If you have read our blog so far you will know that I started out taking portraits of families, children and models. But the business evolved over time into a nude and boudoir venue of photography because that’s what our clients wanted.
Just today, while shooting a male art model, we talked about the whole business of nude and boudoir photography. He was telling me that new art students are almost embarrassed to look at the naked human form. We talked about how the words nude, erotic, and boudoir have certain meaning in people’s minds. But we also talked about the art that we create when photographing or drawing the human form. As an art model he could relate to the sculptures, drawings and paintings of the great masters. Our print of Rodin’s sculpture “The Kiss” (one of our favorites) caught his eye, and we talked about lighting, shadows and he told me that when he poses for art students he always makes sure that his hands are visible because students have a hard time drawing hands, and it obviously is a neccessary part of the whole.
As a photographer, I enjoyed shooting with him because I love texture! The veins in his hands, the hair on his arms and the definition of his body just screamed BLACK AND WHITE. And even though I’m shooting with color digital, I’m envisioning what the image will look like in black and white. In my opinion color is “eye candy” but in black and white, it’s all about texture.
It was a great shoot and some images may end up on the website because he was thrilled with the results we were getting, and said he’d be happy for us to use the images on our site.
