Rongnongno Loc: FL

Most great nude portraits, compositions or abstracts are espousing the 'less (exposure) is more' and so do boudoir photographers.

Why?

Nudity for the sake of nudity is banal, even ugly if you think about it. Hide it and the imagination wanders and there you have the biggest potential showing by hiding, play hide and seek if you prefer.

Just think about it.

Robeng Loc: California

Rongnongno,

I think about it all the time, and I disagree with what you say. I shoot beautiful girls all the time and if a woman feels good about how she looks and wants to give an image that reflects that to her significant other I'll say go for it no matter how explicit it is. For me its how you present it, maybe that's why they keep coming back for more.

Feel free to go to the boudoir gallery here on the Hog. You'll see plenty of my images.

Rob

TheStarvingArtist

Thank you Ron. I could not agree with you more. You will see that in many of my photos in the boudoir gallery. Here is my most recent post.
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-419381-1.html

tainkc Loc: Kansas City

Interesting isn't it? I am very disappointed with this particular gallery for the most part. I mean, just how many ways are there to photograph Bambi and her sister, Candy kneeling on a bed with their bombay doors wide open anyway?

Boudoir photography on the other hand is extremely difficult to do right. I look at all of you stuff, and of course some of it is better than others. That is just the name of the game. I study your posts with keen interest. There have been other types of nude photography posted here that is also very good, if not quite exquisite. But these are far and few between in my opinion. I have tried some boudoir photography myself, and quite frankly, I stunk the place up; so, no postings here.

If I were 13 and wanted to look up porn, I guess there are much better sites than this to do so. Maybe I was expecting too much here. Oh, well.

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

Never heard of it.
Just which great nude portraits are you referring to?
Do you mean something by maybe Weston, Mapplethorpe or maybe Tunick??
In the sub-genre of body-scapes there is often a tendency to be minimal. Also to be B&W and very contrasty, thus graphic.
In any genre, there is good and there is bad, doesn't matter if it's tight or loose.
SS

Rongnongno Loc: FL

Most of your work seems to be 'hard' (not as hardcore). It feels angry, disturbed in some way.

The link to your image feels like a self portrait that is between self loathing and despair.

My 'interpretation' or opinion is likely off the mark but this is how I interpret many of your posts, especially the composites that try to create a 'new reality' that is dark, a bit 'goth'.

It is similar in some way to a Swedish male photographer who kind of denied his model's femininity. (I knew one of his model on a very personal level and he made her look like a drunken whore in man's bathroom* ~ I hated her representation as such as she does not drink, does not take drugs and while 'portee sur la chose' she was the epitome of 'a woman'). In this case I guess the photographer was presenting his own failure as a man, his anger at something he cannot control leading to his 'demeaning style'.

If I offend you with my comment, please accept my apologies.

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* There was no nudity but the way she was sprawled and her panties hanging off her foot implied she just had 'questionable' sex.

jim quist Loc: Missouri

to each his own.

TheStarvingArtist

Why should I be offended? My work creates an emotional response in you, as it should.

par4fore Loc: Bay Shore N.Y.

Speaking from many years of experience; the most interesting girl on a nude beach is the one walking by in a bikini.

lukan Loc: Chicago, IL

I love this site and I respect the exceptional efforts put forth by every contributor to it. If it isn't what you wanted or imagined it to be, then improve it by posting what you like and either have others comment, or simply don't post or visit here at all.

Gpa-15 Loc: Tinton Falls, NJ

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Hi 'Rongnongno'... Hmmmm, Come to Think of IT, i used to spend HOURS, watching 'Sally Rand' ...all the While HOPING that I'd be able to SEE beyond 'Those FANS'.!.!.!

Gpa-15 Loc: Tinton Falls, NJ

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Hi 'lukan'... "...DITTO..."

bdk Loc: Sanibel Fl.

I like partially clad women, I like naked women, I like tall, short, fat, thin I like all women. The thing is, are we here to judge the model? Nope we're here to enjoy the actual photography, is the lighting right, how are the shadows etc etc. I read the comments about the pix and I learn a lot, things are pointed out that I didnt notice when I first looked at it.
shooting nudes and boudoir is probably one of the hardest things in photography.
You have a woman with a few rolls and sags and wrinkles etc, but first you have to remember she has someone home that thinks she's the most beautiful thing in the world. It then becomes your job to capture that beauty. Sometimes its NOT easy.

RichieC Loc: Adirondacks

Couldn't agree more on every single point. Seeing how something shouldn't be done, through others mistakes, is perhaps more important than seeing how it should be. Home runs, 10's in gymnastics (Old scale), any master at work, tend to make it seem "easy".. it's all the mistakes, dead-ends, trial and errors where the real learning took place.

ArtzDarkroom Loc: Near Disneyland-Orange County, California

I've had plenty of opportunities to photograph women nude and often as I've tried, I have failed to capture what my imagination expected to immortalize. I failed miserably. I admire the ability of some here that are able to get it done right. As for the others that are failing miserably at capturing her at her finest, I sympathize.