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SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 1 day agoI think what a lot of people don’t realize is just how many shots are needed to get that one good one. Especially if doing it yourself.
I sent a really classy-looking black and white (because it evened out my skin and made the lace look extra nice) once, and it took me about 40 tries to get one I liked enough to send it. It took awkward positions, my arm got tired af, and if you’d been there in person it looked dumb as hell. Arms in weird places to hide them, legs bent funny, you get the idea. I had to try numerous poses to see what worked and didn’t, and it took about 45 minutes.
I’m by no means a photographer, I’m by no means a model, I’m not even a sexually-inclined person, but I am stubborn and persistent, and I’m introspective enough to know that if I think it looks nice and classy, most others will too.
I think that’s why women tend to have artistic photos and men tend to look like the swamp thing. Dude nudes tend to be the first pic they take, quality be damned. And often in dirty mirrors (do guys not know how to hold a phone to take a selfie without a mirror?).
Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 1 day ago
Now that i think about. I have been a bystander few times when some women have taken pictures, it does seem to take a lot of takes and time. Last one was a random birthday picture and even that took around 20-30 minutes and uncountable number of takes, i got bored, stopped counting and went to the kitchen to grab something to eat.
At the same time i haven’t seen many men do the same they seem to just take a random first picture, even if that and that’s good enough. The exclusion seems to be guys who are photographers or are into it as a hobby.
No, i do not. I wasn’t even aware thats possible. After 4+ years of training and trying to take peogress pics at the end of each phase, i still haven’t figured out how to take pictures of my back or frontal pictures without a mirror.
SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
I wouldn’t be able to take a selfie of my back without a mirror or the timer function, either, so thats normal I think. Frontal selfies aren’t too hard though.
You might benefit from a selfie-stick, or learning to use the timer on your camera app, they really help if you aren’t already accustomed to the hand contortions required to selfie with phone alone.
Otherwise it’s a weird and uncomfortable balancing act where you frame the phone with your index finger up the side, pinky supporting the bottom, two middle fingers holding the back, and hitting the photo button with your thumb.
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Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 1 day ago
Thats useful to know and I’ll give it a try next time. Thank you.
And thank for sharing, I’ll most definitely appreciate nudes much more from now on.