'Jake has a beautiful body and was very proud of it.'
Jake indeed has a beautiful body, but I was equally struck by the beauty and structure of his face. Except when taking back and butt shots, I love that Jim from Studio1x ensures not to obscure the model's face and especially their eyes.
For me, the visual excitement of seeing a model's nude body is only heighted when also being able to see their eyes and their facial expressions. The eyes can signal a model's level of comfort, their confidence in front of the camera. The eyes also provide the model and opportunity to connect with the viewer, and Jake's piercing blue eyes look directly through the camera powerfully meeting the eyes of the viewers looking on. This is especially impressive given this was Jake's shoot, and his first time posing nude with a photographer.
How did you meet/connect?
I was talking with another guy about a shot and he told me of Jake that maybe the two of them could do a shoot together. Funny thing was when I started talking to Jake, I found out he lived in my town. After chatting a bit, we set a date for the shoot. We did a shoot of just Jake as the other guy stopped talking about a shoot and seemed to have lost interest.
What first struck you about Jake's appearance, body?
Jake was the boy next door, good looking, nice body and full of energy.
Were there any goals on his part of the shoot?
As many of my shoots, if it's the first time the guy is in front of the camera, we didn't have many specific objectives. The main goal is to try to capture many different looks and to get a lot of great photos while having a great time.
What was he like to work with, did he require much direction?
Jake was wonderful, very open to try many different things. While I do give direction all through the shoot, he took it upon himself to build on my suggestions and we continued to get many great shots.
Was getting nude any issue at all for him?
Even though this was Jake's first time posting nude, he was very comfortable being nude in front of the the camera and myself. Jake has a beautiful body and was very proud of it.
As I stated in the previous piece, Jake's shoot with Jim had a climatic ending. It also had a bit of an emotional one. I'll share the final series of images from the shoot, and more of Jim's reflections on his time and work with Jake, later this month.
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