Stevie - Quit?
Go on, you can swear if you want to, because holy f**king lord she's working it here isn't she? There's no point beating around the bush, Stevie looks smoking at the best of times, but here, well, you know.
Now. That's done with, out of your system right?
Good.
One of my biggest criticisms I get from people in general isn't always a critical putdown as such, but a misunderstanding. And it's usually from guys, and sometimes girls who are insecure or a bit bitchy. And it's that age old "you only take photos of hot chicks to get them naked and hit on them, how many have you fucked, you should be ashamed of yourself etc etc..."
Er no. On several occasions I've got caught out by this, as frankly it's easier to play along with the 'Dave has an ideal job, shooting pretty ladies' thing than it is to continually explain and justify it to people. It's easier when you're sat in a bar with a bunch of guys and you're talking about doing this to laugh along and play it off as 'being cool' and act smug about being around people as stunningly beautiful as Stevie here.
Fact is, I do this for a reason. I do it because the ability and want and desire to record people, and to a greater extent the fascination with what it is about women in general that utterly captivates guys, is a massive segment of what makes me bother to pick up a camera in the first place. It's often the reason I bother to get up in a morning, it's a fuel, it's a fire and it drives me. As I've so often said, it's trying to capture real personalities that hide behind the outer shell, and to demonstrate those tiny wee things that make us guys dumb-founded by women that matters to me.
Stevie, and every other woman I've ever shot would attest (I think) to my utter paranoia about being 'that guy' when shooting stuff like this. I probably make things more difficult with the paranoia than by being a sleezy dick. I've never once dated a 'model', never once been hit on by a model (though that's kinda understandable!) and only ever flirted with them on occasion... And honestly, I think it's this, that means I can get away with trying to shoot stuff like this. I think it's what comes through, and what means I'm succeeding (hopefully) in taking those pictures for the right reasons instead of being just another cockhead using his camera to try and fuck pretty girls.
It's passionate to me that idea.
And it makes me sick to hear this week, that amongst the models you guys have already seen on these pages, and those waiting in the wings, that no less than four photographers have tried to be that 'bad guy'. There's no excuse for booking shoots, getting people there, changing the game plan and wheeling out the sex toys. There's no excuse no matter how fucking professional you are for assuming you can sit and rearrange model's undies for them to see stuff you're not entitled to. There's no excuse for actively recruting people only to quietly be posting your work (and syndicated photographers work) on websites that have distinctly but not definitely peadophilic leanings.
These guys, sat here with 140+ images to upload here, and staring down the barrel of a major but unfinished project, are the reason I'm considering stopping. Because no matter how much you laugh and joke about what you're shooting, or how many times you try and explain the real reasons, there's always these dumb bastards tarring the whole thing.
So here's Stevie, and it may be the last.
Quit?
Stevie - Quit?
Go on, you can swear if you want to, because holy f**king lord she's working it here isn't she? There's no point beating around the bush, Stevie looks smoking at the best of times, but here, well, you know.
Now. That's done with, out of your system right?
Good.
One of my biggest criticisms I get from people in general isn't always a critical putdown as such, but a misunderstanding. And it's usually from guys, and sometimes girls who are insecure or a bit bitchy. And it's that age old "you only take photos of hot chicks to get them naked and hit on them, how many have you fucked, you should be ashamed of yourself etc etc..."
Er no. On several occasions I've got caught out by this, as frankly it's easier to play along with the 'Dave has an ideal job, shooting pretty ladies' thing than it is to continually explain and justify it to people. It's easier when you're sat in a bar with a bunch of guys and you're talking about doing this to laugh along and play it off as 'being cool' and act smug about being around people as stunningly beautiful as Stevie here.
Fact is, I do this for a reason. I do it because the ability and want and desire to record people, and to a greater extent the fascination with what it is about women in general that utterly captivates guys, is a massive segment of what makes me bother to pick up a camera in the first place. It's often the reason I bother to get up in a morning, it's a fuel, it's a fire and it drives me. As I've so often said, it's trying to capture real personalities that hide behind the outer shell, and to demonstrate those tiny wee things that make us guys dumb-founded by women that matters to me.
Stevie, and every other woman I've ever shot would attest (I think) to my utter paranoia about being 'that guy' when shooting stuff like this. I probably make things more difficult with the paranoia than by being a sleezy dick. I've never once dated a 'model', never once been hit on by a model (though that's kinda understandable!) and only ever flirted with them on occasion... And honestly, I think it's this, that means I can get away with trying to shoot stuff like this. I think it's what comes through, and what means I'm succeeding (hopefully) in taking those pictures for the right reasons instead of being just another cockhead using his camera to try and fuck pretty girls.
It's passionate to me that idea.
And it makes me sick to hear this week, that amongst the models you guys have already seen on these pages, and those waiting in the wings, that no less than four photographers have tried to be that 'bad guy'. There's no excuse for booking shoots, getting people there, changing the game plan and wheeling out the sex toys. There's no excuse no matter how fucking professional you are for assuming you can sit and rearrange model's undies for them to see stuff you're not entitled to. There's no excuse for actively recruting people only to quietly be posting your work (and syndicated photographers work) on websites that have distinctly but not definitely peadophilic leanings.
These guys, sat here with 140+ images to upload here, and staring down the barrel of a major but unfinished project, are the reason I'm considering stopping. Because no matter how much you laugh and joke about what you're shooting, or how many times you try and explain the real reasons, there's always these dumb bastards tarring the whole thing.
So here's Stevie, and it may be the last.
Quit?