Where do you draw a line on shooting a suggestive pose, one that you would not want to see your Wife, and or Daughter have taken? I have been ask to shoot some of them for young women, not illegal but on the racy or suggestive side. If I would not be comfortable with a family member having a picture in the pose, I think that would be a good guide line to go by. Others say that I am setting the standard arbitrarily and it is not my decision as long as it is legal, I disagree with that and I have the right to refuse. I agree that there is a lot them on adds and Tv.

Just tell him that you don't think you could get good pictures, and that you'd prefer not to try, rather than screwing up.

Cheers,


R.

If you say no you are only upsetting the model, the parents and maybe a handful of their friends that they go moaning to. This negativity will blow over quickly. Where as a lot more bad can come if you do decide to go ahead and shoot the images. The kind of stuff that will stick with you and will never blow over. Alsways safe guard yourself for the future! Even if the model is of legal age I still insist they have a chaperone and quite often I get my wife to sit in too. This way no rumours or lies can ever evolve.

I have turned pro for a few years now and have been in similar situations where I politely refused. I earn very good money and do often have to turn down work.

I am now faced with a similar situation as yours. My neighbour is a gamekeeper. He is a good friend and we do favours for each other. His humour is not like mine at all and we struggle to talk most of the time but if one of us needs something the other drops what ever we are doing and helps.

He shoots and traps all sorts of animals and in the past I have taken some really gritty and dark shots of his prey. These were not too graphic and he sent a few to some sporting magazines one even won a competition that I got credit for. This was not too much of a problem for me.

He now wants me to get some really bloody detailed shots of him gutting the animals and showing all the bullet holes etc. I do not agree with some of his principles and yet I do not wish to upset him and he simply can't grasp the fact that I do not want to do it.

I have been putting it off for some time now and inevitably I will have to do it so I do not damage our friendship. He is a different person to me and just would not understand my reasoning. Some might say "If he doesn't understand or respect my wishes then perhaps he is not a friend worth having". I can't explain it any better but its much deeper than this.

Besides, perhaps they should be reported?

To qualify a previous response of mine on this thread, I would not shoot illegal porn, such as snuff or underage nudity or sex.


Dave

I have made my neighbour sound like a monster. He is a nice guy and an animal lover. He keeps dogs but they are for his work but he loves my dog and I keep seeing him making a fuss of our cats through the window.

He is humain and keeps within the law with licences galore for this and that. The RSPCA (Royal society for the prevention of cruilty to animals) keep calling in on him and can't pick faults with how he works.

I have even helped him with the odd thing and he does not do it for sport. The trouble is he knows I can shoot a photo he has seen my work many times and even helped me a on shoots a few times. I have done photography for him (all free, thats the way we work). He knows im not that squeemish too.

Its just that bit too far over the line for my liking. I will do it though. He can count on me as I can count on him if I need help but I will hate every second and remember it, probably for the rest of my life.