To Shave or Not to Shave? That is the question....

[Wonderboy Photography]

Well the answer is, "FREAKING SHAVE!!!!" and do it well. Especially before a photoshoot. I hate no, I lode editing arm pits. Its my pet peeve. Something so simple but its not done. Ladies why can you just take of the obvious things. I know my job as a photographer is to take care of my essentials when going on shoots. So i carry my safety gear in my car. Deodorant, Cologne, gum, and shirt. Ok so here'd the topic for discussion, What do you think of this? Whats your pet peeve? Models and Photogs what experiences have you had? This one should be fun.

[Edson Carlos]

Deodorant, Cologne, gum, and shirt. + MACE.

I hate when models don't shave also. Another peeve is when they have friends "stop by" Ugh....I hate interruptions. Don't they know as photogs we like to use the sun, and the sun likes to be a little punk and give us a small window to work with!?

[Ava des Mortes]

I wax... I'm not about to mess with razor burn.

[Wonderboy Photography]

Hmmmmm Tardiness! I hate it! Only when i make a specific issue on the time. Other times im pretty cool with time.

Daddy Cool said:

Deodorant, Cologne, gum, and shirt. + MACE.

I hate when models don't shave also. Another peeve is when they have friends "stop by" Ugh....I hate interruptions. Don't they know as photogs we like to use the sun, and the sun likes to be a little punk and give us a small window to work with!?

[Edson Carlos]

I guess sun is also more important in shoots that involve cars, the angles of light have to be just right to not completely blind the photog and hide the true color of the paint...

[NolaChick™ {Madam}]

Who doesn;'t shave before a shoot?? That is disgusting! I shave my legs and underarms even when I am modeling long sleeves and pants! You never know! LOL. One of my biggest pet peeves is when I don't get a good number of pics for a looooooong shoot. I mean, for the most part I shoot for free. If I am doing a 3 hour shoot, I want more than 5 pictures! Oh, and I hate photogs that touch me (to move me, usually) without asking! I'm not a child and that's rude!

[2d1jh4f6bcokc]

The whole "Shaving " thing is common sense I believe. The models should know better but sometimes their schedules are so busy or a last minute shoot comes up and they don't have the time. I prefer them shaved but if ya gotta edit pit's or whatever then that's what ya gotta do. They pay us for this editing anyways.....

The biggest pet peeve is being late when at a location. I book a certain time at my locations and I try to respect the owners time and be done in my aloted time. I show early so I can be all set up by the time my models show so they aren't held up either and we get all our shot's in.

Note to new models : Practice the facial expressions !!! Like Roy Varga says " It's all in the face" that's what sells the photo.

[Edson Carlos]

Agreed Rob, and bernie is 100% living proof of the element facial expressions add to a photograph, even tho I like to believe she's so perfect she must be CGI...her face is flawless and she must practice infront of the mirror to perfectly fit the style of every shot that sees the light of day.

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Rob Neill said:

The whole "Shaving " thing is common sense I believe. The models should know better but sometimes their schedules are so busy or a last minute shoot comes up and they don't have the time. I prefer them shaved but if ya gotta edit pit's or whatever then that's what ya gotta do. They pay us for this editing anyways.....
The biggest pet peeve is being late when at a location. I book a certain time at my locations and I try to respect the owners time and be done in my aloted time. I show early so I can be all set up by the time my models show so they aren't held up either and we get all our shot's in.
Note to new models : Practice the facial expressions !!! Like Roy Varga says " It's all in the face" that's what sells the photo.

[NolaChick™ {Madam}]

The face is important, but you want to be yourself. You don't want to be a copy. You always have your own signature.

[Soda Shop Sue]

shave

[Amanda]

I'm not a model OR photog, but. all I have to say is Shave damnit! I agree with Rob that It is just common sense. I've had times when I have had a very busy schedule, taking complete care of my friends 3 month old son and her 3 year old daughter, had school and everything. But I always found a few minutes to shave and I wasn't even modeling or anything. Please.. shave..
Body hair= disgusting.

[Ava des Mortes]

I shave my legs and underarms everyday regardless of a shoot happening or not. I also get a brazillian wax every couple of weeks or so.

[2d1jh4f6bcokc]

About the "facial expressions" comment I made earlier...... I don't want my models to be a perfect copy of " Bettie" or whoever but just have an arsenal of looks to help in getting the right look down for the shot, that's all I was trying to say.....