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Old 02-09-2011, 06:07 AM  
Paul Markham
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The first one is very nice. Has a beautiful feel to it.

The others are just an amateur trying to be artistic.

Bad cropping and posing is the basic problem. Don't cut a girls hand off at the knuckles or arm at the elbow or get a cupboard with what looks like a mirror and then a blind cord in the background. It's distracting for the theme and showing lack of set up. Aslo it's about location, location, location, location. Can't be shot well in a cheap apartment.

To shoot this type of soft core you need to really think the whole set through. You need a ton of experience and talent. Joanie Alumn, Bob Twigg and Kevin Maklin were my favorite for this type of content.

Also the shooter needs to shoot a whole set. Loads of guys can shoot a set and pull out a few good frames. Takes planning to shoot a set with 120 different frames. Then there's the video.

It's not the area for the newbie to excel in. This is the level it competes with.

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