hi all! I’m a a 27 year old woman, I recently started photography. I have an Instagram page, I also post in local TFCD groups looking for models so I can practice.
in the past month, more weird people have found me than normal ones. I had one dude who was asking for artistic very close up dick pics, who was clearly nuts so I declined. yesterday I posted to a group looking for a model for a Xmas studio slot I have, and of course within a few hours some guy messages me looking for artistic nudes.
is this a market gap here? or are they just perverts looking to make a move just because I’m a young woman? have you had any similar experiences?
If you’re starting out I’d highly recommend paying experienced models - you’ll learn more and get better pictures to start building out your portfolio. You’ll better value for money paying for a good model over any camera gear or studio space.
Disagree with this 100% because paid models are used to showing up in a t-shirt and having the whole shoot planned and styled. I’d recommend finding a new model with a nice outfit that fits your style.
How would an amateur go about doing this? Im very new into photography but I want to do portaits/stylized portaits and build up a portfolio, but i’ve read a lot of posts where people were talking about guys with no portfolio just wanting to bang models, so they get a creepy vibe from them wanting to take pics.
So far i’ve been able to get a few sets from strangers on the street and a few friends, but i’d really like to get pics of different people to learn and grow my portfolio
As an amateur photographer as well, what I did was ask friends. I made it clear from day one there were no nudes on the menu. Got some great portraits Again these were long term friends and I wasn’t looking to burn bridges.
My ex wife and I also paid a photographer to take artistic semi-nudes / implied nudes of us.