If Steve would include some context or state what he was trying to achieve we might have a better basis on which to judge these photos than the annoyance generated by his boorish comments elsewhere.(posted 8588 days ago)The model is very beautiful, with a lovely body and refreshingly real-looking breasts. But her poses and the framing of the shots are both awkward, and although the lighting smooths out her skin texture, it does nothing in terms of form and composition. The facial expressions are downright cheesy, and there is an emotional mismatch between their studied exaggeration and the lack of postural tension in her body.
If this is meant to be cheesecake, it fails by the standards of its chosen style. If the 'mistakes' are an attempt to subvert that genre, they're not strong enough - and Steve is merely wringing his hands on the sidelines as the lynching proceeds.
When people ask me if I am a photographer I still find it hard to say yes. One reason is probably the usual English pose of wanting to play the gifted amatuer, but it is mostly because where I grew up, photographers were middle-aged men with greasy hair and Fair Isle cardigans who spent their time trying to talk teenage girls into taking their tops off. On the rare occasions they succeeded, this is the sort of photograph they would take.