I was recently reading a models portfolio (I enjoy the articles too.) on a web site and came across this...
"I don't want to take photos that excite people sexually, but stimulate them creatively."
I realized that this is the same thought I have when creating my images.
It's difficult to determine what sexually excites from one person to another. So, there is leeway in what is and is not sexual.
Each photographer has their own way of expressing what makes them feel excited. (Same with models.) Whether it's a sexual excitement or not. Some like faces and shoot amazing head shots, some like full bodies and shoot Playboy-like, some like props, others leather, some rope, some clothing and others makeup. It can also be of technical things like lighting, color tone, or composition. Different things excite different people.
When shooting I'm always looking some something that displays the model as epic. Even if there are two amazing females in an image (like above) I'm looking not for a sexual reaction, but the reaction of a not so sexual "wow!" due to the style, lighting, posing, scenery and processing.
The above is Kaila and Kris in Las Vegas. Shoot in 2007.
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