On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 7:30 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 07:04:09PM -0500, Bruce Walker wrote: >> Good gawd no, Larry. You only do that for sheer comedy. >> >> Here's what happens when you pose men like women: >> http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/alicia-mariah-elfving-ducati-dealership >> >> Try to view that with a straight face. I dare you! ;-) > > I think that that page goes a long way to pointing out some of the > ridiculousness that is common in photographing women. > I suppose that I should have said "equivalent" rather than the > "the same" pose.
Ridiculous? Really? They are glamour shots. The woman looks _amazing_. Look, you and are just wired differently, Larry. :-) > For example, here are Candice's photos of me: > http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=75558245@N00&q=larry In a few of those you look just like a burger and fries. Mmmmmm. > And some of my photos of a friend: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157625920855489/ > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157629250099556/ > The second set mostly involves poses that I simply could not get > into, even at my most flexible, and even so may not work as well > with the male form, even beyond flexibility, but I think that most > of the poses of me would work nearly as well with women as with > a guy, and likewise I think that most of the poses in the first > set of my friend are fairly gender neutral. I dunno. Not convinced. But as I say I haven't studied enough male nudes to really know. It's just one of those things one has to practice to get right. > This, by the way, from the second set: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6845930276/in/set-72157629250099556 > > Is one of my favorite of all my photos It's very good. I like it too. But I wouldn't pose a male that way in a million years. Unless he had really great boobs. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
