How to Charm the Pants off a Woman

Fine Art Nude Photography

I’m guess­ing you didn’t expect me to start off this week with a post on how to charm the pants off a woman, but here we are. In a post last week, I men­tioned that I was prepar­ing for a stu­dio ses­sion with a friend. This is one of my pho­tos from that ses­sion. The good news is that much of what I did to pre­pare paid off for me. The bad news is that I still didn’t get all the shots I wanted. That’s not ter­ri­ble news, though. We only booked a half-​day ses­sion and we man­aged to get a num­ber of dif­fer­ent types of pho­tos. High key, low key and a few keys in between. Most of all, we just had fun.

Although I didn’t men­tion it ear­lier, we wanted to shoot some nudes — implied and oth­er­wise. Peo­ple react in sur­pris­ing ways to nude pho­tos. Some think any nude photo is pornog­ra­phy. Oth­ers think it’s fine art pho­to­graph. Per­son­ally, I just wanted to be sure I could take a pho­to­graph of a model who wouldn’t show up with those damn thigh-​high striped socks. I hate those things.

How to Charm the Pants off a Woman

This started to come together because of a request I received from the model through the Model May­hem site. Some mod­els have made part of their liv­ing by trav­el­ing from town to town and book­ing ses­sions with pho­tog­ra­phers along the way. When I received the note from her, I shared the request with my friend Steve. It turns out that she was on his list of mod­els that he wanted to shoot. We split the fees for both he model and the studio.

Although I enjoy shoot­ing por­traits as much as any­one, I don’t have a rep­u­ta­tion for shoot­ing nudes. Also, I’m really not on Model May­hem very often. That’s why I was sur­prised to get her note. I asked her about it dur­ing the shoot and that’s when I dis­cov­ered that I have what it takes to charm the pants off a woman. You see, I’m on a list.

Model May­hem is full of lists. I men­tioned that Steve had her on his list of mod­els he wanted to shoot. Other pho­tog­ra­phers make lists like that, too. Peo­ple make lists about types of pho­tos they want to shoot. It’s sort of like Pin­ter­est with boobs.

It turns out that the mod­els have their own lists. I learned that I’m on a list of safe pho­tog­ra­phers. In other words, I’m part of a list of pho­tog­ra­phers on Model May­hem that some model(s) rec­om­mended as a per­son who will not has­sle, touch, annoy or stalk the mod­els that I shoot. This was wel­come news to me for two rea­sons. First, that’s because it’s true. All I want to do is take some pho­tos, crack a few jokes and have a fun ses­sion. Sec­ond, I was delighted to find out I wasn’t on another shit list.

That’s the secret of how to charm the pants off a woman. Be respect­ful and have fun at your photo shoot. Remem­ber that she’s a model, not your date. A few weeks ago, I was at a group shoot and one of the mod­els was vis­i­bly shaken when a pho­tog­ra­pher arrived who def­i­nitely stepped over the line with her. He was even show­ing up at her place of work a few times. That’s just creepy. Don’t be that guy. Be nice, take your pho­tos and don’t touch the mod­els. They prob­a­bly have another list for the guys who aren’t on the safe list. It’s prob­a­bly a shit list.

Now that you know how to charm the pants off a woman, use your power for good — not evil. Take some nice pho­tos of her and leave it at that.