To the Models and Xmodels

what is the most beautiful place you've shot?

what about the most exciting?



To the fans ...what sets did you find the most beautiful (not the models or how the model looked but the backdrop)

Honestly I like the simple sets. One of my favorites is the "Infinity" sets where they are on a white background and there's nothing else in the picture. also a green grass blue sky set is high on my list

Some of the best background shots i have enjoyed, were from NinjaKazm....I like his work....

I really like the sets done in the "blue" room at Nikki's and Mumz's studio.....just seems to make the models stand out more, imo .....i enjoy all the sets done from all the sites I am a member of!!!!! .....

Bryci has an excellent set right by a railway track with a train going right past! Daring. Beautiful. Love it.

Personally, I always think outside pics look best. The light is better; the colours brighter; and it's just way more daring. However, I find it more difficult to do outdoors pics now I shoot by myself. It's much slower, and more fiddly; and somehow way more suspicious when someone 'just happens' to walk by and wonder why I'm half naked. At least when my ex bf took my picture they'd just think 'ooohh, young love, fornicating in the bushes'.

NOT anymore.

Originally Posted by Gina

Bryci has an excellent set right by a railway track with a train going right past! Daring. Beautiful. Love it.

Personally, I always think outside pics look best. The light is better; the colours brighter; and it's just way more daring. However, I find it more difficult to do outdoors pics now I shoot by myself. It's much slower, and more fiddly; and somehow way more suspicious when someone 'just happens' to walk by and wonder why I'm half naked. At least when my ex bf took my picture they'd just think 'ooohh, young love, fornicating in the bushes'.

NOT anymore.

i'm good with a camera ... just saying

I love the empty bed white sheet sets that a new of the girls have done

and I agree Gina out door sets always look better

something about digital cameras that work best with natural lighting

The thing that comes to mind first when thinking of photoshoot backdrops is an old MeganQT set that was done in a small gorge or ravine kind of place. The dark colors (browns and greens and grays) and rough textures as a background did an incredible job offsetting the brightness of the outfit and smoothness of the model's skin.

It may or may not have been the same area where a Tiffany and Megan shoot took place as well, where they were frolicking in a river.

I also recall a windswept beach at sunset by... uhhh... one of Nasty Ned's... Casey! Casey's Kisses... that I really liked as well.



I guess it's safe to say that I like outdoor settings as well.

Nikki did a few outside that came out really great. She did one near a lake and another in an outdoor hot tub. The lake one was had some great scenery and the hot tub one was damn sexy.

Really depends...although I am a big fan of outdoor sets. As for the "blue room", can someone provide a set one of Nikki's sites that was taken in such a place? (It is possible I may not know what the blue room is.)

I hear Rachel is a fan of Robert's Shoot Apartment ...

I think its always the girl that can either make or break a scene. I've seen some of the models who heighten outdoor scenery and some that ruin it just by appearing in front of it. Same goes for bed's, cars, pool tables, showers, etc...

Originally Posted by ProTender

I love the empty bed white sheet sets that a new of the girls have done

These types of shoots are among my favorites for glamour-type or boudoir-type shoots. Lots of soft light coming in from a window, white rumpled sheets, tantalizingly covering yet hinting at things... It's sexy and powerful. I would love to do a few shoots like this. Unfortunately, I don't have anywhere I could do it. I guess if I had a rented studio with proper lighting, I could mimic window light, but even still.

something about digital cameras that work best with natural lighting

Well, indoor shots are usually messed up by the fact that people don't know how to use the white balance controls on their cameras. You can easily make indoor shots with tungsten lighting look just as good and rich as outdoor shots with sunlight. Oftentimes, it's simply a question of having enough light, though. Sunlight offers opportunities that indoor shots simply don't give you, like the ability to really work with depth of field (it's impossible to shoot at ƒ/11 indoors unless you've got some damn powerful lights) and lower ISOs, which give you better color rendition.

Add to that the fact that most people with ordinary digital cameras only use straight-on flash with no softening, and you end up with lighting that simply doesn't flatter. The best thing you can do with an attached flash on your camera is to get it off your camera with a cable and hold it off angle. It immediately changes the quality of the photo for the better.

Sorry, went into photogeek mode there for a bit.

I really liked this one set Cass did, and it was on/near railroad tracks...but I think there was a tree-line on one side of the pic. It kinda had this kinda "out in the middle of nowhere" kinda feel. I like being away from society sometimes lol

I would say outdoor sets are the best

Originally Posted by Shannon

I would say outdoor sets are the best

Yep I agree.