Have You Ever
Yesterday was Ask MCB/CG Day so today I thought we would turn the tables and ask our visitors a question. I hope someone out there in blogland can provide some insight.
Have you ever had a “private” photo session for someone? If so, how were things arranged? Did you go to them, did they come to you are or did you meet someplace neutral? What sort of arrangements, if any, did you make regarding posting the pictures? Is it something that you would do again?
I know that’s more than one question but there are a lot of things to consider.
P.S. We’ll be back tonight with our Two For Tuesday post.
I did a private photo session about 2 years ago. It was a for a photographer that my husband and I met on the internet. After talking for a while online, and looking at some of his other work (he had a page on One Model Place, a site for photographers, models, actors, etc.) we phoned and made arrangements to meet halfway at a hotel. We used the hotel room, pool and even did some shots outside of the room since we seemed to be the only guests. I signed a release form that gave him the right to publish the photos for profit, but only if I was compensated for them. He has made monetary offers, which we have declined so far. He has been able to use the photos for his portfolio, and I have been able to use the photos for my own personal site, trading, etc. I’m not sure if I would do it again or not. My husband came along for my safety and the guy was very nice and seemed harmless. Some of the pics were really good, others I felt were unflattering shots and my husband, an amateur, can and has done better! I’d say out of the almost 200 photos taken that day, I would feel good about using maybe a dozen!
Am I alone in hoping your enquiry is one of academic interest only or perhaps no more than a passing fantasy? Why would anyone want to introduce a third party into such a beautiful sex-life? I love the idea of “sharing” Emma through my blog. But the thought of introducing any one else into the equation – even if only as a flesh-and-blood voyeur is anethema to us both. It’s a giant step from enjoying sex in situations where we might be accidentally observed. Perhaps the only exception would be a professional video or still photographer.
We have done a little experimentation with third parties present. It NEVER seems to be the turn on in real life as much as the excitement of talking about it via email. Both times we tried it was a bit of a letdown for both of us.
I must admit one was a fantasy for me and the other was for him.
He also had a threesome before we were married and was the invited guest. It was not a satisfactory event.
Our best play involves other peoples photographing our requests and exchanging emails, either for a fee or for a return set of pictures. There is a world of fetish lovers out there that need more than boy/girl sex.
I have had many requests for lactation and period photos. Diaphragm and tampon insertion pictures are the next rage as are napkin requests followed by enema and anal shots.
We only grant requests that are proper and do it ONLY IF we feel like it. Our circle is small and I have at times used the items they provided during our photos.
GG and MCB adding a third party is not the way to go. Love your openness, Wendy
Ms. J: Thanks for telling us your experience. I can’t see us taking any photographs good enough to publish for profit. There is not much demand for 40-something bald guys. And I think I can take some pretty good photographs of California Girl if she is the only one in the picture. But I’m not very good at taking pictures with both of us in them. That’s the real issue that we’re looking for a solution too. But, from what you say, the photographs may or may not turn out better than ones we have taken ourselves. I think that is what we’ll do for now. Perhaps I’ll get a better tripod.
Alfie: We aren’t turning into swingers. There is still a lot more left for us to discover as a couple. A “third party” is on the to-do list as something that we might like to try at some point in our lives but it’s not something we are considering doing in the near future.
We don’t mind real life voyeurs but that was not essence of the question. We really were referring to photographers. We currently use a table top tripod, an infrared remote and/or a timer to take the photographs which we post (or keep in our private collection). Unfortunately, we don’t have enough places for the tripod so the photographs aren’t the quality that we would like since they are limited by the camera positions being restricted to certain heights and angles.
A human photographer would have much more freedom and presumably could take better pictures. Being a professional photographer is not a requirement; but we would want for the person to be creative and artistic and truly be able to direct the photo session. Of course there are other things involved. Like many things, the devil is in the details and we are curious how things worked out for anyone who tried it.
Wendy: This is the kind of input that we were hoping for; hearing about other people’s experiences. We have wondered that the anticipation might be better than the actual event. To be honest, we had not considered all of the things that are possible online. That is something that we will have to give more thought to.
Your comment about the tripod strikes a cord. I am always afraid I’m going to knock the damned thing over. I have just ordered something called (over here at least) a gorillapod. It has three short flexible legs which can get a firm grip on anything – door knobs, chair-backs, headboards and the like. I’m hoping this will do the trick for us.
Alfie: The gorillapod seems like a really good idea. They are available here as well. I visited their web site and was intrigued. When it arrives, please let me know your experiences with it.
Funnily enough I just wrote about this on my blog recently. I ‘starred’ in a photo shoot a few years ago. Nakedness on a golf course and a few rather fun shots including one with the ball teed up on her nipple, another with us searching for the ball in amongst the undergrowth, and finally a few taken ‘behind the clubhouse’ where she found my balls very effectively.
It was fun, but it wasn’t sexy.
The arrangements were very businesslike. But I doubt this is the sort of photo session you were thinking of.
Freddy: Thanks. I went to your blog and read the post. Sorry to hear that it was so “un-sexy”. We’d really like to imagine it being a fun and super sexy. Not so much being “directed” and trying to follow a story line; but not having to worry about taking pictures and being able to focus 100% on the task at hand. Sometimes, we use a timer, but the best shouts don’t happen neatly on 20 or 30-second intervals. But it would be cool to do a photo shoot on a golf course or someplace else outside.