Fine Art BBW Nude - Suggestions Sought

[michael comerford]

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Hi everyone, and thanks for having a read !<P>

 

I'm a budding semi-pro living in the Blue Mountains of NSW, Australia, and I'm

looking for some tasteful suggestions regarding nude poses.<P>

 

Specifically I'm looking for some nice inspiration for a slightly larger lady in

her late 30's, and better yet she'd like her photography done outside in the

Great Australian bush.<P>

 

I've shot studio nudes for younger/slimmer women, and there are millions of

options out there to take inspiration from, however anything for the larger

frame is generally cheap porn, and that is <b>not</b> what the client is after.

Elegant / Tasteful / Natural imagery is the brief. She's a genuinely lovely

lady which wonderful features (face, hair, body dimensions etc.)<P>In fact she

is somewhat like Katty Starshine, a resident here at Photo.net.<P>

 

The intended shoot zone will have a bit of everything - a slow moving

creek/river/lagoon with a sandy beach, a short distance away are cliff-top views

out over a valley, and of course the sort of scrubby bush that is so prevalent

here in Australia.<P>

 

Serious suggestions only please - I'm looking for either suggestions or links to

examples of <i>fine art</i> larger lady nudes. Rubenesque would be wonderful !<p>

 

Thanks in advance for your gracious assistance. <p>

 

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[brucecahn]

Coming up with the photos is the challenge. Why would you give that up to follow suggestions from others? Do you want to copy someone else's pictures or do your own? Stay with the moment when it happens.

[ilkka]

I think you answered your own question. Just type Rubens into a search engine for images. I can't quickly think of other advice, or better examples.

[michael comerford]

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It's more for the subject to help her choose what she'd like to see hanging on her wall. I agree wholeheartedly that following anothers work, or trying to recreate it, is not an option, and once we do get out there on the 15th Nov I know that it will be predominantly me and what I can see through the lens that will make the difference. <P>

Getting her to that point is the task at hand ! <P>Re using Rubens as a search tool, I tried that however most of his work was indoors (at least I've not been able to locate anything significant outdoors) and has not met with great approval unfortunately.<P>

 

 

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[brucecahn]

Michael: Any real figure painter will tell you that Rubens was one of the greatest ever at drawing and painting people. Yes his name has come to mean full figured, but that has nothing to do with the quality of the work, which is mentioned as being on a par with Rembrandt and Velazquez.

[c_e6]

I love the Rubens suggestion! I'm planning on shooting a model who much bigger than average (in height also). Look for smooth surfaces for tonality....your shots should be incredible.

 

If it were me, I'd just shoot a LOT of film (or cards), trying to get a feel for the best angles. Watch the light also, I'd imagine that as the sun gets higher, it might not do good things for her....

[mrstubbs]

I'd be thinking about the light more than anything. Your "shady character" lighting would be great start for mood.

[beauh44]

Well just don't <a href="http://www.leonardnimoyphotography.com/7body.htm">forget about Dr. Spock!</a>

[michael comerford]

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Funnily enough I only just found the Full Body project a few hours ago - thanks so much for the info.

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It's amazing me somewhat (and it's very sad too) that I can't find quality tasteful full bodied nudes very easily, unless I want crass porn (not appropriate for this client).

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Maybe there's a niche out there . . . . .

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[thebird]

Haha Dr Spock! I actually find his quite average but i'm loyal cos he's spock.

 

It's not easy to be unique here but it's all in the emotional connection/ friendship with the

model in my opinion.

 

I've only shot 3 nudes and we had a blast during the day shoots and all models had

different things they did well. My favourite is actually a B&W headshot of a friend of mine

who was looking past the camera?and was a favourite of my recent exibit too! It was

unposed as I always take extra shots while chatting. sneaky.

 

I'm currently studying Andreas Bitesnich and every now and then, studiomagazines.com.au

have some of the greatest modern figure photographers but you've got to take the bad

with the good.

 

I say just shoot the same person for a while and notice how the photographs' attidute

changes?

[erica_green1]

I agree with what Ilkka said. Do a search with rubens on google. Although many people I know are BBW at largeplace.com. But none of them like to be taken nude photo.

[jdrose]

Mr. Hooker,

 

That is Mr. Spock NOT Dr. Spock...

[george_ghio]

<p>e-vint.com has a large collection of photos from the masters of photography in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Larger women feature in this era.</p>

[george_ghio]

<p>e-vint.com has a large collection of photos from the late 1800s and early 1900s. Larger women were the norm then. The photographers then knew a thing or two about poses that flatter. Lots of free stuff as well as CD collections for sale.</p><div></div>