Shooting fine art photography for over 15 years, I began to work in digital exclusively for over 5 years now. It is my gut intuition that the photographer must first and foremost, fall somewhat in love with the subject and the setting. To truly get the erotic feel, the photographer needs to be in touch with the model, her feelings, what is going on around them, controlling the atmosphere and mood.

The model and photographer should be comfortable in the extreme with each other, as the photographer needs the model to "fall in love" with the camera, make love to it in certain circumstances. After all, it is the feeling between the photographer/artist and the model, which truly must transcend from the studio to the final project so that the viewer can grasp the energy of the shot.

Only then, can the two truly collaborate on something, which may withstand the test of time and bring forth to the viewer, that feeling which was portrayed from within the studio.

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