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Archive for July, 2010

Question: Fat girls and tasteful nude photos?

I'm a big girl, but I still have some great qualities. I'd like to take tasteful nude pictures, but I'm having issues on how to go about posing to hide my less attractive qualities. This will all be done at home, so no professional lighting, no professional photographer...I want to look beautiful, enticing, but not quite pornographic...think tastefully erotic (Playboy, not Hustler). Can anyone help with poses, lighting, any kind of advice? Thanks guys.

Answer: To add to what fhotoace said, You can practice a few things ahead of time, like posing.

Some really big girls dont like to be on all 4's when doing erotica, as their belly may hang a bit. Its not something that bothers me. But, to see what you really look like, light your room as well as you can, maybe using a window that has some sunlight coming thru it, use a mirror, or video cam setup to your tv, and actively pose, to see what you like the best, or maybe more importantly, what you dont like. The fewer shots that you dont like, the better chance of trying this again, learning from the process, and enjoying the feeling of letting it all out there.

Maybe try some of the "classic rubenesque" poses that you see in classic art, laid back on a chair or sofa, holding grapes above you as you nibble them from below.

For lighting, you can use the best light on you, and maybe bounce the light off the ceiling, or you can get glossy white posterboard or foamboard to bounce light. Bouncing bright or heavy light, will give it a softer feel when it hits you, and lessen the shadow effect a bit..

You can also use smaller lights to highlight your background, which will help to give some definition, so any shadows on you dont blend into the background.

While you will be the focus of each shot, using props to hold, or place around you, can add to the artistic effect of a shot. Having something like a flower, or something in your hand, can make you look more comfortable in a shot, if your trying to figure out poses.

Helwa Ya Balady - Dalida (Egypt My Beautiful Home Land)

Question: Vintage redecorating?

I am 15 turning 16 soon and my dream is to become a decorator, because i love homes and decorations and making things look beautiful. Our back guest bedroom was recently remodeled and will now be a "hangout" room for my friends and I, complete with a flat screen TV and pull out couch. It's a fairly small room but I had high hopes that maybe we could decorate the room around a retro gumball machine that we own that I planned on putting back there. Henceforth..I wanted it retro. But my mother doesn't want it to look vintage and I don't think she understands exactly what I want with my idea. I've looked into it and vintage stuff is cheap enough yet she won't budge. How can i convince her? Thank you

Answer: Save up your own money and buy small things to go in the room. That way they won't be permanent and it won't cost her any money. If she won't let you put them in the hang out room, then put them in your own bedroom and do your bedroom retro.

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