Tag: ask

Do you ever get a boner while shooting these lovely ladies?

Ive actually been asked this on my other tumblr (derekwoods.tumblr.com) before and I dont think I could answer better now than I did then so here you go:

Anonymous asked: you must get so sexually frustrated when shooting

LOL. This is not an uncommon assumption, and although my answer likely applies to most other photographer, I dare not speak for them all.

When you are photographing a model there is energy there, but its creative energy; not erotic energy. You are creating something with someone that happens to be nude, you’re not engaging them in an erotica way and happen to have a camera. At least thats my opinion anyway. So, no, I dont get sexually frustrated or even aroused when I shoot; I get creatively inspired.

How do you prep before shooting someone? Do you ever get nervous?

Unless its like a impromptu shoot I prep by going over the looks that Julie designed, going over my plan for the lighting, background and space.

I kind of then spend the time loading all my cameras to get my thoughts in a row.

However, once I start shooting I have those guides in mind but really hand it all over the model, and what happens live in the moment. I believe that if you try to stick to a structure 100%, at least for me, you end up missing the magic of the moment.

I never get nervous anymore but I use to. Now I just enjoy it so much Im like a kid in a candy store running around switching cameras like mad.

Tumblr should’ve put proper age verification in place, certain words for different ages…. Also, they should have some sort of tag validation, searching for youself or say Alysha Nett can give some unrelated results, this is the main problem

I agree. Either of those would have been better steps. The step they took was in corporate interest and only could have been decided on by seeing nudity as something worth hiding and not worth even taking time to consider a better solution.