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Fair question. Any guy will look at a hot girl and be interested. Any guy will look at a hot NAKED girl and his
body will respond instinctively.
How does a photographer manage? It's not very professional to be trying to shoot while tenting your pants. I
can't speak for everyone but for me, it's never been a problem. Good photography is actually quite
challenging. Shitty photography is something else and I can't speak to that either, but good photography
takes effort. And if you're a good photographer you want to get paid so getting good shots is important.
And getting good shots is not trivial. There are a LOT of moving parts in the process --
Coordinating the shoot -- studio, props, makeup, wardrobe, lighting, scheduling, paperwork. It's a lot and
that's before the girl ever steps in the room.
Equipment issues -- this tech is a bitch. You see guys all smooth, everything just working right. In real life,
lights misfire, the camera acts weird, batteries run out and have to be swapped out, the background music
stops, props break and fall over. You have to be on top of it to make sure everything keeps working, checking
the shots to make sure the lights are doing what they're supposed to, and consistently.
Managing the model -- you go into "don't be a creep" mode. You weird the model out, shots are gonna suck.
So you're friendly, courteous, respectful, playful, funny, and constant talking and engaging to be as normal
as possible. Your instinct is to focus on the shots quietly but that will weird her out. TALK to her. Make her
laugh. Be goofy. Then guide her. She may be a professional, or not. Maybe she'll give you poses, or not.
YOU know what you want -- TELL her. So you're constantly interacting with her while you're trying to get the
shots and make the equipment behave. AND you have to do this in a set amount of time because you pay her
PER HOUR. So you are doing all this as fast as possible.
Environment -- you're changing the background, hanging curtains, moving furniture, changing the lights,
getting refreshments out, keeping the music going, checking room temperature.
It's quite a lot to handle. I think of it like a pilot flying an airliner. Maybe there's turbulence and it's kinda
stormy. The passengers in the back may be upset and start getting queasy. Does the pilot get sick? No. He
has to fly the plane. I think something in the brain says -- I CAN'T get sick -- if I throw up we all die. So I
HAVE to fly the plane.
I remember one shoot with a "shared model". Someone was shooting her before me and I got her next. I got
there early and they were still shooting. They said go ahead and hang out we're almost done. I did and she
was doing her thing. THEY were shooting, I wasn't. And then yes, I could feel myself stirring. As I had to
shoot her next, I didn't want that interference going on so I excused myself and stepped outside and started
thinking about what I had planned for the shoot.
WATCHING a shoot, yes super hot. Actually SHOOTING? Yeah no, we're working. I'm literally on the clock
and I gotta get shit done.
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