WirtzWorld Loc: SE WI

This is the first girl I ever shot nude in my studio. Her name is Dawn, she has been posted here before. She brought Camiya to the studio with her and I photographed them both on my zebra rug. (Nude no.
096. Credited as Linda, although I just looked her up on my desktop and she is indeed Dawn)

Anyway, Dawns back, shot on Kodak portra with my Mamiya Super 645.

toxdoc42

lovely image, well done. i am only a little disturbed by the linear shadow from the string.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

This is an anticipation shot ... will the knot untie with one tug? Her buttocks are round and firm... a fitness club gal.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Excellent--enjoyed.

KindaSpikey Loc: English living in San Diego

Hey John, your first nude shot? I would have expected some nervous camera shake! It's surprisingly sharp. (joking of course), I'm sure you used a tripod!

WirtzWorld Loc: SE WI

Not my first nude shot. That probably happened in high school???

My first nude shoot in my own studio. I liked to shoot off-hand, but my partner and teacher Joe Ford insisted on me using a tripod. I also used a 4x5 in school, so I was accustomed to using one. I bet I have owned 20 really good tripods during my career. I’d get one and like it and then see one in a different studio that I fell in love with. Had to have one. If anyone tells you that photography is cheap after your camera and lights, don’t believe it. It’s a very expensive hobby, and even more so if you plan to do it as a vocation or an advocation.

Tripod envy is like penis envy, only more expensive.

No to mention camera envy, lights envy, studio envy, etc, etc, etc.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Great work on tonality and its subtle changes.
--Bob

KindaSpikey Loc: English living in San Diego

LOL, great reply. And I totally agree with the envy part!

Wroley1 Loc: Athens,GA

I really like the lighting pose and model. It's a nice photo and makes you want to look at it for a while.