated position.

In the illustration, our modeling is doing more of a straddle position, meaning her legs are in a V and not a full split. It gives you a good idea from where to start. As you can see in the other pictures, from this position, the model does side reaches. Your targeting abs, back, legs, thighs, hamstrings, adductors, gastrocnemius, and obliques. I’m not entirely sure about this particular model’s technique or experience level as it’s recommended that you keep your butt planted on the ground.

Again, these pictures are just to show how the stretch looks nude. A model should accustom herself to being nude actively. When clothes come off in front of people, your instinct is to freeze and become passive. The shame reaction is a social stigma, so to speak. A model may feel like she’s completely comfortable being naked but ask her to start doing things and it’s a totally different situation. She’s only superficially secure in her nudity. Even sex can be considered passive nudity, like taking a shower. What photographers and publishers want are models who can lay around naked but also models who aren’t going to shut down when they’re asked to do something which might make them feel silly. That’s where the confidence comes in. You must be nude and still be able to function as though you’re clothed.

The most dynamic and sexually inviting of the stretches/exercises is the last picture of the scissor leg left. In this video it’s demonstrated by fitness Model Ashley Weaver for Puder’s Knockouts:

Ashley Weaver scissor leg life

Ashley is a very cute girl with some muscle definition and a healthy complexion. Most men will jump at the chance to serve her. Frankly, she makes our model look a little bit frumpy. Yet again, compared to our model, her scissor lifts are downright pedestrian. Is Ashley holding back or simply incapable of holding dynamic, powerful poses? I kind of think Ashley’s just a pretty face whose into fit guys and does some modeling here and there. As a model, your goal should be to achieve beautiful spread poses, fully extended like our model. These stretches and exercise translate to proficiency in multiple disciplines, not strictly modeling. So you can begin to incorporate dance and gymnastic poses into your range of poses, just by copying how they look, no training necessary.

With a little practice, you’ll be holding poses like this for photographers, creating jaw dropping images the world can enjoy.

This model looks absolutely miserable, but you get the idea. Necessarily, you’ll have to bring some life and dramatic interpretation to your facial expressions. She gets a pass because she’s just demonstrating the pose.

You could even sneak a workout into a shoot, and the photographer won’t even know the difference. He’ll just keep saying, “Yes, hold that”, and you’ll probably laugh to yourself. Trust me, being interesting and dynamic is a lot more interesting than giving a photographer the same old, forced, sexy poses and looks we’re all used to. Look at your competition. You might not realize that models who book a lot of jobs and have tremendous exposure in publications and on the web have that extra something which sets them apart, that something that is the difference from being a wannabe poser model, and actually being someone who is remembered, admired, and has earned professional respect.

There are so many models, so many amateurs, so many untalented unextraordinary professionals, that it’s essential for a model to find a way to stand out. Otherwise, longevity in the industry will never happen, and you’ll end up a flash in the pan. Sure, everyone likes someone they’ve never seen before. Pretty girls that are new to the scene are always exciting and seemingly full of potential. The question is are you good enough that people are going to search your name, day after after day, for 10-20 years? Do you want to truly succeed and are you willing to do what it takes to achieve real success and fame and keep it.

Nude Exercise Guide Part One

Posted on June 2, 2011 by admin

Fitness Model
Standing Torso Reach - works lats	Overhead stretch - works abdominals	Standing Calf Stretch - works calves	Arm Circles - works shoulders
Standing lateral stretch - works abdominals	Standing toe touches - works calves	Sqatting - works butt, thighs, and lower back	Single leg squat
Single leg balance	Standing Quad Stretch - works quadriceps	Push-ups - works deltoids,triceps,biceps	Child's Pose & Upper Back Prayer - works shoulders and lower back
Side Lying Groin Stretch - works quadriceps and hamstrings	All Fours Quad Stretch - works quadriceps	Bridge stretch - works flexibility and lower back	Pelvic thrust/tilt - works lower back
Bow Pose - works abdominals	Cool down

Got these pictures today, and realized there doesn’t seem to be a definitive guide to nude fitness. I find that just a bit ironic since besides being fit for life, for one’s health and well-being, fitness is also about looking good naked and sexual performance. We all know though, deep down, most people exercise for the sexual and cosmetic benefits, and the health benefits are incidental. I did a little reading, and I probably knew this, but was reminded, that gymnastics is basically a Greek word for Loves to work out naked. I’m serious. Look it up.

We all know the ancient olympics were competed in nude. I just wish society hadn’t become so prude that we lost the true nature of gymnastics. Only thing is that the girls are often so young, it would most likely be immoral to watch the perform naked. They still have nude olympics, by the way, but they’re not regarded with the same esteem as the regular, non-nude olympics. Perhaps, the nude olympics should be called The Olympics and the Olympics should be called the Non-Nude Olympics. It’s worth thinking about.

When compiling this first part to what I’ll try and make into a series, I discovered just how hard it is to find out the names of different stretches and exercises that can be done without the aid of equipment. Another problem is that there is a blending with yoga poses, so, between disciplines, dancing, gymnastics, aerobics, yoga, and other sports, it’s hard to get a straight answer on what certain poses are called. You can only do so much, right? You have two arms, two legs, a head, hands, and feet. Why is there such a lack of uniformity. I spent a few hours researching and really couldn’t find a definitive list of exercises which can be considered cross-disciplinary.

Are there any benefits to working out and stretching nude? I’d say plenty, especially for fitness models and nude models whose body is and physique is the subject and focus of the photography. Fashion models can get away with a myriad of fitness transgressions as long as they’re skinny. Clothes designers and fashion photographers are paid for how clothes appear on the model. For nude models, your flesh, and every physical imperfection is on display. You might as well look as fit as possible. Plus, working out nude, and just spending time naked will make disrobing at shoots and performing, modeling, even easier. It’s a confidence booster.

Confidence reads in still images and videos, and you can never be overconfident when it comes to nude modeling. You never know what a photographer or assistant might say, even pointing out an imperfection on your body while you’re standing there naked. It’s those sudden criticisms which can kill a model’s self-esteem and will to work in an instant. You’re there to do a job, though, and you can’t walk off the set, sobbing about your gut. No, with extra confidence, a reservoir to combat self-doubt, the comment will be like water on a duck’s back. Some people are born with bodies. Others have to work for theirs. Models who put in the effort to look their best earn something more valuable than money. They earn self-respect and dignity.
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