I need some advice, /p/
Next week I'm shooting a girl, it'll be a nude session
what do you guys recommend for light equipment and lenses?
>Equipment
I'll shoot digital and probably film, too, to experiment a little (for my portfolio and sideprojects)
I'll have a Nikon 3200 with kit lenses (18-55 and 50-200)
For film cameras, I'll use a Pentax K1000 with a 50mm prime, a Nikon N90 with 70-220 and a 18-200 (I can use these lenses on the digital Nikon, too), and a medium format Yashica-D
>Context
It'll be a nude session, but not a regular one
The girl is a prostitute and wants the photos to use them as advertisement in one of those vip escort sites
We'll probably shoot in my friend's appartment, and she wants some hot poses, so ideas on poses are welcome too
thanks in advance, /p/
>pic unrelated
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Is renting lighting an option? A pair of studio lights with big softboxes would be the easiest way to light this, and would pretty much take the camera out of the equation. Even a cheap consumer point and shoot will look good if it's shooting a nude lit by a pair of Profoto heads with 60" boxes.
>>2785677
I'm trying to borrow a couple of external flashes and softboxes from a friend of mine, because it would be ideal for me, and would give me more control over the light
I don't want the light to be too hard, neither too cold
My idea is to make the scene in warm tones and soft light, using bouncers and sofboxes
the problem is I'm very short on money, and I'll do it for free (she's a friend of one of my best friends, so I'll shoot her for free for her purposes, and in return I can have her as a model for my portfolio in future sessions), so renting equipment is not on my plans, as it's way too expensive
Is there anything I could do with a couple of flashes like these?
>pic related (I have a Nikon SB 22 or something close to it)
>>2785690
Given your lighting, it's gonna be a bit tricky but should still be doable. If your friend is a photog, see if you can borrow a fast prime for your digital as well, a 50 is actually a pretty good length on crop for this kind of thing.
Go devour strobist's site if you haven't already, he's got the best resources out there on doing big shoots with little lights.
A few other things I'll recommend. First of all, make sure your friend's apartment is ready to shoot, and that it has room to set up lighting and for you to get far enough from your subject to use a long-ish lens. Make sure it's clean, that nothing glaring will be in the background, and that the light bulbs match so you don't have weird zones of white balance if you have background lights on.
Another thing I'd suggest is to ask your "model" to bring a whole bunch of nice lingerie. You'll be shooting nudes, too, but a good lingerie shot can be sexier and classier at the same time, adds some visual interest, and I think it suits a "vip escort" site better than coming straight out of the gate with a full nude.
>>2785661
Is that the Metro bus?
>>2785717
I took that pic in the subway of São Paulo, Brazil
I was using a 36-shots film, but tried to take a 37th pic, and it came out with that white area
I like this pic, gives me a dream-like sensation because of the white "fog"
>>2785713
>UPDATE
>LIGHT PROBLEM SOLVED
Thanks to our Lord and Savior Belphegor I managed to borrow a friend's external flash, and he'll lend me his tripod, a softbox and a wireless trigger (I don't know the exact name of that stuff you plug in the camera to simultaneously shoot and discharge the flash)
Thanks for the tips about the flare and about testing before (didn't think about that before because I've never shot in a confined place before, only in open spaces or studios)
Ok, so the light problem is solved now
Still need tips about how to direct her, though
It's different from shooting a simple nude session
I tought about the lingeries and stuff, I find it way sexier than just nude pics
Another thing I tought of was asking her to interact with items like ropes and stuff, but I don't think it's a good idea, because not everyone would like things like that
Hi fellow paulista,
So, what are your thoughts about background? all black or your mate apartment?
I don't know, but I would take this kind of picture in a motel room.
about lingerie, I would ask her to bring about 2 pairs, shoot some pictures with both pairs, and some other photos naked, but, keeping her breasts and vagina hidden from the picture (sexier).
About itens, your choice. You should bring some too, take some pictures and later choose in lightroom the best pictures from all.
click everything, click all your ideas.
>>2785849
Ha, greetings from São Paulo! Thanks, if you've been to Brazil I hope you've had nice experiences and met awesome people
so, yeah, I think two lingeries are enough, so that it doesn't look like she's wearing a different one in every pic, but I'll try to ask her to bring around 5-6 to see what matches with the ambient, the colours, textures, light, and the mood of the ambient and her own mood
for her escort page I think it'd be better to make her look sexy without showing much, even when nude, but a couple of pics of herself showing off her body, because in the end men looking for girls on escourt sites are probably expecting to see her private parts, so I'll have to take some of those pics
but for my own portfolio and experiments I think I'll get her some ropes, belts, chains and stuff
pretty much what you said, "click all my ideas"
>>2785661
BENIS IN VAGINA XD
Show boobz pls
>>2785881
that's pretty much the point
