[higeek3000]

Hi Everybody! In late 2019 I bought a new digital DLSR camera wanting to get back into photography again as a hobby. I hadn't done much photography since college (mid 1990's) after my old film camera was stolen during a move. I majored in art in college and worked for about a decade as a graphic designer. I have never done photography professionally though I was once pretty handy with Photoshop (very rusty now). So keep in mind that I am an amateur as a shutterbug, not making money doing these photos. Actually I am spending too much on this,,,, ha ha.

I decided I wanted to start shooting some female models, in art nude and erotic poses. Some advice I got was to hire an experienced model for my first shoot which I did. It was good advice because she was great, needing little direction so I could work on getting used to a real camera again. It was great fun and a good first experience!

Most of my models are professional or at least part time paid models. Some are traveling models who tour the country regularly. I live in the Chicago area so most that do visit the city at least once a year or so. Finding amateurs models is a pain to arrange and so far have not really worked out yet. Hopefully I will find more of those in the future to broaden my portfolio.

So I will share with the forum some of the images I have shot. Sorry there won't be stories of having sex with the models because that doesn't actually happen.... But I will tell a bit what it's like to shoot these photos.

Does anybody else here on the forum do this as a hobby? If you do, please comment!

So I will start with a single photo of the third model I shot, to get this thread started.