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Tats don't work for me
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No doubt I will alienate a lot of folks, but tats on a model don't work for me. In the photographs I'm fortunate enough to view here, as well as those I've taken myself, if a model has tattoos that's all I see. No matter how brilliant the composition, lighting, mise en scene, styling, costume, pose, the model's figure or expression, if she or he is tatted...that's what my eye is drawn to and it negates everything else.
If I can't photoshop the tat out, I won't shoot. Not that I shoot models that much, and hence I've become selective, but I want the image to be a collaboration between me and the model, not the ink.
I sure appreciate self-expression (you ought to see the way I dress or play the saxophone lol), and piercings don't bother me unless they're disfiguring; call me old-school, but I want the viewer's eye to go where I imagine it should go, not straight to the tat.
Am I the only one with this focus problem?
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Fakes, Imposters and Thieves
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Why the hell does it take so long to get them banned? Half the artistic nude category has been filled with one this week, despite a vociferous reportage from many members.
I don't come here to see panderers, I come to see original work.
I know DA moderators have a huge job, and I love the community they've sponsored, but lately it's out of hand. I can tell by the titles of the images - "perfect ass" or "great tits". No photog titles his work that way, because we can't imagine we're creating porn.
All right, rant over.
I don't come here to see panderers, I come to see original work.
I know DA moderators have a huge job, and I love the community they've sponsored, but lately it's out of hand. I can tell by the titles of the images - "perfect ass" or "great tits". No photog titles his work that way, because we can't imagine we're creating porn.
All right, rant over.
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