As you will start to notice, the images are mainly of Men. My original thought was to concentrate on working with Men only for a short period of time first. This is such a female dominated area for photography I thought I would have a difficult time getting Men to come in to be photographed.
I was wrong about that.
When I placed an ad on Craigs List for male subjects for a "Trade for Print" photo shoot the response was quite high which lead me to think "How can I tap into this?" since clearly there was a desire there from many subjects.
I'm still trying to figure that one out.
While Men are more than willing to come in for a "free" shoot it is quite another thing to get them to pay for it. They want the images for themselves and when they don't need to pay for them their thought is, "Hell yeah, I'll do that!" Getting them to want to pay is a tougher nut to crack (no pun intended!)
I think society plays a large part in that.
Women pay to have sexy photos taken for their Husband/Boyfriend mainly I think because Men are such visual creatures. Women, while they can and do appreciate a Handsome/Sexy Man, are not stimulated visually the same way as Men. Can this be one of the reasons why most of the Men I photograph have been single? What would thier Wife/Girlfriend have said if he told her that this was what he was doing for her?
I need to investigate this further.
Something else to Ponder...Because Men are so visual, I thought that all, if not most, of the Male responses to my ad would be from Gay Men. Gay Men understand the need/appreciation for visual stimulation, or so I thought. 9 out of 10 Men that I have photographed have been Straight Men.
I'm still trying to figure that one out.
